going in like a lion

I'm sitting here
but won't be for long
because I don't know where to put myself
UTI
wow, never had one of these before

christ almighty

I've watched Nip/Tuck all night long
interspersed with The Discovery Channel
BioWarfare
Secrets of the Smithsonian
Life with the Etruscans
Unwrapping the Mummy
My oh my

So it's March
my month
and in 13 days, 3 things happen
I turn 21
and this blog turns 1

Killing time here
before my doctor's appointment
watching the View
with Joan Rivers

I love Joan Rivers
even if her face falls off
from too many lifts
I will still love her

It's cold out
but the smell of the air here
in the country
on my mountain
is fantastic
I wish I could bottle it

Photo Update

Annie Get Your Gun set construction:

Don

saddened tonight
by the death of Don Knotts

most remembered for his Barney Fife

but for me,
my favorite was
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
one of my favorite movies

me and my grandfather watched Andy Griffith
on TV when I was small
we laughed
at Don Knotts
who wouldn't?

Brilliant comic actor

cheers, Don.

lord and taylor

upsets me
I just wish I could go in there
and smell perfume in peace
but no
instead I get asked 396 times
if I need any help
or if I've smelled the new Hugo Boss

I don't even want to LOOK
at the new Hugo Boss
let alone smell it

today, the most vulgar concotion
Lacoste's new fragrance
of which the name I've forgotten
though I don't believe
I bothered to find out in the first place
was most brutally and forcefully
thrust under my nose
by a pushy saleswoman

oversexed stew of stale citrus
if ever there was one

Then when I finally ask a question
they have no idea what I'm talking about
thats because they don't belong there
they have no idea what they're talking about

And don't tell me whats for a woman
and whats for a man

I can see the bottle is pink
I'm not blind
but I'm smelling it anyway
so back off, whore!
I may even ask for a sample!

Just because it's a big seller
does not mean I want it
yet everyone seems to think
I should own Kenneth Cole Black

I think in just the past month
my snobbery in relation to fragrances
has increased tenfold
and my obsession - tenfold squared

I may be putting my nose
to good use soon though
I don't want to count my chickens
before they hatch

well, my darlings
you'll know it when and if it happens

Scent of the day: Patchouli Pure by Fresh and Philosykos by Diptyque

Things I've Learned Today

1. Don't get caught in a hailstorm on the only street in Philadelphia void of awnings, overhangs, or coniferous shade trees.

2. Simply placing the teapot on the stove does not necessarily make the water boil - one must indeed turn on the burner as well.

3. Garbage cans do not empty themselves.

4. DON'T surprise the elderly.

5. They make winter coats for a reason.

6. Books don't read themselves.

7. There is such a thing as bad Chinese food.

8. Crosswalks are very important to man's existence.

9. On the day God created Man, he also created the SwifferJet to accomplish everything that man could not.

10. DON'T surprise the elderly.

Russells

last night at Russells
we had our meeting

had dinner with Jim
Audra, Jim, and O'Brien.

Lots of laughter
lots of fun

Summer show should be fun
still not sure what we're doing
but our 4 possibilities
are all very exciting

and I'm going to be costumer
which will be especially nice
if we do the show I want
which is 1930s Hollywood
meets Midsummer Nights Dream

I just want to put SOMEONE in maribou.

I just hope I don't end up
dressing a cast of 15 peasants
where's the fun in that?
*yawn*

I got a tape of Arsenic though
I watched it this morning
good times.

I've done nothing at all today
imagine that

tomorrow I'm at the Kirby Center
assisting backstage
with the Tamburitzans

should be an experience...

Robin William's Plan

"I see a lot of people yelling for peace; but,
I have not heard of a plan for peace.

So, here's one plan."

1) "The US will apologize to the world for our "interference" in their affairs, past & present. You know, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Tojo, Noriega, Milosevic, Hussein, and the rest of those "good 'ole' boys", we will never "interfere" again.

2) We will withdraw our troops from all over the world, starting with Germany, South Korea, the Middle East, and the Philippines. They don't want us there. We would station troops at our borders. No one allowed sneaking through holes in the fence.

3) All illegal aliens have 90 days to get their affairs together and leave. We'll give them a free trip home. After 90 days the remainder will be gathered up and deported immediately, regardless of whom or where they are. They're illegal!!! France will welcome them.

4) All future visitors will be thoroughly checked and limited to 90 days unless given a special permit!!!! No one from a terrorist nation will be allowed in. If you don't like it there, change it yourself and don't hide here. Asylum would never be available to anyone. We don't need any more cab drivers or 7-11 cashiers.

5) No foreign "students" over age 21. The older ones are the bombers. If they don't attend classes, they get a "D" and it's back home baby.

6) The US will make a strong effort to become self-sufficient energy wise. This will include developing nonpolluting sources of energy but will require a temporary drilling of oil in the Alaskan wilderness. The caribou will have to cope for a while.

7) Offer Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries $10 a barrel for their oil. If they don't like it, we go someplace else. They can go somewhere else to sell their production. (About a week of the wells filling up the storage sites would be enough.)

8) If there is a famine or other natural catastrophe in the world, we will not "interfere." They can pray to Allah or whomever, for seeds, rain, cement or whatever they need. Besides most of what we give them is stolen or given to the army. The people who need it most get very little, if anything.

9) Ship the UN Headquarters to an isolated island someplace. We don't need the spies and fair weather friends here. Besides, the building would make a good homeless shelter or lockup for illegal aliens.

10) All Americans must go to charm and beauty school. That way, no one can call us "Ugly Americans" any longer. The Language we speak is ENGLISH...learn it...or LEAVE...Now, isn't that a winner of a plan?

"The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses." She's got a baseball bat and she's yelling, 'you want a piece of me?' "

Attend the tale

Sweeney Todd
on Broadway

Patti LuPone

amazing

it's the best ever
performed by the best ever

how could it not be fantastic?

New York got very cold
very quickly
yesterday
and I was not dressed for it
I froze

I also saw Freedomland,
that new Sam Jackson movie

eh, don't waste your time
not worth the hype

Thats the last time
I take Star Jones' advice on movies

called it the best thriller
since Silence of the Lambs

she should eat something
maybe she could think more clearly

An afternoon of script reading
and drafting

what fun!

and Dawn's Birthday party too, woohoo

scent of the day: Mandragore by Annick Goutal

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Me

mamma mia

Well
we live in a country
that thinks nothing
of pop stars driving
with their babies on their laps

and vice-presidents
shooting people!!

God Bless the USA?

Cheney blames it on quails
and Britney blames the Paparazzi.

And I blame Carson Kressley.

a winter

a brisk night

falling snow

it begins to tell
round midnight,
round midnight

turning the corner

a flock of deer

their eyes glowing
illuminated
by the radiant moonlight

complete silence

utter perfection

what a piece of work
is nature

who could create
such imagery

to quote Alice Walker,

"I think
it would piss God off
if someone even walked
past the Color Purple
and not notice it."

yes, look at all he gives us

what a perfect night
a perfect sight

wish you could have seen it
I wish you all could have seen it

I never thought the color grey
could be so beautiful

but tonight it was.
it really was.

change as good as the rest

are we liking the new scheme?

with the striped background
that I myself made
with my own two hands

in Photoshop!!

all for you dear, darling visitors

and a little red for the season

even though everyone knows
I DESPISE Valentines Day

wretched, ridiculous, disgusting
Valentines Day

but I like being festive.

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OK, I'm editing this post
this blog used to be red
but I hated it
so now it's blues and chartreuse

enjoy.

summer dramatics

I'm exhausted
spending the day reading scripts
so that I have something to offer
at the BU Alumni Theatre meeting in 2 weeks

so now I have 5 suggestions
the same amount I had before I started reading

I guess I just picked the wrong ones
to peruse this particular day

I'm doing costumes for the summer show as well
as long as it's not like too period or anything
but even then I'll still do it
cause I know I can and the money's not bad either

so my choices as of today are:

The Last Night of Ballyhoo
by Alfred Uhry

Fools
by Neil Simon

A Few Stout Individuals
by John Guare

Return Engagements
by Bernard Slade

and

Our Lady of 121st Street
by Stepehn Adly Guirgis

I'm rather proud of these nominees

we're meeting at Russells in 2 weeks

I really enjoyed my summer theatre experience
Jim is a great director
he's honest, more than anything
which is valuable to me
and he's practical
which is valuable to everyone

we had a great time
nonstop laughter
who wouldn't want to return to that?

but I think I've said all there is to say
about playing a villain
so no more villains
I'd rather not wear 2 hours worth of makeup

I want to return to my usual
arrive 15 minutes before showtime
thats typical Mark fashion

slap on some foundation
liquid eyeliner
lip balm

and away we go.

I want a sexually charged role
something provocative would be nice

since I seem to be on a pattern
of new types of roles
I've never played something like that before

it's either sexually charged
or a woman.

either or

it's been a week

today is Super Bowl Sunday
fucking shoot me

if one more person
asks me who I'm rooting for
I'll kill myself

and why do they think
I'm even interested, anyway?

HELLO!

I don't care about Brad and Angelina
I don't care about Nick and Jessica
I don't care about the next American Idol
I don't watch Dancing with the Stars
I am not lobbying for the return of
The Book of Daniel
I don't care that Dave Chapelle walked away
from 50 million dollars
I don't care how Jen is coping
I don't even care who wins an Oscar this year

And I most certainly
could not care any less
about people throwing
a goddamn mis-shapen soccer ball!

I just don't care

That said, I had a wonderful night
last night
in Penn State
with Mark's Father
watching Mark's A Capella team compete

my best friend is inspirational
to form a group of 10 people
and to write all of their music
and have them ALL respect you
like I saw yesterday
it's phenomenal.

They took 3rd
which, everyone said they were robbed

and they were
I'm not just saying that

But, we learn
and we adjust
and then we go back
and we kick ass

and I'll be there next year
cheering him on

did I mention he finally got his solo?
the man I always knew could sing
sang so beautifully
and was far better than I ever could have imagined

brought a smile to my face
and one even bigger
to his father's