ACC review

I don't agree with some of this review.  Oh well, shrug.

Robert Jordan

Gerry Neugent, one of the actors in A Christmas Carol, recently asked me what's new with our favorite author.  I was sadly unable to fill him in, but luckily Forbes recently ran a little profile on him.  Sigh.

Speaking of whom, he recently said on his blog, "But the more you laugh, the less you’ll grumble, and the better you’ll feel. The better you’ll BE. I mean better in the sense that your doctors will notice. It works. I know. It works."

...which makes me think of Joe Bu, who started chemo yesterday, and yet is STILL calling ACC.  Whenever he comes into work recently and I ask him how's he's doing, he says (with a smile), "I feel great, I feel fine, I feel this way all the time!", which, although silly, makes me laugh.  I like laughing.

NPR's Whad'Ya Know?

Saturday, December 9, 2006- A live broadcast from Monona Terrace in Madison. Michael interviews musical-theater wunderkind James Kaplan. You'll remember James' works Guys on Ice and Lumberjacks in Love; tune in to find out who gets the next musical treatment. Buy your tickets today! Call 608-262-2201 or buy them online.

My friend Jimmy is a wunderkind!  He'll be on the show with three of my friends (two of whom are de Guys on Ice), talking about The Bachelors, the show they're currently doing in Madison.

christmas-y goodness

and by christmas-y, I mean christmas carol-y.

Review from the Shepherd

 

winter's here!

Today I woke up to a winter wonderland.  I got to wear my snow boots to work, and tramp through big piles of snow from the snow plows, and it all really made me quite happy.  It made me feel like I was 8 again, and I wished it would just keep blizzarding, and the plows would just be baffled by the amount of snow, and the most important decisions of the day would involve which hill we should go sledding on.

Apparently it's still blizzard conditions outside, but it looks to have slowed down a great deal since I walked to work.  And the internet's working now, which I enjoy.  Anyway, school is NOT cancelled, and I have to go to rehearsal now.

 

But...snow makes me happy.

I love Lost.  I miss it.  But it drives me crazy!

hehe

One day a fourth-grade teacher asked the children what
their fathers did for  a living. All the typical answers came up --
fireman, mechanic , businessman,  salesman, doctor, lawyer,
and so forth.

But little Justin was being  uncharacteristically quiet,
so when the  teacher prodded him about his father,
he replied, "My father's an exotic  dancer in a gay cabaret
and takes off all his  clothes in front of other men  and they
put money in his underwear. Sometimes, if  the offer is
really good, he will go home with some guy and make love
with him  for money."

The teacher, obviously shaken by this statement,
hurriedly set the  other children to work on some exercises
and then took little Justin  aside to ask him, "Is that really true
about your father?"

"No," the  boy said, "He works for the Republican
National Committee  and helped re-elect George Bush, but I
was too embarrassed to say that iin front of the other kids."

Ever wonder..

...why Lord of the Rings fans have it so much easier than Star Wars fans?  Here's why.

bye bye, Rick Santorum... I won't miss you!

In not-so-good news, Wisconsin passed the ban on gay marriage.  I guess maybe I SHOULD have switched my registration and voted here :(  Assholes.

another ipod shuffle game

Halloween Pictures!

 

1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie and try to pretend your cool

- - - -
Opening Credits: Golden Slumbers (Ben Folds)
Waking Up: Deperation Song (Carbon Leaf)...oh dear...
First Day At School: It's a Priveledge to Pee (Urinetown).  HA
Meet Your Best Friend: You Raise me Up (Josh Groban)
Falling In Love: Here's to the Night (Eve6)
Fight Song: I've Grown Accustomed to her Face (My Fair Lady)
Breaking Up: Glorious Day ( Weezer)... guess I must be happy about that, haha
Prom: With You (Pippin)
Driving: This Moment (Kristin Chenowith)

Flashback: Don't Panic (Garden State)
Getting Back Together: A Heart Full of Love (Les Mis)
Wedding: Over the Moon (Rent)
Birth of Child: You Did it (MFL)
Final Battle: Overture (Damn Yankees)...snore...
Death Scene: High Flying Adored (Evita)
Funeral Song: She Cries (Songs for a New World)
End Credits: Castle on a Cloud (Les Mis)

That was boring.  I clearly have too many musicals on my ipod.  Alas.