Using a vacation day, but ending up being sick for it....sucks. A cold that has been lurking around dark corners and darting away when I turned around finally launched its sneak attack. I've had the sexy gravelly voice of he with a throat cold all day. Consequently, because I have no time overall to be sick, I stayed in the whole day, mostly under a blanket, watched True Blood, played video games, and got absolutely nothing done. This includes skipping my stage crew duties at Centrepointe (after calling the stage manager), but I can't afford to skip tomorrow, my substitute can't make it in tomorrow. I actually feel fine, not especially tired, not nauseous, just a sore throat and deep voice.

If it persists to Sunday, I may have to back out from Beauty and the Beast rehearsals too, we'll see.

THERE IS AN ADAMS FAMILY MUSICAL OPENING IN CHICAGO!!
http://www.theaddamsfamilymusical.com/family.php

Nathan Lane is playing Gomez. Must....see...

Finally had a smooth run...no issues, no hiccups, everything ticked...I think we're ready for opening night!

If you are coming to see the show (Little Women), let me know which night, I'll come say hi after the show.

Got your tickets for Beauty and the Beast yet? You can get them online at http://www.suzart.ca/ (which also has a picture of the show poster now)

Meep!

An american school bans the use of the word...sound...whatever, "meep"
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO129435/

It would seem Beeker cannot attend this school...ever.

Ok, someone back me up here, this is funny, right? I have shown it to 4 people so far and they have all scratched their heads. Someone confirm for me that this is comedy gold.
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Good with a hammer?
What about a paint brush?

The set designer for Beauty and the Beast is looking for volunteers to help with set and prop construction. She works during the same time frame as rehearsals, so I can't go, but I can try and get the word out. If you're free on Sunday afternoons, and think you may enjoy working on a set for a stage production such as this, she'd love help.

35 Stafford Rd, Unit 4 from 1:30 to 5:30 pm
Phone # or email addy on request (not sure if she'd want it posted publicly here)

The main set piece of Little Women is a bloody heavy, huge monstrosity, and in 1 position is close enough to the back wall as to trap one person back stage because they can't slide past to relax in the wings. I figure I should just load an ebook onto my phone in case I'm the one trapped back there for 20 minutes. I'll get my exercise in the next 2 weeks just hauling that thing back and forth. Most of the turns are roughly 270 degree turns, since we unfortunately can't take the 90 degree turn the other direction.

edit: Nice...Stanza has a free download of Little Women in ebook format, how apropos.

Oh my god! Why am I going go reahearsal, and then centrepointe to build sets, rather than taking the bike out to the Gatineau hills in this AMAZING weather. What a glorious sunny warm day!

A dilemma.

Auditions for Urinetown are Nov. 28, show is in March. Audition for Producers will be...march-ish, for a show in July. That could mean it is impractical to take an ASL class in the spring, I am not sure I can devote a night a week if I get into both shows. This bums me out a bit, I am still enjoying ASL classes more than any other schooling I have ever done. I really want to do level 4, but it's a hard lesson to learn in life that you can't do everything.

Now, there is a chance I won't get into Urinetown. Not for lack of talent I think, but it's primarily a Carleton U production, and I suspect they favour Carleton students if they get enough of them with talent to audition. I didn't get the part in Batboy, even though I am pretty sure I did a kick ass audition. So, if I don't get into Urinetown, I will then have a tough decision. I could take ASL, and hope I can jig the schedule for Producers such that it conflicts as little as possible, but I'd still probably end up missing the end of the course schedule. This also assume of course I get into Producers, which also isn't a guarantee, but I think I have a good chance at least at a chorus role.

One thing at a time I guess.

8.5 hours of sleep.

yegads did I ever need that!