Snow Day Part Deux
We had another snow day last Wednesday (and one Monday), that makes 3 snow days in January and 4 so far this year along with a couple of delayed starts. We haven’t had a full week of school since before Christmas break. It’s been fun for awhile but it’s starting to affect continuity in the classroom as well as dorm life. A single snowflake and the kids start behaving like they won’t have school for the next day. It’s also bound to affect the musical as they can’t rehearse.
Tomorrow I’ll be heading into Boston to pick up some materials at Backstage Hardware. I love being able to walk into a hardware store and pick up gaffers tape right off the shelf and search through gel colors and gobos. I used to do everything via catalogues and the phone, but eversince I discovered this place on the wharf I go there instead. It’s a True Value Hardware store that carries theatre stuff, too cool. Sorry I’m being a nerd. The owner is very cool too and it’s a good place to hook up with other people in the business and shoot the shit. I also get to see new little gadgets every time I go, the last time I was there he showed me this neat little battery operated candle that you can blow out…again I’m nerding…
Anything else going on? Well I’m a bit behind on the set for the musical. I am having a very hard time getting up for this show, I hate the book for it (The Pajama Game) and the director and musical director always treat me as if I’m an appendage on this show. I get zero input on show selection and design wise the challenge is always how to create as much flat open space as possible. Now if I had a fly system in the theatre I guess that would be ok, but I don’t so it sucks. I’ve decided that I will ask not to be listed as a designer on the show and simply billed as the Technical Director.
Coop is doing well, he’s running around like crazy and now stringing a couple of words together, like “Thank you” and he’s adding more complicated words like “spaghetti” and “Cheerio”. The best part about the two snow days has been having him home (though we still pay for daycare). He spent a day in the toddler room at the end of last week so he may be moving soon, I think there may be some trauma associated with that.
Current events? I had the priviledge of watching GW’s press conference today. Damn was that frustrating, I don’t think he answered a single question he dodged and weaved like an old pro. Is it just me or does that snotty prep schoolboy act wear thin?
Any advice what to write about? I always seem to run out of stuff to say. I read a lot of political blogs and a lot of personal blogs. I don’t have the time to dedicate to researching a political blog, and if I did one I’d want to do it right (Scoobie Davis is one of my favorites). Personal stuff is cool, I just don’t think I have a great ability to capture events in my life very well. Maybe next time I’ll talk about my relationship with my brother.
GO PATS!!
Tomorrow I’ll be heading into Boston to pick up some materials at Backstage Hardware. I love being able to walk into a hardware store and pick up gaffers tape right off the shelf and search through gel colors and gobos. I used to do everything via catalogues and the phone, but eversince I discovered this place on the wharf I go there instead. It’s a True Value Hardware store that carries theatre stuff, too cool. Sorry I’m being a nerd. The owner is very cool too and it’s a good place to hook up with other people in the business and shoot the shit. I also get to see new little gadgets every time I go, the last time I was there he showed me this neat little battery operated candle that you can blow out…again I’m nerding…
Anything else going on? Well I’m a bit behind on the set for the musical. I am having a very hard time getting up for this show, I hate the book for it (The Pajama Game) and the director and musical director always treat me as if I’m an appendage on this show. I get zero input on show selection and design wise the challenge is always how to create as much flat open space as possible. Now if I had a fly system in the theatre I guess that would be ok, but I don’t so it sucks. I’ve decided that I will ask not to be listed as a designer on the show and simply billed as the Technical Director.
Coop is doing well, he’s running around like crazy and now stringing a couple of words together, like “Thank you” and he’s adding more complicated words like “spaghetti” and “Cheerio”. The best part about the two snow days has been having him home (though we still pay for daycare). He spent a day in the toddler room at the end of last week so he may be moving soon, I think there may be some trauma associated with that.
Current events? I had the priviledge of watching GW’s press conference today. Damn was that frustrating, I don’t think he answered a single question he dodged and weaved like an old pro. Is it just me or does that snotty prep schoolboy act wear thin?
Any advice what to write about? I always seem to run out of stuff to say. I read a lot of political blogs and a lot of personal blogs. I don’t have the time to dedicate to researching a political blog, and if I did one I’d want to do it right (Scoobie Davis is one of my favorites). Personal stuff is cool, I just don’t think I have a great ability to capture events in my life very well. Maybe next time I’ll talk about my relationship with my brother.
GO PATS!!
posted by jwebb at 6:09 AM
2 Comments:
Ooooh, that candle does sound cool! How much was it? Sounds like a cool store- have you been to Pearl Paint? Being a graphic designer, its paradise for me- lots of cool stuff you might like as well.
-dan
That candle does sound cool! I miss snow days. Not many snow days in LA.
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