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So, watching Troy on TV inevitably made me think of Handy, which lead to the YouTube:



EDIT: And here's the original:

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I got excited when I found some affordable wire shelf-stuff that will let us make use of a lot of unused space in our over-sized, under-shelved kitchen cabinets.

Then I got depressed because I just got excited about shelving.

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Wow, but technology isn't liking me lately. Two days ago, our fridge burned out. Last night, my car battery took a big, giant poop. Perhaps I'm storing up power for some alien metamorphosis. In any case, no one should be surprised if there's an area brown out sometime within the next week. I'm just saying.

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BROADWAY CABARET

Venice Theatre-Main Stage
140 West Tampa Avenue * on Venice Island
Sunday- May 24, 2009 7p.m.
Musical Direction by Rick Bogner and Jason Brenner
Featuring
Larry Alexander


Larry played Marius in the original Broadway production of Les Miserables. He has performed with Liza Minelli and in numerous regional and international roles.
Kim Kollar
Eve Caballero

He will be joined by local talent: Eve Caballero, Kim Kollar, and a very special group of actors, to benefit an educational opportunity for our local performer, Lauren Kelly, to attend IPOP, (International Presentation of Performers), in Las Vegas this summer.


Lauren Kelly


Tickets: Call Sally at 941-228-3562 $15-Adults $10-Students
All tickets for reserved seating – Order Now!

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I let this kind of thing go at the grocery store, because, you know, the express lane gaffe is rather a tradition. But: no, Gatorade. I don't want to know how much money you've sunk into your campaign to tell me that G2 has "less calories." You're stabbing my brain here. Stop it. Now.

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It's not often I find myself possessed of the need to write something specific. I often have the urge to write, mind you, or have an idea bouncing around, but most of the time I can shunt that aside to a point in time when I can indulge it. But sometimes, my brain gets a little insistent. Such was the case with the following, where the opening sentence was threatening to pound its way out of my forehead from the inside if I didn't put it down. And once I sat down with it, I discovered there were all sorts of other sentences lined up and just as insistent.

Mind you, I make absolutely no pretense of literary merit here. But since my brain insisted this needed to be written, and [info]stotangirl

suggested it might make a nice little Valentine for folks, I am sharing.



In Which

1: In which we begin

It’s possibly pedantic to begin with one (plus potentially alliterative, apparently), but if that’s the only reason you have not to, it’s only contrary to do otherwise. So, one happens to be where things begin, though it crops up more than once. One was the number of the apartment, the number of human occupants (Aaron), the number of avian occupants (his parrot, Bastian), and also—though clearly it strains credibility to have so very many ones cluttered together—the number of words that Aaron had taught Bastian in the year since he got him.

“Shit!”

Honestly, it wasn’t that Bastian was stupid. In point of fact, Bastian was quite bright (and we really need to stop alliterating, so we’ll be done with that now, shall we?). He learned rather quickly, after all, how to open his cage door with some contorting and simultaneous beak / claw work. He learned where Aaron kept the food. Then he learned where Aaron moved the food to once Aaron caught Bastian in said food. He even managed to figure out how to turn on the faucet when he was thirsty, though Aaron had yet to see him do it, so he wasn’t quite sure how that one worked.

“Shit!”

“Now, that’s plenty, don’t you think?”

It was for all these reasons that Aaron knew Bastian wasn’t failing to learn new words, but that he was simply happy with the one he had. Quite happy. In fact, nearly every time the bird piped it up, he sounded like he was celebrating. He probably was. Though whether he was celebrating some secret bird-happiness or merely the look of consternation on Aaron’s face was anyone’s guess.

In which the story continues... )

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The first review:

High times at Venice Theatre's Stage II with Reefer Madness by Kay Kipling.

Normally, I post reviews without commenting, but honestly I really can't be silent on this one. I don't see how Kipling could have watched our production through to the end and then forgot about David Walker's performance as Ralph. I understand wanting to perhaps avoid "spoilers," since a lot of Ralph's exploits are of the shocking variety and probably best enjoyed without warning. But, seriously, to not even mention his name? Really? I have to call a massive foul on that one. My best guess is that she left at intermission, since Ralph has very little stage time until the madness of the title gets into full swing in Act II.

But whether she slipped out at intermission or simply slipped on the sidewalk on her way out, I can't let this one go without claiming a big foul, not on the play, but on the critic.

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The year is 1936, and America faces its most insidious threat yet. The new drug menace: Marihuana! Don't be deceived, this may be the greatest danger to the youth of our nation. Watch as Venice Theatre re-enacts the ALL TRUE STORY of the horrors of the demon weed.

Innocent teens Jimmy Harper and Mary Lane are about to face the perversions of the reefer den: slick and sinister Jack, his bruised lady Mae, siren Sally, and maniacal Ralph. One puff on the wicked ganja leads inevitably to tawdry flesh! Pagan gods! Violence! Buckets of blood! Jesus and showgirls! How can the young sweethearts hope to survive?




Why are you laughing? This is DEADLY SERIOUS BUSINESS! Don't make us start singing to prove our point!



Where: Venice Theatre
When: Jan 8 - Feb 1, 2009
Tuesdays – Saturdays 8pm
Sundays 2pm

Click here for info and tickets

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Well, I feel silly. I was trying to look up one of the books referenced in the script, and ye olde Google pointed out what I'd missed when I originally hit the Reefer Madness website: They have a propaganda page with excerpts from some of their source material. Click the link above if you're interested in just how crazed folks got trying to take on "The Demon Weed."

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Probably only of interest to one or two folks (if that), but that's really nothing new. The result of me looking up references for things I didn't recognize in the Reefer Madness script (mostly via Wikipedia), or things I wanted to know more about in context:

Barney Google

Barney Google at Toonopedia

Reet Petite

Major Bowes Amateur Hour

Harry Anslinger

William Randolph Hearst

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