-So, they say celebrity deaths come in threes. Well.... goodbye Andrew! I've got Rush Limbaugh and Michelle Malkin rounding out my trifecta here, can I get like an Agent 47 or a Mr. Pink to get working on that? Please?
-I have started taking adderal. I have also given up online video games. I don't know if it's one, or the other, or some combination, but this apartment just got the shit reorganized out of it.
-Half of Africa is broke. Not monetarily, well.. not Just monetarily, but functionally broke. Armies made of children isn't a new thing, these guys alone have been making this documentary for a decade. And it's not a secret, people have been reporting this for years. If we want to actually fix the problem of a broken continent, it's going to take a sustained global effort, and it's obvious that's not a place we're at. So... get rid of Kony, ok. But don't think that fixes anything. In Africa, there's thousands of Kony's waiting in the wings. And don't think that simply reposting a status update or tweeting #StopKony means you did your part.
-Taking adderal on a day off makes me feel like Bradley Cooper in Limitless.
-Just managed to fit into my wife's pajama pants. One more marital Rubicon crossed.
-It seems I'm trading WoW for the NYSE. This can't end well. (Later note: Seems my first purchase on the NYSE...? The company that makes WoW.)
-Dollarshaveclub.com Ok, I'm sold.
-Tying a four in hand with sash cord in a public place sure gets you a lot of funny looks.
-Did you know pornos have trailers? Did you know those trailers are on youtube?
-Recent polling seems to indicate Alabama and Mississippi GOP primary voters are not educated. Like... at all. Also.... pretty racist! Exit poll interviews showed waaaay too many "I voted for Santorum, but I'd vote for anyone. It can't be Obama." "Why not?" "It just..... just can't."
-Hey, guess what! Fresca gives you asparagus pee.
-325 west 15th st = the location of the hospital you're having your surgery at. 325 West 14th st. = the location of a funeral home. Guess who accidentally went where for his 8:30 am appointment?
-Unless something game changing happens, I have a feeling that Peter Dinklage is just gonna keep racking up Emmys till this thing goes off the air.
-Laying facedown, bound, awake, and able to listen as the surgeon guides the learning resident through the steps required to stitch your skull closed for the THIRD time because he failed the first two is an..... unsettling experience.
-SWSX '12..... So, you took some homeless people, gave them a job and a chance to not be invisible for a day, and the national takeaway is that it's bad because it made self absorbed 20 something's uncomfortable?
-Ok, so any of you who have ever used the term "Massive Obama Conspiracy".... Know that you sound like a massive fucking idiot when you say it. Massive. Fucking. Idiot. Do not take any comfort from the fact that the people around you when you said it nodded in agreement, or maybe added similar words to it. All that means is that they are also massive fucking idiots. Massive. Fucking. Idiot.
-Is on the search for the perfect pair of what I'm calling 'Andy Yost' pants. (This joke is meant for a limited group of people that include anyone who's attended a family gathering of my in-laws held outside in 70+ weather).
-That moment when the Vicodin kicks in when you're typing mid sentence and you realize your hands are Huuuuuuuuuge.
-I wish I could get on facebook tonight and find out which terrible choice my unenlightened kinsfolk voted for today.
-Creepiest thing ever overheard on the street: Grown man with (greasy)hair in pigtails, wearing overalls, obviously on drugs, staggering down 44th street in the middle of the afternoon while talking on the phone: "I just wanna have sex, if you get pregnant just get another abortion....." I think I just saw what Rick Santorum thinks every Democrat looks like.
-Only the stupidest and most gullible of people believes that the president has fuck all control over the price of a barrel of crude oil.
-You know what lowers the price of gas, not poking Iran with a stick to jack up voter turnout in the heartland.
- Highlight of my workday was watching a 5'3 female electrician haul a VL-1000 from the back of the house all the way up two flights of stairs to it's hanging position by herself while her 4 male co-workers stood around the empty box looking confused at what was happening.
-Holy shit, Avon Barksdale is on stage!
-According to wagist.com, in what has to be one of the ugliest examples of "whatever Obama is for, I am therefore against" from someone who is clearly white and Clearly out of touch, Trayvon Martin was a racist because his twitter handle had the word "nigga" in it. Also, he was brute and a thug because he had a tattoo.
-Ok so, that picture they keep showing of "Gangsta Trayvon" is not Trayvon. I know all black people look alike, so it's an easy mistake to make. But that picture of the 'scary black guy' is a TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERSON. Way to go, racist America. Again.
-Facebook is brilliant at shining a spotlight on who the most gullible people you know are.
-And in other "you don't practice what you preach so don't get offended when I call you hypocrites" news, why aren't any libertarians or tea party conservatives getting outraged at what's happening in Michigan? Oh, right, because the Cato institute never told them to care because it's happening to black democrats and being done by people financially in bed with the Koch brothers.
-If I was the candidate who was fighting the impression that I was grossly wealthy and out of touch with common men, I would probably cancel work on the building of a FUCKING CAR ELEVATOR in my new beach home.... Rodney's communication director has got to be an alcoholic by now
-Yeah, if I was Santorum I would have called that bullshit as well. It was and he was right not to take it. You're the New York Times, have some goddamned respect for your paper. Senator Ass-Juice doesn't need your help to make him look nuts.
-Day 3 of tech. Scene 1.
-STELLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
-Creepiest thing ever overheard on the street, take 2. "Is it too early to start the countdown clock on Sally Draper's 18th birthday?" 45th and 9th.
-No, Republicans didn't vote down the facebook law because they're evil and want corporations to spy on you. They voted it down because it's an unnecessary law. When employers ask you for your password they are already breaking the law by forcing you to violate the ToS agreement you signed with facebook. Also, asking the FCC to regulate it when it's clearly a Dept. of Labor issue is stupid. This was clearly a case of politicians introducing an unneeded law so they could make headlines with it.
-Conversation had outside the stage door this morning;
Other stagehand: How far you guys get so far?
Me: About ten minutes into act two, so not so bad. We're about on schedule, I think.
Other stagehand: Jeez, what's taking so long? I used to work soaps and we'd bang out 5-6 episodes a week, these guys are still learning their lines.
Me: Well, in fairness to them, this is Tennessee Williams, on Broadway. The bar is a little higher.
Other stagehand: (Obviously not convinced) Ehhhhh, words is words.
-Hey, I have an idea! How about, instead of spending our money giving near zero interest loans to banks and corporations, in the hopes that they will increase small business loans and not just deleverage themselves, which is exactly what they've spent the past 3 years doing.... How about we spend that money to FIX OUR GODDAMNED ROADS AND BRIDGES AND SHIT.
- No, New York Times, the vote to end oil subsidies did not "Fail 51-47". It Passed 51-47, then got filibustered. Can we please, please, please, pretty please not just accept that it requires 60 votes to pass legislation? It takes a majority to pass, and it takes 60 votes to override a filibuster. and every time a filibuster gets used it needs to be pointed out that that's what's happening.
Otherwise in a very short time we'll have 'educated' adults thinking that it's Senate rules that require bills to garner a minimum 60 votes to pass, and not some shitbag senator in bed with oil companies.
-So, remember that debate in florida when Ron Paul was asked a hypothetical about health care costs for someone who was deathly ill and had no health insurance? Sure you do.
Yeah....... So! Remember how the republican defense of that zealous cheering for the philosophy of, "He's sick with no insurance? Fuck him, I got mine!" was to discard it as nothing but a vocal minority?
Yeah... well.... Antonin Scalia, a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, basically just said the SAME FUCKING THING in oral arguments regarding the individual mandate, saying that the costs forced upon hospitals forced to give care to sick people with no insurance could be handled by just, oh, not... caring. Ya know, fuck em.
-I know I'm a snob but... seriously BAM, hire an audio engineer who understands mixing for a mezzanine, and a light board operator who can at the very minimum count time. Embarrassing.
-Riding home last night on the D train. A group of about a dozen black teenagers get on the train through the door nearest us. The middle aged Asian man sitting next to us flees the train instantly. The Midwestern tourist couple sitting across from us are clearly terrified. The boys are as well behaved as you could possibly hope any group of teenage boys could be. The one who sat down next to my wife apologized for bumping into her, I'm pretty sure he called her Ma'am. He was wearing a navy sportscoat with gold buttons on the cuff. And a mohawk, but whatever. Half the kids had oxfords and boat shoes on. All were clearly emulating Andre 3000. Midwestern couple remained on the verge of a full on Zimmerman until we changed to the A.
-No, Republicans didn't vote down the facebook law because they're evil and want corporations to spy on you. They voted it down because it's an unnecessary law. When employers ask you for your password they are already breaking the law by forcing you to violate the ToS agreement you signed with facebook. Also, asking the FCC to regulate it when it's clearly a Dept. of Labor issue is stupid. This was clearly a case of politicians introducing an unneeded law so they could make headlines with it.
-Conversation had outside the stage door this morning;
Other stagehand: How far you guys get so far?
Me: About ten minutes into act two, so not so bad. We're about on schedule, I think.
Other stagehand: Jeez, what's taking so long? I used to work soaps and we'd bang out 5-6 episodes a week, these guys are still learning their lines.
Me: Well, in fairness to them, this is Tennessee Williams, on Broadway. The bar is a little higher.
Other stagehand: (Obviously not convinced) Ehhhhh, words is words.
-Hey, I have an idea! How about, instead of spending our money giving near zero interest loans to banks and corporations, in the hopes that they will increase small business loans and not just deleverage themselves, which is exactly what they've spent the past 3 years doing.... How about we spend that money to FIX OUR GODDAMNED ROADS AND BRIDGES AND SHIT.
- No, New York Times, the vote to end oil subsidies did not "Fail 51-47". It Passed 51-47, then got filibustered. Can we please, please, please, pretty please not just accept that it requires 60 votes to pass legislation? It takes a majority to pass, and it takes 60 votes to override a filibuster. and every time a filibuster gets used it needs to be pointed out that that's what's happening.
Otherwise in a very short time we'll have 'educated' adults thinking that it's Senate rules that require bills to garner a minimum 60 votes to pass, and not some shitbag senator in bed with oil companies.
-So, remember that debate in florida when Ron Paul was asked a hypothetical about health care costs for someone who was deathly ill and had no health insurance? Sure you do.
Yeah....... So! Remember how the republican defense of that zealous cheering for the philosophy of, "He's sick with no insurance? Fuck him, I got mine!" was to discard it as nothing but a vocal minority?
Yeah... well.... Antonin Scalia, a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, basically just said the SAME FUCKING THING in oral arguments regarding the individual mandate, saying that the costs forced upon hospitals forced to give care to sick people with no insurance could be handled by just, oh, not... caring. Ya know, fuck em.
-I know I'm a snob but... seriously BAM, hire an audio engineer who understands mixing for a mezzanine, and a light board operator who can at the very minimum count time. Embarrassing.
-Riding home last night on the D train. A group of about a dozen black teenagers get on the train through the door nearest us. The middle aged Asian man sitting next to us flees the train instantly. The Midwestern tourist couple sitting across from us are clearly terrified. The boys are as well behaved as you could possibly hope any group of teenage boys could be. The one who sat down next to my wife apologized for bumping into her, I'm pretty sure he called her Ma'am. He was wearing a navy sportscoat with gold buttons on the cuff. And a mohawk, but whatever. Half the kids had oxfords and boat shoes on. All were clearly emulating Andre 3000. Midwestern couple remained on the verge of a full on Zimmerman until we changed to the A.
***Highlight of my workday was watching a 5'3 female electrician haul a VL-1000 from the back of the house all the way up two flights of stairs to it's hanging position by herself while her 4 male co-workers stood around the empty box looking confused at what was happening.***
ReplyDelete/Cheering loudly and wishing I had paid more attention to Dave and Chris in class.
Why? We're doing The Producers at SLT (Slidell) and our lighting guy Gary Mendoza came in during dance call yesterday to start setting up for tech week soon. He waves hi to me and disappears to the dimmer packs on Stage Right.
"Huh."
I wander over and see what he's looking at. Half of the lighting instruments are unplugged from the dimmer packs and the remaining plugged-in ones have all been shifted up to the top packs... and I never noticed this through a MONTH of rehearsals for Producers. I'm just in the dance/chorus ensemble, so it wasn't anything I was supposed to notice, but shouldn't some sort of red flag have waved at me and made me do some sort of double take so that I could have called attention to it A MONTH AGO so he wouldn't have to spend the week BEFORE tech week repatching the whole bloody system from scratch? I feel stupid and useless, tech-wise now. Like I've been downgraded to a flexi-prop.