AMTC will be performing "Sister Act" in May this year. As well as being a nun, I have a 6-line part as a dive bar waitress.
It's set in Chicago.

Any ideas what the working-class Chicago accent would be for the following...

"Sister, you lost?"
"Okay"
"Really?"
"You got it!"
"It's on me".
"Here you go".

Phoenetic spelling for an English person

Today I met one of my key-stakeholders and talked to him about the Inventory Report requirements I'll be asking him to approve shortly ( Read more... )

Just around the corner from our office is a small path running through the housing estate between the two major roads. There is a little wooded strip to screen the houses from the road and someone has put some bird feeders up in the trees. I go there for a short walk most days - it takes about 10 minutes to do the round trip. If I stop 100yards or ( Read more... )

I have created all the blocks.
I had fun on Sunday afternoon deciding how to arrange them.
I have started to sew them together.
I may be some time...

Friday was the last day for the contractor who has been working with me on gathering Inventory reporting requirements. I am happy that I know what I need to do next and not anxious about him leaving ( Read more... )

We had a fabulous evening at the Wolseley last night, belatedly celebrating birthdays forbookzombie, Molly Brown and her birthday twin Neil and respective partners ( Read more... )

Gulp! 2016 already.

Here's what I really enjoyed reading in 2015 (out of 152 books read).
This year I'd like to continue to read more books where I can't wait to read them and fewer books where I'm happy to wait until bedtime to read the next chapter.

What If? Randall Monroe. A rare non-fiction book.
Pioneer Girl - annotated autobiography Laura ( Read more... )

I thought I would look back to 2015 to see whether last year's resolutions were helpful http://pennski.livejournal.com/138645.html#commentsRead more... )

New job is still great and I am starting to pull my weight already ( Read more... )

I met about 20 people, wrote down a page of new acronyms, read one and a half project documents and sat in on a training session.
It was really good.
My brain has now exploded.

I think I will be having a *very* early night.