The weirdest thing about coming home from a cruise with a nasty head cold is that there were moments last night that I wasn't sure if my lack-of-balance was a result of my stuffed sinuses, or the fact that I kept expecting my bedroom and bathroom to sway slightly under my feet ( Read more... )

First - my favorite things about 2009:

• Running my first 5k.
• Seattle
• Getting dressed up and taking myself out for a fancy steak dinner in Las Vegas
• Making a play
• Being suddenly hugged by the sullen pre-teen boy in Seussical
• Starting a huge new adventure

Second - a really important dose of perspective: The Sunday before Christmas, I was packing to go ( Read more... )

Sometimes, it's worth following the silly little news-links you encounter when browsing the web. This is my favorite so far: 80's sidekick gets some love

For a Friday... some youtube clips you may or may not have discovered:

Get Barack Roll'ed

or

See an intensely geeky, yet totally entertaining, a capella tribute to John Williams

And in case you haven't seen it yet, still my favorite:

Where the hell is matt?

Apparently, it does run in the family after all. All it took was a job that I actually care about doing, and a to-do list that never ends ( Read more... )

QUESTION: Who was it that recommended I watch DamagesIt's been on my Netflix queue long enough that I don't remember why I put it there. Now, having seen three episodes, I can say that my mind is fully and completely blown. This is television? Really? Not a wacked out movie? Really ( Read more... )

The economy is tanking. Everybody is panicking. I work for a tiny theatre company who is as close to joining the ranks of companies closing their doors as any other theatre company in the country. (we're okay right now, but we're not exactly sitting on a pile of cash to get us through - and I don't know that I'm going to be able to write my own ( Read more... )

I can only imagine what it must have been like to watch the first step on the moon. I've heard it described, but it was something I grew up taking for granted, so I can't really imagine the experience of watching it in the moment. But I am sure that there were thousands of people that thought that we had "conquered" space. That everything was ( Read more... )

The Seussical opening night snuck up on me, but I enjoyed it anyway ( Read more... )

• Walking through Union Station on my way home from rehearsals at night, I usually pass at least one couple sitting in the cavernous hall in the old station who are obviously in the middle of a long train journey and enjoying the peaceful quiet of that big room. I like to imagine where they've come from, and where they're going.
• In all honesty, a ( Read more... )