Blather Blather Blather.......

It is SO weird to have my friend Dana working in the office with me. Well, we aren't in the same department, but the fact that she is actually working in the same office it very bizarre. That being said, she will fit in here quite well.....

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Congrats to Porchlight's RAGTIME for snagging a shitload of Jeffs last night. I'm sorry my friend Charissa didn't win, but as one non-winner to another, the nomination adds 10-12 words to your bio and is still impressive!

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So I agreed to understudy the next TimeLine show. I usually only understudy if I am guaranteed a performance. I am not in this case. But the folks at TimeLine are so wonderful and so good to me, I would be a corpse in a show for them. Of course, if I wanted to, I think I could convince them to let me do one performance.......more on that later.

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Still have so much more to say about the passing of Dixie and the experience of PARADISE LOST. I will get to it, oh yes, I will indeed...........

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Bisexuality. Someone fucking explain it to me. I know what people claim that it is, but maybe I'm not buying it. I have my own ideas about it - hell, I claimed to be one for a short amount of time. Discuss.

The FYYFF-ies - Weeks 42 & 43

As I recover from a LOVELY Halloween party, I have been mulling over my awards....

Let's start this, shall we?

WEEK 42's winner:



SEN. BARACK OBAMA

This, sir, is just a warning. I'm sending you the trophy so you can look at it and mend your ways.

The local gospel outreach concerts? Um, really, pay attention. Donnie McClurkin???
You have people who research things for you, right? Because this guy, who claims to be an ex-gay (pah-leeze),says homosexuality is a choice, and was "once involved with those desires and those thoughts" but was able to get past them through prayer.

Hmmm, interesting. I don't think that's a message you want to send to us, right?

I say again, PAY ATTENTION. I see your pair is growing bigger lately. Good for you. Now, don't fuck it up. See the trophy...........

WEEK 43's winner:



DISNEY

Apparently, the folks at Disney are in overdrive protecting the sexuality of one of their biggest stars. He's linked with his co-star, and she is a complete beard. It has been suggested that the whole leak of the pic online/it was for my man debacle was staged.

I'm always fascinated by the whole gay Hollywood thing on occasion. I know folks who have seen the above mentioned star gaying it up. I am reminded of something my buddy Erik told me about a Prison Break star, but I digress.....

Let him be gay. Money issues? Gotta finish the franchise before you let him loose on the world? PAH-LEEZE.........

Reflective and Moving On............

Yup, no FYYFFie this week again. I closed a show, a show that will be hard to forget and let go of. But I had a read through for my next project last night, so no time to sit and dwell.

Double FYYFFie on Friday!

Why I Hate People - Reason #2136

I learned some very interesting things about this gal this morning:

1 - She likes apples

2 - She has student loans

3 - She doesn't like owing people money

4 - Her parents are strapped for cash or they would help her out with her loans

5 - She's going to India sometime soon(COOOOOOOL!)

And as this ignorant beotch rambled on LOUDLY on the train this morning, chomping on her apple and not noticing the looks she was getting from several passenger, I wanted to walk over to her, grab the phone, close it and say "How about you have this conversation OFF the train because NONE OF US NEEDS TO HEAR IT!!!!"

She is the kind of person who needs her phone inserted somewhere......I'll leave the where part to you.

Blatherings

1 - Paris Hilton says she wants to leave a mark on the world. My friend Craig calls that "a bacon strip in the underwear".

2 - How does something get mailed in September of '06 and get returned TODAY?!?!?!

3 - I removed the air conditioner from my window last night. If it gets really hot again, I will punch someone in the throat.

4 - Why do I procrastinate? Because of this, I can't get a ticket for under $450 to go visit my sister and brother in law at the condo they are renting in the Myrtle Beach area.

5 - Hey Myrtle Beach, why the fuck is it so hard to fly to you?!?!?!?!?!

6 - Hey ATA and Southwest, why the fuck don't you have flights to Myrtle Beach?!?!?!

7 - Why isn't liposuction REALLY inexpensive?

8 - If I say you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?

Dixie On My Mind.................

Yesterday was the memorial service for my former professor at Michigan State University, Dixie Durr.

I was unable to attend.

In a highly unfortunate turn of events, my understudy from my current show (he is in the show as well) was shooting a movie. This had been worked out before Ms. Durr had passed. I tried to see if others from Chicago would be making the trip to East Lansing, but all were busy as well. I wanted someone to represent the Windy City. I wanted to show that we knew Dixie had been an important part of our theatrical lives.

I tried to make my peace with it.

Yesterday, as we started Act II, Scene II, I started to feel a little sad. Halfway into the scene, I realized that missing the service was affecting me more than I expected it to. As I prepared for the final monologue, it was taking an incredible amount of energy to not burst into tears. The monologue came and went, the lights went down and I started to cry. The woman playing my wife (Janet) asked me in the darkness twice if I was okay - I lied and said yes. We took our bows, and we exited the stage.

Then I lost it.

Janet asked me again and I told her what was wrong. She gave me a big hug.

I seemed to remember much during those 10-20 minutes: dance classes, rehearsals, visits to her office, auditions, dinners during orientation, drinks after shows, our last conversation before the Jeff Awards, her talent, her skill, and her drive to make you be the best you could be. She tried her damndest to make me a dancer. Whenever anyone asks me if I can dance, I still say, "No, but I move very well."

I would have loved to have been at the service. But being on the stage doing what I love and remembering who and what she was made it slightly more bearable.

Bless you, Dixie Durr, and thank you for EVERYTHING.

The FYYFF-ies - Weeks 40 & 41

Recovering from a funk/slight cold, I am back. And the three of you say "meh...."

In ANY EVENT, here are a couple of women deemed smackdown worthy.

Week 40's winner -



MARION "MRS. BARRY BONDS" JONES

Way to set an example for future children with dreams of the Olympics, you moron.

She screwed herself. She screwed those who asked her for endorsements. She screwed her teammates in the medal winning relay races (they will all have to give the medals back).

I liked Marion. She was a warm presence on the television and seemed to rise to the occasion. This is a pity.

Take your trophy and run away......far far away.

Week 41's winner:

MICHELE COSSEY

Son: Mama, I'm a 14 year old outcast at school. What am I going to do?

Mama: Don't you worry, baby. I'll buy you some guns and bomb stuff and you can blast the shit out of all of them.

Holy GOD! This woman makes Britney Spears look like June Cleaver. Every kid got picked on in school (and if you didn't, well fuck you then.....). And I truly feel sorry for this kid because he is clearly a little left of center and this incident will not help.

But Mrs. Cossey should get her ass kicked and thrown in jail. When you read the story, I dare you not to sit, mouth agape, and wonder how people can be so stupid.

So enjoy your trophy, Michele, you sad excuse for a parent.

I'm Sleepy......

......yeah, I missed the FYYFFie. It's been a long week. I know all three of you are concerned..... ;)

I'll do two again this week.

I'm off to the dentist, then a liquid dinner, then bed.............

Wait.......WHAT?!?!?!?!?!

Taliban militants hanged a teenager in southern Afghanistan because he had U.S. money in his pocket, and they stuffed five $1 bills in his mouth as a warning to others not to use dollars, police said Monday.

I just don't know what to say........................