Is it Friday yet? Or, at least, "Office" Thursday?

I've been working on a project since yesterday, and it is causing my eyeballs to hemorrhage. Five hours in, and I'm only coming to the end of the first part. I'm printing the notes for the 2nd part as I type this, and it's coming in at a whopping 78 pages. Shoot me now.

Making it worse is the fact that we had a "cold front" come through and the last two days have been spectacular fall weather - temps in the low 70s, blue skies and slightly breezy. Yeah. I get to watch it all from INSIDE, which living in FL, is where I spend most of my time because it's SO... FREAKING... HOT. Guess I'll open the windows so I can get a taste of what it's like.

In other news, we had our first rehearsal Monday night. I got a part! Not a big one, but hey, four lines with Scrooge is something, right? I play a street vendor that Scrooge is trying to collect money from before he sings "I Hate People". LOL! And I'm in the "Thank You Very Much" scene where Tom Jenkins is dancing on Scrooge's coffin during his 3rd ghost visit. We all get to dance around & sing in that bit. Should be lots of fun!

The hard part is finding appropriate costume. I've been scouring the internet and can't come up with much that isn't the dressy Victorian style of that day. Doubt my street lady would be wearing that! It would be helpful if I knew how to sew. Maybe a trip to Goodwill is in order.

Eighteen years - almost half of my life with one person.  I doesn't seem possible, but here we are. 

We didn't plan anything special, because we couldn't think of anything to do that doesn't involve a restaurant, and the kids have various activities today.  Maybe we'll go out for a movie tonight.  DH's suggestion was to get a good bottle of wine and drink it all. That's a possibility.

We're still recovering from our Disney World outing yesterday.  We went there in lieu of a birthday party for J.  Twelve hours. How many times can one ride Space Mountain in that time?  Oh, about nine...  It was a beautiful day, which meant everyone was there.  Along with their double wide strollers and lard carts.  I've got nothing against strollers, but when I see them in use for kids who look almost as old as J., I've got to wonder about the state of physical health for these kids. 

To cap the evening off, we were treated to humongous hissy fit being thrown by a man (and I use the term loosely) at the tram station.  We didn't witness what had cause said hissy fit, but he actually started jumping up and down with both feet, at one point, while whining hysterically to a worker about something a woman did to him.  Cut to the woman, who is being held back by her BF/husband/friend, and she's crying foul about being spit on.  Personally, she could've whipped his ass from the looks of things.  The "man" also had two friends with him who were threatening her and calling her names, like "ho" "b*&ch" and, the zinger, "prostitute."  Ooooh, prostitute.  What a come-back.

I felt sorry for the cast member.  I know they don't pay them enough to wear the cheesy outfits that are required, and it certainly doesn't cover boorish behaviour like this, but he kept his cool and kept them away from each other.  Eventually security arrived, just as our tram did, so we didn't get to see how the drama ended.  But it definitely gave a whole new meaning to the "Happiest Place On Earth." 

Because I'm truly clueless, I'll just pick something that has it all done for me. :-)

I'm sure it's not the only time I'll be changing over the next week or so.  I might even try ALL of them.  :-)

From the NY Post Entertainment section:

"The Roundabout Theatre Company is trying to put together a revival of Harold Pinter's "Old Times" starring Alan Rickman, Lindsey Duncan and Laura Linney - although sorting out the stars' schedules is proving a challenge." 

I feel a major squeeeeeeee coming on! 

Am I the only one who despises the Audrey Hepburn GAP ad on TV these days?

Well, a friend showed me this today and I cannot stop laughing! It'll give me something to think about should the real ad pop up during my TV viewing.

Andy Dick on Jimmy Kimmel

I'm still playing with the colors & layout. And I'm not too sure about that bubble wrap look up there with this red background. Sort of looks like condoms, don't you think?