May 17, 2004
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The Daily News
1 Block schedules. Yeesh.
2 Someone's idea of torture, to be sure. I realize that
there is some sort of research that makes it a good
thing, but my experience suggests that it is a torture
chamber for people who did horrendous things in
their previous lives.
3 But that's just me.
4 Well, Senior Ball comes up this week. What a wonderfully
amazing time for the Seniors. Only Seniors understand what
is happening to them right now. It is a crazy, upsetting,
exciting, and emotional time for them. The Senior Ball is a
night that they can all come together and look beautiful.
Four years is a short time, yet a lot happens in that strange
window known as high school. And only Seniors fully
understand this.
5 Do you lose track of time as easily as do I this time of the
year? I remember in my own Senior year getting smashed by
this gorilla guy in P.E. and losing my memory, just about a
weekbefore graduation. We were both going for a soccer
ball when BLAMM0!! I was flat on my back, the hot sun
blazing over me in a scene of out-of-breath, bizarre
madness. People asked me what year it was, and I
had no idea! I had the wind knocked out of me, and suffered
this very strange amnesia.
6 I'd tell you more, but I forgot. I just remember it was hot,
weird, and I was a Senior to boot.
7 We are amid the living dead nowadays.
8 Well, I finally have the season for American Musical Theatre
of San Jose. They are doing Peter Pan (featuring Cathy
Rigby),Nick Jr.'s Dora the Explorer, Rent, The Producers,
Cats, A Chorus Line, Chicago, and Jekyll & Hyde, The
Musical. What an amazing season! Most of these are
touring shows, which means that AMTSJ is not actually using
in-house people, and which also means a lot of local talent
won't be used. Some people refuse to go to their shows, but
unfortunately, that seems to be the way of the world these
days.
9 I am presently looking to getting student series packages,
which, if it works, would mean an amazing savings if you
purchase an entire package. I'll keep you updated, but you
may be able to see as many as four or five of these shows for
as low as $7.00 each! Stay tuned. Meanwhile, here's
AMTSJ's link:
10 That link will give you the dates, prices, and other fun info
about AMTSJ.
11 If we do a musical, we will probably be judged by
professionals from AMTSJ. What an amazing season!
As I said, some people are put off by their "selling out"
to the touring companies, but that really is a sign of the
times.
12 Meanwhile, the San Jose Rep puts up Theresa Rebecks's
Bad Dates, May 8-June 6, 2004. The Rep is AWESME,
and you can get tickets for as low as $18 each, which is
really a good deal. It's a good idea to get the cheapest
seats at the Rep, because there is not a bad seat in the
house.
13 Kudos to Cambridge, and to Massachusetts for being the
first state to allow same sex marriage. Did it really take
until May of 2004 to finally reach this decision? Oy.
14 Lotta news, lotta news.
15 That's it for today, folks.
16 Peace.
