April 20, 2005
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The Daily News
1 I don't know about anybody else, but I find it hard to relate to a Pope whose name sounds like a menu item at Denny's.
2 See the paper today? This big picture of the guy, and he looks like Alfred E. Neuman of Mad Magazine fame, had he aged naturally.
3 Oy.
4 Well, congratulations, guy. Hope the hat fits. Seriously, dude.
5 Pope news.
6 Nothing like it.
7 I loved giving those tests yesterday. By the day's end, my head turned to glue, hardened, cracked, and fell to the floor in pieces.
8 Had a terrific visit with Sheryll Marmito and later on, Cindy Barrett yesterday. Just a really nice time; we talked for hours. It's always good to see the people who made a difference in your life. They represented a beautiful era in this building. It's almost hard to describe, but those were the days, my friend.
9 And YES, that WAS the Y.B. stage yesterday. After having been stripped and sanded only once before since I got here, it looked utterly amazing, almost brand new! On the sad end, every paint drop that represented a past show was sanded out.
10 Well, it was nice that Sheryll was here. For just a second, she looked on a little sad about that. I was too. Only I've also seen that stage abused time and again by different groups, and it was truly on its last legs, so really needs to be viewed as a step forward.
11 Next week they are going to be bringing in some sort of finish, as well as some new curtains, which is all fine and good, but nobody seems to be considering my requests for what would work the best. For one thing, a shiny finish is bad, bad, bad in a Theatre. This is universally understood by most professional Theatre companies. It reflects the light, giving a ghastly glow to everything that goes up. Dull works on stages. The stage actually looks good as is, but maybe a nice finish, without all the sheen, might really make it look smart.
12 And I keep hearing that they want a front curtain and a rear curtain. The veteran over here KNOWS that what we NEED are side curtains, called "legs", and short curtains, called "teasers", to hide the lights. A front and rear curtain are nice, and look nice, but really not as necessary nor as useful as legs and teasers.
13 Sadly, nobody seems to be listening. I'll TRY to get word out again, but it seems that nobody wants to consider the guy who knows more about the stage than anyone else in the school.
14 So yeah.
15 This morning, if you're REALLY lucky, you'll pop into the Theatre to watch UCSC's version of The Winter's Tale, during 2nd period. I got up this morning really early to let those guys in to set up. I can't wait!
16 So yeah.
17 Gonna go now. I gathered all the pieces together yesterday, and the glue set all last night. My head is now ready for day 2 of The Star Test.
18 Peace.
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