April 24, 2006
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The Daily News
1 Welcome back everybody! Sure feels good!
2 WELL! I'd like congratulate the members of the Cast and Crew of My Favorite Things for kicking their jet engines on with a thundering performance last weekend!!! You blew everyone out of the water, forcing many of us into accolades filled to the brim with mixed metaphors and holy praises!!!
3 My own words can't touch the magic and power and the overall miracle that occurred those three wonderful nights. Perhaps two words can: Thank you. Thank you to the Cast, Crew, and to our rollicking audiences for joining us in a celebration of pure joy and miracles.
4 Just...Thank you.
5 Moving on: It's a bit funny but I get so used to composing the DN each night and chucking it onto your front porch each morning that when I give myself <and you!> time off, I find myself writing like a madman!
6 For example, when I would get to the point of e-mailing people this past week, I found myself composing these long heroic pieces and updates and all, and sending them off. Part of the reason for that was that my insomnia tends to kick in strongly when there's no school, and I find myself unable to sleep, subsequently writing illuminating things well into the good night.
7 Ah, it was fun and relaxing having not TOO much to do. They'd probably rather read my crap than study anyway. I would have. Any excuse to put down the books. Ah, the college life...Oreos and e-mails at 3 a.m.
8 Anyway, I guess we're back to normal. How many of YOU finally got to picking up those books that were lurking over you like smiling gargoyles all week?
9 Ah, it's great to be back! I can't wait to see my sixth! Yeah dude, I looked it up and it turns out that Shakespeare really IS dead. Your gut instinct was right on the money. How'd ya know?
10 Moving on, part II: Iquanas. Cafecito. Twice-Read Books. Stratta. What do these venerable places have in common? They were all soulful businesses downtown that have all disappeared since July. Very sad times. And in some ways tied together by similar landlords and money interests. I can't go into all of that right here, but if you're interested in reading about it, go to the link below and weep.
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/10.12.05/orozcos-0541.html
11 It's a touchin' good story...
12 It's a touchin' sad story, but it is really the story of San Jose's historical legacy, which sadly is one of places being built, entire communities bonding, and then money interests and political forces literally knocking things down with a wrecking ball.
13 I recently purchased a book called San Jose's Historic Downtown, thinking I could visit all the famous spots, but sadly, the story seems to be that very thing, over and over.
14 During the summer I'll work a bit on getting some of that stuff up on my Xanga, which has settled into the long weeds and rust that have defined this entire year.
15 At some point I hope to revive that as well. I really get sad watching things like that just disappear out of our lives. Iquanas was just a lovely place, and it's adjoining partner, Cafecito, was a place where my daugher Caitlin and her great friend Monica performed on open mic nights.
16 So that article, submitted to the Myspace.com bulletin by my daughter Nicole's friend Jonathan, really stopped me and made me realize how quickly some of our most cherished people and things could simply leave us, often in a heartbeat...
17 I guess in many ways the story of the Drama Workshop this year was a sort of triumph over all that sort of thing happening.
18 Maybe that's why I look up at the sky on this peaceful Monday back and give a wink.
19 All good gifts around us, after all, are sent from Heaven above, or so they say.
20 Thank you. And as predicted, Godspell once again brought it all to light.
21 Peace.
thank you cast, crew and audience.
we're back.
<thundering applause.>
thank you.
~h~
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