January 26, 2011
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The Daily News1 O' Bama.2 Dude.3 Really?4 That's all you got?5 Are ya kiddin' me?6 I expected SO much more.7 Ah, vell.8 Dog and pony show.9 I'm done with politicians.10 Did you stay to watch?11 Who wrote your speech dude, Mike Singletary?12 Ah, whateveuh.13 I stand not amazed, and even worried.14 REALLY man? Sputnik?15 Thanks for showing everybody that you are just a blowhard.16 Repubz. Democratz. Boushit.17 Porridge.18 I've never been so I-didn't-feel anything.19 I gave a better speech when I ran for senior class prez.20 You, Mr. President, are weak in the knees.21 You addressed nothing worth a darn.22 Excellent work.23 Dude.24 There's a new product out.25 It's called "substance".26 Ah, vell. The guy just played it safe.
27 Disappointing, but not the end of the world.
28 Moving on, Part the First: I must say, the President did look pretty sleek. He should have done something with his hair, though. He looks like he stayed the same, but that his hair aged around fifteen years. Dude, on the large screen, that stuff needs my new-age stylist "Maria".
29 Speaking of which, yesterday a girl said to me first thing in the morning, "Mr. Harrington, you look good today!"
30 Honestly?
31 I answered sweetly, but with my usual retort,"Well, thank you. But truly, I've reached a point in life where I don't want to look good, I just want to avoid looking bad." It is my modern credo.
32 This caused the guy next to her to chime in, "Well, Mr. H, you don't look so bad today!" Laughs all around, including me.
33 I've been dieting for around three weeks and trying to find time to work out when I'm not grading a billion papers, but haven't spent too much time looking in mirrors.
34 There are three things I REALLY avoid these days: mirrors, cameras, and all things Richard Simmons.
35 Moving on, Part the Second: I looked over some old hard-copy DN's yesterday, just to get back in touch with my DN roots.
36 The charming thing about the DN's early days was that there were only ten to twelve items on each, which meant a much more random feel than my current "style", which reaches fifty to sixty.
34 Here is one from 9/23/97. It was bright green:
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The Daily News9/23/971 Four.2 I was handed an Elements of Drama pamphlet yesterday and the first page I turned to compared Moliere's The Misanthrope to Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, just another act of synchronicity. No Heidi stuff, but I found it charmingly significant.
3 The band rocked on Saturday, sources have revealed. You guys need now to get in shape. Get down and give me twenty.
4 A nine-year old kid was sent home from school yesterday when he boasted to his classmates that the little white pills he had would make them jump higher. Turns out the little white pills were Certs. It was reported that the children did jump higher. The boy was suspended for holding look-alike drugs. True story.
5 The Marv Albert story is just heating up. Stay tuned.
6 Mr. Griffey, Jr. won't catch Roger Maris' home run record, but it sure is fun.
7 Why is there an apostrophe in won't? Is it an abbreviation for wo not?
8 The set is up, painted, and has working doors and backing flats. Auditions are tomorrow. Someday this will be Workshop legend, for what it's worth.
9 Jean Rivers just got hired at AMTSJ and is working in accounting. Jean is legend, pure and simple.
10 The sadness of this past week has been tough on all of us. It puts a lot of things in perspective. Appreciate the delicacy of friends and family today, and think about what is important. Peaceout.
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35 Short and sweet. I'm not sure what the random "Four" meant.36 The Show we were starting was Moliere's The Imaginary Invalid. The reference to Midsummer is that the Class of '98 came into our Theatre and did Midsummer in their freshman year. The date dictates that this was their senior year. The reference to sadness is a mystery to me. I have no recollection of anything too sad happening then. Nice thoughts though.
37 I just thought I'd bring in a blast from the past. Nearly every DN was that short, which gives it some energy. I'd throw grenades on each item and let people chuckle at the randomness.
38 Hmmmmm.
39 I may get back to that format. This stuff takes way too long.
40 It was always fun concocting the thing, and I feel to this minute that I don't write all this drivel.
41 Well, it's well past 4:30 a.m.
42 Time to put my insomniacal ravings to sleep for hopefully a good hour or so.
43 Wednesday already.
44 Have a delicious one.
45 Peace.
~H~
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