Wednesday, January 05, 2005
Twitching for Fun
Brilliant!
It's been a while, I know. I'd apologize, but I feel I don't have to. Why? No reason.
I have lots of things to talk about. I don't know where to start. And for some reason, I'm having trouble typing today. I wouldn't be surprised if I got frustrated tonight and quit mid-entry out of sheer frustration. If I disappear, it's a safe bet that that's what happened.
New Years: I wanted to spend New Years with people that matter. I guess in a way I did, but in a way I didn't, as I could have spent it with people that mattered more than some drunk strangers. I'll admit though, that the drunk strangers were quite entertaining. And besides, most people didn't make $100 on New Years. I did. Being the pregnant bridesmaid in Joey and Maria's was interesting. I was afraid that I'd have trouble keeping in character and keeping the accent up for three hours. I was also afraid that I'd run out of funny things to say. Fortunately none of those things happened. It was very strange the way it worked.
For one thing, once I put the dress on and started working the accent, I really really got into it. I really kinda forgot who Claire Whaley was, and was much more concerned with the life of Louisa, the pregnant bridesmaid. I had no trouble coming up with my life story, and answering people's questiones about my personal life when they asked them. The most common question from the audience was who was the father of my baby. That was always a fun one to tackle. Although, as the night wore on and the audience caught on to the fact that I didn't know who the father was, everyone began implying that I was a big slut. Now, I understand that Louisa is a big slut, thus the humor. However, when you've invested several hours into a character and people call her a whore, you get really offended. I felt very bad for Louisa. I started to get really offended when people would imply that I was cheap and easy. It was all a very strange experience.
Other than that, the show went very well, despite a minor mishap (and minor can be used in several ways in this context) when a kid of about 8 years old caught the garter, and the cast had to fudge what normally happens (which is that he who catches the garter puts it on the bouquet-catcher's leg... blindfolded... with his teeth.) Who brings their kids to a show like this? I don't know. But I hope his parents learned their lesson.
After the show I went to Sarah's friend's party, which was fun. I drank a lot of champagne and left some fun voice mails on random people's cell phones. Always a good time.
Anywho, the next day I drove up to Chautauqua, NY to spend some time with some family who was in from out of town. My cousins and I always have a blast together, and this visit was no exception. We goofed around and had a blast and ate lots of food, and then on Sunday took a trip to Buffalo to see THE STEELER GAME!
Obviously the Steeler game was a huge success. I don't think anybody was really putting money on the Steelers to win this one, but somehow they managed to do so anyway. It was great. As the game went on, they took out more and more of our key guys and started putting in the second and third string guys. I think eventually they put in the Steelers janitor, Mario Lemieux, and a couple random fans from the stands. (I think some were even Bills fans.) Ed McMahon ran for a touchdown. It was madness.
It was so satisfying to see guys nobody had ever heard of whoop Buffalo's best players. Other good factors included the weather (You'd think in Buffalo in January you'd need hardcore insulation, but it was probably in the 40's) and the number of Steeler fans in the stands. Everyone thought that because this game didn't matter at all to the Steelers, and it was the Bills' chance for the playoffs, the Bills fans would be out in full force and the Steelers fans would be at home wearing their gear and watching it on tv, but this was not the case.
So despite getting stuck in the mud while parking on some angry Bills fan's yard (who charged us $10 and then got mad that we left tire marks) and getting back late at night, the weekend and the game were successful.
When I got home, I found Josh sacked out on the couch. He was passing through Pittsburgh on his way back to Cincy from the boys' New Years party. So he and I stayed up pretty late being silly, and I was exhausted at work yesterday. It was all good though, I needed to spend some quality time with him and the family and the Steelers, so I wouldn't have traded my awake time for anything.
I had other things I wanted to discuss tonight, but I feel I've written quite enough. I think it's time for me to snuggle up in bed and read or something. I haven't done that in a long time, and Dave Barry has a book out that I haven't read that I need to consult.
Dave Barry is one funny mothafucka.
It's been a while, I know. I'd apologize, but I feel I don't have to. Why? No reason.
I have lots of things to talk about. I don't know where to start. And for some reason, I'm having trouble typing today. I wouldn't be surprised if I got frustrated tonight and quit mid-entry out of sheer frustration. If I disappear, it's a safe bet that that's what happened.
New Years: I wanted to spend New Years with people that matter. I guess in a way I did, but in a way I didn't, as I could have spent it with people that mattered more than some drunk strangers. I'll admit though, that the drunk strangers were quite entertaining. And besides, most people didn't make $100 on New Years. I did. Being the pregnant bridesmaid in Joey and Maria's was interesting. I was afraid that I'd have trouble keeping in character and keeping the accent up for three hours. I was also afraid that I'd run out of funny things to say. Fortunately none of those things happened. It was very strange the way it worked.
For one thing, once I put the dress on and started working the accent, I really really got into it. I really kinda forgot who Claire Whaley was, and was much more concerned with the life of Louisa, the pregnant bridesmaid. I had no trouble coming up with my life story, and answering people's questiones about my personal life when they asked them. The most common question from the audience was who was the father of my baby. That was always a fun one to tackle. Although, as the night wore on and the audience caught on to the fact that I didn't know who the father was, everyone began implying that I was a big slut. Now, I understand that Louisa is a big slut, thus the humor. However, when you've invested several hours into a character and people call her a whore, you get really offended. I felt very bad for Louisa. I started to get really offended when people would imply that I was cheap and easy. It was all a very strange experience.
Other than that, the show went very well, despite a minor mishap (and minor can be used in several ways in this context) when a kid of about 8 years old caught the garter, and the cast had to fudge what normally happens (which is that he who catches the garter puts it on the bouquet-catcher's leg... blindfolded... with his teeth.) Who brings their kids to a show like this? I don't know. But I hope his parents learned their lesson.
After the show I went to Sarah's friend's party, which was fun. I drank a lot of champagne and left some fun voice mails on random people's cell phones. Always a good time.
Anywho, the next day I drove up to Chautauqua, NY to spend some time with some family who was in from out of town. My cousins and I always have a blast together, and this visit was no exception. We goofed around and had a blast and ate lots of food, and then on Sunday took a trip to Buffalo to see THE STEELER GAME!
Obviously the Steeler game was a huge success. I don't think anybody was really putting money on the Steelers to win this one, but somehow they managed to do so anyway. It was great. As the game went on, they took out more and more of our key guys and started putting in the second and third string guys. I think eventually they put in the Steelers janitor, Mario Lemieux, and a couple random fans from the stands. (I think some were even Bills fans.) Ed McMahon ran for a touchdown. It was madness.
It was so satisfying to see guys nobody had ever heard of whoop Buffalo's best players. Other good factors included the weather (You'd think in Buffalo in January you'd need hardcore insulation, but it was probably in the 40's) and the number of Steeler fans in the stands. Everyone thought that because this game didn't matter at all to the Steelers, and it was the Bills' chance for the playoffs, the Bills fans would be out in full force and the Steelers fans would be at home wearing their gear and watching it on tv, but this was not the case.
So despite getting stuck in the mud while parking on some angry Bills fan's yard (who charged us $10 and then got mad that we left tire marks) and getting back late at night, the weekend and the game were successful.
When I got home, I found Josh sacked out on the couch. He was passing through Pittsburgh on his way back to Cincy from the boys' New Years party. So he and I stayed up pretty late being silly, and I was exhausted at work yesterday. It was all good though, I needed to spend some quality time with him and the family and the Steelers, so I wouldn't have traded my awake time for anything.
I had other things I wanted to discuss tonight, but I feel I've written quite enough. I think it's time for me to snuggle up in bed and read or something. I haven't done that in a long time, and Dave Barry has a book out that I haven't read that I need to consult.
Dave Barry is one funny mothafucka.
