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kay, so I've gained a tiny bit of weight. It's time for me to get serious about exercise. I don't like putting on a vest I once fit into and feeling like The Incredible Hulk.
On the subject of weight gaining, "Thanksgivin' 06" was an absolute success. Saturday night I discovered that it is not easy at all to obtain an already thawed turkey. I was afraid we would have to find something else as a substitute because Turkey's take a good 2-3 days to thaw at best. Al's immediate solution was to try a method he called "super thawing," which involved a night of heaters and hair dryers. I explained to him very clearly that I am simply not down with the hole food poisoning/being the hospital thing and that it would not work out, even for him. Then I discovered online that one can thaw a turkey by putting it underwater, and it will only take a half hour for every pound. We rushed out to Harris Teeter (for about the fifth or sixth time) and grabbed a 13ish pound turkey and ran it home.
Now, the thing about thawing a turkey underwater, is that the water must be changed every 30 minutes or so, else the bird may become diseased. This meant one of us, Cory, Jenni, Al, Jake, Beller or I, had to stay up most of the night on Turkey Duty. Jenni and Cory were only over to start pie baking and wanted to go home to sleep that night. Jake, Al and Beller all wussed out, so it was up to me if I wanted us to have a Turkey. And I did want us to have a turkey. Even if I did have an 8am Jazz Dance class the next morning. We put the turkey in the sink at 9:30.
Around 10:30 we heard from Randall, who wanted to come over and start his greenbean casserole. He didn't have class until 2pm the next day, so he also volunteered to stay up with me on Turkey duty for the night. It was a long process. We watched some movies, including AVP and Edward Scissorhands. Around 3:00 in the morning we were both falling asleep, so I simply set my phone for every half hour and slept on the couch. Once I reached 14 water changes I shut down and went to sleep, only to be woken a hour and a half later for Jazz Dance.
Coming back from Jazz, I found Al and Randall already awake. The turkey was completely thawed! Randall, who almost went to cullinary school, began to pull out all the insides and we strategized about dressing the darn thing, since you generally want to let the basting process go from 12-18 hours. Another trip to Harris Teeter produced baige, thyme, honey, and other fun ingredients. At this point I had to run back to the school to rehearse with Claire. When I came back, the all dressed up and ready to go in the oven.
I set it for three hours, during which I went to the Directing Project auditions. When I got back it was time to pull out the turkey and check on it. There were a couple set backs. Randall and Al had put the meat thermometer in the bag, so we couldn't really tell how hot the bird was. Randall had also messed up by putting the honey on before it went in the oven (as opposed to leaving that for after). Honey burns easily, so we thought it was burnt. Wrong. The top layer of skin was black, but underneath it was the most delicious, moist turkey I'd ever tasted. Everyone began to arrive between 5 and 6 to make some last minute preparations. We cleaned and rearranged the living room and borrowed a nice table form Dr. Long. Then we invited Dr. Long as well, and he felt very honored and accepted. I like making older people proud of my generation.
6:30 was go time. We had all the food set up on the table and everyone grabbed a plate and marched around it before we all took our seats. The meal was delicious. It was the first Thanksgiving meal that I can remember where I actually tried a bit of everything. The gravy made from the Turkey was awesome and went especially well with the mashed potatoes.
After the meal we had pumpkin pie and sat around talking for a bit before I remembered I had a paper due the following morning. It was my second night in a row of very little sleep, but I got the paper done (thanks, in part, to Randall betting me a dollar I couldn't do it).
Tuesday was a difficult day to get through. I was very tired and a little loopy. I had to do my activity in Meisner, which I'd spent some money on, and it was still terrible. Claire gave up on me a little bit and I got the same freakin thing I always get- "You're not letting your partner affect you."
It's an insanely frustrating thing to hear over and over again.
I went to the Swing Dance lesson that night and saw Stefan. Learned some cool moves and went home to sleep. Oh, I also watched a lot of Scrubs, cause Sam Gooly finally brought me season 2 on DVD. He kept forgetting, so I created a facebook event "Scrubs - Season 2 Exchange!" and invited him to it. He came through.
Today Ryan and I stood in Wright Place and handed out flyers with the words "FREE FLYER" printed on them. The first official stunt of ImprovAction, my new group. It's amazing what people will do to try to avoid getting flyers. Averted eyes, pretending to talk on their cell phones, walking quicker.
Reactions ranged from stuffing the flyers into pockets without reading them to:
"What is this?"
"It's a Free Flyer."
"Why do I want this?"
"Cause it's free."
"But what do I do with it?"
"You take it from me"
"Okay..."
"Enjoy!"
I have some amazing friends this year, and even though I'm having a really difficult time (I have such mood swings, mostly due to my inability to grasp the fundamentals of Meisner studio), everyone has really been there for me.
I am so happy to have a group now.
Happy Thanksgivin' 06!!
Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny previews tonight at Hendrix, but I have my first night of Running Crew for Hedda Gablar. Also been cast in a Directing Project with a buttload of lines. Should be fun!
Peace
On the subject of weight gaining, "Thanksgivin' 06" was an absolute success. Saturday night I discovered that it is not easy at all to obtain an already thawed turkey. I was afraid we would have to find something else as a substitute because Turkey's take a good 2-3 days to thaw at best. Al's immediate solution was to try a method he called "super thawing," which involved a night of heaters and hair dryers. I explained to him very clearly that I am simply not down with the hole food poisoning/being the hospital thing and that it would not work out, even for him. Then I discovered online that one can thaw a turkey by putting it underwater, and it will only take a half hour for every pound. We rushed out to Harris Teeter (for about the fifth or sixth time) and grabbed a 13ish pound turkey and ran it home.
Now, the thing about thawing a turkey underwater, is that the water must be changed every 30 minutes or so, else the bird may become diseased. This meant one of us, Cory, Jenni, Al, Jake, Beller or I, had to stay up most of the night on Turkey Duty. Jenni and Cory were only over to start pie baking and wanted to go home to sleep that night. Jake, Al and Beller all wussed out, so it was up to me if I wanted us to have a Turkey. And I did want us to have a turkey. Even if I did have an 8am Jazz Dance class the next morning. We put the turkey in the sink at 9:30.
Around 10:30 we heard from Randall, who wanted to come over and start his greenbean casserole. He didn't have class until 2pm the next day, so he also volunteered to stay up with me on Turkey duty for the night. It was a long process. We watched some movies, including AVP and Edward Scissorhands. Around 3:00 in the morning we were both falling asleep, so I simply set my phone for every half hour and slept on the couch. Once I reached 14 water changes I shut down and went to sleep, only to be woken a hour and a half later for Jazz Dance.
Coming back from Jazz, I found Al and Randall already awake. The turkey was completely thawed! Randall, who almost went to cullinary school, began to pull out all the insides and we strategized about dressing the darn thing, since you generally want to let the basting process go from 12-18 hours. Another trip to Harris Teeter produced baige, thyme, honey, and other fun ingredients. At this point I had to run back to the school to rehearse with Claire. When I came back, the all dressed up and ready to go in the oven.
I set it for three hours, during which I went to the Directing Project auditions. When I got back it was time to pull out the turkey and check on it. There were a couple set backs. Randall and Al had put the meat thermometer in the bag, so we couldn't really tell how hot the bird was. Randall had also messed up by putting the honey on before it went in the oven (as opposed to leaving that for after). Honey burns easily, so we thought it was burnt. Wrong. The top layer of skin was black, but underneath it was the most delicious, moist turkey I'd ever tasted. Everyone began to arrive between 5 and 6 to make some last minute preparations. We cleaned and rearranged the living room and borrowed a nice table form Dr. Long. Then we invited Dr. Long as well, and he felt very honored and accepted. I like making older people proud of my generation.
6:30 was go time. We had all the food set up on the table and everyone grabbed a plate and marched around it before we all took our seats. The meal was delicious. It was the first Thanksgiving meal that I can remember where I actually tried a bit of everything. The gravy made from the Turkey was awesome and went especially well with the mashed potatoes.
After the meal we had pumpkin pie and sat around talking for a bit before I remembered I had a paper due the following morning. It was my second night in a row of very little sleep, but I got the paper done (thanks, in part, to Randall betting me a dollar I couldn't do it).
Tuesday was a difficult day to get through. I was very tired and a little loopy. I had to do my activity in Meisner, which I'd spent some money on, and it was still terrible. Claire gave up on me a little bit and I got the same freakin thing I always get- "You're not letting your partner affect you."
It's an insanely frustrating thing to hear over and over again.
I went to the Swing Dance lesson that night and saw Stefan. Learned some cool moves and went home to sleep. Oh, I also watched a lot of Scrubs, cause Sam Gooly finally brought me season 2 on DVD. He kept forgetting, so I created a facebook event "Scrubs - Season 2 Exchange!" and invited him to it. He came through.
Today Ryan and I stood in Wright Place and handed out flyers with the words "FREE FLYER" printed on them. The first official stunt of ImprovAction, my new group. It's amazing what people will do to try to avoid getting flyers. Averted eyes, pretending to talk on their cell phones, walking quicker.
Reactions ranged from stuffing the flyers into pockets without reading them to:
"What is this?"
"It's a Free Flyer."
"Why do I want this?"
"Cause it's free."
"But what do I do with it?"
"You take it from me"
"Okay..."
"Enjoy!"
I have some amazing friends this year, and even though I'm having a really difficult time (I have such mood swings, mostly due to my inability to grasp the fundamentals of Meisner studio), everyone has really been there for me.
I am so happy to have a group now.
Happy Thanksgivin' 06!!
Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny previews tonight at Hendrix, but I have my first night of Running Crew for Hedda Gablar. Also been cast in a Directing Project with a buttload of lines. Should be fun!
Peace