33 1/3 Dates rehearsal has been canceled for tonight, due to probable severe thunderstorms. Sleep deprivation, heat and humidity have reduced me to pudding, so I'm quite grateful for this lull ( Read more... )

I'm going to the family reunion tomorrow, because it looks very likely that this will be the last one ever. Part of my motivation is my Mom's birthday, which was Friday, so this is kind of visiting her for that as well. But basically, Dad successfully guilt-tripped me into making this one by announcing his retirement from the family reunion ( Read more... )

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Thus far, Labor Day weekend has been pretty dull. I went to the State Fair, and I hung around the house, simultaneously rewatching Arrested Development and avoiding important household projects. Which, I think, is exactly how I spent last Labor Day weekend. I've had an unfortunate pattern of dull Labor Day weekends. Everyone's off doing stuff, ( Read more... )

The family reunion was considerably more painless than I was expecting. I have all these negative associations with Dad's side of the family, most of which involve sitting around as a kid, dressed in my Sunday best, bored out of my skull. But now that I'm old enough to be bald and own a house, the boring factor has largely melted away. It's just ( Read more... )

I completely forgot the Twin Cities Improv Festival is this weekend. That makes me officially the stupidest man on the planet. I can make a couple shows Thursday and Friday, and maybe Saturday, but I can't stay out late on Saturday because I need to get up super early and help my parents with the family reunion. Needless to say, I would much ( Read more... )

I was writing a note for Mom's Mother's Day card, and I was having the usual difficulties. Like most mothers, Mom really enjoys heavy phone and mail contact. However, large portions of my life are not translatable into Mom-o-centric terms.

For example, last night I went over to cajones and chebutykin's place to watch Rat Pfink a Boo Boo, which I got recently ( Read more... )

I've been having the worst luck with travel these days. Every time I need to drive more than 20 miles, the weather has been abysmal. The drive down to my parents' place was one of the scarier car trips I've taken in memory. Strong winds blowing my teeny little pickup all over the interstate, and so much blowing snow visibility would drop to dead ( Read more... )

They had the first ever Improv Open Gym at the Brave New Workshop yesterday, and I think the organizers were a bit blown away. Something like 30 people showed up, including me. It was seriously, genuinely great. No ego, no cliquishness, no snobbery. Just thirty odd people doing improv for 90 minutes straight. I got to portray an autistic ( Read more... )

( A not all that exciting but drama-free Thanksgiving. )