Maybe I just wouldn't know what to do with my strength anyway.
Didn't realize it's actually Jesse May as the pig in Pig Tale. I lurve him, now I have to go. Didn't even recognize him in the photos. Looks like he put on a little weight- suits him. United Stages interview with him.
Forgot to mention family is having a pasta sauce cook-off for Christmas- everyone's bringing a pasta sauce, mom's gonna cook up a huge load of pasta, and we'll all vote and stuff. Sounds like super-fun! Peter has offered to look through his plethora of cookbooks for me to find something special.
Went to Soce's birthday party last night. It was fun. Since I had to leave at 11 for Ukulele Cabaret, I got there right on time, and was the only one there with Andrew for an hour. Drank lots of Jim Beam.
His party's theme was "I can't believe I hired a whore for my birthday".* Each party attendee got to go into Soce's bedroom and pretend to be a whore he's hired. We waited till another person showed up to do that. (His name was Ken, and he was wearing a pimp hat, so he was my pimp, then when he went in, I got to wear the pimp hat.) Soce was very giggly, and had me mime stripping, then do a sexy dance. Silly.
Finally more people showed up; one fellow brought homemade cupcakes.
Met a very cute guy named Dan, who's a highschool teacher, and leader of the Gay Straight Alliance. He's vaguely Ben Beckleyish in looks, though seems much more mature- he and I were the only ones getting each other's jokes for a bit, our repartee flying over other people's heads. He insisted on hugging me when I left. I've already found him on Facebook.
When I was leaving, Soce insisted that I play some uke, so I did "We Belong", which went over well.
Then took the subway to Ukulele Cabaret- this season it's at the Zipper Café (where we have had many a drink, since it's one street over from Where Eagles Dare). It's kind of an awkward setup for a show, but it was nice and informal. I do like it better than Jimmy's no. 8, since there's just more room.
Rush had two new guys with them, all wearing matching shirts, billing themselves as The Ukemen. They did a kickass cover of Bon Jovi's "Dead or Alive", then "Jamaica Farewell". Awesome. Quite in love with Andy, one of the new guys, though immediately met his girlfriend, who was very sweet.
Jamie Scandal showed up despite being ill and high on cough medicine. She did her Christmas song, then did an elaborate rendition of Billy Joel's "Sometimes a Fantasy", in which she got Gio and his girlfriend to come up on stage and use homemade masks to be "her in the 80s" vs. Gio as "Every Guy I was in love with in the 80s". And then got Kabhu to throw glitter and blow bubbles during it. It was amazingly insane. She also made a giant poster for the show, copies of which had been handed out all night to be colored in with crayons.
I sang "Disgracefully Yours", "O Holy Night", and "We Belong". Went well.
Some new guys went last, and were entertaining- one of them sang John Denver's "Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk on Christmas)".
Talked to Jamie for really the first time other than "hi, how are you". She told me that seeing my videos on the Ukulele Cabaret page (Specifically my cover of "No Children", which she thought was an original) was what made her want to come and be part of it all. So touched and honored.
Computer stuff:
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* Based on a Jim Gaffigan bit: (paraphrased) "Man, I can't believe I have to work on my birthday. Man, I can't believe I'm only ordering a pizza on my birthday. Man, I can't believe I hired a whore for my birthday..."
Forgot to mention family is having a pasta sauce cook-off for Christmas- everyone's bringing a pasta sauce, mom's gonna cook up a huge load of pasta, and we'll all vote and stuff. Sounds like super-fun! Peter has offered to look through his plethora of cookbooks for me to find something special.
Went to Soce's birthday party last night. It was fun. Since I had to leave at 11 for Ukulele Cabaret, I got there right on time, and was the only one there with Andrew for an hour. Drank lots of Jim Beam.
His party's theme was "I can't believe I hired a whore for my birthday".* Each party attendee got to go into Soce's bedroom and pretend to be a whore he's hired. We waited till another person showed up to do that. (His name was Ken, and he was wearing a pimp hat, so he was my pimp, then when he went in, I got to wear the pimp hat.) Soce was very giggly, and had me mime stripping, then do a sexy dance. Silly.
Finally more people showed up; one fellow brought homemade cupcakes.
Met a very cute guy named Dan, who's a highschool teacher, and leader of the Gay Straight Alliance. He's vaguely Ben Beckleyish in looks, though seems much more mature- he and I were the only ones getting each other's jokes for a bit, our repartee flying over other people's heads. He insisted on hugging me when I left. I've already found him on Facebook.
When I was leaving, Soce insisted that I play some uke, so I did "We Belong", which went over well.
Then took the subway to Ukulele Cabaret- this season it's at the Zipper Café (where we have had many a drink, since it's one street over from Where Eagles Dare). It's kind of an awkward setup for a show, but it was nice and informal. I do like it better than Jimmy's no. 8, since there's just more room.
Rush had two new guys with them, all wearing matching shirts, billing themselves as The Ukemen. They did a kickass cover of Bon Jovi's "Dead or Alive", then "Jamaica Farewell". Awesome. Quite in love with Andy, one of the new guys, though immediately met his girlfriend, who was very sweet.
Jamie Scandal showed up despite being ill and high on cough medicine. She did her Christmas song, then did an elaborate rendition of Billy Joel's "Sometimes a Fantasy", in which she got Gio and his girlfriend to come up on stage and use homemade masks to be "her in the 80s" vs. Gio as "Every Guy I was in love with in the 80s". And then got Kabhu to throw glitter and blow bubbles during it. It was amazingly insane. She also made a giant poster for the show, copies of which had been handed out all night to be colored in with crayons.
I sang "Disgracefully Yours", "O Holy Night", and "We Belong". Went well.
Some new guys went last, and were entertaining- one of them sang John Denver's "Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk on Christmas)".
Talked to Jamie for really the first time other than "hi, how are you". She told me that seeing my videos on the Ukulele Cabaret page (Specifically my cover of "No Children", which she thought was an original) was what made her want to come and be part of it all. So touched and honored.
Computer stuff:
- BitTorrented Microsoft Office, so I can finally look at my plays with all the correct formatting again. Aaaaah.
- Annoyed because I can't install my music printing program- there seems to be something wrong with the disc. Fortunately, I registered the program and still have my serial number- have e-mailed the Customer Service folks there to see if anything can be done (they're only in weekdays, though, Central Time, so I'll have to wait for a response).
- My new hard drive came with fonts installed- they're strangely "funky". I'm used to more staid fonts coming pre-installed. Actually quite pleased with the font selection, though for writing I always use Courier New anyway.
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* Based on a Jim Gaffigan bit: (paraphrased) "Man, I can't believe I have to work on my birthday. Man, I can't believe I'm only ordering a pizza on my birthday. Man, I can't believe I hired a whore for my birthday..."