24 HPP '04 - "The Vengeance Exam." Part I: 'I could get used to it.'

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A place called SPL Integrated Solutions doesn't sound like a roiling hotbed of creative energy, does it? And yet, for the past 2 years it's been the home of Theatre Unbound's 24 Hour Play Project. What is the 24 Hour Play Project? you ask. It's a fundraiser for Theatre Unbound, a local company whose mission statement reads, "Theatre Unbound

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[viajes]

You almost make me sad that I'm in Nicaragua instead of Minnesota, where I could see this madness in action. Almost. Wait, how cold is it again?

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Right this instant, it's 15 degrees. But there's a winter storm warning for tonight, & apparently we're under some sort of wind chill advisory. Dunno what that means - we're to be advised of wind chill? Well, duh!

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I can't wait to see it performed. Eventually. Or read it.

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You & me both! I'm going to try to talk TU into doing another performance of the pieces that isn't a fundraiser, so we can have ticket prices that my broke friends can actually afford. If that doesn't look like it's going to fly, I'll give you a copy.

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[trueenough]

I second that! And third it!

Some friends and I intended to attend the Works In Progress show at the Red Eye, but we arrived a few mere minutes late and found ourselves locked out. Now, I know there's no late seating at the Red Eye (the lobby door opening ONTO the stage and all), but since when does an 8:00 performance atcuallt START at 8:00? 8:07 I could see. But like 8:02 and 30 seconds? Fooey on them. So we missed the W.I.P. (which I'm rather upset over, since we couldn't catch the Sunday performance either), AND the T.U. show (which like you said we wouldn't have afforded anyway, but I can still say we missed it). Where's all this karma that do-good-ing (being a do-gooder) is supposed to build? Harumph.

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Oh, no! I didn't make W.I.P., either! Stoopid car that wouldn't start. Grrr. La tells me they all did very well. Except the crazy lady.

Someday we will all be rich & punctual, right? Right?

Oooh! Look! Flying pig!

[dantesaint]

You are the coolest ever. You're so my internet Minnesotan hero.

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Why, thank you muchly, sir. That means a lot. Since you're so my internet Maryland superhero.

[shoshannagold]

Stan! That sounds like so much fun! And the play sounds hilarious! (Oh, no, I'm over-using exclamation marks again!) I've never tried a marathon writing session like that - term papers are different - but I think that would be such a great exercise. I'm sure it's brilliant, so if you can do it without violating copyright or whatever, try to send me a copy.

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Stan!
Shosh!

That sounds like so much fun!
It really was. Way too much caffeine & not enough sleep, but tons of fun.

Oh, no, I'm over-using exclamation marks again!
That's OK. cloudscudding & I are going to grammar war against this ill-grammared asshat who's been bugging her, & I'm in charge of exclamation marks. You can join my gang.

term papers are different
Not so different. I was a term paper binge writer, too. Of course, I was often kind of drunk when I did it, so maybe that's not a fair comparison.

try to send me a copy.
Consider it sent!

[shoshannagold]

I love war! That link didn't work, could you send it to me again so I can be irate on behald of your friend? I'm good at that.

I'm glad that you're not taking out the grammar-wrath on me, given that I over-use commas, too.

non-functioning link

[cloudscudding]

Mmm...it was friends-locked, something that beths_stanley should consider before attempting to direct someone else to it. I've unlocked it briefly so that you can read it. Sometime tomorrow (oops, today, I guess), I'll lock it again. But since you expressed interest:

The original post.

A later update on the situation. Warning: includes shoddy metaphors.