"I'm glad your sense of the absurd is still functional."

Dec 26, 2004 22:26

I'm at renenet's. We just cobbled together a bed for me: two lumpy futon mattresses on top of a futon frame with an annoying bar down the middle (the second mattress to mitigate the bar factor). "I won't even add a pea!" she said brightly. The mattress combination looked, as I pointed out, rather like a cake gone bad -- you know, the kind that's collapsed ( Read more... )

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Here's luck! batwrangler December 27 2004, 04:45:26 UTC
Don't wear green, say the name of the Scottish play, or take live flowers on stage. Do carry a stone with a hole in it (they're good for bad things, you know) and break a leg.

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par_avion December 27 2004, 04:56:38 UTC
Good luck!

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ex_truepenn December 27 2004, 05:16:06 UTC
Best of luck.

You will be fabulous.

And your sleeping arrangements have reminded me of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, collapsing quietly "like a flan in a cupboard," so I've got Eddie Izzard imagery to add to my good wishes. *g*

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sorlklewis December 27 2004, 05:57:41 UTC
like a giant evil green calzone!

I nearly snorted tea out my nose when I read that.

Travel safe, and much luck with the interviews!

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superplin December 27 2004, 07:49:23 UTC
Good luck! I find I've done some of my best work on very little sleep and a huge case of nerves, so maybe the hardship (including the Princess-with-everything-but-a-pea sleeping arrangements) will actually turn out to be in your favor.

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