Today, a friend of mine recommended LJ as an alternative to Facebook, or at least said a lot of us were retreating here. Rereading my posts of the last few years, most of which have been private and locked down as tight as I could make them, I realize I've been doing as much myself for quite a while. They've mostly been psychic screams of the 'Wow ( Read more... )

Did you ever feel like the United States of America of friends? You're the first one out there with support when somebody else just had the equivalent of an earthquake. You're not perfect, but you really do try to be decent. (Okay, you're gauche as hell, you dress badly, and you talk and laugh too loudly, but your heart is generally in the right ( Read more... )

I hate my job, I hate my job, I hate my job, I hate my job ( Read more... )

When: Aug. 16-31; 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Aug. 16-31, 2 p.m. Aug. 25

Where: Greenbelt Arts Center, 123 Centerway, Greenbelt

Tickets: $17, $14 students/seniors/military, $12 children 12 and under with adult

For information: 301-441-8770; greenbeltartcenter.org

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Lysistrata 1969 ( Read more... )

Might as well start putting myself on your radar about now ( Read more... )

So Melissa Robinson and I have been batting an idea around, and I'm wondering if anyone else would be interested. Semi-regular gatherings of friends to read through plays together, over dinner and/or wine. Maybe one Saturday night a month. Does it sound like something you people would want in on? I'd cheerfully throw my place open for it.

I notice some others have posted this as well, but no Pericles tonight; we've been cancelled for non-snow by the space.

The good news is, they've offered to let us go up next weekend instead. So fingers crossed, we'll actually get a closing night.

Finding cake in the L'Enfant Plaza federal dead zone is going to be a challenge; you might just have to suffer through a birthday Twinkie with a candle in it...

Fridays and Saturdays, January 13-14 and 20-21, 8 PM ( Read more... )