Friday Normal Bag. And That's Terrible.

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So, second performance of Ambersons tonight. I'm nervous, primarily because I can't find any good reasons to be nervous. It seems like everything is there, and together, and fine, and I'm not used to dealing with that. Yesterday, Berit and I went in and made the small tech fixes we had to make - some new or altered sound effects, different sound levels, new transition lights and light timings. All good.

Now I just sit around and make up reasons to be nervous. Well, as Berit says, "Don't borrow trouble!"

I just want to be there and setting up for the show. But it's not even 9 in the morning, the show's at 8 pm, and I have to go supervise a tech before that at 1 pm anyway.

I just need some breakfast and coffee.

And meanwhile, what's Lex Luthor doing . . ?

Not terrible, here's today's Random Ten, out of 25,595 in the iPod:

1. "Soul Love" - The Music Machine - The Bonniwell Music Machine
2. "Lady" - Johnny Young - Oceanic Odyssey Volume 08
3. "No Time To Rhyme" - The Spirit - Pebbles Volume 13 - The Continent Strikes Back
4. "E-Bow The Letter" - R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi
5. "Sweet Susie (trailer)/Lone Twister" - Russ Meyer/The Lone Twister - Wavy Gravy - For Adult Enthusiasts…
6. "The Place Where She Lives" - The Four Rockets - Pebbles Volume 12 - The World
7. "Good Air" - Raymond Scott - Manhattan Research, Inc.
8. "Hot Head Baby" - Frantic Flintstones - Raucous Recordings
9. "Twist and Shout" - Brian Poole & The Tremeloes - Beat of the Pops 02
10. "Bollywood" - Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Ubiquity Studio Sessions Vol.1—Music and Rhythm

And there was some more time this week to take some photos of the cats. Here's Moni enjoying the open window, and dreaming of killing things beyond, if she could get through the screen:

Hooker tucked in next to me on the couch for a nap:

And the two of them together, trying to share a chair:

Nothing much to do now. I'm going to play around with playlists and iTunes to keep my mind from getting in a nervousness feedback loop . . .

Comments

Lex and his ropes

[(Anonymous)]

You've got to appreciate the fact that Lex tied ropes onto the cake cart (which dwarfs him) and is pulling it behind him, instead of just pushing it in front of him, like an ordinary villain would. Each of those cakes is the size of a frickin' snare drum
TXC

Re: Lex and his ropes

[collisionwork]

You'll notice there still seems to be some slack in those ropes, too - in a moment, they'll go taut, Lex will fall on his ass as he can't pull the weight, and he'll say, "fuck this," and go to pushing.

Re: Lex and his ropes

[(Anonymous)]

I can't help but notice the addendum "And that's terrible". The implication being....if it weren't the same as four tens, perhaps, the crime wouldn't be so bad. And indeed, there is one cake making its escape, which will leave him with 39 cakes, which is...not so bad, I guess. I mean, it's not four tens.

Also--if the rope is slack, how is that cake flying off? Do they have their own propulsion? If so, I propose it is one massive practical joke, on the part of the cakes--by the time Lex actually pulls, all the cakes will be gone., but Lex, unknowing, will apply the force needed to pull forty cakes, leading to a comical plunge forward.

Lex Luthor, lying on the ground, being laughed at by forty flying cakes. Which is the same as four tens. And that's terrible.

EAE