GRRRRRRR!

AAAARRGGUHHHHH! BLOGGER just lost my five paragraph post! GRRRR!

I don’t have enough time to re-key it, so you now get the short version in bullet form (it’s probably better this way anyway):

• I (and everyone at kodak.com) seems to be in a BLAH mood. Not quite a depression (that would take too much effort). Jenny seems to be experiencing the same thing. I’m also fighting a cold.
• I hope both the cold and the BLAH lift by the weekend as I’m going to Toronto on Saturday to see the gorillaz in concert.
• Last night was a good martial arts class. Pat killed my legs: today I have two half dollar sized bits of muscle pain halfway up my outer thigh nerve lines (making walking and climbing stairs ohh so much fun) thanks to his super accurate Thai kicks. There was also lots of sparring last night. Both Pat and Aaron did very well and I was pretty satisfied with myself (it helps having people to try and stay better than). I’m also started getting tutored on breakfalls by an Aiki Ju Jitsuist. I spent a chunk of time after class being pitched across the room.
• I blew Aaron’s cover by announcing he missed class on Monday. Next time let me know ahead of time when you’re going out to raise hell without Jenny knowing, ok? I’ll be happy to tell her you were in class *wink* *wink*. (I like the “I had to write a paper excuse” you gave her… great save!)
• Finally, I’ve been thinking a lot as of late about the amount of self censoring I’ve been doing on the blog. I’m not sure if it’s a mood or I simply care too much about what all my readers (the five of you) think. Who knows… A lot of thoughts and little things haven’t made it to the blog. Oh well…

Ok. Before this gets lost, lemme post!

Bits and pieces of my life for this morning

I saw The Royal Tenenbaums last night. What a terrific movie! A little stylistically reminiscent of Amélie. Gene Hackman is phenomenal in the film and really deserved an Oscar nod for it (don’t get me started on the Oscars… grr). It’s a little tough to find now, but catch this if you can.

Martial arts on Monday was great (even though some slackers were not there)! It was my third time boxing (now that I have the gloves) and I’m still getting used to it. I spent most of the time letting Pat hit me in order to condition my body to react to a punch. It also reinforced my decision that I just don’t like being hit. But Coach came up to me after class and complimented me on my movement (really Sifu deserves the compliment, it took five years of his hard work to get me that mobile). That felt really good. Then Kung Fu was great as well. We sparred for most of the night and I threw every move that I had and made a few up on the fly. :-) I got a couple compliments on that. And that positive reinforcement rocks!

mmm mixed nuts are good!

And finally I bring you vintage porn from inside the inside of Kodak Tower. I took this picture of a old photo on one of the support poles on Monday while fixing the birdcams. Mmmm… old school skin. Enjoy….

one outta two’s not bad

Last night, Don (my theatre co-conspirator) and I took in our second play of the weekend. Beth Henley’s Crimes of the Heart was staged by Wild Wimmin ETCetera Theatre Company, a local community group focused on women’s theatre (what ever the hell that means). Ugg… it could best described as an “after school special” play. Three southern sisters overcome their troubles and grow stronger. Of course each has a life problem worthy of a “very special” Lifetime movie (whose titles would start “Not without my *insert noun here*). Plus the Southern accents threw most of the cast. Lot of flubbed lines.

Now that we’ve just about set a date for the plays that I’m working on I’m starting to get concerned about their quality. Especially since I’m directing them. I just want to make sure that we’re offering the best product possible (better than what I saw last night). I’m pretty sure that we can, but I wish we were further along. We have a rehearsal tonight so I’ll have a better idea about the condition of things after that.

Actually, I’d sorta have to agree with this one (out of all the choices). I always dug Indy…

Which Action Star Are You? Find out @ She’s Crafty

ohh, about that new look…

For those of you who remember way back when I put out a call late last year for potential new looks for me. As promised I carefully reviewed all of them and then reinvented myself. So without further adu, for those of you who don’t live in Rochester, here is the stunning tranformation:

Now I’m sure you’re thinking the same thing everyone in Rochester has been:

what’s different?

Well first of all the glasses. Second of all the pose, the places the pictures were taken, the clothes, and… umm… *sigh* not much else. So what happened you ask. I was really planning on changing my hair. But when the hairdresser said she thought I looked good with long bangs I lost my nerve. Actually the hair does look much better. And since the cut Jenny had a talk with my hairdresser (who also does her hair) and I’ve been told that the next time I go in things will be different. I’ll keep you all updated.

in other news…

I finally saw something good at Geva, our local pro theatre. They are performing Richard Dresser’s Below the Belt, a great absurdist look at Corporate Life. The acting, blocking, sets and presentation were great. The play is good, though I think the second act is kinda weak and the end is a cop-out.

What I don’t understand is why Geva is charging $25 for the show. The tickets are way to expensive for a project that is supposed to get younger types interested in attending the theatre. You can get rush tickets to their mainstage productions for far less. The neXtstage (were we saw the production) is supposed to be the “hip, young, edgy” theatre. That being said the plays they choose are tame (and typically boring) and the average age of the audience was 50 at best. They don’t seem to have the guts or the wherewithal to stage any stuff by famous playwrights whose work they wouldn’t put up on their main stage due to content. Sigh… ok, I covet their resources and facilities. We (being the Exact) could just do a better job with running it (or at least in my twisted mind I think we could).