I have been waiting 40 minutes now...

Brittany just gave ma a snickers bar at intermission. How sweet is that?

Wow. The Eagles sucked today-simple as that.

Why are the Eagle's sucking so badly today? Defense??!!

How is it so freakin cold back stage tonight?!

Intermission. I wish I had a Snickers...

Another Sunday night, another 9:00 PM curtain.

Another Saturday night, another 9:00 PM curtain...

I'm streaming one of my favorite films - The Ice Storm.

19 year old ding bat cuts my hair....

I ran into the nearest move em in move em out hair salon as I needed a quick hair cut and my regular stylist was taken. Moments into the experience, I realized that I had taken my hair style into the valley of beyond....
DB: "Have you had your hair cut her before?"
ME: "Yes."
DB: "Do you like electric clippers on the side?"
ME: "Yes, that's fine."
DB: "Do you remember what length?"
ME: "I think maybe a 3."
DB: "I think you look like a 3.25. Does that sound right?"
ME: "Sure, I guess so."
DB: "Have you had your hair cut here before?"
ME: "Um, yes."
DB: "Did I just ask you that? I did, didn't I? Tee hee. I'm sorry. Just a little out of it today. How long have you been here?"
ME: "About 15 minutes."
DB: "Oh, no. I meant here in Rehoboth."
ME: "Oh, about 7 years."
DB: "I grew up here. Well, I just moved back here. I mean, I grew up here, but I just moved back here from Nashville. I lived there for about 4 months, but I grew up here. I liked it there Ok, I guess. I moved there with my boyfriend. I mean, my ex-boyfriend. He was only interested in me for my money. But I was just so head over heels, I went there with him. I liked it OK I guess. All them hills. I liked it Ok. It was pretty. I dunno. We lived in place, but it was so small, I mean, it was a condo, but just three rooms. Well, you know, I grew up here. I live with my parents, and they have a big farm. Horses and chickens. I mean, three rooms. There was this little patch of grass and i just loved that patch of grass. It made me miss grass. We took a little puppy with us and I would walk over to that patch and just loved it. We lived with some other people. My boyfriend only was interested in my money. I mean, he wouldsay "let's go to the movie" and I would say, "no, let's save some money". But he just didn't get it I guess. I mean, he would go over to Wall Mart and play those games with those cranes where you swing it around and grab onto things, and he would spend 5 dollars on it! I would say, well just save your money. I dunno. He just didn't seem to get it. So, I moved back here two weeks ago. And I've been having fun, partying with my brother and my friends. Yee Haw! Oh, we have so much fun. Now my sister, she's such a spoiled little brat, she's the middle child ya know, she just wants everything and what ever it is, my parents buy it for her. So they built a big house for my older brother and he rents it from them. So my sister got jealous and they built her a HUGE house all on the beach and everything, and they ask me, "Are you jealous of what we did for your sister?" And I say. "No. I just don't care at all." And they say, well. now you've made out some too you know. And I don't care, hell, I'm gonna party there too anyway so what does it matter. So we were driving back from Nashville, and we ended up haviong to drive through DC and I'm at telling you it was just crazy and....

There is a 19 year old ding bat cutting my hair.

The house is open. I can hear the chatter and laughter from the house side of the drawn main.

Oh look - there's that pig man that I wouldn't waste my spit on if he were on fire.

Hmm...the air smells of hurricane...

Hmm...these are hurricane rains...

Foodstuffs of Hell

Foodstuffs of Hell, originally uploaded by sprouseart.

I came across this online and I just couldn't resist.

It seems that in the 1950's, a special ingredient in VanCamp's Pork and Beans had the ability to snatch your soul from your body and replace it with some demonic nether-force capable of only thinking the most sinister of thoughts. Clearly, this illustration hints at little Timmy's desire to drag Santa behind the wheels of a mid-town bus after cutting the brake cable with his Jr. Swiss Army Knife.

Fortunately, the transformation only seemed to last as long as it took to get to the bottom of the can. Cases were relatively few, due simply to the fact that most folks had no desire to consume and entire can of Pork and Beans in one sitting. So, sprinkling some, say, over a hot dog, resulted in just a tad bit of wickedness. This discovery introduced "Van Camp's Pork and Beans Evil Lite" in the early 70's, but it didn't test well with the public.

And of course, the catchy jingle, 'beans, beans, good for your heart - the more you eat, the longer your soul explores the dark recesses of the pit of hades" inevitably was changed to it's present day low-brow version.

In Memorium...

I read this morning that Dominick Dunne died yesterday at the age of 83. I hadn't known that he was ill, so I found the news surprising. Most of my reading of his works went no father than the article he wrote for Vanity Fair magazine, which I found enjoyable.
As you can see from the article posted here, he had a fascinating life. I also was a fan of his son's (actor Griffin Dunne) work. He stared in some of my favorite films from the 80's including An American Werewolf In London, and the hilarious After Hours, plus he has remained active in film to this day.
I also found it if interest that Dominick Dunne was the father of Dominique Dunne, the young actress who played the oldest sister in the film Poltergeist. She was strangled to death by her abusive boyfriend shortly after the release of the film when she was only 22 years old. The tragic event sent shock waves through the film industry and altered Dominique's life and work forever.


In memorium
Dominick John Dunne
October 29, 1925 - August 26, 2009

Have a nice trip, see ya next fall...

Now this is one unpopular Dad. His wife, children, even the family dog are urgetnly offering him cartons of cigarettes just begging him to take the nicotine highway to eternal sleep. Cigarettes were much cheaper then then now of course and everyone smoked it seemed. In fact, I bet the sweet siblings here are kindly offering cartons from their own stash which they probably purchased themselves at the corner liquor store with change saved up from their lemonade stand.
Though it does seem like a carefully placed banana peel or roller skate on one of the steps would certainly be a quicker, and more cost effective, solution to this unhappy family's troubles.

Did I just see a spirit whisk across the stage behind the main? That would indeed explain quite a bit...

Final song of the show - Somewhere over the Rainbow...