I was sad to hear that Wesley Willis has passed on.

Rock over London Rock on Chicago

Today is not a good day to not have stuiff to work on. Sadly, that is the case. since I finished my last two large projects, I’ve been give little projects the last few days. The problem is, I finish them within anywhere from 10 minutes to 3 hours. Thus leaving me without work again. Now, I’m down. I’m fucking pissed at nothing in particular and I just want to go home and watch some TV. Instead I have to sit here and pretend to look busy in case the manager from ANOTHER department happens to walk by.

Do you have any idea how difficult it is to eat yogurt with a fork!??!

Yeah, so I’ve decided to write something. Big whoop. Well, for one, now that the show is over I’d like to really go into some detail about how well the directors handled our material. In the past, the directors have tended to ignore some of the stage directions and suggestions for set design that we placed into the script. This time thought, they were right on. In fact, I can only think of one thing (a minor difference in sound) that wasn’t really what we described, but it still worked well.

For the 99% of you that didn’t see the show, it was a comedy…despite how the Weekly Planet feels about it (hey, if he can make assumptions on how the whole audience felt, I can make assumptions on how his whole organization feels).
It was extremely dependant on timing and speed. There was a significant amount of “banter” that required the actors to be incredibly fast with their lines, and the jokes were piled one on top of the next. It took them a while (up until about a week before rehearsal) but they got it and it was great to see.
I wasn’t there, but I hear the crowd even stamped their feet to the beats in our brief “Tainted Love” musical piece.

Since I no entries for the contest, I’m now asking for suggestions on who should recieve the 2003-2004 Jobsite Theater season tickets. I have them to give away since I’ll be attending the shows no matter what and will most likely be able to see many of them for free. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Either of you?

The good new is that I’ve finished the hellish import of data I’ve been working on for the last few weeks. Final count 2064 lines of T-SQL. It was loads of fun. There were a few bugs, but everything’s been ironed out.

The bad news…I’m a loser and no one entered my contest.

The good news….I know when someone looks at the site thanks to Instant Gratification.

The bad news….there’s like 2 people who look.

The good news…today marks eight years Gianna and I have been together, and it keeps getting better.

So..now that another Weekly Planet is out, the link to the review is dead. I’ve emailed them though. If you want to enter the contest, feel free to just post your review.

Yeah..so I haven’t been posting (if the two of you were wondering) because I wanted the contest below to take some priority. I wanted ot to stay at the top…I wanted people to be aware I was having a contest.

Just in case you were wondering…

CONTEST CONTEST CONTEST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay people, I’m having a constest. To enter, all you need to do is go see Murder Ballads, then post a comment here (not a feedback) comparing what you thought to what the Weekly Planet thought.

From all the entries, I’ll pick a name from a hat and the winner will get two season tickets to Jobsite Theater’s 2003-2004 season!

The constest will run throught Aug. 18. This wil allow you to go see any remaining show. On the 18th, I’ll pick an entry and notify the winner via e-mail, so make sure you put an email address in with your entry. (Or you can email me your address and tell me which comment is yours)

Kissing my ass will not increase your chances of winning. I’m not looking for a book either. Just read what the planet thought and tell me if you think he was spot on or if he’s insane and should be locked up.

So..if you’re reading my site for the first time. There’s a good chance you came here via, the Tampa Tribune. Apparently they did an article on blogging.

Thanks to Robyn for pointing this out.

Now, if you came from the Tampa Tribune, I highly encourage you to see their write up about Murder Ballads: A Tribute To Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds from Jobsite Theater. Then go buy tickets. I co-wrote one of the pieces in the production, and despite Marty Clears mediocre feelings towards the production, I think the the whole thing rocks!

See my earlier review/description here.