tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045319947052264052024-03-21T13:33:14.194-07:00Foolishwritingsfoolishwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06303513606778804239noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-504531994705226405.post-61141097365698370562013-09-24T11:19:00.000-07:002013-09-24T11:24:00.548-07:00What To Do?I have been away for a little while, trying to make a decision of what I want to do when I grow up. I finished my last show in the middle of June and have been pondering this decision ever since.<br />
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I needed to choose from among my several talents and focus on one of them. You see, I've been floating lately - Jumping from Photography,<br />
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To Acting,<br />
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To Writing, to Drawing, to Designing, to... you get the idea... I have a lot of different talents to chose from. and I'm not complaining. It's nice to be able to do so many things (If my friends are to be believed...) well.<br />
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I've even been taking some workshops and classes...<br />
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The only thing that was clear to me when I started this process was the fact that I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that I never wanted to produce again... At least, not until I was getting paid for it.<br />
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Producing for small theater had no real rewards to it. It's like herding kittens. I used to produce for my ex-wife, before she became my Ex, until one time I couldn't and it was one of the (minor) contributing factors to my divorce.<br />
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Don't get me wrong, we put on good to great shows, but the headaches were many. <br />
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This time, it looks like it cost me a friend. I'm still connected to him on Facebook, but I haven't heard from him in months.<br />
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Anyway, back to what to do about focus...<br />
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I have always been a jack of all trades creatively. It's really like trying to chose your favorite child. I've gotten suggestions from different people whose opinion I trust, but haven't got more than two votes for any particular talent.<br />
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I really don't know... Suggestions anyone.foolishwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06303513606778804239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-504531994705226405.post-72436606793660078472013-04-06T19:11:00.001-07:002013-04-06T19:17:25.430-07:00NaPoWriMo - Day SixI had to go into work today to email out something I promised someone on Thursday... Thus I was here and able to post Day six on day six.<br />
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Huzzah!<br />
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The Prompt: (I don't think I got it quite right...)<br />
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And now, our (completely optional) prompt for the day! This might seem
like a bit of a downer, but I challenge you to write a valediction. This
is a poem of farewell. Perhaps the most famous one is <a href="http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/donne/mourning.php">John Donne’s <i>A Valediction Forbidding Mourning</i></a>,
which turns the act of saying good-bye into a very tender love poem.
But your poem could say “good-bye” (and maybe good riddance!) to
anything or anyone. A good-bye to winter might be in order, for example.
Or good-bye to the week-old easter eggs in your refrigerator. Light or
serious, long or short, it’s up to you!<br />
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a figment of what was.</div>
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a wisp of dream. </div>
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a happy home.</div>
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gone all because... "Because".</div>
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You had no reason.</div>
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you gave no signs.</div>
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spoke only that cursed word.</div>
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I want more,</div>
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though none was ever offered.</div>
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<br />foolishwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06303513606778804239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-504531994705226405.post-31329226705538269052013-04-05T17:19:00.003-07:002013-04-05T17:21:27.688-07:00Day 5 NaPoWriMo - CinquainThe prompt from NaPoWriMo: <br />
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But now we have a new prompt to deal with! Because I am a rather obvious person at heart, I challenge you to write a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinquain">cinquain</a>
on this, the fifth day of NaPoWriMo. A cinquain is a poem that employs
stanzas with five lines. Each line has a certain number of accented or
stressed syllables, and a certain number of overall syllables per line.
In the “American” cinquain, a form invented by a woman with the highly
unfortunate name of <a href="http://www.cinquain.org/index.html">Adelaide Crapsey</a>,
the number of stresses per line is 1-2-3-4-1, and the number of
syllables is 2-4-6-8-2. So the first line would have two syllables, one
stressed and one unstressed. The second line would have four syllables,
two of which are stressed, and so on. This kind of accent/syllabic verse
can be a bit frustrating at first, but it’s useful for learning to
sharpen up your language!<br />
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The Definition I follow... <br />
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<b>Cinquain Poetry has five lines.</b></div>
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<b>Line 1 is one word (the title)<br />
Line 2 is two words that describe the title.<br />
Line 3 is three words that tell the action<br />
Line 4 is four words that express the feeling<br />
Line 5 is one word that recalls the title</b></div>
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1)</div>
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Writing</div>
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Myriad Words</div>
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Thrown On Pages</div>
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Trying To Make Sense</div>
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Author</div>
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2)</div>
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Heartbreak</div>
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Emotional Loss</div>
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Pulled From Within</div>
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Where Did We Fail</div>
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Farewell</div>
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3)</div>
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Breathing</div>
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Lungs Expand</div>
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Precious Air Intake</div>
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Chest Feels So Tight</div>
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Exhale</div>
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4-5-13</div>
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Okay, I'm all caught up - Have no internet until Monday - and will have to play catch up again - You all have a wonderful weekend. </div>
foolishwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06303513606778804239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-504531994705226405.post-90551093419788897272013-04-05T16:56:00.000-07:002013-04-05T17:21:02.989-07:00NaPoWriMo... Day 4<br />
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The prompt:<br />
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Our prompt for today (again — totally optional!) is a little odd, but here goes. Recently, I read an <a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/04/03/the_spaceship_poetry_of_iain_m_banks/">article</a>
about the Scottish science fiction writer Iain M. Banks. His books
often have spaceships in them. And those spaceships have extremely odd,
poetic names. Like:<br />
<i>Prosthetic Conscience</i><br />
<i>
Irregular Apocalypse<br />
Unfortunate Conflict of Interest<br />
Gunboat Diplomat<br />
Very Little Gravitas Indeed<br />
A Series of Unlikely Explanations<br />
Just Another Victim of the Ambient Morality<br />
Jaundiced Outlook<br />
Frank Exchange of Views<br />
Lightly Seared on the Reality Grill<br />
Falling Outside the Normal Moral Constraints<br />
Abundance of Onslaught<br />
Refreshingly Unconcerned With the Vulgar Exigencies of Veracity<br />
</i><i>A Fine Disregard For Awkward Facts</i><br />
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<i> So your challenge for today is to write a poem with a title drawn from
one of these spaceship names. Feel free to pick a genuine Banks, like
the ones listed above, or to take one from the twitter. And if you think
of your own Banks-like spaceship name title, feel free to use that!</i><br />
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<i> </i><br />
<i> </i><br />
<i> </i><br />
<i>Very Little Gravitas:</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>So</i><br />
<i>serious...</i><br />
<i>she</i><br />
<i>said.</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>Words</i><br />
<i>that</i><br />
<i>strike</i><br />
<i>me</i><br />
<i>to </i><br />
<i>the </i><br />
<i>utmost.</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>Her</i><br />
<i>bored</i><br />
<i>eyes</i><br />
<i>bare</i><br />
<i>no</i><br />
<i>malice,</i><br />
<i>but</i><br />
<i>no </i><br />
<i>interest</i><br />
<i>is</i><br />
<i>born </i><br />
<i>there </i><br />
<i>as</i><br />
<i>well...</i><br />
<br />
<i>I </i><br />
<i>know</i><br />
<i>what</i><br />
<i>it </i><br />
<i>is</i><br />
<i>to</i><br />
<i>have</i><br />
<i>fun.</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>The</i><br />
<i>type</i><br />
<i>ten-</i><br />
<i>year-</i><br />
<i>olds</i><br />
<i>crave</i><br />
<i>when </i><br />
<i>faced </i><br />
<i>with</i><br />
<i>homework.</i><br />
<br />
<i>Avoidance</i><br />
<i>tactics</i><br />
<i>serendipitously</i><br />
<i>performed </i><br />
<i>when</i><br />
<i>parents</i><br />
<i>ask </i><br />
<i>you</i><br />
<i>to</i><br />
<i>take</i><br />
<i>out</i><br />
<i>the </i><br />
<i>trash...</i><br />
<br />
<i>Or</i><br />
<br />
<i>When </i><br />
<i>they </i><br />
<i>want </i><br />
<i>you </i><br />
<i>to </i><br />
<i>walk</i><br />
<i>your</i><br />
<i>little</i><br />
<i>sister</i><br />
<i>to</i><br />
<i>school</i><br />
<i>when</i><br />
<i>you</i><br />
<i>only </i><br />
<i>hunger</i><br />
<i>to </i><br />
<i>run </i><br />
<i>with </i><br />
<i>the</i><br />
<i>other </i><br />
<i>boys.</i><br />
<br />
<i>The </i><br />
<i>type</i><br />
<i>of </i><br />
<i>boisterous</i><br />
<i>ballyhoo</i><br />
<i>that</i><br />
<i>adults </i><br />
<i>rarely</i><br />
<i>understand</i><br />
<i>nor </i><br />
<i>can </i><br />
<i>achieve</i><br />
<i>without</i><br />
<i>the </i><br />
<i>proper</i><br />
<i>amount</i><br />
<i>of </i><br />
<i>alcohol</i><br />
<i>consumed.</i><br />
<br />
<i>I </i><br />
<i>know</i><br />
<i>how</i><br />
<i>to</i><br />
<i>have </i><br />
<i>fun!</i><br />
<br />
<i>You </i><br />
<i>just</i><br />
<i>don't</i><br />
<i>know</i><br />
<i>how</i><br />
<i>to</i><br />
<i>recognise</i><br />
<i>it...</i><br />
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<i>4-5-13</i><br />
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<i>Very first draft, but I'm behind in my posts. So bare with me. </i><br />
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<i><br /></i>foolishwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06303513606778804239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-504531994705226405.post-21595558504067444852013-04-05T16:13:00.000-07:002013-04-05T17:20:33.664-07:00NaPoWriMo Day 3Okay, the last few days have been hell, and this &%&%^@)%^ prompt for day three of NaPoWriMo drove me insane...<br />
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And
now, our prompt (remember — these are optional, so if they don’t
inspire you or you have an idea of your own you want to work with, go
ahead!). I’m playing to my own strengths here, but I challenge you to
write a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_shanty">sea shanty</a>
(or shantey, or chanty, or chantey — there’s a good deal of
disagreement regarding the spelling!). Anyway, these are poems in the
forms of songs, strongly rhymed and rhythmic, that sailors might sing
while hauling on ropes and performing other sea-going labors. Probably
the two most famous sea shanties are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drunken_Sailor">What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor?</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blow_the_Man_Down">Blow the Man Down</a>.
And what should your poem be about? Well, I suppose it could be about
anything, although some nautical phrases tossed into the chorus would be
good for keeping the sea in your shanty. Haul away, boys, haul away!<br />
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I spent two days trying to come up with a Sea Shanty, half a dozen versions which I WILL NOT post here, because they sucked...<br />
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But I had an out - You don't have to follow the prompt, so after trying, and trying and trying I gave up and wrote this:<br />
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Sea Alt:<br />
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A little "c" saw<br />
what the Bering Sea sees<br />
and was over come<br />
with jealousy.<br />
<br />
"I'll never be<br />
as mighty<br />
as the raging sea..."<br />
The little "c" said to the lower case "b".<br />
<br />
"I know what you mean."<br />
said the lower case "b",<br />
"I want to fly high,<br />
see what the bumble bee sees."<br />
<br />
"To fly in the sky,<br />
over long, tall oak trees<br />
is a dream I still dream."<br />
Said the lower case "b".<br />
<br />
"Then, I'll see you tonight."<br />
Said the tired little "c".<br />
"When we sleep and we dream,<br />
and can be what we'll be."<br />
<br />
So, off they both went.<br />
The "c" and the "b".<br />
To their own little beds <br />
and to dream mighty dreams,<br />
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4-4-13<br />
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Okay, it mentions the sea in it, does it count? <br />
<br />
It's not done, but it tickled my fancy...<br />
<br />foolishwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06303513606778804239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-504531994705226405.post-73175947110147501272013-04-02T13:44:00.003-07:002013-04-05T17:20:07.013-07:00NaPoWriMo Poem - Day 2<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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foolishwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06303513606778804239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-504531994705226405.post-68210541422288755832013-04-01T17:04:00.001-07:002013-04-01T17:04:23.239-07:00I'm about to join a friend of mine in the <span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">NaPoWriMo. Writing one poem a day for the month of April.</span></span><br />
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And now, our prompt! (The prompts are totally optional, by the way —
use ‘em or ignore ‘em as you see fit.) Continuing with the theme of
firsts, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that has the same
first line as another poem. You can use a favorite poem, pick up a
random book of poetry and get a first line that way, or perhaps use one
of the following:<br />
<a href="http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15555">Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?</a><br />
<a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173100">She walks in beauty, like the night</a><br />
<a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/silver/">Slowly, silently, now the moon</a><br />
<a href="http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15403">anyone lived in a pretty how town</a><br />
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Can I find my own in the short time I have to do this?<br />
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Poem I like:<br />
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from the long hallways<br />
voices of the people rise<br />
in the morning haze<br />
<i>- Oshima Ryota </i><br />
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Take the first line -<br />
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<i>from the long hallways</i><br />
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cold light seeps beneath locked doors<br />
what lies behind them<br />
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My haiku from the prompt...<br />
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from the long hallways<br />
cold light seeps beneath locked doors<br />
what lies behind them<br />
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Well, that was my first shot - we'll see if i can keep up with them - even though I may not get to post until I'm at work. Limited access to the internet on weekends...<br />
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foolishwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06303513606778804239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-504531994705226405.post-20642078198270686732012-08-09T15:55:00.002-07:002012-08-09T15:55:32.478-07:00Another Great Man Gone...Yesterday morning I received news that my Ex's father had passed away. First from a friend, and then in an email from my Ex. I don't hear from her often, and it's usually only after something major has happened. The email I received from her last, was one about her struggles with breast cancer. Suffice to say, this has not been a good year for her.<br />
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Last night I was supposed to tell a story at Story Salon. I had planned to talk about the days I spent in Fresno, last week for my birthday. It was going to be a short tale about how a large symbol of my childhood had been torn out by the roots, and how a few other small things had chipped away as well.<br />
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Instead, I got up and paid a little tribute to her father. It started out all right, but I was then overcome by the emotion of it all. I didn't bawl my eyes out, but tears flowed and I was barely able to get the last words out.<br />
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Ron was a good man. A wise man. A patient man and a great father. He had his flaws as all of us do, but of the several things I remember, one particular remembrance stood out. When my Ex had asked me to leave, and was saying some pretty bad things about me, Ron came to me and asked me one question, and I answered him. To his credit, he believed me. He told me it takes two to make a marriage and two to make it end. That it was never one hundred percent one persons fault...<br />
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He then said he hoped I would keep in touch...<br />
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Sadly, I never did.<br />
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That <u>is</u> my fault...foolishwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06303513606778804239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-504531994705226405.post-35273286445247355192012-07-23T13:30:00.000-07:002012-07-23T16:55:55.475-07:00A Couple Of Things...<br />
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<span class="pg"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="cursor: default;">noun,</span> </span></span><span class="pg"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">plural</span> </span></span><span class="secondary-bf"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">i·ro·nies.</span> </span></span> </div>
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<span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">Last week I did a story at "The Story Salon" L.A.'s longest running story telling venue. What did I tell? Well, I told the short tale of my doing the Key note speech at that eighth grade graduation in June.</span></span></div>
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<span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">I decided to do the speech because out of everyone at the graduation, nobody managed to get the speech on either video, or audio, so I decided to do it again at "The Story Salon" because they video tape every single show... Except this one... The person who normally videos everything was out sick with a respiratory infection... </span></span></div>
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<span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">The other Irony? I don't quite know if it's exactly an Irony, but this last weekend I went to The Ronald Reagan Library. </span></span></div>
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I have to say it was a very enjoyable day over all, but I couldn't shake the feeling that sooner or later and alarm was going to go off screaming "Democrat! There's a Democrat on the compound! But it never happened.<br />
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</div>foolishwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06303513606778804239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-504531994705226405.post-15854753895194164692012-06-19T15:26:00.000-07:002012-06-19T15:26:33.304-07:00This is a long one...About two weeks ago, I went with a school group of eighth graders to Disneyland...<br />
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Yep, that small pond of red was us. We actually had a really good time. Most of the students were well behaved, and mainly, only had trouble with making a couple of the boys pick up their feet and keep up with the rest of the group. One of the girls had never been to Disneyland before, and it's always a treat to see the face of someone who first experiences the Happiest Place on Earth.<br />
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None of these pictures to follow will show any of their faces, because they are minors and deserve their privacy.<br />
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Although, one of them did make it into the lagoon at the Nemo, submarine ride.<br />
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I really had a great time... Despite what this picture from Space Mountain shows...<br />
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Anyway...<br />
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This is simply a prelude to what happened last week.<br />
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For their own private reasons, I was asked to be the Key Note Speaker at their graduation...<br />
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No, that is not me behind the lectern. That is the Pastor of the church the school is housed in. And no I was not asked at the last minute to fill in because someone else had bowed out. I was give almost three months notice to write the Commencement speech. Granted I waited until the weekend before to write it, but I wanted to have my show, and the trip to Disneyland behind me, before I wrote it.<br />
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I was one of the first people to speak that day, and since no one recorded it, and I forgot to hand someone my camera there is not proof beyond the actual speech to prove I did it. But since it's the only real thing I written in the near past, I thought I'd post it here. Enjoy it for what it is...<br />
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">6/14/2012 First Lutheran
commencement speech:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">Congratulations First Lutheran Graduates of 2012! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">Before I start, I’d like to
say that several people have told me that many of the eighth graders here at
First Lutheran School think I’m “Cool”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">I’ve never been “Cool” in my
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">I hope you all still think
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">Do you know how hard it is to
come up with a commencement speech for eighth graders? There are no
guidelines. Every commencement speech I
listened to, or read, was done for the collegiate level. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">You can get away with a lot
more at that level.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">On the eighth grade level,
there are a lot pitfalls a person could easily drop into. Especially at a
church based school.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">Language is one. As you may
imagine, curse words are a big no, no. I generally try not to use foul
language. I consider it a refuge for the illiterate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">People who aren't smart
enough to come up with a better word for what they are thinking, or how they are feeling, use cuss words.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">You can’t use pedantic words
(Big words) in a speech to eighth graders, because your audience hasn’t had the
schooling to understand them yet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">The second is certain
subjects. I can’t even tell you what those subjects are, because you, your
parents or the church might have a problem with it, or find it offensive. </span></div>
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or listened to, or read nearly a hundred key note speeches on line. Neil
Gaiman, Aaron Sorkin, J.K. Rowling, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Bill Cosby, Meryl
Streep, Barack Obama… </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">Senators, Psychiatrists, and
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2012 class, at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He talks about the life of an artist. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">The truth of the matter is
that I fully expect you not to remember a single thing I say during this
speech. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">Everyone here wants to just
get on with it, get his or her diplomas, and go home to either nap, or
celebrate. Perfectly understandable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">But I have been asked to
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college graduation for my B.A., my mom told me... "Why don't you continue
college and get your masters? You can still live at home until you finish
school?" </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">Not very smart. It's one of
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">And learning isn't easy. Just wait until you hit physics.</span></div>
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get along with others. </span></div>
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look back, you will see that it was the people who stood outside the pack, who
did great things. Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Thomas Edison, Walt Disney, and
many, many more, learned everything they could about what they wanted to do,
and then did it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">And they all had failures.
Walt Disney, started the “Laugh-O-Gram Studio”, which went bankrupt. He then created
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. (Anyone remember Oswald?) It was stolen by Charles
Mintz and Universal studios. </span></div>
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happened, that Walt was driven to create Mickey Mouse, and eventually build Disneyland.
If you want to know more about it, you can look it up in a book or online.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">You <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>will</u></b> have failures in your life. Some big, and some small.
But as Sir James M. Barrie, the creator
of “Peter Pan” once said “We are all Failures – At least, all the best of us
are.”</span></div>
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failure. Be afraid of giving up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">We’re not perfect. You can’t
be. You can get pretty close… if you continue to learn, and don’t shut yourself
off. <u>But you will never be perfect</u>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">You can’t. It's already too
late. If you’ve made one mistake in your life… Told even one lie… I have news
for you. You’re not perfect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">Nor will you ever be one
hundred percent right. No one is … ever… Some of you, out there, may think you
are… But you’re not. There are no absolutes…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">Let me prove it to you. (Do Magic Trick)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">Do you know why you can't be
one hundred percent right, regarding this magic trick? Because in this case, I've
studied magic. I know how it works, and you don't. And every time you think you
know what the answer is, I can change it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">Also, before you ask me how
this magic trick is done, let me tell you, I’m not going to tell you.</span></div>
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pay attention in your High School Science and Physics classes, you might be able
to figure it out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">Now, I know what a few of you
students are thinking... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">“HAH! I can’t wait until I
get home and can tell my parents that they are not a hundred percent RIGHT!” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">First off – That’s not smart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">Second - Do so at your own
peril! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">Third - your parents are
older than you. They have learned more, just by being around longer than you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">You might be smarter whenever
you reach their age, but guess what, they still be older and still know more,
because of their age.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">Plus, as long as they’re
footing the bill… Feeding you, buying your clothes, housing you, it’s not a
bright thing to anger the source of where your money comes from.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">Basically, as it says in the
bible… I promised I’d get at least one bible verse in… </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">Deuteronomy 5:16 </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">“Honor your mother and father
as the LORD, your God, has commanded you, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">so that you may live long, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">and that it may go well with
you </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">in the land the LORD, your
God, is giving you.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">So, in other words… </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">Be smart… </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">As Walt Disney is quoted
saying to his staff shortly after the opening of Disneyland in 1955, "It's
just been sort of a dress rehearsal, and we're just getting started. So if any
of you start resting on your laurels, I mean just forget it, because... we are
just getting started."</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">Thank you for listening.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20pt;">There will be a pop quiz in
about five years.</span></div>
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Still, it was fun, interesting and a bit of an honor and if any of you out there get a chance to do it, I highly recommend it.</div>
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<br /></div>foolishwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06303513606778804239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-504531994705226405.post-17226112044852100132012-06-06T12:49:00.001-07:002012-06-06T12:49:22.017-07:00Ray:Ray Bradbury died... And it's been a long time since I've been this depressed.<br />
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Kinda hard to take when an actual hero of yours passes.<br />
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I've only felt this way when three others went.<br />
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Walt Disney<br />
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Harry Chapin<br />
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And Charles Schulz...<br />
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I'd never met the other three, but my heart hurt, none the less.<br />
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Mr. Bradbury and I crossed paths in this city all the time. You can read about the best one here... http://www.hotvalleywriters.com/Hot_Valley_Writers/Driving_with_Ray.html<br />
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Anyway, this is the first time I've ever written a poem for a man... But Ray loved poetry. I'm not saying he would, or would not like this piece... But here it is... It's a first draft, so treat it like a work in progress...<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The bravest I've personally known.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">06/06/12</span></div>
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<br /></div>foolishwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06303513606778804239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-504531994705226405.post-90659880663001876352012-05-31T20:13:00.001-07:002012-05-31T20:13:09.030-07:00Last one for May...You don't have to read this one, I'm just going to complain here for a few minutes... I have to keep adding to this blog, now and again, some how. <br />
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I have felt very strange all day. Like a low level hum has been vibrating my body. I can't identify it. I can't get rid of it. And I'm tired... Very, very tired.<br />
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I have wanted to go swimming for a few weeks.<br />
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I have wanted to go to Disneyland.<br />
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I have wanted to do so many things... But I am not all that financially secure right now. Don't get me wrong. I'm covering my bills, my rent, my gas... All the crap you have to, but I got very little, to nothing, left over to play with.<br />
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A friend of mine gave me two tickets to go to Universal if I want, but
it's entering their busy season, and I don't want to wait 3 hours to
ride "Transformers" - I hear it's a killer ride, but I don't do those
kinda lines any more. <br />
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It almost broke me last year when I and a bunch of eight graders I was chaperoning waited two and a half hours for Star Tours when it reopened. Never again.<br />
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I will be going to Disneyland next month with a new batch of eights graders - So I get my Disneyland fix, but I have to behave like an adult. It has caused me to come to the conclusion that adults are, in general, no fun. <br />
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In other words, I need a vacation! And not to Fresno. I love my parents and my friends that still live there - But I
need to do something new. Go somewhere at least a little different. <br />
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I have been trying for the last three to four years to put together an excursion to Chicago, Il., but that pesky money thing has gotten in the way. I have several friend who have moved there, and will put me up for a few days, but if I can't get out and do things, why go?<br />
I've needed to write something, but I am always too tired to do that as well. I used to get all over a friend of mine, when he gave me that excuse, but now it seems like I have fallen into that trap myself. Motivation is lacking. Disappeared when my ex kicked me out.<br />
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Funny thing, it seems to have spurred her into high gear. Or at least she was until she got sick recently.<br />
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I digress...<br />
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Ultimately, I need to get out there and play! I have to figure something out and do it. And I will... Soon... <br />
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Thanks for listening.<br />
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<br />foolishwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06303513606778804239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-504531994705226405.post-27255323807635722342012-05-21T20:27:00.004-07:002012-05-22T10:46:22.507-07:00Artists...<span style="color: red;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">WARNING!!! Partial male nudity ahead! Don't read this one if easily offended!!!</span></b><br />
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<b>(Don't worry - It's not me...) </b></div>
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I've been thinking... I know, that's just asking for trouble. Both from other people's smart remarks, and my not so smart thought processes lately.<br />
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What does it mean to be an artist?<br />
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What is art? (I tend to go with the old school thought that "Art" takes a little "Talent" or "Skill" - Not putting cold feces on a plate in the middle of a hall... Many of my artistic friends would beg to differ on that point.) <br />
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Just before I went into semi-isolation for the last show I did, I had the good fortune to be invited to an artists gathering out at one of my favorite places in the city.<br />
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The Brewery just off the I-5 about 23 minutes from my current homestead...<br />
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These are from an earlier trip to The Brewery, and all I had on hand for the blog as I was writing...<br />
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ANYWAY!<br />
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I met an artist who lives there and he was holding some seminars on different facets of being an artist. It was a really interesting and informative get together and he makes the best soup that I have had in a long time.<br />
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Afterward there was going to be a birthday party for one of the attendees, and Cake was going to be served, so I decided to hang around and mingle.<br />
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(On the left is the speaker/artist - In the middle his artwork - On the left the attendee...)<br />
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There were two Birthday cakes that particular evening.<br />
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1) A sitting cake:<br />
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And...<br />
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2) An eating cake...<br />
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I thought it was really very funny, but as I was watching I couldn't help but think, "this is what the mid-west thinks artist's do". Granted I have seen this kind of thing often enough, at college parties and the like, but I look at it as more of a release, not so much art in itself.<br />
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So, again, what is art? <br />
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I believe it is pretty much designated to each person's taste...<br />
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Who am I to judge?<br />
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<br />foolishwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06303513606778804239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-504531994705226405.post-30057001684153592592012-05-16T15:30:00.000-07:002012-05-17T11:29:48.289-07:00Well, It's Over...The play is finally done. We've had our run and as far as I am concerned it was a success. We might not have made as much money as the last show, but pretty much everyone who saw it, talked us up to their friends and our last few performances were well attended.<br />
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Right now, the fate of the theatre company is still in question, but I plan on fighting for this as best as I can...<br />
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What am I going to do with my time off right now? Well, for the last three weeks I've shot photos for several plays. Last week I shot a show called "Aftershocks"<br />
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And Madam Butterfly...<br />
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And this week I got to shoot "Nuts" by Tom Toper...<br />
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Have I done ANY writing? Aside of this blog, not yet. A bit of reading... Finished one book and started another I would love to get the rights to and turn into a play, but no writing.<br />
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I'm going to have to putter around on this blog a little more often, I think, to get the writing muscle restarted...<br />
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Ah, such is life.<br />
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We'll see where this all leads eventually. Hopefully I won't have bored the pants of any of you who might be reading this this initial mish-mash of thoughts, by then.foolishwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06303513606778804239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-504531994705226405.post-44838464051290493182012-05-03T15:24:00.000-07:002012-05-03T15:24:51.364-07:00Why Can't Theatre......just be fun?!<br />
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It's amazing how much politics goes into keeping a theatre company alive. And as anyone who knows me is well aware of, when the feces strikes the oscillating wind machine I tend to call things what they are...<br />
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I was on pins and needles waiting to hear from my family regarding what was happening to my father. He's getting up there in age and this is the first time I actually got a call from a family member to tell me he was headed into the emergency room. Normally, someone thinks to let me know a day or two after. So, getting a call as was happening kinda shook me a bit.<br />
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Immediately, I called my director and let him know I would be in for that night's performance, but that he should consider getting ready to go on in my stead. I might be leaving town quickly. It never came to that. I got a call from my sister that night letting me know that dad was out of the hospital and feeling better. The next day, he went back in because he was vomiting profusely. I asked if I needed to come home, and was told they didn't think so. Later they left me a message that he had diverticulitis. Bad, but not necessarily fatal... Of course at my dad's age...<br />
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Things seemed to iron themselves out a bit, so Saturday mourning I went to the LA Times Festival of Books - My Mecca! I managed to get out of there with only going over my budget by about fifty dollars... I got off cheap! I literally could have spent thousands. But by the end of the day, the over sized backpack I was carrying was weighing forty-two pounds! I know this, because when I got home, I weighed the sucked, before taking anything out of it. Pretty much what I carried around for the last two hours I was there, and up two... Yes, count them, two sets of five lights of stairs. I parked on the fifth floor, and forgot what parking structure I was in... Ow...<br />
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Here are a few faces from the Festival...<br />
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An Author I knew. <br />
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An New Author I met. <br />
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And A Dinosaur...<br />
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Trust me though, if I hadn't had a hadn't had a matinee the next day I would have scurried back and blown a ton more of my hard earned money...<br />
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I wish I had a few more pictures to put up from the festival, but most of them didn't turn out - Still tinkering with a new used lens I just got. <br />
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Well, that's about it. I haven't really decided what this blog is ultimately going to be about, but I'm going to try a put something here every few days until I figure it out. It's probably going to ramble a bit until them, so sorry about that.<br />
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I will figure it out eventually...<br />
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Cheers!foolishwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06303513606778804239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-504531994705226405.post-45598827224759074732012-04-19T14:30:00.000-07:002012-04-19T14:30:40.567-07:00Getting StartedI have always claimed to be a writer, pretty much from high school on, but lately I have derelict in my creative duties on this front ever since my divorce about six years ago. Don't get me wrong, I've been busy being creative a hundred other ways, but writing has not been one of them.<br />
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I've been acting a lot lately.<br />
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Importance Of Being Earnest <br />
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Vaudeville <br />
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A Christmas Carol<br />
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As well as photographing a ton of shows myself...<br />
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The Misanthrope<br />
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For Colored Girls Who Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf <br />
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Been taking classes, Volunteering, everything EXCEPT WRITING!<br />
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This Blog is an attempt to restart that poor shriveled creative muscle I have neglected for so long. So please stay tuned for musings, ideas, poetry, possibly short stories and scenes from scripts, even...<br />
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Right after opening my new show this weekend and going to "The LA Times Book Fair" this weekend...<br />
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Nothing gets in the way of my going to the book fair...foolishwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06303513606778804239noreply@blogger.com0