Jul 4, 2005 | Uncategorized
it continues to rain, so here are the photos from the raptor center in decatur, where they have injured birds. they take them around to schools and stuff to educate people about birds. very, very interesting, and the people were quite knowledgeable as well as...
Jul 4, 2005 | Uncategorized
here are more photos from st. louis. we stayed at the adam’s mark hotel, and this was the view from our room: we walked down to the arch, and they were setting up a lot of stuff for some big fourth of july thing (i wonder if it’s raining there, too?). we particularly...
Jul 4, 2005 | Uncategorized
…and today, it’s freedom from any kind of schedule, except for getting up early this morning to go bird-watching, sort of. But it’s already almost five o’clock, and I can’t figure out where the day went. I’ve been looking around for it, but no sign anywhere. I just...
Jul 2, 2005 | Uncategorized
and i’m NOT going to get up early tomorrow, because it’s much cooler, and i’m sure that whatever time i roll out of bed, it will be plenty cool enough for all the exercise, plus the making of the cake for a birthday celebration – my brother-in-law jim’s b’day...
Jul 1, 2005 | Uncategorized
and why, oh why, isn’t my mood better, since it’s FRIDAY, and there’s nothing but relaxation ahead of me? well, for one thing, i have plenty of massages this afternoon, and i’m a little sluggish and surly for no good reason right now. i mean, it’s cooler and less...
Jun 30, 2005 | Uncategorized
this evening i saw the spfld jazz band “real time” perform outside at Cheddar’s. cheddar’s has a new outside patio, and there is a row of bushes along one wall, at least sort of giving the illusion of nature, as opposed to only being separated from vast...
Jun 30, 2005 | Uncategorized
swimbikerunswimbikeruhnswimbikerun… ok, i’m not really doing that much, but maybe if i keep thinking about it, i’ll be training. like the “think system” that professor harold hill did such a good job of doing in the music man. i did bike then swim on...
Jun 27, 2005 | Uncategorized
i should be in bed right now, in order to get up early to exercise yet again tomorrow morning. this morning i took a bike ride, and then i ran. i was going to swim instead of running, but i suddenly wanted to see how i’d feel after biking for almost an hour. it wasn’t...
Jun 26, 2005 | Uncategorized
the weather is still hot. probably will be for…months. but that’s ok; consider the alternative. ok, i have to confess something to you here, and maybe the act of doing this will then therefore force me to actually do it. i’ve sort of started training for another...
Jun 24, 2005 | Uncategorized
but it feels like sunday night, because i just got back from st. louis, where i had a wonderful time. i got to sit in the VERY FRONT ROW at a cardinals game. i could have easily jumped over the low wall in front of me and ran out onto the field, but there were plenty...
Jun 22, 2005 | Uncategorized
here’s a photo of me in my waitress costume, for the tv commercial about the IL state fair. allegedly it’s going to run all over illinois, so maybe you’ll get to see it. hopefully i’ll put it up here on my site, and then you can definitely watch it. kurt will actually...
Jun 22, 2005 | Uncategorized
…and a beautiful night it was. i hope you saw the moon – it’s full, and looked kind of orange. there are many many things i want to write right now, but i just don’t have time. soon i will post photos from the exciting and fun commercial shoot, not to...
Jun 20, 2005 | Uncategorized
the thing is (and there always seems to be a thing), i’m so busy, and i don’t like to be this busy, and i’d like to sleep really late and not do much…but then when i have too much free time, i don’t like that either. so my chief problem is that i’m never...
Jun 20, 2005 | Uncategorized
our last show was tonight. there are things about it i’ll miss, but mostly i’m going to be glad to have free evenings once again. also, i want to get to bed earlier. surely you have more goals in life than that, miss smith. things went very well tonight, as they did...
Jun 18, 2005 | Uncategorized
christine left me a message today; she’s having grace withdrawal. erica told me she was concerned about me because i hadn’t written all week. where has the week gone, is my central question. camping on monday and tuesday. got back wednesday, gave massages, recovered...
Jun 13, 2005 | Uncategorized
…and i’m really looking forward to sleep. but first, i have to tell you this… we were driving to the play tonight, and i told erica and bev that i was going to get a ride home with B. (Best Boy) on his motorcycle. Bev was concerned, and Erica said she’d...
Jun 12, 2005 | Uncategorized
first, here are my new glasses: ok…whew. i hope you weren’t at opening night of the show on friday night. halfway through the first act, in the middle of the bottle-throwing “Whoop ti ay,” here was a huge noise, like a bomb going off. this was the...
Jun 10, 2005 | Uncategorized
if you saw the journal-register article about the show today, and you saw the inside photo of all the women dancing, i’m the one in the red and black dress and the long blonde curls. so…WHEW. things went surprisingly well tonight. i realized when it was over...
Jun 9, 2005 | Uncategorized
ONE MORE NIGHT of rehearsal before the show! how is this possible? i have no idea. ok, here’s the thing i wanted to say about losing my glasses – at first, i feared the worst, that they were gone forever. this is all part of how i always “panic first, ask...
Jun 8, 2005 | Uncategorized
I have NO TIME for this! i have to GO TO REHEARSAL right now! but i had to share this with you – the ending to my glasses story. erica didn’t have my glasses, as i’d feared. i drove out to new salem today, was going to spend the afternoon in petersburg, looking...
Jun 8, 2005 | Uncategorized
here’s another photo from the show, the delightful “whoop ti ay” song, in which the men sing and dance AND toss bottles to one another:
Jun 8, 2005 | Uncategorized
i just looked at the last entry, and it was monday night and i thought, “oh, monday night, so long ago…” However, as i’m sure you’re aware, monday night was just LAST NIGHT. i should be sleeping right now. it’s almost one. but the finale kept going...
Jun 6, 2005 | Uncategorized
glamour erica! this is kind of a huge photo of erica, but i don’t have time right now to make the photo smaller and then re-post it because i MUST GO TO SLEEP NOW. erica is wearing the fetching wig she gets for the show. my wig is long and blonde. quite a sight. i’m...
Jun 4, 2005 | Uncategorized
here’s one more photo from my birthday party, which feels like it was one million years ago: and i have to show you this dazzling photo of randy: and now, finally, a photo from the show: brad barnes, the lead, is singing and playing the guitar, and behind him playing...
Jun 3, 2005 | Uncategorized
Christine just re-designed my site! pretty cool, huh? christine is an AWESOME person, in case you didn’t know. not to mention very very talented. i’m going to post some photos from the show this weekend. last night we tried on costumes. so far the can-can dresses i...
Jun 1, 2005 | Uncategorized
just one quick thing – this morning i saw a woman, and i thought she looked like somebody i knew. i kept looking at her, and after a while it hit me – she looked EXACTLY like one of the evil aunts in “james and the giant peach,” one of my...
May 31, 2005 | Uncategorized
and i’m so tired that i’m sort of in a mood to cry. not because anything is wrong, but just because i’m SO TIRED. rehearsal lasted till 10:35 tonight. we had to get there at six to practice the can-can, and it’s much better than it was on thursday. it was hot when i...
May 27, 2005 | Uncategorized
and things are sunny. the weather – perfect. last night rehearsal was fairly productive; the can-can is coming along, but i must practice this weekend. sometimes my brain just doesn’t want to retain the steps. it was great to spend most of the evening outside....
May 25, 2005 | Uncategorized
i had some chocolate cake first thing this morning. what could be better? plus, i’m saving a hostess ding dong which i received for my birthday for later in the day, when the surliness returns. ok then, grace making it through the...
May 25, 2005 | Uncategorized
birthday celebration was good. cake, good. very good. enough food was consumed by me, personally, that i won’t need to eat again until my next birthday. mom asked me the other day if i ever sleep through the night. i told her that i usually do, but on those occasions...
