do you remember the part in “moulin rouge” where that one guy, the great english character actor, is singing that line as things are really falling apart, and nicole kidman is walking through the theater wearing a lovely form-fitting jacket and a stylish little hat? i wish i could remember a few more of the details, but that\u2019s how things are right now. well, there\u2019s no french tragedy with some evil guy who\u2019s the producer of the show about to ruin everything and nobody\u2019s doing any fancy tango numbers and there are none of those fabulous riotously colorful can can outfits…<\/p>\n
but things have taken a very surreal turn. tonight i was telling mary that it\u2019s like that dream i have of being in a play and having to go onstage even though i can\u2019t recall having rehearsed and i don\u2019t know any of the lines.<\/p>\n
she\u2019s had that dream, too, but we agreed this production has gone beyond that.<\/p>\n
last night jason, who is the director of the show and is in a few of the short plays, wasn\u2019t at rehearsal. family crisis. we thought he\u2019d be back tonight, but he wasn\u2019t. ongoing family crisis. i don\u2019t like to write details about family crises on here because it seems disrespectful or something, but let\u2019s just say it\u2019s a pretty big crisis and he may or may not be back for the show tomorrow night.<\/p>\n
so tonight mac read jason\u2019s lines, except he\u2019s such a quick study that he was able to actually perform most of the stuff without a script. except for the one with me, the bag lady one, the one that\u2019s my favorite. mac has the day off tomorrow, and he\u2019s says he\u2019s going to memorize it then. <\/p>\n
hmm. it\u2019s not that i don\u2019t believe him, it\u2019s not that i doubt his ability, but it\u2019s all just very…odd.<\/p>\n
troopers. the cast is filled with troopers. not actual police troopers, of course, but people who are right here trooping.<\/p>\n
i wonder what the show will be like tomorrow night. interesting. you should come just to see how it goes. i mean, i know it\u2019ll be funny. i just can\u2019t imagine how my own particular sketch at the beginning of act two will go.<\/p>\n
there\u2019s been a lot of family crises and tragedy lately – people dying, people having health scares – the older i get, the more serious it all seems.<\/p>\n
and that\u2019s exactly why it\u2019s critical and crucial and very very important to have a good time. enjoy yourself. laugh at craziness that is life, because crying about it is too depressing. <\/p>\n
i meet too many older people who say to me, after complaining about their many ailments, “don\u2019t get old.”<\/p>\n
no, please, consider the alternative.<\/p>\n
whew. come to the show, tomorrow night or saturday night, and i promise you\u2019ll laugh. <\/p>\n
that is all for now.<\/p>\n
ok then,<\/p>\n
grace in july.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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