It’s 12:57am, and I have just spent over 3 hours hanging with my dog Mazie. Well, it wasn’t exactly quality time. She had cornered something under the porch and I was trying to get her out of there and let it escape. THe area under the porch is only like 18 inches tall so I couldn’t go in and grab her. Cloda would periodically go down to help and retreat after crying like a girl.

Mazie ended up with some cuts on her face and ears, which caused some dripping of blood and shaking of her head.

I was planning on finding out wehat it was but when I pulled her inside and she was bleeding, I didn’t think of anything else but taking care of her. I’m pretty sure it was a cat though.

Well it’s been a while since I have posted,I found that April and May were a blur due to designing Pirates of Penzance. It was a very big show that seemed to consume all of my time. Morning afternoon and at night. I was painting scenery, which i love, but after 8 weeks you get tired of it. Here are some stats:
I painted over 10,000 square feet of backdrops(which include legs and borders)
3 portraits( queen victoria, Gilbert & Sullivan)
2 cherubs on 12′ long poles
1 pirate ship( with 13′ mast & rigging you could climb)

Of course a time consuming thing during tech week was figuring out the cannon blasts, I had to make firing mechanisms and rig the cannons to give the opening a bang.

We spent almost $9,000 on the sets and props, all for 4 performances in a house that can seat 450 people.

Sometimes I wonder if it’s worth it, the expense. Because the lasting product is just the memories of these people that saw the show.

I checked
this out today. Apparently I will live to be 82 years old. that is encouraging . Of course I will soon be Walking to work, and I do need to exercise. maybe that will improve my ‘score’. It takes in a bunch of factors and then spits out an estimate.

For fun, (in a morbid way) I’m gonna try a couple of combinations and get back to you later…

After seeing, this I have been inspired to put this into my next house.

I Saw these CSPAN clips online
, I just had to bring them home to share them with Ann. Boy I wish I had TV reception to watch the Colbert Report. He looks so funny. I wish the camera was on Bush more often.

I found one of the most wierd examples of comics. There is a website called Superdickery.com that shows covers of Superman comics. It showcases in the unseen rude side of Superman.

Well, my little list of self improvement has seen some action. I’vebeen keeping up with Flossing as i wanted to, and didn’t buy snacks at school for two weeks. That goes out the window this weeks when we go into tech rehearsals.

Oh and I still had a cavity that had to get drilled too.

So I have learned CPR.

I took a class at the Fairfield Rescue Squad. I’ll be receiving my card in the mail soon.

I wanted to do this ever since the accident. But I’m not sure I’m prepared. After watching a video and breezing thru a demo just doesn’t seem enough. I think I need to study the manual more.

So on thursday, Ann was at Wal-mart using the self checkout lane. She was getting some cash back, but then forgot it in the machine when she was leaving. She only realized this when she got home and didn’t have the money. She called Customer service, not really knowing what to expect. But it turns out the person behind her in line found it and brought it to customer service. Later she brought her receipt and talked to customer service and got her money back.

Isn’t that amazing? I’m glad I’m living here.