I saw a coyote the other night in Burbank, just willy-nilly crossing the street. Now, I know what you will say. "It was a dog." No. I have lived in California most of my life and I know what a coyote looks like. This animal was just walking across the street on Glen Oaks and was perfectly at home. The problem and the remarkable nature of this was that he was many blocks from wilderness and in fact in a heavily populated area. Stunning, always. I slowed down for this coyote and wondered. I loved seeing him. How fabulous!
My tech is going well. My actors are able to rehearse while we tech. The crew is fantastic... Love them. First performance is Wednesday. We'll be ready. This is always so much fun. Looking forward to an easy lovely run.
The wind here has been just ferocious and awful. We lost some of our roof.. Bummer. Phil is all ready to fix it but the winds need to die down first. So dry. So windy. Such angry angry wind!
The climate has changed since I was a girl, many long years ago. I don't know how one can deny it. It is the middle of winter and we are already on "fire alert." Really? Scary.
I know. The world is flat and evolution is a theory. And man lived with dinosaurs and the world is only 6,000 years old... and we did not have a common ancestor with the apes... And we are "god's" creatures... And the Tardis is real and unicorns just didn't make it onto the ark, and the moon is made of cheese. Tell me more, please.
Wondering where we are all headed.. Wondering if disinformation is ultimately what we will all believe. A little frightened by some of my fellow Americans. Looking for the truth and not the faith.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Looking Up.
Recently noticed I'm smoking less. Wow. Not even trying. This is a good thing. Encouraged by the most recent run-through of my current project, am beginning to see why this play was nominated for the Pulitzer. The music is grand. I am so excited about teaching my class tomorrow I don't know if I can really sleep. I can't wait.
I have the gift of looking at life with pure optimism, most of the time. It is truly a gift. I could spend a lot of time complaining about what is wrong on this blog..and I do sometimes, but mostly, I CHOOSE to be happy. I choose to wake up with a smile and look at the new day as a NEW DAY.
The world is in a dangerous state of flux. My friends have issues and problems I will not discuss here.. I am always looking for a job. But. But. The morning light is so beautiful. The coffee tastes so good. Okay, I'll eat oatmeal for breakfast and save my heart, but really, how hard is that? I like oatmeal.
You may have noticed I've included some songs written by my gorgeous husband on my blog. I actually had to have him put them there. I am not as adept as he with scary code. Take a listen when you have the time.
This is all to say... Good luck to you all. I believe things are looking up. Just a feeling, but I have very accurate feelings.
I have the gift of looking at life with pure optimism, most of the time. It is truly a gift. I could spend a lot of time complaining about what is wrong on this blog..and I do sometimes, but mostly, I CHOOSE to be happy. I choose to wake up with a smile and look at the new day as a NEW DAY.
The world is in a dangerous state of flux. My friends have issues and problems I will not discuss here.. I am always looking for a job. But. But. The morning light is so beautiful. The coffee tastes so good. Okay, I'll eat oatmeal for breakfast and save my heart, but really, how hard is that? I like oatmeal.
You may have noticed I've included some songs written by my gorgeous husband on my blog. I actually had to have him put them there. I am not as adept as he with scary code. Take a listen when you have the time.
This is all to say... Good luck to you all. I believe things are looking up. Just a feeling, but I have very accurate feelings.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Another Story Of A Lazy Imbecile.
I am writing this on my iPad that doesn't seem to like blogger.com, so we'll see how this turns out....
Trying to come home this evening I was stopped by a blocked road... Okay, I'll take the route chosen for me. I truly tried. I got lost in Shadow Hills and ended up back on the street I'd just left, only earlier in the route. I finally decided to ask the "parking enforcement officer" who was positioned in his car, for directions. It was nearly midnight and very dark. I was on my way home from rehearsal. There were traffic cones everywhere; not wanting to cross them, I stopped my car where the cones wanted me to turn left. Immediately, I was yelled at by a parking enforcement officer who did NOT get out of his car - to move my car to the side of the road. Okay. I went through the cones and parked. This officer sat in his car and talked to me from afar. I asked him how to get home. He said, turn left and you will reach Wheatland. I'm not stupid, I knew Wheatland was around there somewhere, but I'd just driven, in the dark, and couldn't find the correct turns to get there. He said, again, still in his car, "Everybody else has found it!" I said, "No. Everyone is driving around in the dark, lost, backing up, stopping and looking confused." He said " Just follow the cones." K. There were no cones past the initial left turn. I asked him to give me directions.. What street? He said," Bluebell, turn left. I said, "That doesn't work." I asked why I couldn't get through, He said..."There was a traffic accident. Do you think I just get up in the morning and decide to close the road? Yeah, that's what I do in my spare time..." He actually continued being a smart ass. I pointed at him and said, "Fuck You!" I walked away, back to my car and headed off into the dark, a 57 year old woman trying to get home at midnight. I got to Marybell, not Bluebell, as he'd said and turned right, not left, as he'd told me, and finally found my way home. I was pissed. Along the way I saw.. both times I went through Shadow Hills, lost people, backing up, parking and looking around, coming out on the wrong side, as I did.
Is it any wonder so many people are frustrated with government workers? This man's job was to help me. Well. He failed. I fended for myself.. Again. His only thought was to prevent me from passing. Okay, safety issue, I get it. But I was in potential danger too. I was ignored and looked on as a crazy lady. I was in need of some real help. Really. What the fuck! Who are these people we are hiring who are supposed to protect us. Fuck him and the horse he road in on. I want these people replaced with people who will serve the public good. This goes for congress too. I am sick to death of arguing with lazy imbeciles.
Trying to come home this evening I was stopped by a blocked road... Okay, I'll take the route chosen for me. I truly tried. I got lost in Shadow Hills and ended up back on the street I'd just left, only earlier in the route. I finally decided to ask the "parking enforcement officer" who was positioned in his car, for directions. It was nearly midnight and very dark. I was on my way home from rehearsal. There were traffic cones everywhere; not wanting to cross them, I stopped my car where the cones wanted me to turn left. Immediately, I was yelled at by a parking enforcement officer who did NOT get out of his car - to move my car to the side of the road. Okay. I went through the cones and parked. This officer sat in his car and talked to me from afar. I asked him how to get home. He said, turn left and you will reach Wheatland. I'm not stupid, I knew Wheatland was around there somewhere, but I'd just driven, in the dark, and couldn't find the correct turns to get there. He said, again, still in his car, "Everybody else has found it!" I said, "No. Everyone is driving around in the dark, lost, backing up, stopping and looking confused." He said " Just follow the cones." K. There were no cones past the initial left turn. I asked him to give me directions.. What street? He said," Bluebell, turn left. I said, "That doesn't work." I asked why I couldn't get through, He said..."There was a traffic accident. Do you think I just get up in the morning and decide to close the road? Yeah, that's what I do in my spare time..." He actually continued being a smart ass. I pointed at him and said, "Fuck You!" I walked away, back to my car and headed off into the dark, a 57 year old woman trying to get home at midnight. I got to Marybell, not Bluebell, as he'd said and turned right, not left, as he'd told me, and finally found my way home. I was pissed. Along the way I saw.. both times I went through Shadow Hills, lost people, backing up, parking and looking around, coming out on the wrong side, as I did.
Is it any wonder so many people are frustrated with government workers? This man's job was to help me. Well. He failed. I fended for myself.. Again. His only thought was to prevent me from passing. Okay, safety issue, I get it. But I was in potential danger too. I was ignored and looked on as a crazy lady. I was in need of some real help. Really. What the fuck! Who are these people we are hiring who are supposed to protect us. Fuck him and the horse he road in on. I want these people replaced with people who will serve the public good. This goes for congress too. I am sick to death of arguing with lazy imbeciles.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
The New Year. 2012.
So the New Year Celebration has come and gone.. I am always grateful that we witnessed no terrorist attacks.. can't help it. I get a bit apprehensive when all those people congregate in Time's Square. You know, the world has changed since 9/11. I never worried before. There is a new fear felt by many. It may be driving a lot of the current divisiveness in the country right now. Fear. I don't know. Just a thought.
Phil and I spent most of the day together. I went out for a bit.. I had to. The day was so beautiful. I bought a few things for dinner and wandered the supermarket aisles talking to my neighbors. It was kinda lovely. I dressed up!
I made BLT's for dinner, along with deviled eggs and cole slaw from KFC. Sorry.. but I think KFC makes the BEST damn cole slaw! I make a special stop just to buy it.
We drank mimosas all day.. lazed on the couch trying to find news, and ultimately ended up watching a movie starring Colin Farrell. I like him. The movie was good. We watched the ball drop. My neighbors set off fireworks and many came outside with noisemakers. Joyous! Really.. cool! All very old-school. I love where I live.
The decorations all come down tomorrow. The year is over. Time to start fresh. I used to keep every decoration up until the "Feast of The Epiphany." No one seems to know what that is anymore and it just looks like I'm lazy about getting the damn Christmas lights put away. So... I've abandoned that and now start the New Year unfettered. Day One.
I enjoy taking down the Christmas decorations as much as I enjoy putting them up. I get to see them once again. I don't really look at them once they are on the tree. I have some beautiful pieces. Some I've bought, but most are presents. Each one is special and reminds me of a person or a time. They are precious. I take great care and put each in its special box. I don't put decorations up willy-nilly anymore. Each decoration on the tree has a special meaning and has to have a special place.
In the next year we will all face challenges.. we have an important election, we have to find meaningful work, we have to remember to help each other through it all and we have to experience more ART. Really. Art changes and teaches and makes life meaningful. I want to read more, this year. I want to go to a museum now and again. I need to see more theatre. My resolutions.
Let us share. Let us learn from each other. Let us find the common ground and grow and change and together discover the divine. (Leave the suspicion, the arrogance, the anger, the divisiveness in 2011.)
We are one person. We are two alone. We are three together. We are four.. each other. (Crosby, Stills, and Nash)
I am unfettered by religious constructs. I do not have the intention of challenging your faith, though I do think you should take a good look at it and at the original intent of that faith. I am tolerant of many things and most beliefs, but I will no longer tolerate beliefs that do not tolerate me. There is an end.
Open your eyes and see the wider more wonderful world of glorious people around you. Your "God" loves "everybody." Why don't you? Look to your own scriptures. Then, look to your politics and "render to Caesar." Why are you all so stupid?
No, that is unkind. But, know this. It is 2012! For Goodness Sake! WAKE UP! I'm done with your archaic beliefs that only support your prejudices. The planet and its people are suffering. Money means NOTHING. Help and understanding and education and art are everything. It is about who we are. Societies are judged by how the least are treated. Take a good look.
If you are looking for heaven, you may be on the wrong track.
My most sincerest wish to all my readers for a Happy New Year. Let us all hope that some sense comes from all this conflict.
xo
m.
Phil and I spent most of the day together. I went out for a bit.. I had to. The day was so beautiful. I bought a few things for dinner and wandered the supermarket aisles talking to my neighbors. It was kinda lovely. I dressed up!
I made BLT's for dinner, along with deviled eggs and cole slaw from KFC. Sorry.. but I think KFC makes the BEST damn cole slaw! I make a special stop just to buy it.
We drank mimosas all day.. lazed on the couch trying to find news, and ultimately ended up watching a movie starring Colin Farrell. I like him. The movie was good. We watched the ball drop. My neighbors set off fireworks and many came outside with noisemakers. Joyous! Really.. cool! All very old-school. I love where I live.
The decorations all come down tomorrow. The year is over. Time to start fresh. I used to keep every decoration up until the "Feast of The Epiphany." No one seems to know what that is anymore and it just looks like I'm lazy about getting the damn Christmas lights put away. So... I've abandoned that and now start the New Year unfettered. Day One.
I enjoy taking down the Christmas decorations as much as I enjoy putting them up. I get to see them once again. I don't really look at them once they are on the tree. I have some beautiful pieces. Some I've bought, but most are presents. Each one is special and reminds me of a person or a time. They are precious. I take great care and put each in its special box. I don't put decorations up willy-nilly anymore. Each decoration on the tree has a special meaning and has to have a special place.
In the next year we will all face challenges.. we have an important election, we have to find meaningful work, we have to remember to help each other through it all and we have to experience more ART. Really. Art changes and teaches and makes life meaningful. I want to read more, this year. I want to go to a museum now and again. I need to see more theatre. My resolutions.
Let us share. Let us learn from each other. Let us find the common ground and grow and change and together discover the divine. (Leave the suspicion, the arrogance, the anger, the divisiveness in 2011.)
We are one person. We are two alone. We are three together. We are four.. each other. (Crosby, Stills, and Nash)
I am unfettered by religious constructs. I do not have the intention of challenging your faith, though I do think you should take a good look at it and at the original intent of that faith. I am tolerant of many things and most beliefs, but I will no longer tolerate beliefs that do not tolerate me. There is an end.
Open your eyes and see the wider more wonderful world of glorious people around you. Your "God" loves "everybody." Why don't you? Look to your own scriptures. Then, look to your politics and "render to Caesar." Why are you all so stupid?
No, that is unkind. But, know this. It is 2012! For Goodness Sake! WAKE UP! I'm done with your archaic beliefs that only support your prejudices. The planet and its people are suffering. Money means NOTHING. Help and understanding and education and art are everything. It is about who we are. Societies are judged by how the least are treated. Take a good look.
If you are looking for heaven, you may be on the wrong track.
My most sincerest wish to all my readers for a Happy New Year. Let us all hope that some sense comes from all this conflict.
xo
m.
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