I like girl scout cookies but in times like this, people need to learn that the world is a cynical place, and me being a cynic, I think the girl scouts should sell something else.
Like radioactive proof gas masks. I can imagine what would happen if the girl scout came to my door way.
"Would you like to buy a gas mask?" she'd ask.
"No thanks."
"Only ten bucks"
"I said no."
"North Korea has the bomb"
"So?"
"So George Bush is our president."
"Alright, lemme get my wallet, I'll need a few extra masks . . ."
I swear, if that man does something stupid, like invade Korea, I'll gladly become Canadian.
Or I'll be an illegal immigrant sneaking into Mexico. Wouldn't that be ironic? I live less than two miles from Mexico, it's across the river. China, Paris, Norway and Poland are within 50 miles of my house and Berlin is just an hour and a half away. Maine is indeed a funny place.
Of course, Mexico has the Wal-Mart.
In other news, Black Mountain tripled its size last summer and last weekend all the trails were open. The skiing was excellent. The best trails are the challenging ungroomed trails. Wooden sticks . . .
I am God's Boss.
He just doesn't listen to me.
J Kuhl Signing Off
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
Mr. Welsh is a great guy. He is a little old fashioned, but I like him. He cancelled school today. Rumford got about a foot of clear crisp ski-worthy snow and so school was cancelled for today, and tommorrow, more snow is in the horizon. Hopefully tommorrow will be cancelled too. That would be nice.
During yesterday's rehearsal the cast watched the movie Into the Woods. If we do this right, this will be funny. If not . . . at least disasters are interesting.
Well, there isn't much else happening to talk about so adios
I'm on it like Michael Jackson with a nine year old.
J Kuhl Signing Off
During yesterday's rehearsal the cast watched the movie Into the Woods. If we do this right, this will be funny. If not . . . at least disasters are interesting.
Well, there isn't much else happening to talk about so adios
I'm on it like Michael Jackson with a nine year old.
J Kuhl Signing Off
Friday, February 04, 2005
And They All Lived Happily After
Guys and Dolls ran into an interesting twist in the last few weeks. Several interesting little twists. I've been so busy lately because of these twists that I'm behind, so we have to travel back to last Thursday.
There weren't enough cast members to begin with. Several roles, like the Crapshooters and Arvide, were TBA and unknown. To make things worse, people left the show for one reason or another. At that time, it was up in the air what would happen to the spring musical, whether it would be cancelled, changed, or whatever. I had to wait until Monday to find out.
Monday, the cast, as it was, met for the first time. It was a rehearsal turned into an emergancy meeting. Josie, our director, said that the show was changing to Into the Woods, a fairy tale-ish musical starring Jack from the beanstalk story, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and a baker. Fairy tales. It sounds really corny, cheesey, maybe even gay, but actually, it might actually funny. And hell, whats wrong with a children's story anyways? Ah well. Josie gave everyone in the cast new roles and we went on with the rehearsal. I got the part of a Steward.
It turns out Lt. Brannigan died before he was even born.
Everything was calm. And then, it was Tuesday. I was in History, it was last period, and Welsh came on the intercom and announced "Due to the cancellation of Guys and Dolls, auditions will be held Wednesday and Thursday for Into the Woods." I was perplexed. The roles were given out and we didn't need auditions, what the hell was going on?
Josie was furious. She explained what was going on, somehow Thibideaux thought that would be the only way to make it fair, it was some sort of political thing. But we ran through the rehearsal anyways. I met the choreographer, a guy named Vincent. He's kind of funny.
Auditions on Wednesday showed that auditions were not needed, everyone who showed up that night, showed up for Guys and Dolls, and on Tuesday, technically, they already audited. I guess the auditions weren't really a bad thing, but they set us back a few days and just added chaos into a chaotic life. Auditions were fun though. First, the singers went one at a time to sing. Then the girls practised their screams, there is a lot of screaming in Into the Woods. The boys had to howl like a wolf, someone's gotta eat Lil' Red. Then we danced. They danced. I tried to follow Vincent's feet, but I got nothing, so it's official. The steward I play doesn't dance. We did lines from another play, and then we could finally go home. Thursday was basically the same, only there were only five people.
The cast list was put out today. Kyle got the Wolf and one of the Princes. Mike got the Narrator, and I got the Steward. And now everything is back to normal. There is a show, everyone has their definate roles, and all is calm now. If anything comes up to disrupt this, I will quit, and so will everyone else, especially poor Josie who got caught in the middle of everything.
But that's not gonna happen. The show is on the road now. Into the Woods. I'm just glad the fuss and the politics are over.
There is a song that goes very well with the play, the way it is now. "Here We Go Again."
Well, that's all folks.
"I need serenity
In a place where I can hide
I need serenity
Nothing changes, days go by"
- Godsmack
J Kuhl Signing Off
There weren't enough cast members to begin with. Several roles, like the Crapshooters and Arvide, were TBA and unknown. To make things worse, people left the show for one reason or another. At that time, it was up in the air what would happen to the spring musical, whether it would be cancelled, changed, or whatever. I had to wait until Monday to find out.
Monday, the cast, as it was, met for the first time. It was a rehearsal turned into an emergancy meeting. Josie, our director, said that the show was changing to Into the Woods, a fairy tale-ish musical starring Jack from the beanstalk story, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and a baker. Fairy tales. It sounds really corny, cheesey, maybe even gay, but actually, it might actually funny. And hell, whats wrong with a children's story anyways? Ah well. Josie gave everyone in the cast new roles and we went on with the rehearsal. I got the part of a Steward.
It turns out Lt. Brannigan died before he was even born.
Everything was calm. And then, it was Tuesday. I was in History, it was last period, and Welsh came on the intercom and announced "Due to the cancellation of Guys and Dolls, auditions will be held Wednesday and Thursday for Into the Woods." I was perplexed. The roles were given out and we didn't need auditions, what the hell was going on?
Josie was furious. She explained what was going on, somehow Thibideaux thought that would be the only way to make it fair, it was some sort of political thing. But we ran through the rehearsal anyways. I met the choreographer, a guy named Vincent. He's kind of funny.
Auditions on Wednesday showed that auditions were not needed, everyone who showed up that night, showed up for Guys and Dolls, and on Tuesday, technically, they already audited. I guess the auditions weren't really a bad thing, but they set us back a few days and just added chaos into a chaotic life. Auditions were fun though. First, the singers went one at a time to sing. Then the girls practised their screams, there is a lot of screaming in Into the Woods. The boys had to howl like a wolf, someone's gotta eat Lil' Red. Then we danced. They danced. I tried to follow Vincent's feet, but I got nothing, so it's official. The steward I play doesn't dance. We did lines from another play, and then we could finally go home. Thursday was basically the same, only there were only five people.
The cast list was put out today. Kyle got the Wolf and one of the Princes. Mike got the Narrator, and I got the Steward. And now everything is back to normal. There is a show, everyone has their definate roles, and all is calm now. If anything comes up to disrupt this, I will quit, and so will everyone else, especially poor Josie who got caught in the middle of everything.
But that's not gonna happen. The show is on the road now. Into the Woods. I'm just glad the fuss and the politics are over.
There is a song that goes very well with the play, the way it is now. "Here We Go Again."
Well, that's all folks.
In a place where I can hide
I need serenity
Nothing changes, days go by"
- Godsmack
J Kuhl Signing Off
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