the view from my office window...

I realize I never mentioned Priscilla. And since I really need to recognize some good stuff going on in my somewhat gloomy posts this week, Priscilla is AWESOME. Though some of the Australia accents are terrible but just ignore them and enjoy the singing and dancing drag queens.

You can't go wrong with singing and dancing drag queens.

The costumes are astounding - and there is one quick change sequence that is so fast, I couldn't figure out how they did it unless they are using doubles (actor doubles). It's just that quick. What I found strange was that the audience didn't react to that at all. It's like everyone is so used to movies, that you just think these things are easy. When it's not, it's really magic. Hard magic.

This show made me miss working on the big musicals - that work is not like any other. It's like 50% skill and 50% adrenaline - a mad dash to the finish line.

I also had a pink high heel sugar cookie at intermission. It was yummy.

Apparently miracles do happen. My friend in from the KC is now responding and showing brain movement which wasn't the case yesterday. They are saying that the chance of a full recovery is good. It's remarkable.

I got a call this afternoon from my theater peeps at the KC with some terrible news about someone I had worked with down there. Not only was I touched and saddened because of the news, but I realized that I had been a part of their team. A true member of their team, to the point where they felt it was important to call me and let me know. I wasn't just someone who came and went without leaving an impression. I miss that. I miss them. And I'm sad because of the news.

It's been a hard week.

D-Day

Today was my fundraiser. In theory, it wasn't a big deal - cocktail party, with a raffle and entertainment - but since I did pretty much all of it on my own, from selling tickets to arranging catering to figuring out the talent to getting things donated, well, it had become somewhat time consuming. And I was a bit stressed about the whole thing.

It was actually a huge hit. I have no idea if we made a dime mind you, but the night was fun and different and people enjoyed themselves. It was still weird to me, having it in a board members home (a big home, but still a home nonetheless), but this was a crowd that seemed to like that.

A couple of things happened that seriously ticked me off, however, I am trying to find my zen and just be glad it's over. I kept thinking, just imagine what I could do if I liked my job!!!

I am so fortunate to have such talented friends to help me. I mean the performances were amazing, truly amazing and made the night the success that it was. A standing ovation in a living room. Not bad I think...

(still glad it's over!!!)

Day one of the National Health Show. Freak show would be a better name. I had expected the patrons to be freaks (I fondly remember the Goats of the One of the Kind Show all those years ago...) but had not expected such freaky exhibitors. The booth next to ours was for a group of people who saw Jesus in the moon. Yup. I couldn't make this stuff up. I think that accepting that Jesus' image was in the moon was somehow supposed to heal whatever ails you. It was all a little unclear to me, but I didn't want to ask too many questions for fear of engaging them in too much conversation. There was also a fortune teller and a booth advertising Hereafter the movie. Odd.

Overall the show lacked organization and a good 1/4 of the booths were empty. And there were no people. Well in the morning there were some but by 2pm we basically had tea and twiddled our thumbs. If I'd paid for the booth, I'd have been pissed. But since we didn't, it was just a waste of my day but not much else.

So after the stressful and disheartening Twilight Zone episode at the gym this morning, the universe rewarded me with tickets to see Priscilla Queen of the Desert on Sunday afternoon.

I'm taking my friend Rob who says I'm his "next best gay" - which I like. So yay.