The Daily News
1 AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
2 That's one "H" for each day of the week and an extra !!!!!!! as a group for each day of the week.
3 Been doing that systematically for years.
4 At least I think I have.
5
6 Dude.
7
8 Quite often I put seven things in a row to symbolize something that I believe is deep, once I'm well into the evening.
9 Did I just call you dude?
10 Well into the evening translates to this: I'm dozing off at the keyboards.
11 Doesn't take long these days.
12
13 Ah, me.
14 Did I just say, "Ah, me"?
15 And more important, did I put a question mark outside of quotes?
16
17 Ah, me indeed.
18
19 Anybody lookin'?
20
21 Nightmarish week.
22 I'm advising an Open Mic happening tonight at 6 in our Theater.
23 The trouble is I've had little time to mess with the sound system. The light's should be fine, since they just closed the musical, and it has some awesome color mixes, and probably just the right amount of light to hit the performers.
24 I'm sort of a guest in the Theater, even though I've run the system many times.
25 Enough times that I now officially capitalize it as the Theater. I didn't when I first got there, but it has been a nice refuge over the years. I've grown to like it.
26
27 Sometimes it's just the little things.
28 Hopefully the students have figured out how to control the back stage. They balked when I said we need a stage manager wearing headphones at all times.
29
30 <crickets>
31
32 Wednesday night, so I don't expect a huge crowd.
33 Heck, it might even be fun!
34 Anyway, the good ol' DN has been given short shrift lately. All apologies.
35 I've got lots of irons in a pretty huge fire, and mini-fires flaring up here and there.
36 Sometimes you just have to roll with it.
37 Moving On, Part One: Anybody else getting fed up with the 21st Century?
38 Sounds like the name of a realtor.
39 Does it drive you nuts when people call realtors "realitors?"
40 I spelled it correctly and spell check just checked me on it.
41 Exhibit A.
42 It spell-checked it to "reactors."
43 Sometimes I think I must go mad.
44
45 Have you ever suddenly just thought of a horse?
46
47 Some kid from the yearbook interviewed me around a week ago and asked me what animal I would like to be.
48 I couldn't even begin to think that way. I prefer being an educated human being. When pushed, I said, "Well, maybe a horse."
49
50 "But don't put that in the yearbook."
51 He asked how long I had been teaching.
52 My reply: "Let me put it this way: I taught Julius Caesar when he was around."
53 He asked me what my favorite song was.
54
55 If you love music you can't really answer that question. I told him Jumpin' Jack Flash and he looked at me like I had twelve heads.
56 Ever read the lyrics? Sheer poetry. Here go:
Jumpin' Jack Flash by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Keith Richard originally)
I was born in a crossfire hurricane,
And I howled at my ma in the drivin' rain.
But it's all right now, in fact it's a gas.
But it's all right; I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash
It's a gas, gas gas.
I was raised by a toothless bearded hag;
I was schooled with a strap right across my back,
But it's all right now, in fact it's a gas.
But it's all right; I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash
It's a gas, gas, gas.
I was drowned; I was washed up and left for dead.
I fell down to my feet and I saw they bled.
And I frowned at some crumbs on a crust of bread.
I was crowned, with spikes right through my head.
But it's all right now, in fact it's a gas.
But it's all right; I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash
It's a gas, gas, gas.
56 I thought of teaching it when I do my poetry unit. I've taught rock songs, but never that one.
57 The lyrics change slightly at each performance. The original had I was crowned with a spike right through my head, for example. The frowning of the crumbs remains consistent, however and is my favorite line.
58 And not in the yearbook. I saw the kid the next day, gave him the Julius Caesar bit on a Post-It, and wrote on another, "I want to change my favorite song. My favorite song is Young at Heart by Frank Sinatra."
59 Hopefully he'll remember. They have deadlines and lots to do.
60 AnywayZ...
61 I gottago.
62 Have a GREAT day, and wish me luck with this gig tonight.
64 See you again.
65 Peace.
21 Nightmarish week.
22 I'm advising an Open Mic happening tonight at 6 in our Theater.
23 The trouble is I've had little time to mess with the sound system. The light's should be fine, since they just closed the musical, and it has some awesome color mixes, and probably just the right amount of light to hit the performers.
24 I'm sort of a guest in the Theater, even though I've run the system many times.
25 Enough times that I now officially capitalize it as the Theater. I didn't when I first got there, but it has been a nice refuge over the years. I've grown to like it.
26
27 Sometimes it's just the little things.
28 Hopefully the students have figured out how to control the back stage. They balked when I said we need a stage manager wearing headphones at all times.
29
30 <crickets>
31
32 Wednesday night, so I don't expect a huge crowd.
33 Heck, it might even be fun!
34 Anyway, the good ol' DN has been given short shrift lately. All apologies.
35 I've got lots of irons in a pretty huge fire, and mini-fires flaring up here and there.
36 Sometimes you just have to roll with it.
37 Moving On, Part One: Anybody else getting fed up with the 21st Century?
38 Sounds like the name of a realtor.
39 Does it drive you nuts when people call realtors "realitors?"
40 I spelled it correctly and spell check just checked me on it.
41 Exhibit A.
42 It spell-checked it to "reactors."
43 Sometimes I think I must go mad.
44
46
47 Some kid from the yearbook interviewed me around a week ago and asked me what animal I would like to be.
48 I couldn't even begin to think that way. I prefer being an educated human being. When pushed, I said, "Well, maybe a horse."
49
50 "But don't put that in the yearbook."
51 He asked how long I had been teaching.
52 My reply: "Let me put it this way: I taught Julius Caesar when he was around."
53 He asked me what my favorite song was.
54
55 If you love music you can't really answer that question. I told him Jumpin' Jack Flash and he looked at me like I had twelve heads.
56 Ever read the lyrics? Sheer poetry. Here go:
Jumpin' Jack Flash by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Keith Richard originally)
I was born in a crossfire hurricane,
And I howled at my ma in the drivin' rain.
But it's all right now, in fact it's a gas.
But it's all right; I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash
It's a gas, gas gas.
I was raised by a toothless bearded hag;
I was schooled with a strap right across my back,
But it's all right now, in fact it's a gas.
But it's all right; I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash
It's a gas, gas, gas.
I was drowned; I was washed up and left for dead.
I fell down to my feet and I saw they bled.
And I frowned at some crumbs on a crust of bread.
I was crowned, with spikes right through my head.
But it's all right now, in fact it's a gas.
But it's all right; I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash
It's a gas, gas, gas.
56 I thought of teaching it when I do my poetry unit. I've taught rock songs, but never that one.
57 The lyrics change slightly at each performance. The original had I was crowned with a spike right through my head, for example. The frowning of the crumbs remains consistent, however and is my favorite line.
58 And not in the yearbook. I saw the kid the next day, gave him the Julius Caesar bit on a Post-It, and wrote on another, "I want to change my favorite song. My favorite song is Young at Heart by Frank Sinatra."
59 Hopefully he'll remember. They have deadlines and lots to do.
60 AnywayZ...
61 I gottago.
62 Have a GREAT day, and wish me luck with this gig tonight.
64 See you again.
65 Peace.
~H~
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