the weekend was certainly eventful.
friday evening was opening night of the high school play the importance of being earnest. the cast did a great job, despite some dropped lines early in the first act. the ending was huge and many laughs were had by the audience as well as the cast and crew. ad lib line of the night: "this is filthy" dmontero speaking of a table that was earlier cleaned and had its crumbs tossed into the tea by jneal the butler.
saturday the jr. high department went to a tigers game. we had a lot of fun getting to the park and finding our seats. when we did finally climb to the top of the stadium, there were people in our seats. since it was already sprinkling at the park and our seats were under the overhang at the top, a group had decided to sit in our seats. they were nice enough to move to the row in front of us and put on their dry cleaner covers to keep the rain off. the tiggers were playing the los angeles angels of anaheim. someone please explain to me how that is the official name of a real team. we made it to the bottom of the 6th inning, but then the dark cloud was over us and everyone was getting dumped on. half of the park cleared out as the grounds crew tarped the field. they should've stopped the game earlier (when we were ahead 2-0...bonderman was a sultan on the mound), but they waited until the game was tied. the los angeles angels of anaheim eventually went on to win the game, but the tiggers got 'em in the 2nd round of the double-header. . .which i couldn't stay for since there was another performace saturday evening.
as far as lines go, saturday's performance was the best. i'm fairly certain we didn't drop a single line throughout the whole first act. one line that was a little butchered (but worked out ok) was given by khelms: "i believe whenever one has something candid to say, one should speak quite candidly". though the original line was not intended to be funny, the laughter brought about by this bumble was most enjoyable for cast and audience.
some of my students have been asking questions in the "ask the rabbi" section that has just been modified. please feel free to visit and post a question yourself. some faithful melvinists will recall the "ask a cavedweller" section of the chief's intranet spot. perhaps i should re-open that from my archives (aka files for chickens).
by the way, anytime you make a backup, don't call it a backup. put it in a directory called "files for chickens". it is most melvinistic to do so. . .especially if you have a glow-in-the-dark star on your monitor.
more later. . .
peace and java
