Friday, November 30, 2001

George Harrison
1943-2001


"Everything else can wait but the search
for God cannot wait, and love one another."



may God rest your soul George.
Thanks for all the beautiful music.


Thursday, November 29, 2001

man, i can't tell you how happy i was to see all those miltary troops at the Central Illinois Regional Airport. it made me feel a hell of a lot safer. and i was starting to feel a bit groggy after 5 am rolled around. the new airport is fabulous though. and security is pretty beefed up too. it kinda sucks not being able to fully say good bye to the departer. oh well. i got back here and crashed. i mean crashed. i woke up at 3 pm. whoops. off to work at 4 (first of course, i nabbed my check from Waldenbooks). it was an incredibly slow night at first, but then assortment of deliveries crept in. i made $20 in all. and now i'm gonna watch Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. night night.
so i was web-browsing...most likely because i gotta stick it out til 4 am...please send your love...or comment on how crazy i am...heh...ANYway...was web-browsing....and viola!

dammit why don't these come larger than size 6 1/2? does God not want me to have one stars?

Wednesday, November 28, 2001

it's not hard to get invited to a christmas party i tell you. sharlean said to me at work tonight: "you're freaking funny. i'm inviting you to my christmas party" see how easy it is? and all i said was one witty thing.

so this insurance thing is a sales job. nope nope. i don't do sales. i'm not being picky mind you...actually while the interview was going on, all i kept thinking was how i'd lose my independence, tied down with a "real" job. no going to school in South Dakota or Colorado and being a student again....hell, no big time road trips out there for that matter if i got a real one. so, ok, everything happens for a reason, i don't believe the interview went all that well...it didn't go bad by any means, but i wasn't satisfied. anyhow, i gotta call him in the morning in case i have "any questions" (i really dunno if that means i'm hired or no) and just tell him it's a negative on bein' my cup of tea. i think i may venture out to Kouri's and YES have a beer cyn, she worries about me so. but i've drank like 10 glasses of water today, so i'm not stupid. dishes sucked. of course, maybe the fact i made NO TIPS sucked. ah well. gotta stay up til 4 cause holly and i are driving mom to the bloomington airport for her 6 am flight. ugh. naw, it's ok....but i might as well blog since i won't really be going to bed.
finally, our tree is up! too bad it's a fake. ah well. crap, lookit me not doin the posting yesterday. well, all i can tell you is that i closed bartender and not much else. still walked away with $25. and today i did the double shift. actually had to stay at Waldens til 3, then home long enough to get then message from Jason Goldring (who??!! read on....) saying he got my resume by email and wants me to come in for an interview tomorrow. for what? ah, some insurance company...sounds like a real job...this should be interesting...then off to Pepperoni's at 4. yea, i had 2 deliveries and many dishes. i made $7, spent on post work Guinness. oh well...i'm trying to ignore my sickness, for all of those of you that care....
would it make me a true webgeek if i wore this shirt?

cause i will you know...dialups suck

Sunday, November 25, 2001

new blog alert. that's right, stacy has allowed me to link her, so do go check her page out. oh, and comment on whatever the hell she says. since i'm sooo popular (sigh), i guess i should share the love and direct you to stacy...right. ha. anyhow, work was interesting tonight...i took less deliveries and made $20 more....hmmm. oh, and some guy (cause he got the wrong pizza) said he wouldn't order again. ok, i don't see the downside to this: #1 he tipped me well and #2 i tried to make amends and tell him we'd make the right one (the right pizza = sausage...his pizza = sausage + mushroom) , but hey you wanna be an ass and not cooperate, then BAM i'm done wih you..see you later buddy, thanks for the $5 tip...heh heh. oh, and i got to go to nearly Groveland tonight. i don't draw lines on deliveries. plus, it was still Sheridan Road....that's Pekin, right? not in this case, but who cares.

oh, and it's official: i am sick. damn!
crap. i think i'm getting sick. my throat is killing me. oh, and i'm broker than broke. that never helps. tonight i think i have to do dishes as well as deliver. i made $50 last night. very nice. tonight if i do make a crapload of cash, i'll still have a crapload of dishes to do. i think i have dish duty 3 times next week. arrrr. don't get me wrong, i don't think i'm above dishes. but we have too many crappy dishes to do, and i'm not sure if i should really waste my time trying to scrape the grease off if it doesn't come off. ok, i'll be honest, i hate dishes. i like they keep me busy. but that's it. anyways, i posted in the topic of the week. go check it out. pulitzer prize winning stuff man.

Saturday, November 24, 2001

wow. mission accomplished. that's right, i don't much remember last night. ok, so i get there, present stacy with a a housewarming gift, Leinenkugel's (original). yay. ok, so I was thirsty...so was she it turns out. so then the big ol plan was to go to Farmer City and hang out at the bar (that's right, singular...bar) there: Rick's. actually, they have a few bars, but Rick's is the prime #1 bar. we played pool, i sucked it up. damn, i suck...except for some occasional good shots. oh well...i'll take frisbee. but it was good to drinky drinky in another town for a change. and all the times i've been to FC, never had a drink there. i think that second whiskey sour was a little more whiskey than sour, but whatever gets me buz-uhh...drunk. my pool partner RJ got it, who knows what he was thinkin. then we went off to Jupiter's, bar that seemed impossible to find in Champaign. but we found it. hell, it was right by the High Dive..duh. but like i'm ever sober when i go to Champaign. and dude, all they played was Weezer at this bar. someone had their way with the jukebox. woo hoo. after that, we went to someone's house, i dunno who. i fell asleep on the floor. one of the guys was kind of an ass....dunno who, but it was definitely the guy who challenged me to name all Green Day's albums. see, he thought they only had two or three CDs and shouldn't have a Greatest Hits. i woke up long enough to challenge him otherwise, and said indeed they had more. so he asks me to name them. crap...i just woke up dude. but that's ok, he wasa pompous sort that i don't need to bother with anyhow, so i went back to sleep. i slumbered on and off on the way back. then finally passed out on a non-couch. no offense tamara, your couch is still #1 cause i've sweat on it so damn much. heh.

Friday, November 23, 2001

so today i spent the morning doing the horrible horrible task of retail. you wanna know how many frickin' deals we had goin on today? no? i didn't either. we had too many, that's how many. thank God it's only this weekend, and i'm done there for the weekend. tonight i plan on spending in Normal, drunk again. ha ha...no. well, ok, yes, but that just sounds bad. sounds like a novel by britt soon to hit bookshelves "In Normal, Drunk Again" ha ha...pffft. just cause last time i was in Normal i was dr-oh, i see your point. anyhow, i must go, cause i am anxious to get on the road.
i don't get it. i just don't get it. if you have a day off, why THE HELL would you decide to get up at 5 am to go xmas shopping?! why oh why?! i think that is indeed the most misunderstood thing ever. anyhow, my Thanksgiving agenda went as follows:

britt's turkey day agenda 2001
eat too much
drink too much
spend quality time with family
spend most of the day in a drunken haze
stay off computer all day

ah....so close.

Thursday, November 22, 2001

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!

you know , they just don't make movies like the used to. sure the effects are great now, but most the time the movie sucks. i just got done watching The Goonies and i have to say, that still remains one of my favorites. i used to absolutely adore that movie when i was little..and nothing has changed. as i watch it now, i realize the effects really suck compared to what we have now. but the pleasure of knowing the words to the movie and seeing parts that almost make you tear up (i'm an emotionalist, forgive me)...whether it be a emotional part or just a part that brings back good nostalgic feelings...: priceless.

Wednesday, November 21, 2001

nic changed his template, so go check him out, he's a cool cat. and he's from Skokie. that says it all. ok, i've been there twice, but it was good times. anyways, today was just another day in the epic of britt's life. i worked 10-2 at walden's, then a quick email check before i was off again to Pepperoni's at 4. and boy were we fucking busy! woweee. well, duh, day before Thanksgiving, but damn was i happy to have all those deliveries. i made $50 in tips and drank a couple christening Guinnesses (dude, Pepperoni's had not sold ONE yet...i was doin my part...) ahh...i'm off...big eat and drink day tomorrow.

Tuesday, November 20, 2001

hey, why don't i post for the day on the day that it happens? would be nice wouldn't it? well, count your lucky stars then cause here i go...i'm actually posting for tues, nov 20, 2001 AD. i got to actually sleep in today. if you could call it that. i was tossing and turning all last night, alas, it was restless. i got up, cursed my computer and blogger once again til FINALLY my blog came up (i think it was just blogspot bein' freaky), with comments. yay. so after that, i actually got off the computer and took a bath. tamara actually called me around 3 and was gonna swing by. like i really needed to give her much of directions, she pretty much knew her way into Pekin and to my house. weird..i didn't think she'd been here enough. i know the way to her place in Skokie, but that's Skokie, and this is Pe- oh, i see your point..same same. anyway, she didn't hang too long, so she went with me to wash my car. and i have to say, that was the most fun i've ever had going through an automatic car wash. maybe i need to stop going alone. i went to work at 4:30, to which i was informed marie fractured her elbow...so i had to do dishes and deliver. which wasn't too bad, i was actually not bored. those big dishes suck though, i'd just as soon throw them away. anyway, i did get out at 9:30 and made $17. i came home to my favorite comfort: "Frasier"...oh and food, damn, i had forgotten to eat.
now getting to what happened today. if you cannot see the "comment" part below this, please hold and comment when you can. of course, maybe it's my computer. argh.

so anyways, i was all set to sleep in today, and i swear i did not work today. but waldenbooks called at 10:30 am and convinced me otherwise. so ok, i was able to work 11-3 today. then off to home to rapidly update my blog...which turned into a novel as you can see. then i whisked off to pepperoni's to "bartend". that's right, i had one bar customer. one...but i managed to make $5 in tips anyhow. and can i just say it was "call britt at work" tonight? ok i will. it was "call britt at work" night. check your calendar. tamara called, attaway T- she never calls back, lindsay called, stacy called, kathi delicath called...let's see...i think that's it. anyway, tamara was returning my call inquiring if she wanted to hang out tomorrow since she IS gonna be in Peoria to take that GRE test, lindsay was saying "good job" in the play sunday (i guess she came but had to leave by intermission to go to work) and invite to her house tonight cause she was having a get together for her b-day's tomorrow, stacy to return my call inquiring when the Weezer concert was, and kathi asking me to do an xmas show dec 16, to which i graciously accepted. i hope i get to be a reindeer. he heh. oh, and i guess stacy was in pekin tonight too. may also be wednesday. party down.

oh yea, and WE HAVE GUINNESS NOW AT PEPPERONI'S!!!

Monday, November 19, 2001

the "dude, where's my car" post


so anyways, after i change the CD and get another cup of coffee, allow me to update.

Saturday's show was excellent, in fact, all of Saturday was excellent...no complaints here. anyhow, since it IS Monday, i'm going to try and search my brain for all the memories. so i woke up Saturday, no work, i'm assuming i fiddled around after in posted that entry (dated Saturday natch), pry tried to read that Javascript book. anyhow, yea, got some stuff together for the trip to Normal that night. after the show...that went fantabulous!!! i hopped in my car, bid adieu to the castmates and crewmates (off to Appleby's) and burned some rubber to Normal. now, see pre-show i was feelin sluggish, crampy, and overall not in a show mood. so i was pumping some coffee (as well as water..that's for you cyn) into my body. musta done something; it was a high energy show. spectacular!! although i DO think that the mere act of performing and rushing around on stage did it too....nothin' wakes you up like that. i knew it would be a good night/next day, cause first off, the show went great , and secondly, the radio on the way there played nothing but great music. and believe me, in central Illinois, that's not a sure bet. so i get there, park at 111 w. locust (zac's lot...i see mike pull in as i walk from my car...he tells me i should be ok there...heh heh he...read on, it'll get better), go on over to 114 w. locust to kuntz's. boy was liz happy to see me. she even apologized profusely for missing the show. now that was nice. wow. but i also knew she wanted to come badly too. ah well. so we drank a bit there. shannon's stoli and 7up was enough to buzz the hell out of me. we took cabs there and back. wow, my first bloomington-normal cab experience. so when we get there, everyone gets into club 110, but mike (liz's brother), who's in front of me. ok, so he had a state ID...but with photo and birthdate. dumb..completely dumb. as a bartender and knowing the law, i know that is completely legal...but whatever, club 110 wants to be total controlling assholes, fine. bet if he were a trashy dressed hoochie he'd get in...so mike and i ventured off to all the non-club bars i've never been to. went into Elroy's (by the way, he got right in), too crowded. off to Illinois Brewing Company. since he paid my cover, i bought mike a martini (top shelf too). then we went to Maguire's Pub and had a few and played a few rounds of pool. by then it was nearly 2:15 am, so back to club 110, where they we out and liz ran up to us and kept acclaiming something like "mike..britt...MIA!! omigod...MIA!!" so happy to see us. i then went to the bathroom and had a surreal experience: as i was in La Bamba's bathrooom, some girl i dunno from adam was squatting in the trash can peeing while i was on the very edge of the puke splattered toilet. yea, it was gross...and no, i did not know her, she just came in with me. but one thing (ok, two) was certain, we had to pee bad and were drunk and didn't care where. after that, the evening escalated. no really. then we went back to kuntz's and drank more. i found a Leinenkugels Northwoods lager. do you know how long it's been since i've had one of those? no, of course you don't...so then we go over to zac and joe's cause they were all over there playing catchphrase along with wyatt, mike, kevin and tamara. so stacy was doing a "what the hell? tamara wasn't at liz's 21st?!" run over there. yea, me too, i had a bone to pick with that. not really, i was just drunk. so we go over there, then somehow they all ran out and since i'd left my Leine on the table at zac's, i rushed back in. i never saw kunz, liz, stacy and them again that night. i ended up stayin there at zac and joe's playing catchphrase and going to see the meteor showers with them. which, by the way, we saw like 4, but it was fun anyhow. before we left, it appeared my car was no longer in it's spot, then we got back and confirmed it; it had been towed. damn. so sensing my despair, tamara let me stay at her place. then the next morning she drove me to joe's towing (nazi bastards) to get it and fork over the $50 i didn't have. so then after getting my car, i drove home, took the fasted bath ever and went off to the show. went kinda blah for the last show. man am i gonna miss all them. it seems very rushed..as bill had said. oh well, only made $20 at work delivering. some guys came into the bar and picked out a random phone # and address in the phone book and had me deliver a pizza to him..on them. luckily, the guy was home (and found it a hoot).

Saturday, November 17, 2001

the show was really odd last night. i didn't have that pumped-up-everything-is-going-great feeling going on. but from what i hear, it was a good show. actors have a tendency to beat up on themselves anyhow. i flubbed a few lines. but in britt-style, that means replaced them with my own. what the hell??!! yea, that's what i was thinking. i had no clue where some of them came from. they made sense though, no one was thrown off. my dress did get caught a bit on the couch as i was trying to get up, so that wasn't good. but all was well. but mom, dad, holly, pete, andrea, and alex all enjoyed it. ah, you see, i had my whole (well, a portion of the immediate) damn family there last night! so far, mom and dad have come twice. and mom's coming again tomorrow. i keep telling them they don't have to do this. i think they feel bad for me cause none of my friends have come yet. geesh, i feel a bit sorry for myself cause my family is my only fans..but enough of that, i don't want to spiral into a darkened mood...i do have another show tonight. right now, i'm off to waldenbooks cause i get 40 % off today and i plan on xmas shopping.

Friday, November 16, 2001

ok, so it struck me today while bathing..when the hell is a good time to write in a blog. in the morning, fresh and new? in the afternoon after the oh-so-common-5-cups-of-coffee? (ok britt, that's just you) or in the evening, after a long day's hard work? (or in my case, a stress-free evening of mixing drinks or driving food to various spots in Pekin) i tell you, there are advantages to all three. plus, i like to vary. ok, i'm lazy. so shoot me (after my play though). i do think on the "time of day is an advantage" point of view is benefical to recording the days events. sometimes i like to do that...sometimes i don't. sometimes i express my thoughts and feelings...or, in most cases...RANT. my very first diary when i was 13 mostly focused on the whole "today i did this, then this, then this..." style, and eventually evolved into the "this is how i feel today" stage and spanned more than one page. which was a no-no in my one page per day fascist rule i had set for myself. i think it's good to have a mixture of both. diaries and journals are meant for spontaneity, no one has a right or wrong way. i do not, however, like little bitty vomits of posts...like my last one...a sentence long....not to say they are wrong...but hell if i'll keep reading your blog.

show tonight...again..man was last night's rehearsal great. hope tonight is packed with just as much fun. oh yea, while we're on the topic of Harry Potter...ok, we weren't...but who CAN ESCAPE HIM?!?! i sold two more HP books today. how the hell do i do it? don't ask, i really don't know. just like playing the Spanish dancer...how did i end up with a part like that? don't ask...no one really knows..
i want to post...i really do. but i need to bathe. i most likely stink.

Thursday, November 15, 2001

hmmm...can i mention how broke i am? no really, i am. this point in the month really suck for me, so no, i am not accepting flowers for my show, just cash..thank you. i also accept cash donations in my mail box, both the one on 13th street in pekin and the Yahoo one. other than that, life is good...still addicted to red bull...arrr....oh, and saying "arr". show is going well...not that i really know, i've been at work this past week. and i'm still broke, figure that one out. ok, let's just say britt is NOT a salesperson...at all. true, true. and i know zilch about the damn Harry Potter books...except they exist. oh and there's a movie out tomorrow on them. ok. i DO know that there are 4 Harry Potter books. and it seems at Waldenbooks we have a sales quota to sell so many Harry Potter products. ok great. so mine is 3. say what? yea. so a lady come up today to ask a "?" about good ol HP. uh oh. don't prevail, it was only "how many books are there?" oh...ok. heh heh. i say "4" she says "i'll take one of each". hey not bad...quota DONE. ha! please don't ask anything else....

Tuesday, November 13, 2001

a double-header today. in pekin, that means working two jobs on the same day, preferably meaning Waldenbooks and Pepperoni's. whew. thank God i have this red bull here with me. what?! it's gone??!! crap. well, back to coffee. i pry shouldn't though. thanks to cyn's motherly advice, i should lay off caffeine and booze til my nose stops it's bleeding. (i've had two nosebleeds since last night). arrrgggh. ok ok fine. i just won't tell cyn. oh waitaminute..she reads this....uh...disregard that..heh heh.

Monday, November 12, 2001

thank God Blogger is back up. what, does everyone decide to post because they missed out on September 11? no way, dude. i'm a faithful journalist...or diarist...or whatever...ok, so i haven't been posting the last 2 days or so...but i have been busy with the show and my 2 lovely jobs...argh. so i was awakened to yet another lovely breaking story. at least this seems to be an "accidental plane crash"...whatever that means...people still lost their lives, that's sad enough. poor New Yorkers are already on paraniod edge, this probably made them crap their pants..yet again. (sorry i'm not poetic) my prayers most definitely go out to all those lost and their families. if this IS terrorist-related, my previous paranoia-filled post from september15(see the archives) maybe should be changed to
"will i live to see 24 1/2?"

i do have to say that Ashleigh Banfield is my hero. here she was the first and most frequent news reporter i saw covering the 9/11 attacks, and she was the most prominent one in Pakistan reporting daily. and here she is finally back in the states, only to cover this horrible event. you make us proud Ashleigh, i hope you get an award for all this.

on a lighter note, the show has been going well, and since all you readers of mine are so faithful in reading this and commenting, here's a little Accommodations comic strip for you (for those of you who cannot see the show)



Saturday, November 10, 2001

the lowdown on show #1

wasn't too shabby...those in attendance: mom, dad, uncle jerry, and alex. alright! and they loved it. there was a many people who asked if i was exhausted after all those costume changes. to which i replied, "uh, yeah." duh. other than that, all had fun. lynn did pretty good, i just wish she wouldn't hesitate and stutter, cause that that looks like you're not sure of your lines. me and bill screwed up our toasts, recovering nicely anyhow. but when you say "love is..." 80 times, it's easy to mix and match. the cast party was a blast, always is a good time (with a hearty dose of ghost stories, natch) at nona's. and lookit this, we made the friday pekin paper






finally, a bit of free time, i am about to watch The Mexican and Swordfish. oh, and richard tells me he can hook me up with discount at Derby liquors...where he works. ah, do i detect the word "score" somewhere?

Friday, November 09, 2001

show day!!!!

and here's hoping it will go well, wish me cyber luck if you must...email me or AIM me with love if i'm on. thanks so much, you're wonderful. the good news...besides not being attacked with Afghan planes...sheesh...is that mom and dad left me potatoes before they went off on errands...aww...mom remembered it was friday.

oh yea, and all that aurora borealis bullshit? well, it was real, i don't mean it like that. anyhow there was a great picture in the Journal Star the next day, so in true britt-i-promise-you-fashion (ok, i never said that...), here it is:




Wednesday, November 07, 2001

oh dear B Logger template...i will never ever do that again...i promise you B Logger template...bad bad britt...shame on you..i almost lost this all
new link below (and a slight new look...but tampering has it's evil sides), Topic of the Week...wanna join? click on the necessary means on the left hand side below...

Tuesday, November 06, 2001

work..work..work..rehearse...rehearse...rehearse. ok, i only have 2 jobs, and i only rehearse 5-6 nights (now at least) a week. but i still managed to take this quiz....dear God, i am addicted...my results:

44 points out of 100 = is in the 21 through 50 precent
You are a casual weblogger. You only blog when you have nothing better to do, which is not very often. There's nothing wrong with that. But if you'd post a little more often, you'd make your readers very happy.

Monday, November 05, 2001

you know...i feel bad. here bill put in his b log that i am like a coach/guardian angel to him. that's a pretty hefty title to live up to. i actually admire bill a lot for his constant positive attitude as well as his attitude towards things in general. both he and his wife are two of the greatest people i have come to know..and it's so funny, they are my parents ages, respectively. bill's view towards things that pissed me off were always "whoaaa brittany!! you gotta become one with it" it seemed like he never got mad at...well...anything. i realized what i was getting angry at was trivial...and felt silly. i try now not to get upset or lose my temper at stupid things. he also likes to focus on things that are positive....i may look at something in a dark light, when really, there is absolutely no reason to at all. such as Halloween. ok, i don't really like kids, and the ones that trick or treat today aren't the biggest angels in the world (some don't even utter the phrase "trick or treat", they just look at you expectantly), plus all the dazzle of dressing up has faded. not bill, boy does he love the holiday...he loves being constantly interrupted by trick or treaters...and has this marvelous and creative idea of a bunch of friends dressing up and going to meet at a bar...but no one knows who is dressed as who. now that's cool. and when he asked me to recall fond Halloween memories at Appleby's...i had to think. but he had a few right off the bat. that is great. really cool. in the same way he has learned from me (acting coach extraordinare...ha ha), i have leeched off some "don't dwell on the small stuff" positive energy from him. i know you're reading this bill...and NO! i don't want anything! just returning some positive accolades in MY B Log

oh, and there was somewhat of an aurora borealis today (and i was just telling marieke about this today) in Illinois...or somewhere...anyhow, the local news said that Peorians were calling in reporting a red glow in the sky..and i guess what it was was the AB...they say some cosmic thing happened yesterday morning, so that's why we're seeing it. i looked outside around 10:30 PM..nothing. then,a s my dad was leaving for work (10:50 PM), we look northerly, and there it is. the dark crimson sky. i pry would have noticed it otherwise, and thought "what the hell is THAT?" but since i was looking for it, it smacked me in the face. it wasn't like the AB in Wisconsin i saw, that was white and streaked across the sky...still one of the coolest things i have ever seen in my life.....but still cool nonetheless. so i jump in my car and head north, away from city lights as well...but by 11:00 PM, it's pretty much gone...awwww.
i really really need a scholarship or grant... if ANYONE knows of any that may suit or fit me , alert me asap. stats wise, i am a 24 year old, i want to go to school in Wisconsin or South Dakota and study English/German/Languages/Linguistics....whatever, and i have bad bad allergies (any grants out there for us? awww...)...ooo, i claim stake to being Irish, Scottish, and Dutch (any ethnic ones out there???!! arrggh)
has anyone ever tried Opera? i hear it's the fastest browser on earth. i beg to differ...my comments aren't even showin' up on Opera's browser for my b log....by the way...shout out to cyn..she helped to add the banner below the Red Cross one....but don't think you can't still donate blood...or money, cause you can...just click on the banner.
i also have consumed 6 Killians tonight...woo hoo britt!! way to get your money's worth

Sunday, November 04, 2001

YAY!!!! Anne Frank: The Miniseries won an Emmy!!!! wooo hooo!!! that's some consolation to the Yanks losin'...
i hate the Diamondbacks. why is it no one likes the Yankees? is it a new cool thing to do that i don't know about? oh well, give me my cubs and yankees any day...i'll risk being uncool. Diamondbacks suck.
ahhh...bliss is sending your sister an old 1st picture of her over instant messenger and taping the Emmys and here's hoping the Yanks will win the world series tonight. sheesh, so much going on...so little time. i still need to eat and get some beer, basic necessities after that trying 7-8 hour (i forget) rehearsal. i think i lost 5 lbs changing in and out of all those (count 'em...FIVE) costumes. so ok, it's going good...are we ready to perform? next question please....oh yes, i'll be happy to answer any allegations you may have....we're gettin good, i can tell ya that...today was a test to see how we deal with costumes and make up..what we need fixed, as well as how much time we have to change, etc...so it's all good...man, i better wash this stage make up off.
the weirdest burst of emotion happened last night. i was lying in bed with my cat Lizard and i got to thinking about my other cat Abbey who passed away a year ago last July...so i asked Lizzie if she remembered Abbey, cause her name seems to ring a bell with her...and Lizard just looked at me weird...and then i started to cry...i mean bawling. Dear God, i still fiercely miss my cat...i couldn't stop crying. here i thought that maybe it was bad i didn't visit her grave everyday or think about her. but really, i was part of the process of getting over her death. it still saddens me to no end....and it's not like i've forgotten her or am not still plagued by it, more imoprtantly and accurately, i've gotten used to her not being here...and that's a healthy part of dealing with death. and i'm happy i've exercised it now...cause i'll be needing it in my life a lot.

other than that, tonight i worked til 9:30, but still made $30 natch.. then got a phone call from holly, pete and mom and dad...they were at Pepperoni's...great, so i go back to work...but this time to drink...heh heh. and now i'm about to eat chicken wings (the feast of kings) and watch The Blair Witch Project...ahhh..britt's much-envied-fabulouso life..

Saturday, November 03, 2001

dude, i am sorry i have been neglecting the good ol B Log. i've been massive swamped with the show opening in a week or so...wait, a freakin WEEK, that's right...oh, less than that now. and guess who has many pain-in-the-ass costume changes? that's right! me! whew, it's some funny stuff though, all should in enjoy. i also need to download this last song and make a CD before work at 4, as well as get a bit of Hanukkah shopping done. yea, Hanukkah shopping...thank bill for that, i wasn't gonna do it again this year, but he found that i took the time to get 8 little gifts for tamara last year very touching, so it would make me a real jackass if i didn't do it again this year...ha ha..wait, i'm already a jackass! yay! ha ha. and tamara, if you're reading this (which i know you aren't, but let's be safe...), NO, i ain't saying what i bought so far....and if my other readers care, you'll have to IM me. if you even care that is.
by the way, go to cyn's b log, she has a new look, and vote on her damn site before she actually physically comes after you.... ah, and i must go now....need some coffee to come down a bit. can you believe i downed 3 whiskey sours at the baby shower i went to just shy of noon? ahh...but they were good...and that French Quarter motif at the Mark Twain Hotel...just took me back to being in the Big Easy..i guess...plus i got the drinks bought for me..helps out a lot you understand. i'm gonna have to write more later...

Thursday, November 01, 2001

cyn insisted that i post this...about the exploding Pekin house...and Mr. Gass...Bless His Heart
HAPPY ALL SAINTS DAY!

ok, so added Bill to the B Log links...he's pretty fly (damn, i don't think i've ever used that word...). my fellow drinking buddy. i can drink him under the table though...ha! just kidding Bill! ok, so Mass is at 6:30, rehearsal is at 7....hmmm.religious duties? dude, i'll stay later to rehearse, not a problem...lets' see.

so anyways, Halloween went well, drank an orange (Killians) and black (Guinness) beer...how festive am i? very festive is the answer.