I'm with Drew. ugh.

I should be packing up to leave for the retreat tomorrow morning. So much to do getting both me and Bartleby ready...but I just haven't been able to get too it.

Do not WANT!

That's the long and short of it, but Really, Really NEED at the same time.

I'm tempted to go to bed now and risk getting it all done in the morning, but that would probably lead to insomnia...and madness.

Blergh. 11pm is no time to be looking for inspiration.

Drew, get your ass in gear!

I'm just hitting the wall on time left to get things done. I get back to LA on Saturday morning, but I have to turn around and head for Orlando on Sunday at noon. I need to finish the system paperwork for the backlot stuff for Halloween before tomorrow so I can send it off to the associate designer that's deal with that area. Universal just got me the groundplan for that area as I was leaving for Washington.

bonny, have you ever heard of Kinesio Taping for your ankle? I'm planning to take a course in it next year because I think it might be really helpful for my patients. There are four certified practitioners located in DC. [link]

Unlike Athletic Taping which is meant to be very rigid but not good for lengthy periods of time, this tape is flexible yet supportive. Also helps the lymphatic system to reduce the swelling.

Stephanie, your project sounds very exciting! I have no practical advice, but lots of encouragement and support for you.

I'm sorry your sister is being so unreasonable, Raq.

Sparky, I signed up to do the Jingle All the Way 10k in DC this December with my Tri friend. Now to buy running shoes and actually start training!

I've been reading about kinesio taping for my lymphedema, but I think it would have to come out of my own pocket.

Okay, I got speaker assignments done for the Terror Tram. Now I just need to pull together some effects for class tomorrow.

Terror Tram! I'm holding out for the Frightful Funicular.

David, I went back and had my hair cut even shorter today.

I endorse this strategy.

Frightful Funicular.

It'll never make it out of committee.

Stephanie, your project sounds amazing, and I hope you get all the help you need to give it a great start.

Ok, I think my allergy-ick may have morphed into sinus infection territory. [spoiler-font for grossness] I got green and orange-ish goop coming out of my nose, almost total blockage except when I am drinking or eating something steaming, and things taste weird. I made homemade chicken soup for dinner, and did not like it because it had a metalic undercurrent to the flavor - everyone else at the group home said it was great (except for the guy who refuses to add water to his condensed chicken noodle soup on the grounds that the water makes it too salty).

what a crazy day. First the new office manager was bugging me to turn in my contract signed. The contract is what we call "the money memo" It tells you the new pay rate, the end date of the season, and always ends with the "you can quit or be fired for no reason, so this isn't binding for anything" crap. So I never sign it. They still pay me. New gal didn't know this. So she's bugging me, and I say "I don't sign it, as a passive/aggressive protest to the crappy pay". Oops. She tells my boss I have an issue with the wording. My boss tells the Managing Director we should have a meeting to go over the contract. Oops. In the meantime, I got an e-mail from Houston saying he'll be in contact with applicants in 3-4 weeks.

Then, as I'm running around dealing with two shows, a studio upgrade, and the small theater's booth getting upgraded, the power goes out for the block. Which means a lot of running around turning off and unplugging gear so it doesn't pop when the surge of power comes back on, plus turning off all the UPS's so they don't drive everyone batty with the batteries beeping.

When the power comes back on, it's a mad dash to run around the building again and plug everything back in, and reset the computer systems that are always on. I then go back and catch up in the studio, since we have a recording session... like NOW. AArrgh. Then, as I'm waiting for the CD to burn, I get a frantic call to fix the keyboards on the show for tonight. O ya, and there is the group from the local University (whose fancy dancy mixer we are borrowing) wanting a little tour of the system. I'm afraid, it wasn't the best of tours. But they did take me out for some grub. So while a frantic day, it ended ok, I suppose.

Much skipping as a result. Sorry to say a lot of it was the cool christianity conversation. Love you guys! I still love the thought that Catholics aren't Christians (I laugh as a reformed Catholic).

Yay for Joe! Much ~ma to all those that asked for it. there was more, but 200 posts is a lot to absorb. Sorry.