Well, the alley is basically the outside of the club. It's not as alley-esque as most alleys.

Now if I could just figure out why I seem to have a bruise on my chin...I do remember falling down at the club (turns out the mirrored wall? Only went halfway down and then there was a curtain! Oops. Bad surprise for the drunk girl!), but I don't remember hitting my CHIN! I just remember ending up sitting on the floor suddenly. Um.

A Hell's Angel once wanted to take me out on his bike. He had "Lurch" tattooed on his arm and was about seven feet tall. I said, um, no thanks.

That's about as adventurous as my sex life ever got.

Maybe you bruised your chin making out? It could happen!

Ok, must go to store and wallyworld before am more faint with hunger. Think I may come back with some French toast fixings -- thanks, Barb, for making me want breakfast!

-- thanks, Barb, for making me want breakfast!

Hey, I'm a big fan of breakfast for every meal. I could definitely be a hobbit.

A Hell's Angel once wanted to take me out on his bike. He had "Lurch" tattooed on his arm and was about seven feet tall.

I'd be afraid to say no to a 7-foot Hell's Angel with "Lurch" tattooed on his arm.

I thought about that, Tep. But I figured I was tiny enough (compared to him) to climb through the bathroom window if I had to.

Actually, he was kind of a pussycat. Funniest thing ever was Stephen and his friend on the other side of the bar, mouths hanging open and little college boy non-muscles quivering, like, "Babe, you're on your own there. "

I love "Chess"! It has to be among my favorite shows. I'll be anxious to see it on PBS. I remember early in season 1 of Buffy when I realized Anthony Head and Murray Head were brothers. It made me absolutely giddy and it was so frustrating when so few of my students were as excited as I.

I should really be working on my syllabi for the coming semester.

Final note about that terrible GP I referenced above - my parents still go to her and like her and never saw anything really wrong. There was other stuff she did to my sis, too, I just can't remember the stories right now.

Ugggh, I am not making much progress here. Woe.

Couple of bootleg clips from You Tube:

Nobody's Side (Adam and Idina)

Anthem (Josh)

I Know Him So Well (Idina and Kerry)

I'm just thinking if it sounds like this with the crappy audio and dependent on where the person recording it was sitting, I cannot wait to see the real thing.

I saw Wicked shortly after it opened, with Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth and Joel Grey. Taye Diggs was filling in as Fiyero, because Norbert Leo Butz had been injured.

whimper.

Taye Diggs had been a last-minute replacement, and clearly hadn't had much time to learn the part. Missed a bunch of lines, and in one scene, Fiyero was supposed to throw a broom to Elphaba. He misthrew by a good eight feet or so and she couldn't catch it, and they both burst out laughing. After about thirty seconds or so, one of them made the time-out sign and then started again from the line right before the throw.