I think we could easily do a Buffista version of Steel Magnolias. The only problem would be me and Aims fighting over who gets to be Ouiser and who gets to be Clairee.

I'd fight you for Ouiser. That's one part I've always wanted to play. And, while my middle name is Annelle for real, that wasn't a character that really spoke to me.

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Is Israel One Of The World's Most Science Fictional Nations?

Israel has been described as "the birthplace of science fiction." For chariots in the sky, eco-cataclysms, invisible voices, and other paranormality, check out the Torah. Want a hero traveling through space, searching for the secrets of creation? Examine the apocryphal books of Enoch, circa 300 B.C. In contemporary Israel, "political science fiction" dominates the genre, with the vast majority of successful books using the homeland as a setting. A utopian-intended society tottering on the edge of annihilation is obviously ideal for SF. A partial list of important authors would include Pesakh Amnuel, David Avidan, Dan Zalka, Etgar Keret, Orly Castel-Bloom, Gail Hareven, and Addy Zemach.

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Is Israel One Of The World's Most Science Fictional Nations?

I don't know, but Brasilia was definitely the most Science Fictional City until Tokyo and HK surpassed it.

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I did 30 or so performances of Steel Magnolias. The movie version is better. Or maybe it was that the summer stock production I was a part of sucked.

I did sleep away camp for several years. It was paid for by MDA. It was 3 weeks long. It was a camp for folks with a wide range of disabilities. Then each cabin was by generic type. So you had cabins that was sickle cell and asthma, you had cabins for developmental disabilities, and then cabins for physical impairments. Me being on crutches actually put me ahead of most of my cabin mates, as the bulk of them were in wheelchairs. It was surreal. Just when I was getting too old for the program, MDA dropped it down to a one week camp, so they could afford to send more kids. Makes sense. But boy did that place help me. if nothing else, to realize, no matter how bad it is, someone always has it worse. Also, had my first girlfriend there. Also did a couple summers of daycamp in town that weren't as good.

Hil, maybe the dream is highlighting how your ankle will get better, and you are showing it off? I dunno. I'm not a good dream analysis person.

OK, back to trying to call NY dmv. I think I called during lunch hour before. Ugg.

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The movie version is better.

I expect it would be difficult to assemble a cast of local actors that could match the comic chops of the movie cast.

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I think the script was a bit better too. But ya, the talent wasn't the best. They spent their cash on getting a real strong Peter Pan. She was awesome!

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The thing that the movie version that was expanded on from the play is that you actually have the male characters as actual entities. Couple that with the fact that they were played by the likes of Tom Skerritt and Sam Shepard and yeah, tough to match that, especially when you add in the female actors.

Play or movie, the way that movie is structured, it rides a really fine line between reality and caricature. It would be so easy for it to devolve into a farce or parody of Southern women.

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I have an appointment with the girly doctor tomorrow and I am suddenly very considering that I should groom the area.

The first time I ever went *gasp* bare down there, I realized that I had a dr appt a few days later. I tried not to blush.

Now? I figure they've seen absolutely everything.

I went to a Seventh Day Adventist camp as a kid. Fun camp. Awful food. At the time I could not comprehend people being vegetarian and eating fake meat.

There are no squirrels in my attic! Just in the roof area over my outside storage. Which, yes, bad. But no squirrels over my head at night. Good.

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I went to a lot of church camps anid retreats growing up. I was also a camp counselor a few times.

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It would be so easy for it to devolve into a farce or parody of Southern women.

Ya, I think that is exactly what happened. Not good when you are actually PERFORMING in the South. That might be why it didn't sell all that well.

ION- The state of New York can kiss my rosy white ass. Those fuckers just extorted $25 from me because they said there was a lapse in my insurance THIRTEEN YEARS ago (after I moved to CA and had insurance in CA) and unless I could prove that I had insurance THIRTEEN YEARS ago, the only way to clear the record is to pay the fine. Um, I thought we were only required to save records from seven years ago! "I'm sorry sir, but the only way to clear the record is to pay the fine, or prove coverage." "That's extortion!" "I do not know what that means. But I can say, everything has changed in NY since 9/11". OK, yes, 9/11 was horrible, tragic. But a) what the hell does this have to do with terrorists hijacking a plane? Did they let there car insurance lapse? and b) Fuck you for blaming everything on 9/11, and how dare you throw that in EVERYONES face for EVERYTHING!

t /vent

sorry about that. really pissed me off. Now, I gotta wait for that charge to clear before I can go get my CA drivers license, which will be 5-7 days. Which will be when I am at work. Which means I can't be at DMV for a couple hours waiting on line. The best was when she said I could monitor the status online. "go to the www.nysdmv.com website, click on the... oh, I'm not sure, but just ask about the status of your drivers license". Um, just ask? Ask WHO? You do realize, it's not a counter, the site has set parameters, there is no person there that says take a number or anything, right? UGGGGGG!

t /more venting

OK, I'm going to breathe now. It's only $25 +$5 for credit card handling. :: breathe ::

(Aims, can you smite New York State DMV for me?)

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