For those of you who have watched it, and do not work in theatre, how does it play?

I'm not a theater person and its one of my favorite shows. But I do like backstage dramas anyway. It is its own kind of genre so many of the inside jokes would be familiar to a non-theater person. Plus, I know my Shakespeare, just not from the wings.

A shindig would be cool.

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We're back from baseball. Emmett's been playing with a tournament team in a 15 and younger, wood bat league. Which means most of the teams we play are already JV players in High School, aged 15 going on 16. Whereas Emmett is 13 going on 14 (in September). In fact, almost all of our team is 14 going on 15, so we're playing kids who are considerably bigger and stronger. But Emmett is playing against kids who are two years older, and six inches taller and forty pounds heavier.

It's been disheartening getting our asses kicked, and since it's wood bat there's no leeway for error on the hitting. You've got to square it up properly, and you've got to drive the ball with your whole body. You can't drive the ball into the outfield with just arm strength.

Which is all prelude to say that we came back in the bottom of the last inning to beat the second place team. It really took an improbable series of events to make it happen, including a bunt single with the bases loaded, and a crazy evasive slide to score. And Emmett, who's hardly had a hit with this tourney team, drove in the two runs that tied it up. Then in the second game he made a great play at home blocking off the tying run on a play at the plate.

Anyway, we've got a lot of baseball this week and it was nice to do something other than get slaughtered with a mere three hits over a double header. (As happened on Saturday.)

I'm not a theater person and its one of my favorite shows. But I do like backstage dramas anyway. It is its own kind of genre so many of the inside jokes would be familiar to a non-theater person. Plus, I know my Shakespeare, just not from the wings.

Yeah, I think familiarity with Shakespeare would make it more layered. I mean, there are morticians as comic relief!

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I was all excited when Southwest announced their $49 sale. The kids laughed at me cause I ran to check the website after we saw the commercial. But flights in and out of the Bay Area cost more in September than then do now.

I'd settle for a hootenanny.

Yeah, I think familiarity with Shakespeare would make it more layered.

Right. Especially as the series goes on, they tend to reflect the various productions onto the backstage drama/comedy with multiple points of reference.

I am attempting to make a blackberry buckle. Fingers crossed.

I am attempting to make a blackberry buckle. Fingers crossed.

How many buckles did you use? That's the key.

Luckily, buckles were on sale with the blackberries.

Pretty sunset: [link] Picture doesn't quite capture it. It filled the house with this lovely deep pink glow.