358 - Bowling, Sort Of

Our heart-shaped Theatre Bowlers (minus a couple of peeps)

After the show, about 30 of us went to Cosmic Bowling (almost directly across from the theatre). It was, without a doubt, the craziest "bowling" I've been a part of. There was more dancing, talking, singing and eating than bowling going on. And if someone was out having a smoke, we just bowled their turn for them. The lanes closed at 2am, and they pretty much had to get the group to leave. What an awesomely fun evening!!!!

Doing the Cupid Shuffle in Bowling Shoes

357 - TGIF & A Packed Evening

Tonight, I met Teri at Buddha's Belly for dinner prior to going to Players for Parade. It was wonderful to be able to sit and catch up. At Players, I have her a tour of the theatre and introduced her to a lot of peeps. A good number said they saw the article announcing her new position as Riverside Arts Market Director. The show was good, and Teri enjoyed it. Bill asked me if I was sick of them and the show yet. Nope. It's much more fun to be at the theatre with all that energy than to be sitting at home watching re-runs. After the show, about 20 of us crashed Taco Lau's. It was too loud to have any in-depth conversation, but I did get to catch up with Stacy.


You know you're with theatre peeps when some of them sing ALL of Rent's "La Vie Boheme". It was cute!

TTFN!

356 - Roto-Rooted

My poor boy. He blocked up again, so Dr. Goricki had to "roto-rooter" him again. He's dropped more than a pound since the last time he was in, which isn't good. Doing blood tests to check his calcium levels.

Phase 2 on his treatment is here. I knew the day would come, just never knew when. 2x a week now, I'll be giving Oliver subcutaneous fluids. He is NOT going to happy to see an I.V. hanging in the house again.

The positive - we haven't run out of treatment options, and he came through today's procedure.

TTFN!

355 - Hide and Seek

It's been too damned hot to have Happy Hour in the back yard with the 'kids', so tonight, Diva and I played hide and seek. I have Diva sit and stay by the sliding doors, then 'hide' one of her toys in another room. When I tell her to "Find" she goes looking for it, and when she brings it back, we do it all over again. At first, I hide it in plain sight, but each hiding gets a little more difficult. Never really hard, but not laying in the middle of the floor. She has the hardest time if the ball/toy is up on a chair, but after a couple of those, she knows to look up too. Good way to engage the hunter side of her breeding.

TTFN!

354 - Video Montage

I spent some time, on and off, for the past couple of days putting together a video montage of Parade at Players By The Sea.  My first draft was 17 minutes long.  Even I knew that was too long!  So, I got it trimmed down to 10 minutes.  Zeina's response was that she needed it about 90 seconds long.  OY!  How to cut all this beautiful music down to 90 seconds.  The detail person in me said, "Ok.  I can have 9 10-second clips."  That made it much easier to trim.  The final product, I have to admit, I'm very proud of.  While not all of the soloists are featured, I think it captures a good glimpse of the show.

To say I'm enjoying being behind the tripod again is an understatement. It's loads of fun, and the editing process taps into parts of my creativity that haven't been used in a while.

Here's the link to the video:
FB:  http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/video/video.php?v=1533646027848

YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbgI5mUI3kA

TTFN!

353 - Madam Director!

From Jacksonville.com ....
http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-07-18/story/riverside-arts-market-has-new-director

Riverside Arts Market has New Director
She’ll head the popular Riverside shopping site starting Aug. 16.
 
By Charlie Patton


Since she was a child, Teri Coutu has had a recurring dream. She starts to fly but then she begins to question herself. And she falls back to Earth.

She even wrote a book, “Don’t Think So Hard and You Can Fly.”

So when Coutu heard there was an opening for a new director for the Riverside Arts Market, she reread her own book. It helped inspire her to go for it.

Market officials have announced that Coutu, who spent the last two decades working in health administration, got the job.

She’ll start Aug. 16, replacing interim director Wayne Wood. Wood, who is on the market’s steering committee, took over after Tony Allegretti, who had run the market since it launched in the spring of 2009, stepped down at the end of May.

Wood called Coutu the perfect person to lead the Riverside Arts Market. “She’s wonderfully articulate and knowledgeable,” he said.

Coutu, 43, who grew up in Michigan, moved to Jacksonville in the early 1990s to complete her bachelor’s degree in community health at the University of North Florida.

She earned a master’s in health administration from the University of Florida. Most recently, she has been working as associate director of the Area Health Education Center, a nonprofit.

Coutu, a singer, guitarist and songwriter, said that while she’s enjoyed working in the health field, her first love has always been music.

She said when the Riverside Arts Market job became open, it seemed like an opportunity to take her administrative and organizational skills and “funnel them into something that’s my passion — music and the arts.”

Until this weekend, her involvement with the arts market was as a performer. She played there twice last year, once as the headliner, and her band is scheduled to play again Nov. 6. By then Coutu, who plans to spend Saturday volunteering at the market until she becomes director, hopes she has the market running well enough to spend a couple of hours on stage.

The Riverside Arts Market, which is scheduled to be open each Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through December underneath the Fuller Warren Bridge, is operated under the auspices of Riverside Avondale Preservation.
 
 
We had a celebratory dinner tonight with about a dozen or so in attendance.  It was good to see some folks I haven't seen in a while.  Then after leaving 5 Points and heading towards I-95, I see 3 friends that I hadn't seen since April.  More catching up was done.
 
This is most definately a positive!

352 - That Scary Thing

The auditions for Sugar Bean Sisters were this afternoon at ABET.  I've said it before and I'll say it again - auditions are much more nerve wracking than performances. 

Monday update:  There had to be close to 30 people auditioning; competition was tough. No dice, this time.  Maybe next.  It's ok, though, as my self esteem doesn't live or die by being cast in shows.  Still very involved in theatre projects.

TTFN!