Julie, the Insult Comic Blogger November 22, 2004 ~ 10:47 am
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Leaf family
I had a dream last night where I was taking part in a stand-up comedy contest on the A train to Harlem. I think I won, after losing half my audience at 125th Street. What the hell was that about?
Had a pretty good weekend. Two good days of rehearsal, with yesterday being Larry’s 70th birthday (which meant we got out early - yay!). He told us the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me in a rehearsal hall: “I am so happy to be working with all of you in this room. It’s such a reflection of the talent in this city - there’s not a single one of you who doesn’t contribute at top professional levels and I appreciate that.” Stuff like that is nice to hear from anyone, but being told that you’re good by a man who has been in theatre, television, and film longer than I’ve been alive is amazing recognition. Made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. And then I squelched that. Can’t let the warm fuzzies show in front of Larry, right Lori?
Saturday night/Sunday morning I got to spend with Rick and the girls. The girls were in a silly mood, and I captured the Youngest on digital, making a face and wearing the label from my Beck’s beer on her forehead (I’m a compulsive beer label peeler, she just made the most of it). Then I made the mistake of saying “Hey, how come we never play “Life”? I bought you that game last Christmas and it’s still in the shrinkwrap.” The Oldest lit up and said “Oh! I forgot we had that here! I love that game!” and so we ended up in a marathon Family Fun Night which lasted till 11:30. Two games of Life later (I came in second both times…someone had it rigged.), we had taught the girls about bank loans and car insurance, and why you should never let someone else drive your car (the Youngest’s sense of justice was offended when “A buddy borrows your car and crashes it. $5,000.”), and worked on all our math skills. And I want to know when “Mid-life Crisis, change careers” made it onto the board. I don’t remember that from when Leenie and I used to play it in high school. It was long, it was tiring, but Rick and I had a blast and I think the girls did, too.
And hey, U2 was on Saturday Night Live! Quote of the week: “How in the world do you go from ‘uno, dos, tres’ to ‘catorce’?” Rick, about the intro count to U2’s “Vertigo”.
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