Hi. No word on my great nephew. I am going in to hospital for surgery on Wednesday. 5 days in hospital and six weeks at home. it is just gall bladder surgery but I am in agony right now and because of all my other surgeries I have to be cut open the old fashioned way. I am a bit scared although I have done this dance many times. I feel like an old bicycle wheel that is going to have one last patch to try and get a bit more life out of it...but there is always music, friendship and shit sci fi to keep us all going. You'll get through all this and I might get through as well. You take care friend

Don't you go away now you came back!

Priscilla was my wifes sister and lived in San Diego. There is a memorial planned for next week, and we will go down there then. We had a sad couple of days but things seem more positive today. This coincides with a somewhat unexpected influx of funds. I feel an inappropraite spending spree coming on

Awesome! Got your tag and now I'm doing even better! So good to hear about your dad.

I actually lost my grandmom last month, but I guess life moves on. I try to keep myself busy with all kinds of things.

Good, busy at work and trying to find new music. how about yourself little lady?

Thanks, I'm having a blast! Woooeee

Hi friend. I am glad you are back around. If you saw the state of my living room right now you would realise we subscribe to the same magazine. I am so glad your dad got his surgery, and I wish we had of had the chance to see your piece in LA.

Things are not good here. My wife is really ill, I am facing double surgery (gallbladder and spleen) and saddest of all, my sister-in-law Priscilla died on Saturday. We are reeling at the moment. I also have a 19 year old nephew missing in Italy right now. It is a mess! Amidst all this, my band has a flurry of activity in the next month including two dates in Fresno that represent a step up for us. It is a strange old year so far.

It is not good, you not being around these here parts

Wish you were around Bleep Bleep

Hi there again, love. How is your dad doing?

I miss you so much

Whats up? Are you doing that show yet? When does LA happen? I am busy getting gigs for the band right now, but other than that not much happens. Tomorrow I will go up to the Indian Res in the morning as it is a lovely ride and you can see Eagles now and then. A few weeks ago I saw a stork which is awesome, it's wingspan is amazingly beautiful, but I was pissed that he or she wasn't wearing a postman hat and carrying a baby in a sheet!

well, i ended up in the ER on the opening night and attended night 2 full of morphine (which is actually the best way to see a teenage theatrical performance) but...the kids did great, people laughed at the piece I did (it was full of bad puns and pop culture bits) and booed and hissed the villain in the melodrama. I got some children's drama workshop work for the summer out of it which was cool. Also, there was one kid who is just a natural actor, it was exciting to see her develop as a performer and I hope I helped her a little. Some of the others showed promise too. I had the kids do everything, lights, sound, backstage, etc and although it got chaotic now and then, I think they all enjoyed it. We made a few hundred bucks profit for the community theater as well. This one, Lindsay, is much better than the other one. I am concentrating on band and writing now for a bit. I might put some of the show I wrote up on youtube at some point!

Glad you got to spend time with your folks and hope that your Dad gets his surgery soon. Let me know about the LA show. I am taking the afternoon off to watch bootleg DVDs, eat popcorn and generally veg!

Oh no, I'm sorry to hear! What's his condition like, is he alright?

Well, things are messy. My parents wanted to kick me out, now they don't speak to me and school is a mother fucking bitch. Nothing new there, but I also got dumped in such an odd way that it sent me right back to-- well, I haven't been this insecure about myself in a long long time. :-(

Hi,

The show opens in 2 days, I am sick to the point I should be in hospital, one of my band members who was helping me with the music pulled out because her Mum broke her hip but I like these kids and we are going to have a show if it fucking kills me which is an option. I am just getting ready to go to the theater now, but have lots to talk about so I will write when I get back. In the meantime, I saw Our Town in 1998ish in New York in the park with John Goodman. thought you might have been there?

Maine?

I am so sorry to hear about your Dad. Please know I am thinking of you and hoping he gets through ok.

Enjoying working with the kids a lot. These guys come without pushy rich parents which I like. I finished writing the short piece of mine we are doing yesterday. They already had the first two scenes and were keen to find out what happened. It is just a bit of hokum but they really liked how it turned out, and I have to say that made me feel really good. Coming with no experience or expectations of the theater has it's advantages I think. These kids have a wonder and fascination for what we can achieve on stage that restores my faith in the old "suspension of disbelief" thing. We open on the 29th and I am already feeling sad about the end of the run a week later. My excursions into theater are limited these days, but I am unexpectedly really enjoying this one.

If your project did hit LA could you let me know in case we could come and see it? I've been planning to meet up with Sledgy on one of my next trips to La La land and that could be the time.

We are ok, didn't get hurt in the RTA but it was a strange experience. A tire blew and we spun off the road towards an orange grove. We limped to a gas station a short way away and it was almost scarier than the crash itself, guys staring in our truck to see what we had, and the guy in the store telling us that we had about an hour window before someone tried to rob us. It was a bit like being in a basly acted sequel to "From Dusk To Dawn" and God knows there have been enough of them!

Bonjour! Almost finished the short play I am writing for Kids to perform. Just as well as we open three weeks yesterday!

We had a car crash the other day, scary at the time, but like Gloria gaynor, we survived.

What's happnin' in Beel world?

And to you, duck, I wish the most awesome happy new year of 'em all!

How do you dooo?

Saw Dick Clark and he seemed like he was one of those Tim Burton animations

I linked up some youtube vids to my last blog piece and have two more pieces to post later. to post later. The ghost show will be filmed, and I will let you hear the (as yet unwritten) songs before that. Stayed in this noo years eve, going out now for breakfast up at the local Indian res then home to old movies, some writing and a lot. Not for a while though, I too have sugar rush