DAY 158 - Don't Rain on my Parade!

Today was the Gay Pride Parade in Salt Lake, it was just blocks away from my house, so I 

thought I'd go meet Clete, Greg and Brandy to chec

k out the freaks.  I mean how often do you see giant chinese dragonesque condoms dancing down the streets of Salt Lake City.  It's sad that gay pride seems to focus on the weirdest, freakiest sector of the gay community.  But it is still quality entertainment.  

The skies were really dark this morning but it wasn't raining when I left, as I started to walk it

 began to sprinkle.  By the time I met up with everyone it was full on downpour.  The streets were flooded with water and sequins. 

  

After the parade we went and looked around at the festival.  It was pretty boring, just more like a trade show.  Just a bunch of booths advertising something.  One of my favorite booths, however was the "Temple Squares" an all gay Square Dancing group, gives new meaning to the   allemande.

It was nice to see a lot of "normal" people there, people had kids and families.  I think that's really cool.

After the festival I went home and tried to take a nap, to no avail.  I keep hearing about these Sunday afternoon naps people enjoy so much, wish I could be a part of that world, they never work for me.

Then I met up with Clete, Greg and Brandy again to go to a barbecue for John Carlisle who got married a while ago.  There was some good food from Sugarhouse Barbecue, but it was kinda cold and drizzly, pretty sad, but a nice time overall.

To top off the day it was the Tony Awards!!!    Watched part of them with Clete, then went to a little Tony Party I was invited to and watched the last little bit.  Made me want to go to New York really, really bad.  I wanna see West Side Story, Hair, Next to Normal, Billy Elliot and 9 to 5... See a 5 day trip and I could get them all in.  I gotta figure out a way to make it happen.

Well it was a packed full day, was nice to be busy and have some fun...Now the dreadful work week is looming.... only 3 full work weeks until the 4th of July!!!

 

DAY 157 - Don't Cry For Me Paula Poundstone

So I dusted off my vocal chords and jumped back into the theatah world..  I auditioned for Evita at Rodgers Memorial Theater this morning.  It wasn't really a big deal, Alane, one of my best friends, is directing it and they usually need guys.  So to tell you the truth, I probably would have gotten in even if I would have sung Merrideth Brooks hit song "I'm a Bitch" a half step below pitch.... Which isn't too far off from what I did.  I have severe anxiety over singing in front of people.  I can practice and practice all I want, and sound OK, but getting up and doing it in front of an audience freaks me out, even just Alane, Scott and Peter, whom I've known for years.  Oh well, its done.  I have to go do my dance call back on Monday.  Woot, woot.  Gotta get my hips warmed up for some Argentinian Samba.

Later on, the same day...  I was so excited!!!  I got to see Paula Poundstone live.  Sister Dottie Dixon introduced her and gave her a Zion gift bag which included a Moroni Statue, a Book of Mormon Mace holder, to be used with over zealous missionaries, and various other Zion must haves... I've been a huge fan of Paula for years.  My sisters and I had her HBO special memorized, still to this day she is quoted regularly when we all get together.  It was a great show, went a little long.  There was a time that I wasn't sure if she was still doing her show, or if she was simply rambling about the problems with her children's school system.  But none the less she is still one of my favorites.  She is so talented, I love how she can just interact with the crowd, and go off forever about someone in the audience.  Cracked me up.

After the show we were hungry, the Dill Pickle Slushy I tried at the festival didn't quite fill me up, so we went to Stone Ground for dinner, yum!  Then I walked home... I love living in the city, a whole night out on the town and I never even got in my car... Will be so sad to leave.

DAY 156 - Friday Night Apathy

FRIDAY!!!  So excited, but realized I had nothin to do.  I hate that, but kinda like it, I argued with myself about what to do, part of me wanted to just sit home and do nothing, but another part wanted to find something to do, I don't really know which part of me was fighting for which, but my elbow is usually a home body so he was probably the one fighting for a night in.  I ended up going over to Clete and Greg's and watching a movie.  We "watched" Son of Rambo, I fell asleep so I can't give a very comprehensive review.  I'm sure its a quality movie, I was just all tuckered out from my long day of doing nothing at work.  It's grueling I tell ya.  The photo above is me looking at the latest Entertainment Weekly...those poor Goslin's.

DAY 155 - So...I guess these people can dance?

So I can totally dance... The dance craze continues as we watch as the multitudes of dancers are slowly whittled down on So You Think You Can Dance..  I'm stickin' with it for now, but still pretty much confused by what makes a good dancer.  The only ones I've thought were really awesome so far are the two tap dancing brothers.  I'm told it gets better after the top 20 are chosen.  I hope so, so far I'm just looking for a stellar grapevine, ball change.

DAY 154 - Back to the future

....just took three banana's and a tube of chapstick!!!

(possibly the punch line for a hilarious story I appear to be telling in the photo above)

Tonight I spent the evening in Ogden with Alane and the gang.  The gang being Nate, Amy and Kristie and Chad.  We did a little grilling, then watched selected scenes from Jekyll & Hyde that Alane directed last year at Rodgers, Nate hadn't seen it yet.

After the reminicing was done, we began searching for a song for me to sing at Evita auditions Saturday.  I guess I'm going to do a show again.  Its been a few years, and I have been in the mood to do something lately.  Evita would not be my choice, but its there to do, so I guess I'll do it.

I feel a little bit like I have just gone from going 20 mph in the fast lane of life, to slamming the car into reverse.  Last year I made some advancements, I graduated from college, moved to Salt Lake, was trying new things.  Now it looks like I'm headed back to Centerville, doing a show at Rodgers, and my high school choir teacher is going to be playing the piano for it.  I am quickly regressing to 16 years old again.  That would be great, if all the debt, male pattern baldness and beginnings of crows feet were to fade away.

DAY 153 - Maybe far away, or maybe real near by....

Here I am, looking out the window longingly on the drizzly summer thunderstorm yearning for my biological parents to bring that locket that proves I was once loved.  Or I'm just wishing for a Diet Coke, a love that knows no bounds.

Today was a day like any other.  After getting home from a moderate day at work, I worked out and began my editing.  But of course, like all major projects I start, it is flawed.  The tape didn't capture correctly and the audio only stays on sync for a few seconds then gets off.  I know my camera needs servicing, but the video is from the tape of the camera I borrowed.  I don't know why I've had so many problems with this lately.  Maybe its time I retire from the High School Musical video editing biz.  It was a glamours ride, but there's a time to step down and let the younger generation feel the glory.

DAY 152 - I'm a TOSer!

Mondee... Goin out on a school night!! I went to a movie with Brandy, Clete and Greg and Brandy's friends Michael and Krystal, We went to the Broadway Center, it was raining, hence the squinchy faces. We saw Brothers Bloom, it was all right, sort of quirky, but not quirky enough. Not as quirky ad Brandy's friend Micheal's hair, you gotta respect a big guy with blue hair and lots of tiny pink barrettes. You just have to admire someone willing to make that statement. Actually I think I remember seeing him in a Strawberry Shortcake cartoon, he played Strawberry Shortcakes field hockey coach Blueberry Butch.

Today at work was ultra boring, I spent most of the time on You Tube watching my new favorite thing, the [title of show] show. Here's a link to their web site, watch the little video open thing, it cracks me up, I don't know I why love this so much. I guess I really am a theater dork, except I don't do that much theater, so I'm a wanna be theater dork, which is even worse.

www.titleofshow.com/fans.html