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A quick moment of celebration...

Fried Green Durbins got into the Chicago Sketch Festival.  We are performing Friday, January 9th at 8:00pm.  We are in the North Theater.

It is quite an honor to have such a great time slot. We are working hard on our new show.  

Incidentally, the new show will preview on December 14th at the Gorilla Tango Theater. We are trying out our new material during our 2 week run entitled, "Rusty Rails, the Holiday Train."

These shows in December will be a combination of the preview show and our holiday variety show with special guests.  

We are very excited for all of these shows.

Yippers! 

(FGD crest courtesy of FGD)

i realize i have not blogged in november at all.  i will now offer a personal apology to the month of november.

Dear November-

I realize that years ago you got a leg up from Thanksgiving. That really was a big moment for you, and you really have FDR to thank officially for that.

Before then, you were just one in a long string of painfully cold months.  The inevitable buffer month before Christmas.  

You got the Pilgrims.  December got Jesus.  That doesn't seem fair, November.  

Well, I guess Jesus never had a ship...so...  But, of course, the Pilgrims could not walk on water. Hmmm...

Back to square one Nov.  

OK, you get election day.  I just thought of that.  You get to help change the entire construct of the USA. That has to be worth a lot, right?

And, you do indeed have Thanksgiving.  A day when people get together to gorge themselves for 1 hour on food that took them 2 weeks to plan for and prepare. That has to be worth something.

And, you always bring us the opportunity to see the Thanksgiving episodes of Charlie Brown, the Brady Bunch and Happy Days (as historically flawed as those might be).

So, thanks November for filling us up with gravy and  highlighting the relations between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans.  I truly enjoyed making those cardboard Pilgrim hats in 4th grade.

Sincerely,

 

scratching post of terror

i fear pedi-paws.  pretty much any motorized device used to cut a pet's claws terrifies me.  i know that claws need to be cut.  however, can we have a little sensitivity for these poor animals.  they don't know what is going on.  all they know is that some whirling machine might be coming to cut off their feet. 

if i were an animal, that is what i would think. 

if i were an animal i would also really prefer wet pet food to dry. 

i mean, who wouldn't?

does this count as me doing my piece for animal rights? 

ok...check that one off.

orby dust

went on the "weird chicago" ghost tour on saturday.  really interesting.  not so much scary, but just chock full of historical information.  i am fine with that.  

i took lots of pictures with tons of "orbs" in them.  there are a lot of people who say that orbs are the energy particles of the spirits.  there are also tons of people who say that orbs are dust particles.

i guess it really depends on the mood you are in.  the night of the weird chicago tour, i chose to believe they were spirit energy.  it is just the halloween mood i am in.

here's really what i learned...if you are on a ship with a lot of people, don't rush with everyone to one side to check out a really cool tugboat.  you will die and become an orb....or a dust particle.

same difference.

concentric circles

it is really strange sometimes to be in grad school.  i really like it, but it is often hard to realize i have to take a hiatus from a lot of other stuff....at least for a little while.

i know i will eventually be able to circle back around and get back in with everything else (like on holiday breaks or during the summer).

i am going to be living in a focused world of newspapers and associated press for the next couple of years.  and that's exciting.  crazy different than the last few years of my life, but exciting.

my future's so bright, i gotta wear shades...but that doesn't mean that i am not concerned with the potential retinal damage.

that last sentence makes sense to me...and that's all that matters.

film at 11

last presidential debate is tonight.  i am not sure if i will watch.  i feel like i have heard everything i need to in order to make an informed decision.  maybe if they each had a talent portion of the night or something, i might tune in.

i bet mccain is really good at baton twirling.  but, not flaming batons. that would be too intense for him.

leaves and leaves and also ghosts

i am very excited that fall is here.  more so, i am very excited for halloween.  

i am in the midst of going on ghost tours, ghost hunts and fall fun runs.  

this is my favorite season.

this is pretty much the same essay on fall i would have written in 2nd grade.  thanks higher education.