Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Milkshake Rant and 42nd Street

As usual, it has been MUCH too long since my last posting. If anyone actually keeps up with these diatribes, I apologize for the delay and will try to be better about writing.

I am on a rip today about the apparent inability of modern fast-food places to offer a decent milkshake that one can actually DRINK! I went to Sonic yesterday, having long since given up on the "triple thick" crap at McDonald's, and hoped that I could get something thin enough to drink through a straw. I was given what was basically a cup of soft-serve ice cream. When I complained (nicely) the waitress seemed very confused and explained that "that's how they're made. We don't use milk." WE DON'T USE MILK????? She agreed to take it back and add milk and blend it. After her efforts, it had taken on the consistency of a Wendy's "Frosty" dessert...a bit thinner than before, but still basically ice cream in a cup. Now don't get me wrong...I LOVE ice cream. I could eat it every day. However, a milkshake is not ice cream. That would be like handing someone a bag of chocolate chips and calling it "cookies." Oh well, it looks like I'll just have to buy a blender and make them at home...

42nd STREET is cast, and I am very happy to have been cast as Julian Marsh. I am not directing 42nd STREET, but I am directing TWELFTH NIGHT for Park Players this summer, and that should be fun.

Not much else to report. It's finally warm...we got up to 80 degrees yesterday, and I was SO happy to see the sun!

FLT3

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