Wonderful weather this week...Spring has finally sprung, and the pollen is making me cough and sneeze, but that's okay...I'll gladly deal with it! :-)
42ND STREET is going well. I am having a great time playing the role of Julian Marsh. I am not directing this show, which is also kind of nice for a change.
I have been substitute teaching at Vestavia High School lately. It's not what I would call exciting, but it's a paycheck, and I really enjoy being around teenagers. (I subbed ONE day at Middle School and swore if I got out without strangling a kid, I'd never go back. That age is all about testing limits, and it takes a saint to deal with a room full of 11 and 12 year olds all day.)
I bought a car a week or so ago...a Nissan Altima...it's not brand new by any means, but it's in good shape. I have enjoyed driving it so far.
The new Pope has been elected. Beyond that, there's no real news.
FLT3
Thursday, April 21, 2005
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
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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