Friday, May 4, 2007

I tried going out again

Anyone who knows me knows that I don't give up. I always do what I say I am going to do. I don't want to give up on the idea of going out, just because it hasn't been great so far. So I went out again. Tonight I got one of those great calls where your friends in the theater calls you at the last minute to see a free show because they know the stage manager. I love those calls. I have seen so many free shows in the city, just because I paid my dues for many years in the theater myself.

The call comes and I have 40 minutes to get ready, good thing the show is across the street. Yeah I live in a campground size space, but I am in the best location of the city. Free Broadway is always a good thing, even if this show for me was awful. Okay so if I am being honest, for me it sucked, okay, like I thought I was in a small town watching a show someone put together yesterday. Okay maybe there are shows that are fluffy like this to distract us from the WAR. Maybe that is why they put together a show about Spelling. It was so bizarre. Yes there was an amazing singer but I would have preferred to see her in a one woman show. Yes all the actors were totally committed to this piece, but the piece left something to be desired. To be honest I had wanted to go to Dixie's Tupperware show, a one woman comedy show that turns into a real Tupperware party, but since I couldn't convince anyone to go, I ended up at the free Spelling show. Right now all I can think about is tomorrow when I will go to Dixie's Tupperware Party. I can hear those burping containers already.

The good news in all to this, is afterwards my friend and I went and had some food at Thalia. It was packed and it was the perfect atmospher to have. I felt like I was in my own dream living room. Good looking people, pretty good food and conversation. Oh how I miss conversation.

The best thing in the world about having friends, I think, is conversation. The Lost Art of Conversation is a book I think. I always wanted to get that book. I feel Americans have lost the art of conversation. We are such a pragmatic soceity that we have forgotten to take the time to really get to know each other. Tonight I took the time to get to know my friend better and it was time well spent. So yes, tonight I was glad to go out, but did I mention that there were any men around, because there weren't any and it was much more pleasant that way.

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