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December 30, 2004
Sketchfest: non-rehearsal
I can show you the emails where Shaun said, "I can rehearse any night this week except Wednesday." So I made a date with my lovely girlfriend. And when Shaun came home at 8 pm and said, "so, you want to rehearse now?" I said, "nope". And went out and got some dinner.
This is not to say that progress is not being made. One of the scenes in the show is adapted from a scene we improvised in a show at the Toronto Improv Fest a few years ago. At one point in the scene Shaun turned on a "radio" and the pianist who was accompanying us began playing Stairway to Heaven and it ended up becoming a central part of the scene. So Shaun commissioned Liz to record a solo piano version of Stairway. After some back and forth in which we discovered that although we said we wanted a John Tesh sound, what we were really asking for was a Jim Brickman sound, Liz just delivered four different versions of the song.
Kittyloaf has been having rougher going with the leather jackets. She says that she has now done enough research that she knows how to make us Dice Rules-style jackets, for pretty cheap. Just not before the show. Evidently, every leather supplier in the U.S. closes for inventory at the end of the year and then takes a generous New Year's holiday. So she and I did some brain storming on the phone last night and now we're looking at a stop-gap featuring silver lamé, christmas lights, and rubber cement.
Posted by Fuzzy at December 30, 2004 9:59 AM
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Not every leather embellishments place is closed. Just the ones that we can afford.
Many things were retrieved from Joann's today including:
Xmas lights, battery powered and regular
Black vinyl
Garter clips
Velcro
Purple brocade
Silver lame and metallic dots
Lingerie slides
Elastic
Black ribbon
Silver bric brac
Clip on butterflies
Some will be used to make FuzzyCo brand jacket goodness, some will be used to make burlesque show items. I leave you to guess which is which.
Posted by: Meat Kitten at December 30, 2004 1:07 PM
I had no idea you and Erica were together until I started perusing your blog again. Can I tell you how incredibly happy I am? Two better folks couldn't possibly find one another. You're both so deserving.
Hooray!
Posted by: diane at December 31, 2004 10:54 AM