e-mail or die

there are some days that if it weren't for e-mailing back and forth with Michael, I'd probably DIE of boredom.

grumble, grumble

i hate when you post something that was personal, and those that comment identify themselves only as "anonymous".

::grumble, grumble::

life update

I know Sara mentioned it in her Live Journal, but I thought I’d take a stab at discussing it, too.

So, Sara and I have made a WISE and MATURE decision. We have decided to move into separate apartments. We had been planning, once our lease is up, to move into the smaller apartment downstairs. Well, when the lease is up, I’ll be moving down there (the price is actually DIFFERENT for 1 person, as opposed to 2), and Sara will be moving into a Studio.

There are a lot of reasons for this, some too personal to discuss.

Let it be known – we are NOT, I repeat NOT breaking up. We feel that if we lived separately for awhile, that we may appreciate the things the other does for us and not take the other for granted.

So this is an experiment --- and we both hope it works out well.

I’ll have Maxwell, the big fat cat, with me, and Sara is taking the kittens. The dog will most likely be going to her mom’s.

It’s a weird time, though, until this actually happens. We have 3 months to plan it, since our lease is not up til June 30, and it feels weird to be EXCITED about this --- even though we are! J

We are both looking forward to having some space, but being apart is the only thing that’s really bugging us. Sara is trying really hard to move forward with the Culinary School thing, and I have the Theatre Company. Needless to say – we should both be fairly busy. The concern is, of course, that without adequate time TOGETHER, things may crumble.

My theory is that is that if we REALLY love each other, and are REALLY meant to be together, than we will be able to overcome any obstacles we have in our path.

Wish us luck.

check it out...

Look at that COVER ART!!!!!






88 more days til July 16th...... not that I'm counting :)

just in case you were wondering.....

.... I adore Fiona Apple.



'nuff said.

first day

..... it's my first day in the Sales office.....



i'm scared out of my gourd...................

update.... because i was told to.

Ok, so .... no one EVER comments on my blog (probably because only 3 people read it (that i know of! ), and on my last post, which was admittedly awhile ago, there's a comment.
"update this blogger. right now"

who am i to shy away from a demand like that?

ok, so life....
Ok, so being Production Manager of the theatre company is a little weird. I thought I'd be DOING more? But I forgot it's more about making sure people are all doing THEIR jobs, and keeping the particular show on target for opening night. So while I think I'm doing a fair job of keeping OTHER people on task, I feel as though I'm not doing much else.
(ok, being the bookkeeper for the company helps fill in some time. in fact, THAT is pretty time consuming)
I guess I shouldn't complain. I'm also reading plays for our annual playwriting contest. That may sound easy, just sitting down and reading some plays --- but you try it. Sit down with a stack of one-acts and see how long YOU can go before your eyes start to cross :)
Yesterday I was at Kevin's house reding plays along with Mike & Chantelle. Great group of people. :) and, i LOVE to just gab about movies and TV with Kevin & Michael.... it makes me feel like LESS of a geek..... sometimes. We need to hang out more.

One thing we were chatting about was Six Feet Under. I'm bursting with anticipation for the series to start back up again. Not to mention, the season I missed, season 3, will be out on DVD sooon, so I'll FINALLY be all caught up. Heh. Just in time for the series to come to an end.
classic.

Go see some great theatre. Right now.

http://www.steeptheatre.com/current.html

My friends Kevin & Tony are in this production.....

and I just saw it last night.

un-fucking-believable.

go and see it. now.

wow....

holy cow......

talk about COURAGE.



you f***ing GO girl! :)

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

(cross-posted from my LJ)


Just want to hijack this puplic forum to say Happy Valentine's day to my sweetie!


Sara, I love you with all my heart - each new day is an adventure! :)

Decisions, decisions............

I can't decide which picture I like better.....
Is it Tedy Bruschi?


or, is it Coach Belichik?


OR....MAYBE it's this great picture of MR.TOM BRADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


well, I guess the picture doesn't REALLY matter ---- what matters is that they won
ON MY FREAKING BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

GO PATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

t-minus......

well.... as I write this it's 10:46 am, and I have about 13 hours and 14 minutes left to being 29....

am I really counting? I keep telling people that 30 isn't worrying me, but I wonder if deep down it really is? it's possible. i mean, I always have a tendency to gloss over something that's bothering me by making a joke about it.

i know it'll see morbid, but I seriously think it's the "closer to death" thing. one day soon, dear friends, i will write a tidy little entry about how much i fear death. i'm not talking a generalized fear, i'm talking "wake up in the middle of the night, panting, & in a cold sweat" kind of fear.

wow.
this has CERTAINLY turned into a very pleasant "day before before my birthday" post.
i'm glad i could bring everyone down
(dianna = LOSER)

anyway.................................
i'm VERY excited about my party tonight.
i mean, i had people fly long distances to celebrate MY birthday. this is totally weird to me. the low self-esteem Dianna can't believe that ANYONE would go to so much trouble to celebrate me.
well, i was wrong. Dom, Amy, Jen & Erik flew in from Boston, and Molly is driving down from Milwaukee.
Dude, this is crazy.


Well, I need to go and cook breakfast for my LOVAH.

I'll post more tomorrow regarding the party.

T-Minus 6 days......

I am officially 29 years and 359 days.

I'm hanging onto that "29" til the bitter end....

rambles...........

I envy those that are great writers.
Those that write great.

I always feel as though the things I write are akin to pure drivel. Nothing but a waste of bandwidth. Another useless post broadcast out into cyberspace. Maybe people will read it, maybe they won't.....

Life is pretty full right now....
Between Theatre, home, birthday party, baby showers, friends coming from out of town, excitement over the superbowl, a new addition to our menagerie of pets.......

I need a break.

This coming Sunday will officially be the first day in over 2 weeks with nothing on the schedule.

Don't call me.

I'll be sleeping.

Meet "Mo-Mo"

anyone wanna come over with a digital camera and take some shots of our new DOG??? :)

yes, I said Dog.

Here's the story:
Sara's best friend Jessica just broke up with her boyfriend. They had bought a puppy together (folks, don't ever do this unless you KNOW you'll be together a long time...). The Ex doesn't want the dog, and Jessica's parents won't let her keep the dog in the house.....


so.....

Sara and I are now proud (partial) owners of a 4 month old, pure-bred Golden Retriever puppy.
A cutie-pie little girl puppy named Mo-Mo.
(yeah, i know.... the name sucks, but we have no choice)


This dog is so freaking cute, I don't have words for it.

There are now offically MORE animals than people in our house.....

crazy......

Last night..........

...... after getting in from having dinner at Grand Lux Cafe, please observe the following conversation:

Dianna says to Sara, who is in the kitchen -
"Hey... what're you doing in there?"

Sara says back to Dianna, who is in the bathroom -
"...eatin' quesadilla.... you?"

Dianna says back -
"...water, tums & a shit"

::sigh::

so..... we opened.

::big exhalation of breath::

good crowd tonight, the actors were just ROLLING along -- TOTALLY "bringing the funny", and the big stanky puddle in the basement was taken care of.
It's ALLLLLL good!

Seriously, though. The show went really well. From what I understand, we had 3 reviewers there, and a whole lot of friends. LOTS of laughs. and I didn't screw up any cues. :)

My arm feels a little better, and the cold sore... well.... it's ok.... whatever....


After the show, we had to take the set apart and store it. That went SUPRISINGLY smooth -- it was great. lots of teamwork, and we were done in 20 minutes TOPS.

Then, after that, we all headed over to Mickey's Bar & Grill and had some celebratory drinks.

In a little while, I'm gonna havce some celebratory SLEEP.

so, right now... all is good. :)

Dianna needs a drink

let me give you a list. it's short but sweet.

* pulled a muscle in my arm. this makes life difficult, as I need to climb a ladder to get to the booth in the theatre. and by ladder, i mean a set of rungs screwed into the wall, so i need to pull myself up.

* flood in the basement of the theatre last night. all drains were backed up. including the toilets. our paying customers last night needed to use the bathroom at Twist, the restaurant next door. and with today's weather, I don't think the water is going to subside.

and last but CERTAINLY not least:
* 2 words: cold sore.

i'm a dork

i needed to be reminded by my friend Michael B. that I haven't updated my blog in awhile.

Not that anyone routinely reads my blog..... except for Michael... :)

So, instead of a real update or story (lazy), here's a funny picture posted today in my pal Mace's blog.


Notice how only the back of my head is labeled as a "drunk". There is no persuasive evidence that the FRONT of me was drunk as well.

(unless of course you find other pictures from that night....Isn't there one out there of me licking Mace's boob?)

Come see this show people.....

My theatre company's latest production opens next week.
We have 2 preview performances, Monday & Tuesday @ 8pm - $5 admission
The show will officially open on Wednesday the 12th - 8pm performance.

It runs for 4 weeks hence, every Mon, Tue & Wed @ 8pm.


Funny, funny, funny stuff.....