I was pulled over last night......

Hello,

So, I was pulled over last night on the way back to parents house. I was coming into town, there were many cars ahead of me and I was pulled over as I was turning at a stop light. The cop came at got my info and went back to his car. While I was waiting for my ticket another cop car came over to chat with his buddy, pulled back to look at me through his tinted windows, said something else to his buddy and then drove off.

The cop came back to my my car said that I was doing 51 in a 40, to which I responded, "Oh, I'm sorry I guess I was just following the cars ahead of me with the flow of traffic." The cop said that he understood and then asked me if I knew who **** ***** was. "Um, yes, he used to ride my bus in middle school." He said, "Yes, but more specifically he was your cousin's roommate in college, and he said that I should just let you go with a warning." I said thank you to him and asked if he was still there for me say to say hello because I wasn't 100% that we knew who we were outside of our family names. The cop said that he had gone but not to worry he would find me around town. (!)

While I am grateful, here's the deal. Coppers, stop yankin' my chain! If you're going to pull me over, just give me the God damn ticket. Don't tell me that because my cousin's sister's former roommate in college's ex-boyfriend went out drinking with my aunt's nephew's friend from soccer in high school you're not going to give me a ticket. Don't you have the law to uphold or something? If I was speeding just give me the ticket, I don't need you to pull a power trip on me and then let me off easy. You really don't need to patronize me when I know where your parents live and what you looked like in 8th grade, for God's sake his sister and were in most of our math classes together. Geez!

Policemen should either be like Boss Hog on The Dukes of Hazard or like this guy


I think you know which one I'd like to see looking into my car window at midnight

13

Hello all,

The producers of the new Jason Robert Brown musical 13 have just posted the opening date of the show- Oct 5th. I am a huge JRB fan. The story centers around a 13 Jewish boy whose parents divorce and then moves to Indiana. A video of the cast was just posted on the 13 website where you can also download the title track.

Also, Broadwayworld.com has just posted the preview video for [title of show]! You'll understand my excitement if you go take a look at the video. Let me just say that I think we were all wondering what that part of the show looked like.

AND, Playbill.com has just posted the Q and A with Cheyenne Jackson, I know he has a LTR, but, sigh, be still my heart.

"Never Again", King David

This is song from the short lived Disney musical King David. King David opened on May 18th '97 in the newly remodeled New Amsterdam theater, before Lion King claimed success there the following year. With music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Tim Rice, both Disney boys, the music has a very predictable ring to it but, that's not always a bad thing. The way this song naturally swells and dissipates, it sticks in your head very easily.

The show closed on May 23rd just 6 performances after its' opening. Cast recordings of this production are rare, I have found a few copies on Amazon, but even they are upwards of $120. Yikes! Also, a little fun fact, the cast was a very eclectic who's who of the future of Broadway, including Alice Ripley, Roger Bart, Hunter Foster, and Judy Kuhn who originally sang this song.

This is sung by Michal, King David's wife, as she realizes the change in her husband regarding his affair with Bathsheba. There used to be a much better video of this on Youtube but it was recently taken off, Youtube, I'm lookin' at you. This girl's a little flat but she'll do, I think this is an audition song for her because of all of the head shots and such. At the bottom I have also included a link to Broadwayworld.com where Sierra Boggess (Ariel,in the Little Mermaid on B'way) sings this song at an Alan Menken tribute. Little Mermaid musical seems like a train wreck, but I don't blame her. But, I do blame the lesbian opera director whose next project is to bring Little House on the Prarie to Broadway. I DON'T EVEN WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT! Here's the link to the concert: http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=27091

On the Road

Hello,

On the interstate yesterday I saw 2 interesting things:

1. A semi loaded with insulation overturned, littering the highway for miles with its' contents. I didn't see the accident just the aftermath which looked like a giant pink poodle had been shaved all over West Virginia. It was kind of magical....in an enviromentally unfriendly type of way.

2. In Ohio, while I was zipping down the way, a teal Taurus was brought to my attention. Its' hazzard light were on and was going about 30 mph. When I passed it I saw that the man in side was concentrating very hard to light his cigarette with BOTH hands. Good for him. I will vote for whichever president that can add a competency component to the drivers exam.

Happy Driving.

Jonathan Groff, "Now"

This isn't exactly what's going on, but at times it feels like this.

Nick Pitera

OMG! I just found out how to put a video on my blog! All by myself! Genius!

OK, I am seriously addicted to this guy. This is a really good song and sounds even better in this acoustic style. His name is Nick Pitera and has a very awesome falsetto. If you go to Youtube.com you can see more of his stuff. It's a long song but 2/3 of the way trough you're going to showing it to your friends.

Dr. Horrible

Hello,

I just looked at the Dr. Horrible website. It is written and directed by Joss Whedon of Buffy fame. I loved the writing and the story, flawed and loveable. But, I feel it, as was for the "Once More with Feeling" musical Buffy episode, the songs are slightly forgetable and sound very similar. Neil Patrick Harris was awesome, like there was any doubt. I hope that when David Letterman kicks it they Hire Neil Patrick Harris to be a late night host. Wouldn't he be phenomenal? I'd be like Ellen but waaaaaaaaaaaaay better. And if Chris Matthews groped him there could be a fun will they or won't they moment, instead of ,"Oh, it doesn't matter she's a lesbian anyway."

I read that iTunes was getting 200,000 hits an hour for it. And, mad props to Mr. Whedon, I'm a huge Buffy fan, I even got all of Angel and Firefly in hopes to rekindle the Buffy love affair. It was only about 65% rekindled, sigh.

I hope acts II and III can step it up or if not that Joss Whedon will write the Wonder Woman movie, which seems like it would be unrelentlessly corny, but he could pull it off.

This needs to be on Leno

Hello,

So I saw this commercial on TV the other night and I can't get it out of my head.

It's a commercial for an assisted living center for elderly people. You see an old lady talking about her 90th birthday and how much fun she had at her party. The interview with the lady is sprinkled with clips of her party; people in wheelchairs eating cake, she blows out her candles, opens presents and what not. At the end of the commercial you see a picture of the facility, at the bottom of the page the telephone number and at the top the name of the place. Over all of that the announcer says, "Call toll free today to find out more about out dementia program." (!)

Seriously?!?! Was that birthday party really a delusional dream of some crazy old lady? Is that assisted living home really a crazy house? Is that not the funniest thing you've heard all day?
Probably.

Seriously, I don't undestand.

So I am looking for an apt. in NYC. It is impossible. First, it's so hard to get a real response over an email about what the apt. actually is. Second, there are lots of poor people in NYC, no, not the homeless, surely the amount we are asking can't be ridiculous. Third, there is a lingo and hunting variable that exists that is very difficult to comprehend. Fourth, there are lots of stupid people in the world, how did they all get apartments in New York?

Learn to speak your own language.

Hello,

I am watching the news filled with local Charlottesville Townies. A woman just said in reference to helping local charities, "Yea, um I think that id be gud if duh childen came to duh libaries."

Despite all of the obvious mistakes to emphasize lazy speech, she said:

L-I-B-A-R-I-E-S

Do you know where that and many other missing "Rs" pop up in southern speech?

Warsh and pirate movie jokes.

Goodnight

What I do for people.

Hello,

I have tried to live without texting, blogging, and facebook for some time now; but no. You will not let me. As I write, I mean blog, this, I realize that I don't know if I'll be able to find my blog when I publish it. Do you even publish a blog? I dunno.

Blog you later,

Noah

p.s. I just looked at the "publish blog" button, so that answers that question.