therrrrrrre's Johnny
Well, in case you haven't heard, Johnny Carson died yesterday. I think he was the best Tonight Show host there was or will be...that's who I'll always associate with the TS. It's nice to see the retrospective stuff they've had up on the networks...boy, people must have been scrambling to get it ready so quickly. Although they said he'd been very sick for a while so maybe it was just a matter of when, rather than if. Although I have to admit...I thought he died a lot earlier, I guess since he was very private after he retired. I didn't know he was still around. Ah well. We'll miss you, Johnny.
In happier news, JK Rowling had her baby (a girl) last night, so perhaps now that she's no longer a) writing book 6 and b) pregnant we can get book 7 that much quicker. Ah well. Probably not, since they'll want to milk this year for all they can get... a book AND a movie, wow. There will be countdowns galore, just you wait.
The high school drama alumni performance went well, I think.
It was a little haphazard but that was to be expected with the amount of people we had and the (little) time we had to put it together. John Goodman showed up, though, and presented (my, but not the current) drama teacher with a plaque rededicating the auditorium in her honor. (Goodman went to Affton, in case you wondered. Yay for famous alumni.) I learned the alma mater, finally, and think I've had my fill of showtunes for a little while. I hope the Affton Centerstage company decides to do some musicals again, I would so love to be in another...
It was nice to see some alumni from my time at school. I was the only actor from '98, but the new drama teacher (and stage manager of the revue) is a girl from my year, which just seems a little odd. And another teacher (math, natch) who I interacted with quite a bit was also in the production. There was another girl who I didn't know that well since she graduated two years before me, but we had encountered each other, I'm sure, and Todd, one of the leads in
came back to sing a song, appropriately enough, from said musical. Yay. There was a cast party afterwards, which I could actually go to since the saturday lab class doesn't start until next week. Bah. It was at this alumnus' place, a doctor, who is obviously very well off. He had shelves and shelves of books. I mean, I have a lot of books and even I was impressed. Unfortunately we couldn't have alcohol because there were high school kids there
So, the five of us older kids went over to O'Leary's, which is apparently half-owned by John Goodman, who may or may not have been there while we were. There was a private party going on, so obviously we couldn't peek in
We got to the bar about 10 minutes before last call, so we drank quickly. Then we decided we were hungry and headed out to that wonderful place called Steak n Shake. Ah memories of when that was the *only* place you could go at night, since every other place was a) closed or b) for the over -21 crowd. I had fun. I'm glad I did it. But man, am I glad that it's over.
PS. Alex, I got your letter/card
Silly post office, sending you your own mail
, Gene Wolfe
Comments
I'd comment at blogspot if I could :-p
Posted by: Alex | January 24, 2005 11:44 PM
I always wonder at how quickly the people on networks throw things together. It's marvelling that they can compile something so quickly. But as you say, they probably prepared it before hand. Wouldn't it be awesome if we were all that notable to have our lives aired and tributed on tv?
Hee, I never knew JK Rowling was pregant until I read on a forum. Wonder what she's going to name it since apparently it's still nameless. I'm glad the performance went well!
Posted by: Jen | January 25, 2005 7:09 PM