It's the most...wonderful tiiiiime...of the yeeeeear!

Some of us in the Midsummer cast were talking--Halloween is the favorite holiday of, like, all of us (Sami, Mickey, me, Patrick, a bunch of others) so we're planning not just ONE Halloween party but a whole month of them! Mickey wants to start it off with a birthday party (his b-day is at the end of September), and then at my place which is the smallest--we'll just hang and watch thpooky movies (and "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!" which I have on DVD although I understand Miss Alex has a tape of a network airing COMPLETE with contemporary commercials!). We will have a party of some kind (not necessarily a costume party, as that would get tiresome) every weekend throughout the month.

Start planning now!

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It's kind of cozy right now--it feels like fall a few weeks early, and the view from my apartment window, with the river in the background and all these cars with their lights on in the rain, is evocative. It makes me want to curl up and knit and bake a pumpkin pie.

Speaking of which, at my Halloween get-together (where we'll all watch thpooooky movies), I intend to make some pumpkin pie ice cream (with REAL pumpkin puree, from scratch!).

Beautiful, blurry-edged, romantic city of my heart

You and your children are in my heart today.







I miss you and I'll be back.

Life is a...

Last night Michael and I caught a cabaret at Helen's by a guy named Jason Wynn. It was really quite strong--very funny and some fantastic music. His whole shtick was that it wasn't your typical cabaret--it wasn't about crappy relationships with crappy men, or the life of an actor. It was about Nothing. It was mostly pop songs with a few songs that he'd written himself for some kind of trunk musical--he's an excellent composer and as Michael and I both agreed, his material was the strongest in the show. His lyrics are catchy and well-written, and his rhythms are infectious. One funny moment was when he'd just finished a montage of "Still of the Night" paired with a song called "Haunted" about some weird co-dependent guy/girl relationship and as he transitioned to the next song he kind of whispered "Like I said...not about me." This provoked a burst of laughter from the audience, as the guy was clearly gay.

I really hope the guy starts writing again. If you guys get a chance, you might want to catch it. (The food at Helen's is also great.)