A Lady is a Lady, Indeed!

Omygawd. Feet are KILLING ME today. Sarah stands so much on this hard floor, the balls of my feet are in agony by the end of the show, and then I have to walk to work.

We had a crowd of mostly too-cool-for-school 4th & 5th graders that we managed to win over by the end of the show. One of them developed a tendresse for me--during the Lady interactive, Katie was explaining how they were writing letters with quill and ink and she gestured to me and said "Master Josiah is writing to you, Mistress Clara" (she forgot to call me by my character's name). I could feel my ears turning red as the kid ducked his head but when I used those kids for the Work song interactive, I made sure to pick him and his face lit up. I had him do the canning of the jelly--that particular task is always fun.

We also had a group of deaf kids who loved the show. After the show one of them asked a question through the interpreter--it started out "you guys are so funny!" She was so animated, it was adorable. One of the little girls asked me "Sarah, do you like to sing?" I said "I LOVE to sing, and you know what? I especially like singing for a great audience like you guys."

The Miss Emily pratfall went very well today. Katie and I had a blast with it--when she falls over backwards and her dress goes up to show her bloomers, I was shrieking "Miss Emily, cover yourself up!" and she was saying something back and when she staggered away from me, I followed her on my knees, frantically dabbing at her dress. I hope Karen doesn't make us cut it--it was very broad humor but so much fun!

Further proof that Wal-Mart is evil

Wal-Mart sues brain-damaged woman to recoup medical fees.

What a bunch of heartless, callous fuckers. Not content with paying people slave wages (and encouraging them to file for Medicaid, so the taxpayers can pay for it), they're actively going after people who already suffered unbelievably. I love how they try to shift the blame to the associates "who pay into the plan." You mean the few associates you ALLOW to have health benefits--the few associates who can afford it, the few you haven't driven away with your salary caps for veterans and your crap wages. And God knows, you have no shame about shifting the medical benefits for your employees onto the taxpayers. Just unbelivable. Those are some nice famblee valews on display there.