Thursday, May 17, 2007

100 POSTS!! Open the Champagne!

Welcome to my 100th post-iversary party! (listening to "Hail to the Chief")

Wow. 100 posts already. It's been 2 and a half years that we've been together. I guess at a time like this, you look back to the beginning. When I started this blog, I worked at a retail store, didn't work at Comedy Sportz, and didn't really have a theatre life here in the cities.

Today, I'm working full-time at a job with health insurance on top of 10-12 shows a month at CSz, and theatre has been very very good to me in this city. I'd like to thank everyone who's been with me since the beginning, and give a nod to the new faces just joining up. It's been a great ride. Here's to 100 more!

In recent news, Last weekend was Chicago to surprise my Mom for Mother's Day. We spent some time with Orion in Milwacky for a couple days, enjoying every moment of that before moving on to the windy city for brunch and an epic journey across the city with Mom and Dad. We had ice cream by the lake, and even took in a show. (Thank you, Patch and Pickle!) It was one of the single best weekends of my life, and I have Natalie, Orion, Ash, Bombs, and Mom and Dad to thank. Wonderful.
Interesting moments:

  • An Albino deer. Seriously

  • The one-hour break-up

  • Orion thinks that the US has 60 states

  • He also cannot say the word "cattle," given the first HALF of the word

  • Natalie and Ash are quite terrible at Catchphrase... like.. skunked-terrible

  • Orion breaks things when he's drunk "tired"

  • Patch Adams is a needlessly sad movie

  • I now like Guacamole

  • Grilling a feast on a hibachi takes 2 hours

  • Driving from Milwaukee to Chicago, however, does not

  • Mom likes surprises

  • The el train line that you most need to be running, will not be

  • It's a long walk across Chicago

  • You can't "take it back"

  • Male ducks are pretty, female ducks are not

  • Playing Patch would be awesome. Pickle, not so much

  • Both Strongbad and Penny Arcade are awesome, and I'm not alone on this

  • The Oasis on I-90 is not vegetarian-friendly


IJS.

Then we had to come back here. Which.. isn't bad... it's just... not there. Ah, Truer words were never spoken, Madjai. Well done.

I shoot the pilot episode of CENTER EARTH this weekend. 10 hours of shooting, 5 lines. Awesome, right? I think so. Hopefully I'll be able to take pictures of myself in the uniform. That'd be hot.

PS- Keep your thoughts going for that Cub thing. I haven't heard back yet, but I retain hope. You should too.

100th post... fin.

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6 comments:

jeremyorion said...

60 states thing was a joke....seriously. I cannot say the same for the red wine bit...but I can say it was exhaustion and not booze that caused that incident.

It was the best weekend in a very very long time. Thanks again for coming.

The Madjai said...

Fixed.

Nate said...

Yay Strongbad!!!

So you had to prove how good at Catchphrase you are again, uh? Why can't you just play along and have a good time? Why you gotta rub it in folks face tat you SOMETIMES do really well at something? ;)

brogus1 said...

Well, the other half of the "we" mentioned in this blog also stated...in the 27 1/2 minutes that I got to see said person... that the weekend was also the best that they had experienced in forever too! Good Job....also,,,,no mention of being beat at poker? hmmm...catchphrase in...poker out...do I detect a sore looser?

The Madjai said...

Brogus- I was not beaten in poker by Natalie. She beat me in a hand, and then I beat her in a much, much bigger hand. I give credit where it's due. :)

PS- Who are you?

nobody's starling said...

dude.

enough of this post-iversary crap.

(read: post already.)