Just watched forty-nine minutes of video on C-Span.org. It was a broadcast of the program portion of the White House Correspondents Dinner. The event's participants is part A-List (there was a red carpet) part hard journalists', part scholarship program (more than a dozen college students in journalism were recipients) and very crowded. It looked like fun to me. Our President Barack Obama released his wickedly funny self but the true hag was my girl Wanda Sykes... …
Just what I Needed
Yep, the House of Blues gig was just what I needed to slap me back to reality. Yeah, they lowered the pay. Gosh, I'm lucky that people are willing to pay me and my band to basically have fun. Because despite the hard work that it is - performing is fun. …
Swine Flu, the House Of Blues, Toll Free Callers, Cat Hair
I had 17 calls fro solicitors between 8:05AM and 4:00PM. There oughta be a law!! I usually look at the caller ID and ignore them but finally at call #16, I answered: (pause...background noise) Hi, uh... Lynne? Who is this? Is this Lynne? Yes, who is this? It's Carl. Carl who? I'm calling from Debt... (interrupting) Let me save your breath, I'm really not interested. Why are you being so rude? …
New Day
always good for a laugh: the M&M's in Times Square. And a weird one!! I fell asleep with Let The Right One In on DVD and I woke up feeling a bit weird. Lesson: Never fall asleep with an artsy Vampire movie on in the background - in Swedish! Well, tomorrow is the big day - House of Blues gig. …
Too good to be true
I should have known better... I had way too much fun last week. I let my guard down. I forgot to wait for the other shoe to fall! I am not normally a pessimist. I am a fairly happy person. I almost never take off my rose colored glasses. But I am in show business. No business like it , no business at all. …