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Hey theatre friends- I have two boxes of lighting stuff in my attic that needs a home - a bunch of cliplights and extension cords, a fairly decent dimmer board, and several rolls of cut and uncut gels in excellent condition, all colors (from BASH lighting and shows that I've worked on). Also a roll or two of gaffer's tape.

Free. Take it. I will put it in my car and next time I am in the city, you can have it.

If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, (even if we don't speak often or ever) please post a comment with a COMPLETELY MADE UP AND FICTIONAL memory of you and me.

It can be anything you want - good or bad - BUT IT HAS TO BE FAKE.

When you're finished, post this little paragraph in your LJ and see what your friends come up with.

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Since I can't update suck-my-big from here, this is the weekend so far:

Red Sox shut out my boys Friday night, with a complete game shutout, nonetheless. That was depressing. But my friend Gina and I taught her seven year old nephew how to curse the Sox.

Today - another brutal loss. And it started raining in the middle of the game - hard. I stayed until they actually came out to put the tarp on, even with an umbrella I was getting soaked. So I took the train down to Dad's (the same building where some supermodel jumped to her death on saturday, for those who read the Post), and changed into dry clothes (scrubs, which made several people at the deli and in the subway ask if I were a doctor). Watched the resumed game (we lost, surprise). Then I went to Times Sq, ate at Dallas BBQ, and went to see WALL-E. Made me glad that musical theatre will be alive and well in the future. And then, despite the fact that I will be going there tomorrow with Tesse, I went by Marie's, ran into Jess, heard Dexter, met Duncan's friend Tall Straight James (who is very cute), and came home.

Tomorrow will be the Sports Museum downtown, another game, and more Marie's. Sunday is In The Heights and one last game.

It would be nice to win one of them.

Thanks everyone for your birthday wishes! And happy birthday to Ngoc, too!

Stolen from Missy - the ones I've done are bolded:

01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid- 1990
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said I love you and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Done a striptease
11. Bungee jumped (no, but I went skydiving)
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise - I do this all the time
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
19. Touched an iceberg
20. Slept under the stars
21. Changed a baby's diaper
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
23. Watched a meteor shower
24. Gotten drunk on champagne - and I will never do it again
25. Given more than you can afford to charity
26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
28. Had a food fight
29. Bet on a winning horse
30. Called in sick when you were not ill
31. Asked out a stranger
32. Had a snowball fight
33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
35. Held a lamb
36. Enacted a favorite fantasy
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
38. Taken an ice cold bath
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
40. Seen a total eclipse
41. Ridden a roller coaster
42. Hit a home run
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
45. Adopted an accent for an entire day
46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors - the Irish ones, anyway
47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
48. Had two hard drives for your computer
49. Visited all 50 states
50. Loved your job
51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
53. Had amazing friends
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country - see that bit about Ireland
55. Watched wild whales
56. Stolen a sign from uncle sam
57. Backpacked in Europe
58. Taken a road-trip
59. Rock climbing
60. Lied to foreign governments official in that country to avoid notice
61. Midnight walk on the beach
62. Sky diving - aha!
63. Visited Ireland - aha again!
64. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
66. Visited Japan
67. Benchpressed your own weight
68. Milked a cow
69. Alphabetized your CDs or DVDs
70. Pretended to be a superhero
71. Sung karaoke
72. Lounged around in bed all day
73. Posed nude in front of strangers
74. Scuba diving
75. Got it on to "Lets Get It On" by Marvin Gaye
76. Kissed in the rain
77. Played in the mud
78. Played in the rain
79. Gone to a drive-in theater
80. Done something you should regret, but don't regret it
81. Visited the Great Wall of China
82. Discovered that someone who's not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog
83. Dropped Windows in favor of something better
84. Started a business
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
86. Toured ancient sites
87. Taken a martial arts class
88. Swordfought for the honor of a woman
89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
90. Gotten married
91. Been in a movie
92. Crashed a party
93. Loved someone you shouldn't have
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made you dizzy
96. Had sex at the office
97. Gone without food for 5 days - pneumonia, I highly recommend it as a diet
98. Made cookies from scratch
99. Won first prize in a costume contest - just this past Halloween in fact!
100. Ridden a gondola in Venice
101. Gotten a tattoo
102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on
103. Rafted the Snake River
104. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
105. Got flowers for no reason
106. Masturbated in a public place
107. Got so drunk you don't remember anything.
108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
109. Performed on stage or recorded music
110. Eaten shark
111. Had a one-night-stand
112. Gone to Thailand
113. Seen Siouxsie live.
114. Bought a house
115. Been in a combat zone
116. Buried one/both of your parents
117. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off
118. Been on a cruise ship
119. Spoken more than one language fluently - well, enough to make myself understood
120. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
121. Bounced a check
122. Performed in Rocky Horror - does Marie's Crisis count?
123. Read - and understood - your credit report
124. Raised children
125. Recently bought and played with a favourite childhood toy
126. Followed your favourite band/singer on tour -does the Rent tour count?
127. Created and named your own constellation of stars
128. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
129. Found out something significant that your ancestors did - they met on the boat to Ellis Island and got married. That's enough
130. Called or written your Congress person
131. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
132. ...more than once? - More than thrice?
133. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
134. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
135. Had an abortion, or your female partner did
136. Had plastic surgery
137. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived.
138. Wrote articles for a publication
139. Lost over 100 pounds
140. Held someone while they were having a flashback
141. Piloted an airplane
142. Petted a stingray - and a devil ray, too
143. Broken someone's heart
144. Helped an animal give birth
145. Been fired or laid off from a job
146. Won money on a T.V. game show
147. Broken a bone
148. Killed a human being (intentionally? no, but I've been present at many deaths)
149. Gone on an African photo safari
150. Ridden a motorcycle
151. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of 100mph or faster?
152. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
153. Fired a rifle, shotgun or pistol
154. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
155. Ridden a horse
156. Had major surgery
157. Had sex on a moving train
158. Had a snake as a pet
159. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
160. Slept through an entire flight
161. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
162. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
163. Visited all 7 continents
164. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
165. Eaten kangaroo meat
166. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground
167. Been a sperm or egg donor
168. Eaten sushi
169. Had your picture in the newspaper
170. Had 2 (or more) healthy(?) romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime
171. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
172. Gotten someone fired for their actions
173. Gone back to school
174. Parasailed
175. Changed your name
176. Petted a cockroach
177. Eaten fried green tomatoes
178. Read The Iliad
179. Selected one "important" author whom you missed in school, and read him/ her
180. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them
181. ...and gotten 86'ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you
182. Taught yourself an art from scratch
183. Killed and prepared an animal for eating - lobster, once
184. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
185. Skipped all your school reunions so far.
186. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
187. Been elected to public office
188. Written your own computer language
189. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
190. Had to put someone you love into hospice care - sort of, at work
191. Built your own PC from parts
192. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
193. Had a booth at a street fair
194. Dyed your hair
195. Been a DJ.
196. Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal
197. Written your own role playing game
198. Been arrested

Stolen from Duncan and Christine:

What were you doing ten years ago?
1998. I was dating Kenny, getting my Seurat tattoo, and living on the Upper West Side. I was still speaking to James Marino.

What are 5 things you need to do today?
Put on my makeup (no Hedwig reference intended), go to work, be universally adored by my patients and their families (this is a must), come home, mope that I can't watch Yankees Encore because Grandma is sleeping in the living room this weekend. It's a slow day. I have no errands.

What are some snacks you enjoy?
Pretzel sticks, cheddar cheese on Triscuits, hot dogs, Reese's peanut butter cups (but not as much lately), blue potato chips

What would you do if you were a billionaire?
I AM a billionaire. In my mind. Nothing would change because I'd give most of it away.

What are 3 bad habits?
That I have, or in general?
I smoke, I am antisocial at times, and I don't edit my thoughts before I open my mouth.

Name 5 places you have lived
Neptune, NJ
Matawan, NJ (second go round, right now)
Kips Bay, Manhattan (29th and 2nd)
UWS of Manhattan (99th and Amsterdam)
Lower Manhattan (two go-rounds, first on Beaver St then on Gold St)

What are 5 jobs you've had?
Electrician, Roundabout Theatre Company (and others)
Support Services, Associated Press Financial Markets dept
Director of Technology, Xceed Interactive
Technical Director (project mgmnt), Village Ventures
Registered Nurse, such-and-such Skilled Nursing Facility (x2, if you count that I do it parttime, too)

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Stolen from Duncan:

What we have here is the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing’s users. As in, they sit on the shelf to make you look smart or well-rounded. Bold the ones you've read, underline the ones you read for school, italicize the ones you started but didn't finish. Asterisk the ones that are currently on your shelves *

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
Anna Karenina
Crime and Punishment
Catch-22
One Hundred Years of Solitude *
Wuthering Heights
The Silmarillion *
Life of Pi : a novel
The Name of the Rose - one of my faves *
Don Quixote
Moby Dick
Ulysses
Madame Bovary
The Odyssey
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Eyre
The Tale of Two Cities
The Brothers Karamazov
Guns, Germs, and Steel: the fates of human societies *
War and Peace
Vanity Fair
The Time Traveler’s Wife *
The Iliad
Emma
The Blind Assassin
The Kite Runner
Mrs. Dalloway
Great Expectations
American Gods *
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius *
Atlas Shrugged *
Reading Lolita in Tehran : a memoir in books *
Memoirs of a Geisha
Middlesex
Quicksilver
Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West *
The Canterbury Tales
The Historian : a novel
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Love in the Time of Cholera *
Brave New World
The Fountainhead
Foucault’s Pendulum *
Middlemarch
Frankenstein
The Count of Monte Cristo
Dracula
A Clockwork Orange
Anansi Boys
The Once and Future King *
The Grapes of Wrath
The Poisonwood Bible : a novel
1984
Angels & Demons *
The Inferno (and Purgatory and Paradise)
The Satanic Verses
Sense and Sensibility
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Mansfield Park
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
To the Lighthouse
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Oliver Twist
Gulliver’s Travels
Les Misérables *
The Corrections
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Dune
The Prince
The Sound and the Fury
Angela’s Ashes : a memoir *
The God of Small Things
A People’s History of the United States : 1492-present
Cryptonomicon *
Neverwhere
A Confederacy of Dunces *
A Short History of Nearly Everything *
Dubliners
The Unbearable Lightness of Being *
Beloved
Slaughterhouse-five
The Scarlet Letter
Eats, Shoots & Leaves *
The Mists of Avalon
Oryx and Crake : a novel
Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed *
Cloud Atlas
The Confusion
Lolita
Persuasion
Northanger Abbey
The Catcher in the Rye
On the Road
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything *
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance : an inquiry into values
The Aeneid
Watership Down
Gravity’s Rainbow
The Hobbit *
In Cold Blood : a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences
White Teeth
Treasure Island
David Copperfield
The Three Musketeers