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...after reading this blog....

Gonna employ the ol' list-o-matic to rattle of what I've been up to the past few days....

Thursday night:

• Leave at work at 5 PM to make it home in time to get ready for seeing "Beauty and the Beast" in Pasadena


• Finally make it to Sepulveda (the street I usually take going south-north) around 5:45-ish...call Drew up to tell him that I'll be a bit late making it home (where we were planning to meet up to carpool the show)


• Realize that the traffic is not moving at all on Sepulveda, but I'm stuck...Do a little primal screaming and call up Drew again to let him know that I'll be a bit later than I had mentioned earlier


• I see many cars U-turning to head the other direction on Sepulveda. I contemplate following suit but end up not because knowing my past traffic experiences, any time I change my original route, I only screw myself over


• 6:15 rolls around and I've barely made any progress. More primal screaming and another phone call to Drew


• 6:40 and I make it to the intersection of Sepulveda and Sunset. Traffic going any further north on the Sepulveda was blocked off. A PARKING ENFORCEMENT car is doing the blocking off of traffic. I scream and vent even more and get on the onramp to the 405


• I finally make it home at 7 PM, a full hour after my intended time of arrival. It took me TWO HOURS to get home. Grrrr


• Drew is sitting on the couch. We hop in his car and rush out the door to head to Pasadena


• I'm in a foul mood on the drive up, which prompts Drew to work his goofy magic to cheer me up. It works to a degree. I manage to crack a smile by the time we hit Glendale. :-)


• We arrive at the Pasadena Civic Center at 7:30 with plenty of time to spare before the show. There's an open bar outside the theater. I order up a white Russian which I swig down. Drew watches in shock telling me he's never seen me down a drink that quickly...ever. A quite accurate observation on his part.


• The show starts and we discover that while we're 16 rows away from the stage. We on the far right of the seats which means...an obstructed view.


• Obstructed view and crazy traffic aside, I really really enjoyed it. The last time I saw a show of this scale was when "The Who's Tommy" came to Florida. In fact, that was the ONLY other time I saw a musical theater production of that scale. It doesn't hurt that "Beauty and the Beast" is one my all-time favorite Disney animated features.


• Random celebrity spotting...Danny Bondauce in the audience


• We get back to my place around 11:30-ish and fire up the TiVO to watch the Harry Potter trailer that debuted in the middle of WB's premiere of "Family Affair."


• I head off to bed while Drew heads back to his place to pack for his big weekend trip home to Cincy.

Friday night

• Spend most of the evening watching the "Soap" marathon on TV Land.


• Start watching with the episode where Danny and Elaine get married and continue watching up until the episode where Elaine dies


• Realize what a damn good show "Soap" was. I can't think of another show that was able to keep such a great balance between madcap, often slapstick comedy and warm, sweet dramatic moments. Just really great writing and a superb cast. If there's any show the screams DVD box set, it's "Soap." Fortunately, TV Land is rerunning the show on Friday and Saturday nights in the interim.

Saturday

• Wake up at 8 AM because the Orkin dispatcher said somebody would be coming to our house between 8 and 12 for the first ant treatment


• Get a call around 10-ish from the Orkin dispatcher saying that they're having a hard time finding somebody to head out to our area within the time period and asks if we can reschedule for an appointment during the week. Seeing how all of us work, that ain't gonna happen. The dispatcher then says that they'll have somebody over between 12 and 3 PM.


• I contemplate going to bed to take a nap, but then decide not to...


• To while away the time before the Orkin guy arrives, I fiddle about on the piano


• Around 2 PM, the Okrin guy comes. He does his thing and rattles off what exactly he's going to be doing. The cat seems to be more interested than me in his spiel


• At about 3 PM, I finally grab some lunch. I attempt to do some anniversary gift shopping for Ted and Larry


• I get home close to 7 o'clock-ish. I head back to the piano. A semblance of a new melody springs forth from my fingers. Unfortunately, I have no words at the moment to marry it to.


• I get a knock on my bedroom door around 8-ish. It's Caleb and Michael. We head over to the Hot Wired Cafe in NoHo to catch our friend Aaron and Murad's band, "Hurry Sundown."


• In the midst of the two sets that they played (which were really really good), we encounter this really frazzled server behind the counter, I get two calls from Drew in Cincinnati, and we see Charlene Tilton. What an odd life I lead.


• We head over to Aaron's place after the show for some drinks. Proving that I am the drink wuss and that the white Russian incident on Thursday was a fluke, I can only get through a 1/4 of a cup of te margarita.

Sunday

• I sleep in a bit and then roll out of bed to get Ted and Larry's anniversary gift


• I head over to CD Wherehouse and Target to pick up the gift. I get a call from Drew while I'm over at Target which proves to be great timing since he and I were pooling together for this gift. I leap on Drew's suggestion for the "gag" gift for Ted and Larry. I pick up the gift and a card and head over to the express lane since I have only two items. Unfortunately, the elderly couple in front of me in line doesn't realize that it's an express lane for 6 items or less. You see, they had a cart full of 6...TIMES 6 items. The cashier points out to the couple that it's an express lane, but being the nice guy that he is lets them go through any way.


• I go back home eat a bit of lunch and watch last night's MAD TV which was really really good. They did an "American Idol" parody which was quite funny. I'm glad to see Paula can poke fun at herself.


• I get some snippage done at my hair later in the afternoon and get back home just in time for Ted and Larry's annivesrary get-together


• It was quite nice and really a bit spur-of-the-moment. There weren't a lot of people on the guest list for this one which kept it a bit more small and intimate than our usual gatherings. I can't believe it's already been two years for Ted and Larry. They're still the cutest couple that I know and if I may get a little political here for a sec... They're a prime example of why gay marriages and unions should be recognized. Hell, they're closer than a lot of married couples I've seen. Anyhoo, they're the best and we should all be so lucky (gay or straight) to have the close bond and relationship that they have.