7:45 pm

Is what time "Watchmen" started at the Crestwood theatre tonight. It is now 11:05 pm and we just got home.

$8.25 for the ticket. $6.25 for a pretzel with cheese. $4.25 for a big ole fat soda. Right around $20 total...for what? Almost 3 hours of my life I'm never getting back.

I'm sure I'm going to catch a lot of flack for this...but this movie SUCKED.

I saw a glowing blue man's penis and ass. More times than I cared to. He couldn't have kept the little loincloth on throughout the movie?? Why bother giving it to him in the first place if, in the next scene, he's not going to be wearing it?? There was one scene in particular where there were FOUR or FIVE glowing blue men's penises and asses. Necessary? I think not.

Costumes - horrible and un-interesting. Except Rorschach's (sp?) mask. That was pretty cool, but after about an hour of the constant shape shifting, I started getting dizzy. Stop the mask, I want to get off!! The actor playing Rorschach looked a bit too much like Danny Bonaduce for comfort. Only minus the muscles and bottles of hard liquor.

Not to mention the chick's boots changed from spiked heels to flats during a fight scene. Really? Did she tell the criminals, "Hold on a sec, guys. I gotta change my boots before I kick your ass. K, I'm ready now." It was a gigantic game of adult dress up.

Acting - TERRIBLE. It was like the directors / casting directors picked random people off the street and said, "Hey! Wanna star in a movie?"

There was also a Showtime-esque softcore porn scene. Boobs and ass, thrusting...all which made for much discomfort when sitting between your husband and 17-year-old sister-in-law.

During the movie I did manage to get in about 1/2 hour nap...bathroom break...cigarette...phone call to my mom...and walk around the ghost town of a mall.

Bottom line? Don't waste your time or money on this movie.

Stray Dog Theatre

As you all know I had an audition with Stray Dog Theatre on March 18th. It was quick, and super organized. After filling out my information sheet, I literally waited 5 minutes before being whisked into the performance space. I met the directors, performed my cold reading piece (from one of the shows in their 2009 - 2010 season), was thanked, and went back to the "lobby" to wait and see if I was needed for anything else. They were done with me, I was told I'd hear something by March 29, and was thanked for auditioning.

I received a call from them tonight.

"Thank you so much for auditioning, but unfortunately we don't have a role / part to use you in. We thank you for coming out to audition with us, and hope to work with you in the future."

So it was a "thanks, but no thanks" kind of thing. Which, honestly, is ok. I mean, I really would have LOVED to work with them, but to be honest I'm proud that I got out there and tried something different. (Which I'm sure I've said a thousand times within the past couple of weeks.) And maybe, just maybe, next time I audition, they'll remember me and think, "You know, she would be perfect for this role..."

:-D

MacBeth Did It...

...auditions were held tonight at DB, for the Summer Alumni Theatre group. There were only 7 of us (3 gals, 4 guys counting Mr. L) that showed up to read, but we had a good time anyway.

The script is absolutely hysterical (VERY much like "Waiting for Guffman"), but was made even funnier as we took turns stepping on stage and into the different characters' shoes.

Auditions again Thursday night...hopefully we'll have a big crowd!!

Please?

Ok, y'all. I'm a SUPER HUMBLE person, and NEVER do this type of thing. But I'm sorry, I'm SUPER. STOKED and just had to share my wonderful news with all of you!!

Go to this link and scroll all the way to the bottom of the page.

Then scroll SLOOOWLY up to the fifth row from the bottom. And tell me what you see...

It was announced last night via live webcast, and Dustin called me at "Dial M" rehearsals to tell me the news.

What a giddy feeling! I'm honored just to be recognized!!

And now, in the news...

1. Oops...
President Barack Obama has apologized to the chairman of the Special Olympics for his late-night talk show quip equating his bowling skills to those of athletes with disabilities. Appearing on "The Tonight Show" Thursday, the president told host Jay Leno he'd been practicing at the White House's bowling alley but wasn't happy with his score of 129. Then he remarked: "It was like the Special Olympics or something."...
On his way back to Washington on Air Force One, Obama called the chairman of the Special Olympics, Tim Shriver, to say he was sorry -- even before the taped program aired late Thursday night. "He expressed his disappointment and he apologized in a way that was very moving..." (Washington - AP)

2. And the bad parent award goes to...
Deputies say they found a toddler wandering alone on a Texas street and methamphetamine and more than a dozen snakes in his mother's home.
...Tamara Jones has been charged with endangerment of a child by criminal neglect and possession of a controlled substance...In her Buna home, (...) the deputy found a small amount of methamphetamine and as many as 16 snakes, one dead. Newman said one snake was about 8 feet long. (Jasper, TX - AP)

3. Um...ya THINK??
Police say a naked 14-year-old boy taking a walk with a large white poodle has assaulted a woman in Michigan.
...the boy walked away from a behavioral treatment facility Monday. He was strolling unclothed in Hart Township with the dog when he encountered a 53-year-old woman in her yard.
[Sheriff's Lt.] Mast says, "The young naked man approached her with this poodle, and she immediately realized something peculiar."... (No shit?? How about the fact that this dude was BUTT NEKKID, walking a POODLE?!?) (Hart Township, Mich. - AP)

4. Hm. Yea. OK...
The remains of a female "vampire", buried with a brick jammed between her jaws, have been found in Venice, Italian researchers say.
(For the entire article, go here.)