And the road goes ever on....

So here we are, gentle readers, in the first of many hotel rooms in which I shall be abiding over the next five months or so. Thankfully, it's a nice one, and near a bunch of food and shopping, so that works out well. It also helps that since our first show is in Boston proper, the hotel is really close to where I was staying. That said, I find myself in the odd state of feeling like I woke up from what I thought was real life and finding it was just a dream because I'm right back where I was when I started. But the cast went out to dinner tonight after we did our line-through and had a lovely time, so I have all kinds of good feelings about this. But then, as anyone who knows me will tell you, I am an eternal optimist. (Okay, there's no need for prolonged guffaws--a simple derisive snort will do just fine, thank you.) Anywho, that's that. Nothing really new to report on that front, save the fact that since Levitt's finger is broken, it means that she won't be as able to put together the set during load-in as she usually is, so there's going to be extra work for me and Carol, the costume gal, to do. But that'll be fine. Once all my props are unloaded, there's not much I can do until the set is up anyway, so there you have that. Check back with me tomorrow to see if I'm still as even-keeled about it. ;-)

Unlike our last tour, where our first few shows were pushed til early afternoon to give us all time to really get used to putting up the set, we have regularly scheduled shows (10:30) with much earlier load-in times. So our van call for tomorrow is 6:40 a.m. Or, as I like to call it, Ick. We have one show next week where our load-in is 6:45 for a 9:30 show. What the hell? Ah well. I guess that just means I have cut back on the boozing and freebasing on those nights. Spring and Pat are going to be at tomorrow's show, naturally, so whatever hopes we had harbored that we could run the show free of external pressure and fear have gone right out the window. But then again, we were also informed there's a chance our show might be snowed out tomorrow. That's right--today was like 40-some degrees, and tomorrow schools might be closed due to snow. That would be hilarious. I am hoping that if it does snow, it either snows a lot rally early so we get cancelled OR it holds off til after we load out of the venue so I'm not dragging things up a snowy ramp. We've already had one injury--I don't need any more of them.

So that's about it as far as the show and the job is concerned. Once we get cooking with the shows, I'm sure there will be plenty to discuss. Like how tomorrow, since we're performing in a small space some of our set won't be utilized, making the very first performance a completely alien experience for the new people. The one guarantee about tours is that no matter what there are always stories. 

Speaking of stories, I read a couple of articles that make me shake my head and realize that just because we elected a smart guy, it didn't stop stupid people from...well...doing stupid things. Par exemplum--an anti-abortion group which has brought pressure against Krispy Kreme doughnuts. WHy? you ask. Because Krispy Kreme, in a move that was obviously meant to push it's pro-abortion agenda, offered everyone in the nation a free doughnut on Inauguration Day. How does one connect to the other? Simple--Krispy Kreme stated they were making this offer to help people  celebrate "the American people's pride and freedom of choice." Now, as we all know, the ONLY meaning the words "freedom of choice" could POSSIBLY carry is that of the pro-choice movement wishing to uphold legal abortions. And of course they would use free pastry as the spearhead of their insidious attempt to infiltrate the stomachs and minds of unsuspecting youngsters and women who would otherwise reject such repugnant assertions, but readily fall under their spell in the midst of a sugar-induced haze. Now, the main problem i have with this movement against Krispy Kreme is that it doesn't go far enough. I mean, they're ignoring half of the statement, as if it doesn't matter. I am shocked that such staunch conservative watchdogs could miss the fact that "American people's pride" is obviously a thinly-veiled push for legalizing gay marriage. Where is the outrage over that? I mean, come on people, it's so obvious--I mean why else would they sell doughnut HOLES???? And don't even get me started on Long Johns....

What's even more incredible to me than the fact this group actually expects to be taken seriously, is that they ARE. Krispy Kreme has had to come out and apologize for any misunderstanding (yeah, how's "We sincerely apologize that we didn't take into account the fact you're a moron.") and explicitly state that their offer was not intended to push any political or social agenda. Really? Enough people took this seriously for the company to have to say something about it? I'm sick of gutless CEOs. Someone PLEASE put me in charge of a company so I could treat idiots like this the way they deserve to be treated, with scorn and derision, preferably with a side of public humiliation. If people stopped listening when yahoos like this spouted off, they would spout off a hell of a lot less. The other stories I read, I'll discuss in upcoming posts--and don't worry, I'll take aim at people whose opinions I actually agree with in principle. Just proves I'll attack idiots with complete equality. And that's because I'm a uniter.