Monthly Archives: July 2006

Another Monday Morning

I tried to make scrambled eggs in the microwave. It didn’t quite come out right. As long as my coffee is okay, I’m okay. My voice is still hoarse. I am overdosing on cough drops. The package says do not exceed 4 cough drops in 1 day. Heck! I’m sucking down 4 in an hour! Last night my mom gave me cough syrup. It didn’t help. I took another dose a couple hours later and that too did nothing for me. I can’t wait until my body is able to completely heal herself of this horrible bug.

Cough too frequent

I can’t stop coughing! I HATE IT! The cough is coming from down low so it almost feels as if I might cough up my stomach.

We’re back from Sunday dinner with mom and dad. Barbara joined us which was very nice. Before we left, Lisa and I tag teamed a Cinnamon loaf bread for Joe. Once it cooled sufficiently we brought it to Joe. He looked terrible. I gave him a big hug and told him I was sorry. Regardless of the amount of work I have, I must make time to call him during the week to see if there is anything he needs. I don’t know why this is so hard for me. It is something that I recently learned. Don’t tell someone, “Call me if you need anything!” They will not call you even if they do need something. The better way of handling the situation is to call and say, “I’m going to the grocery store, can I pick you something up?” OR “I just made some lasagna, how about I bring some over?” OR “I’m not doing anything and was just wondering if there is anything you need?” MUST DO THIS FOR JOE!

The sun shines

This day has been most productive! I listened to Elvis and Friends. Lisa and I bicycled around the high school nearby. I talked to Audra on the phone. I went swimming. Talk about exhausting!

When I went swimming last year I noticed there was quite a bit of debris floating in the pool: leaves, bugs, etc… It grossed me out but I assumed that maybe the filter just needed changing. I went swimming today and again DEBRIS! It is gross. I spend most of the time pushing the bits and pieces away from me. I can’t understand why this is happening. I’ve swam in public pools before and I don’t ever remember this amount of stuff floating in the water.

My mom is making a Polish-inspired meal today. I can hardly wait!

Bad news. My neighbor from across the street, Judy, died on Friday. She had cancer. I’ve got to figure out what to do. Maybe bake a bread or some lasagna? I’ll figure something out.

Blobbedy Good Time!

What an incredible night I had last night! I left the house a little after 2:00. My goal was to get to Phoenixville by 3:30 so I could join Audra and Steve for Forbidden Planet showing at the Colonial Theater. Walking out of the Donnavilla, I was struck by the overcast sky. (Luckily, skies are mainly air, so I wasn’t too hurt). As I headed to the turnpike, a few drops of rain began to fall. I wasn’t overly worried, it’ll blow over by the time I finally make it to Phoenixville. Within minutes, the rain started pounding. Lightning ripped through the sky and the ground practically shook from the thunder. I still wasn’t worried, I figured it was just a local storm and would probably just bypass Phoenixville. The rain continued. The cars on the turnpike slowed to about 40 miles an hour. I called Audra and she told me the rain had reached Phoenixville and the street fair was rained out. I was more than halfway there so I just forged on.

I met Audra and Steve in front of the Colonial. It was 3:50 and we had missed the beginning of Forbidden Planet. We decided to go back to their place and from there go to King of Prussia for an early dinner and shopping before the 8:00 Double Feature, The Blob/It Came from Outer Space. Back at their apartment, Audra who is on call this weekend, received a call from a client. It seemed like a minor emergency. We waited for Audra to return. She got back about an hour later. As soon as she stepped foot in the apartment, she received another call and had to leave. Steve and I went to the local pizza parlor and ordered some slices of pizza and waited for Audra. I joked that this was God’s doing. Even though Steve is Audra’s husband and we have hung out many times, we’ve never spent so much time together and had the time to just talk to each other. I think God wanted us to finally learn a little bit about each other. Audra arrived home just in time for us to leave for the Double Feature.

Before the movie began, Dr. Frank N Stone, Creighton, Wes Shank, and Jonathan Haze ran down the middle aisle and onto the stage. Wes Shank told us that somehow the Blob had escaped his container and was loose in the theater! Dr Frank N Stone had us check under our seats in search of the Blob. Someone in the middle of the theater found it under his seat. Dr Frank N Stone grabbed the guy and directed him to the lobby for decontamination. Apparently after decontamination, you get a free Blob t-shirt! The movie started and the theater quieted down.

It is always such great fun watching a movie with an enthusiastic audience. Every now and then someone would yell something silly at the screen. Whenever the Colonial Theater was shown, everyone would clap and cheer. There was one scene where the police are quizzing Steve McQueen on what this creature looked like. Steve stammered and stuttered, “It looked… It-It looked like… It looked like a…”

Someone screamed, “A BLOB????!!!!???” It was so funny! My friend Rob called and said he was in the lobby. He was aiming to see the next movie but he was early. I turned around to see where he might be and you won’t believe who I saw sitting behind me!!!! CREIGHTON WAS SITTING RIGHT BEHIND ME AND HE HAD HIS ARM AROUND A PRETTY GIRL! I KID YOU NOT! Rob arrived at the perfect time because he got to see the running out of the Colonial scene.

The next movie was It Came From Outer Space… IN 3-D!!!! I couldn’t get over the quality of the 3-D. It was really incredible! I don’t know why Jaws 3 in 3-D was the last big movie to be released in 3-D. It is so cool to see depth! After the movie finished, the theater cleared but we stayed behind. Creighton was standing right near me and he gave me that little wave of his and I smiled and said, “I was so happy when you left me comments on MySpace, do you do the comments yourself?” CREIGHTON DROPPED CHARACTER AND SAID, “YES” The next thing I know I’M HANGING OUT AND TALKING WITH CREIGHTON FROM GHOUL A GO-GO!!!! His real name is Kevin! I left the theater walking on a cloud of air!

It was so late and instead of calling it a night, we went to the Phoenixville Diner. The diner in the movie the Blob, wasn’t the Phoenixville Diner but the Downingtown Diner. Regardless, the Phoenixville Diner looks just like the diner from the movie while the Downingtown Diner has undergone renovation and doesn’t look that much like the old diner. We sat at a window booth and Rob gave me 1.00 in quarters for the in-booth Jukebox and I played Walkin’ After Midnight by Patsy Cline and All Shook Up by ELVIS. That’s all I could play with a dollar of quarters. Fifty cents a song! Steve McQueen is rolling in his grave!

I got home by 3:00am. One would almost think my dreams would be plagued by creatures from outer space. Perhaps quite luckily, my sleep was dreamless. I awoke at 6:30 and by 7:00 I flipped on Rockin’ Ron Cade.

PS During It Came From Outer space, Creighton and his girlfriend sat in the row in front of us. Creighton kept his arm around her shoulders and every now and then he would stroke her shoulder or nape. It was quite romantic to see a huge bald humpback getting down with his lady!

OH MY GOODNESS!!!

ROCKIN’ RON CADE JUST GAVE ME A SHOUT OUT ON HIS ELVIS AND FRIENDS RADIO SHOW!!!!!!!!!!! I sent him an email earlier chiding him for playing Old Shep without enough warning! It is just too powerful a song! I need a warning so I can leave the room lest I start thinking of my late pets that I love so much and then I start weeping and it’s just a horrible way to start a Sunday.

Another gem

I am not a big fan of Jesus Christ Superstar. My preference has always been Godspell. I guess I have always been a sucker for a man in a Superman T-shirt and suspenders. I blame Robin Williams. At any rate, this morning I’ve been surfing around Rhapsody and I found an album called Jesus Christ Surferstar! Yes! It’s Jesus Christ Superstar done in the style of surf music! How freaking cool is that? Very cool, my friends. Very cool, indeed. Listen to it here.

Blobfest 2006

Blobfest was wonderful! In attendance this year were Audra, Steve, Lisa, Rob and me. The doors to the Colonial opened at 7:00. The night started with the scream contest. Jonathan Haze who played Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors helped judge. After the scream contest, The Rivers Rockabilly Trio performed! Their first few songs were Eddie Cochran numbers and I could hardly contain myself! All I wanted to do was get up and dance but because it’s a theater, there really wasn’t any place to let loose. When they played Tequila, Audra and I stood up and did the Pee-Wee Herman dance.

I was certain everyone in the theater would join us. I turned around and the entire theater was seated, Audra and I were the only ones doing the Pee-Wee! We sat down as soon as the song finished. As it got close to 9:00, a trio of female singers joined The Rivers and they sang some Wanda Jackson songs. Creighton from Ghoul a Go-Go came out and frugged. The set was rounded out by Purple People Eater and the theme song to the Blob!

Beware of the blob, it creeps
And leaps and glides and slides
Across the floor
Right through the door
And all around the wall
A splotch, a blotch
Be careful of the blob

It was right around 9:00 when Dr. Frank N. Stone brought Jonathan Haze a blueberry pie. As one might expect, Jonathan Haze (probably channeling some of the energy of his cousin Buddy Rich) grabbed the pie and threw it at Dr. Frank N. Stone’s face! The buzzer sounded and we all stood up and ran out of the theater! Unfortunately, for the first time, a person took a necker. By the time we exited the theater, a circle had formed right in front of the Colonial. I ran over to see what the hub bub was about and saw a person laying on the ground. They had apparently tripped on the curb. I hope they are alright but even more, I hope they don’t sue! I would hate to think this might be the last Blobfest because someone tripped on the curb.

They ran out a couple more times but we only did it the first time. We got some Italian Water Ice and wandered around. I am so glad Lisa was with me because she pushed me over to Creighton and she took our picture! CREIGHTON AND DONNA!!!! I was beside myself in pure unadulterated happiness! Creighton came very close to breaking character. I told him he was one of my MySpace friends and I thanked him for commenting on my pictures. And just as he was about to break character, I said in a sing song voice, “Now bye bye, Creighton!” Creighton said, “Bye Bye, Arghhhh!!”

After Creighton, I got my picture taken with Jonathan Haze. He put his arm around me and grabbed my ass. Okay, the side of my ass. And he kinda rubbed it a little bit. I was really taken back by this little intimate moment we shared. I didn’t say anything and pretended it didn’t happen until he had moved on to another group of people and then I said, “Seymour Krelboyne grabbed my ass!!!” Audra said, “Celebrities! What do you expect?” True.

I had hoped we might find a place to grab some food but most everything seemed to be closed. We walked into a bar right next to The Colonial and sitting around the bar were old gay men. Audra had said it was a gay bar but I didn’t really think she meant it. Lisa thought it was hilarious and I could tell she really wanted to get a table but I could tell that Steve and Rob were not comfortable, so we left. Lisa said all the old gay men at the bar laughed at us as we left. We finally did find a place that was open. There was a sign on the door that said, “NO WEAPONS!” We went in and Lisa & I ordered a Yuengling. (It only cost 2.50!!!) The place was very very smokey and I quickly gulped my beer just so we could get out of the hell hole. Lisa just kept saying, “This is classic, CLASSIC!”

Today is the street festival and Forbidden Planet and It Came From Outer space will be shown. I plan on making it over there at some point.

I drink a quart of sake, smoke dynamite
I chase it with tobaccy and then shoot out the light
‘Cause I’m a Fujiyama Mama and I’m just about to blow my top!
Fujiyama-yama, Fujiyama!
And when I start you up, there aint nobody gonna make me stop!