Damn Yankees

I've been invited to play the part of a baseball player named Mickey in Prairie Fire's production of Damn Yankees this August.

http://www.prairiefiretheatre.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damn_Yankees

Rehearsals start when summer does... June 21!

Looking forward to growing more friends, and more as a person, through more theater.

An Honest Definition Of Success

"Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm." - Abraham Lincoln

A Public Service Announcement From Ooh A Shiny Penny!

Courtesy of Wendi (Velma) Fleming:

Back To Normal, And Then Some

So Monday was pretty drab. Separated from Hairspray fun, body collapsing from the weeks-long adrenaline rush of the stage.

 

Tuesday, the Corny hair was shorn.

 

Today was the most back-to-normal day I'd had in weeks.

 

8:00-11:00 management meeting at the office.

 

Got a 30-minute cardio workout in.

 

At a sensible (i.e. not fast-food) dinner.

 

Did not consume large quantities of sugar.

 

Sat outside by the pool reading a basketball coaching book.

 

Got my daily stretching in.

 

Checked fantasy baseball.

 

Then I cracked open Facebook, and started reading a barrage of comments from Hairspray folks about a variety of topics, but mostly cupcakes.

 

Then Bridgette and I got into an extended chat that generated a Friday night bowling outing/reunion idea. Before you know it I'm calling Circle Lanes and she's firing up a Facebook event invitation.

And then, on to the kind of chat that just makes me roll my eyes and smile about how much better off and blessed my life is for this new batch of friends:

 

<(')

dang

hold on

That's what I do

lol

OMG!

Shark attack!

How... how...

I... I don't know what to say!

Why Corny you're the winner of a new facebook emoticon lesson!

It even comes with personalized lessons & humor

Annd...you'll even get to wow your friends with your new found knowledge!

I... I don't know what to say!

Hahaha!!!

ok...so

to make the penguin

first you hit <

then (

then "

then )

and voila!

Penguin!

AHH!

(")>

Only works in one direction, hm.

yeah

sadness

as for the shark

first you go (

then ^

then ^

then ^

then )

and BOOM!

Shark!

Ha! Like a bunch of teeth, oh that is too clever.

this is one of my faves

:l]

dang...I keep forgetting things

:I]

crap

I don't remember how to tell you to do that

I actually had to copy & paste that out of a notepad doc

I don't remember what the up & down line is in the middle

but it's this :

an up & down line, which I 'thought' was a lowercase L

and then this ]

:[]

I give up

NO I DON'T

I REMEMBER!

ok...it's :

then this | (the button under the backspace...have to shift to get it)

then ]

WOO HOO!!

then there's the PacMan face

it's easy

it's :

then v

Wow!

yay!

Are these only FB tricks or can I can I impress my boss with my next e-mail?

only FB related

BUT...you can make a pooping sheep & a barfing person on the IM's at work!

That's what I'm talkin about.

Between you and Chris I may just learn all the interesting secrets of the universe!

Haha!! I don't know about that, but you'll definitely learn something & get some laughs out of it

btw...the devil face

3

:

)

Tada!

The Whole Crew

Including the orchestra and costume department!

Television Will Never Be The Same!

"The Corny Collins Show is now and forever officially integrated!"

"Look up America! Here's history right before your eyes. Television will never be the same!"

Nicest Kids In Town

"So every afternoon drop everything..."

"Who needs to read and write when you can dance and sing? YEAH!"

"Forget about your algebra and calculus, you can always do your homework on the morning bus. Can't tell a verb from a noun, they're the nicest kids in town!"