So, all this week I've been doing the fucking French.

Okay, that sounded somewhat odd. Let's put it this way, all this week I've been trying to get up early and trying to get to work early so that I could leave early and run the box office for the 25th Annual Samuel French Short Play Festival.

Better?

Lord, it's a drag. I volunteer, and it's only once a year, and I'm not even doing every night, 'cause I'm off Friday and Saturday, and in fact if they told me that they didn't need me, I'd be wildly insulted, but that does not make it any less of a drag. It is, however, my drag.

There are at least eight plays per night, Tuesday it was twelve, each by a different theatre company, and we are in a theatre with no lobby or box office area. Well, there is, but it's inside the theatre and therefor unusable during the show.

It's all about get 'em in, get 'em out, get the actors in, but not before they are supposed to, as there are only two dressing rooms, keep people quiet, keep them out of the damn way, and try to remember to remain friendly without going all glassy and distant on them.

I'm good at it, especially at shushing, which I can do without sounding obnoxious, but it takes alot out of me after five hours straight of it.

And do you know what? I have no time to write anything else, any funny stories, any amusing exchanges with customers. Mostly because I can't think of a one, but I'm a bit sleep-deprived just now.

Have you ever worked in a job where you have to deal with the General Public? Aren't they a pain?

And we're still talking about stubbornness, switch-hitting, funny kid stories, unintentional comedies, sexiest thing that maybe other people will think is weird, great casts, and procrastination.

Thanks to Cameron for this link.

"Crowe is a beer-swilling Aussie cocksmith, a Real Man, a thinking woman's bastard, manly as beef is meat."

Well put.

Today's horoscope:
Fun with friends is in focus. Your children (and/or your inner child) enjoy lighthearted activities with other people today.

One year ago today:
P.S. Also, I'd wear a crown and a sash like Miss America.

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