So, I haven't been here in a while. Sorry about that. Life has been hectic. Work, little sleep and The Merry Widow rehearsals (we're in "tech week" right now). I promise to finish those holiday cards (hahah), mail off my presents (ohgoodness), and call my friends (I swear I love you!). Ugh. I'm not being a good friend or thoughtful person right now.

Buuuuut, until that day rolls around (T minus 7-10 days), here's something to make you laugh your ass off (thanks to Kevin Lawver):

Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTXG2uKNLIw to view what I'm talking about.

And, what about this for one of the best responses EVER to Microsoft's amazing ad:

"from a review of the songsmith commercial: 'In 2009, even the lamest cultural contributions have some kind of underlying self-awareness. Like, even the people who work for Bill O’Reilly, or the SkyMall catalog, are aware that what they work on sucks. But a job’s a job and they probably find a way to have fun with it (especially at the SkyMall catalog.) So that’s why this REAL commercial for Microsoft’s new Songsmith software (you sing at it and it creates horrible musak to accompany you) is completely insane. Not only is it apparently earnest and not a parody, self- or otherwise, it seems like it comes from a bizarro parallel universe where irony was never discovered. It’s like Microsoft found some kind of home-schooling Christian commune in the woods and hired them to make their commercial.' "

I'm Giving Birth...To My First Blog

Well, thanks to Amy Lynn Huff Franck (i just love her name so much that I have to write the whole thing out), I am creating my first blog. I've thought about it for a while and one would think that I would have crossed this bridge a while ago (maybe), but it's taken many sites, a few people talking about theirs and one great friend from many years ago to thrust me into the world of blogging. Off I go....apparently.

So, Amy, thanks to you for being so wonderful, for hosting your fantastically insightful, colorful, fun and entertaining blog to inspire me to create one of my own. We'll see how well I can keep this up and how creative I will allow myself to be.

I'm off to bed soon because I'm getting up early (muuuuuch earlier than my internal clock thinks is necessary), so I'm going to hang up my very new blogger's hat for today. Until next time soon.