JACKIE-O ARRIVES

kenisha howard-miller arrived this AM with my new god-child jacquesha-o ("jackie-0" to her peeps) or "jackay-O" as they will no doubt be calling her in da tony award winning hood/heights.

she has yet to pee or poo but here is a shot of her attempting to be tres nyc by the fire hydrant...

new dog bowls, toys, training case and food have been procurred from pet smart and kenny and i are being cruised like there is no tomorrow all of a sudden by small asian girls who just want to pet the dog they have lovingly monikered "wacky-O".

we have let her sniff an old pair of cheyenne's tighty whities so she can begin the jackson stalker walk. we will find him and force him back to the fishbowl for a discussion of what he feels about obama's trip to germany, german chocolate cake and german boiz in leiderhosen...then we will tie him to jackie-o's leash and force him to sleep in her new training cage before waking the next morning, making us breakfast naked and then leading us in a rowsing round of hip hop abz!

tonite don't tell mama's, tomorow, charlie chang and the mysterious salami, sunday justin bond at the public theater and musical monday's at splash...all while trying to get free tix on the cue line online for HAIR in the park....thank goddess no GEM til sunday. i don't have time to go to play practice with this social and dog walking calendar!

this is the dawning of the age of.....jackie-O!

BIG apple

that's a bad cell phone late nite photo of her madgesty the moon resting on her manhattan skyline throne....note to amateur blogger self...must get camera!

finally able to get online in nyc! it was sort of a nice forced vacay from the internet as i left my computer chord hook up thingy in o-town. jennifer lauren, aka bucca tom zai-zar (happy birthday week!) makes james bond-esque pass off (thru brutal and torrential downpour) of said computer chord to monique in winter park who then flies into to jersey and delivers me the goods on 52 and 8th! plugged in and on the backstage from the front porch blog dashboard coming to you thru the inner sanctum of the web live from NYC!

so good to be back for a second summer and my second "all girl" show in a row! from last years lady nascar driving show VROOOM! to this years orphaned rock stars in GEM! THE TRULY OUTRAGEOUS PARODY...hmmm...pop chick summer theatre! i think i have discovered a new genre! so much love and grateful appreciation to newlyweds kenny and barry for letting me stay in their fab glass midtown spaceship in the sky! after the nightmare of 6 years of nyc living with fires and rats and jersey and murder in harlem...i have nothing to feel but thankful and blessed beyond measure.

arrived monday and have been relaxin, chillaxin, exercising in condo gym, joggin in central park, creating culinary masterpieces, watching season one disc 3-6 of JERICHO (good quality time with skeet ulrich) rehearsing with Gem and the Holographs (names changed for legalities) and waiting for pay day tomorrow so i can see some shows and some sights! TITLE OF SHOW tomorrow with monique and tom who are currently on a helicopter buzzing around the statue of liberty. what a performance that lady gave in CLOVERFIELD! stunning! mind blowing!

best news i could have received this morning...i GOT THE JOB! after a two year audition...and two national searches....i am now officially a tenure track assistant prof at ucf and the associate director of playfest at o-shakes! was ready for whatever decision came my way but am very happy it worked out this way as i love the job and was hoping i would be able to keep it for a while. thanks for everyone's support and words of encouragement along the way! having a job these days sometimes feels like a miracle....

one of my fave things to do in the miller howard spaceship is to open the curtains to watch the sunset over the river. this photo was taken my first nite here. the litttle dot is not another UFO but the time warner cable blimp...i know...i have to get a camera with a zoom!



happy birthday jennifer and miss sammy! i am sooooooooooo sad i will miss the pool parties and the roasts...and aunt edy falling down...always fun to witness!

peace out people...and if anyone is friends with skeet ulrich on facebook can u please suggest that he adds me as a friend...thank you and good afternoon fellow human beings...it is an honor to share the world with you...now go eat some chocolate pop tarts!

sunday someone give me a bloody mary sunday!

well i decided to continue with the new summer trend that my friend jennifer lauren started and that is....arrive at the airport one day earlier than really scheduled to fly. its sort of a departing day rehearsal or "play practice" if you will. you get the great feeling of being packed early, you get to see if your travelling outfit will work and if your luggage is too much or too little. you act surprised to hear that you were booked on the same flight on the next day and then you call your international juggling friend to come back and get you after he has just dropped you off and is trying to have intimate post-dunkin donut chocolate induce coital nuptials on your abandoned bed. you save your bed and their guilt ridden concsious and you get to test the true depth of said jugglers friendship with you as he speeds back to jet blue cussing your very existence. you come home, you see how clean you have left your place, you change out of your travelling gear and go to a few afternoon parties and then home to rest for the real trip the next day! it's so refreshing and ultra-cool! all the summer travellers are doing it!

i have stigmata. i fell on plastic spiked office flooring when i went to see WASTELAND last night and i was pierced thru the hand in three places, one pretty bad and on both knees. is an unexpected unplanned bout of falling down and then being in the middle of a Jesus complex crisis acceptable when you heading to see a new musical? i would post pix of my cruxifiction punctures...but it's not pretty

sounds of the seasonal interview

got up early today to enjoy the morning without having to rush to get ready for the BIG 8 hour interview. coffee and some porch time. i have planted a half a dozen plants that were recommended to me as "attractive to butterflies" or "butterfly inducing" if you will. i have waited patiently for a few months and have seen less butterflies than i normally do this time of year. this morning, i was pondering the up-coming day and i finally saw one! orange and black and dancing all over the garden and resting for several landings on the orange flowers that matched her coloring. my neighbor brian who works at palmer's nursery on corrine has taken a butterfly course at leu gardens...note to self...you should take a class instead of teaching one for a change. anyhoooo....that butterfly was really gorge and when i couldn't see her on the flowers anymore, i looked down and saw a huge shadow of her on the sidewalk...jus made a phone call to my pal and colleague pat and while talking to him i went on the porch and saw (insert bad tya joke here) another butterfly dancing around with the first one. this one was black and yellow and they were doing some serious aerial martha graham but naked! so beautiful and just so happy that today of all days that that was what i had to wake up to! today is the BIG day after doing my job for two years on an emergency cover basis, i finally get to interview for it. i am confident that what shall be shall be and that no door has ever closed for me where another has not opened. really happy that one of my fave cable music station "sounds of the season" has stopped playing anita bryant singing GOD BLESS AMERICA which they did all last weekend and that they have switched back to the chillaxin groove. as i started to write this a group who i had never heard before VERTIGO DELUXE were werkin a tune called EVERYTHING IS GONNA BEE ALL RIGHT. butterflies and channel 401....summer happy...

meetings and interviews all afternoon

men in black... interview self induced dress code and code of ethics....kick butt and take names!!!!

lindsay sent me a picture yesterday of one her little students. she has started substitute teaching this summer and i can't even begin to put into words what a very special student she has been and what a great friend she has becom... but to see a little "baby-booka" student of hers and hear her talking about working as a teacher makes me beam madonnish rays of light and sunshine!

nyc jus 48 hours to go! jet blue butterfly....take me awaaaaaaaaaay!

take me away...take me away... to a secret place...a sweet escape...to a hideaway...where the river flows...and no one knows and the dark is light... and i call it home and there's no more lies....and the darkness is light and no one cries there's only.....butterlies! do what you want but you're never gonna break me...sticks and stones are never gonna break me....i gotta pocket...gotta pocket full of sunshine....no more lies...only buuuuuuuuuuuttterrfliieees!

i gotta pocket gotta pocket full of sunshine!!!!!!

i know i'll be all right.........

why am i makin this hard on myself when i've got sooooooooooooo many reasons to be happy?

thank you natasha!

summer friday

chillaxin orchid from the front porch

chillaxin gerber from the front garden

emerging night time chillaxin cactus bloom

blooming witnessed by the enchilada party peeps

nyc fringe buzz has begun and it seems like

GEM THE TRULY OUTRAGEOUS PARODY

has launched the web site!

look for me under CAST even though i am directing not acting

www.trulyoutrageousparody.com

and a little mention on nytheatre.com

http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/fnyc08_prevdetail.php?0=S&1=413

We will be performing at The Barrow Street TheaterADDRESS: 27 Barrow St. (at 7th Avenue, South of Christopher Street)SUBWAY:1 to Christopher Street1 block south on 7th Avenue to BarrowA C E B D F V to West 4th StreetWest on 4th Street, left on BarrowPARKING: Barrow St. between 7th Ave. and West 4th or 7th Ave. below Bleeker st.
GEM! A Truly Outrageous Parody
SAT 8/9 @ 2:15 – 3:00 pm
TUE 8/12 @ 10:00 – 10:45 pm
TUE 8/19 @ 3:30 – 4:15 pm
THUR 8/21 @ 6:45 – 7:30 pm
SAT 8/23 @ 9:30 – 10:15 pm

mean while from backstage in orlando....

officer lockstock and little sally from ucf's deceased and defunct dlee production of

URINETOWN

the ink 19 review

http://blogs.ink19.com/archikulture/urinetown/

the entire cast of PEE-PEE TOWN can be seen this weekend

(no july 4th show) in the summer showcase which features songs and scripted material pastiched together by the company.

LEADING LADIES opens next week!

happy 4th of july everyone!

when you see hostages being freed

it kind of makes you want to light a sparkler or two!

ingrid for president!!!!