ABC series "Wanna Bet".

Looking for: 5 skilled fire breathers

Stunt : maintain a fire ball for 90 seconds without torches

Gratuity: $1000 per performer (no SAG/AFTRA)

When: 7am-7pm Thursday Aug 2nd, 8am-7pm Friday Aug 3rd

For: ABC series "Wanna Bet".

(Los Angeles)

Halloween Haunt

Okay, folks, we got the gig (tentatively), we still have to negotiate the location, though. corporate wants to move us to the main stage (wagon stage), which is fine, except that it has no spin-out zone, a trampoline in the middle, a band performing there and Nylon carpeting over the whole area. So, we're trying to get our own stage...

I hate flying

Actually, it's kinda cool, but it's the airports that's the problem. the last time I flew... well, Clinton was in office.

Today, I had a 6;35 am flight. Yeah, that's right. Be on a plane an hour after bed time... ;D
But It gets worse.
I had to run Burn Club until midnight the night before. So, 6 hours between last burn and take-off.
But it gets worse..
Instead of just sleeping a lot the day before, the landlord chose that day to finally spray for roaches.
Uhggg.
so, short on sleep anyway, I get home after Burn club at 1am and decide to get 4 hours before flying.
This leaves me ... grumpy.
Despite going 65 all the way to LAX, I arrive "too late" to get my paperless ticket. It turns out that the "suggestion" to arrive at the airport 2 hours early is actually policy for Delta Air.
This leaves me... more grumpy.
So I drive all the way back home, narrowly avoiding mass murder several times, and call travelocity. And they actually make a little headway. Granted it's store credit with Delta but it's something.

So the $180 lessons learned
1) Plan on parking in the airport 2 hours ahead of departure, even if things are slow
2) If you use travelocity, take their contact number with you. Had I called earlier, they may have been able to switch flights for me.
3) When your instincts tell you to miss a mid-week, out of town, meeting... miss it.

Round and round

Once again, I made a joke that I may never get to tell (it has to do with supporting troupes who've volunteered for an illegal war).

A lot of pundits are wagging about the surprise that people are showing over recent events.
This isn't the first time a president has taken office without the popular vote to back it.
This isn't the first time US soil has been attacked
This isn't the first time the WTC was attacked.
This isn't the first time a presidency mishandled a situation.
If you believe the truly paranoid, it isn't the first time the Dog has been wagged.
it's not the first time the government has spilled money into a company (like Haliburton)
It's not the first time a presidential family business has benefitted from a standing president
This isn't the first war that wasn't really a war we've entered.
this isn't the first time that "operational protocols" have been shifted (afganistan>saddam)
It's not the first time a president has backed all his cronies no matter how incompetent.

Really, there's nothing particularly unique or surprising about the Dubya administration. Except this:
WHY DO WE KEEP LETTING POLITICIANS DO THIS? WHY HASN'T A GRAND JURY BEEN ASSEMBLED, OR A GOOD OLD FASHIONED LYNCHING? WHAT THE HELL CAN WE DO?