Reading others’ adventures sometimes makes me wonder if life
is passing me by. I decided that I
needed to write a little just to remind myself that isn’t so. Here are a couple of snippets of the most
recent 10 days of my life in no particular order or importance:
Get Well!
When was the last time you got a Get Well card? From your hospital? Maybe even they are beginning to think I’ve
seen too much of the inside of our hospital
lately.
In any case I’m taking it at face value and consider it a class act.
Drop Your Pants
I’m told that members of our culture have many dreams in common. In one common dream we find ourselves naked
or nearly so while family, friends, and relations around us are completely
clothed. Last week I went one
better.
Carolyn and I attended a “Broadway quality” production of
“The Book of Mormon” in downtown Sacramento.
It was a rainy evening and we had used my little travel scooter too
much. It finally ran out of juice just as
we reached the theater box office. As
Carolyn pushed the battery-dead scooter, we could see we weren’t going to have time
for a last minute run to the restroom. **
The play, the sounds of rain outside, the excitement of the crowd
all made it impossible to ignore the call of nature. We were on our feet the moment the house
lights came on for Intermission. We and a
few hundred others headed to the doorway for relief. Suddenly, I felt a distinct draft around my knees and
more difficulty than normal moving my feet.
Yup, you guessed it. My wardrobe (specifically my suspenders) had
malfunctioned. With only a slight delay,
we adjusted our hand holds (remember we were trying to carry 2 umbrellas, a
cane, and my pants) and dragged me to the nearest men’s room where I
desperately tried to layer enough cloth
in the suspender clamp mechanism to keep my pants up for the rest of the
evening.
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The Book of Mormon
Speaking of “the Book of Mormon”, I think the Church played
a P/R card that was as brilliant as It was unexpected. In the past the church may have sponsored
pickets, nuisance lawsuits, or blanket letters to the editor when something as
potentially offensive as “the Book of Mormon” surfaced. This time the Church ran 3 full-page ads in
the program. The face coming off the
page in the first ad says “I’ve read the
Book’; the second ad, “THE Book is always better;, and the third “You’ve seen
the play… now read the Book.” It looks as if the Church is partially sponsoring
the play.
I predict
that t there will be as many opinions about the play as the number of people
who see it. And the ratio of people
offended to those who weren’t will be
unpredictable. If you are offended by street
language and crude descriptions you’ll have trouble with this play. If you feel that no one, even God, is
beyond criticism(see Fiddler on the
Roof”) you will find much to agree with.
But in all cases you will get more out of seeing it than avoiding it.
Sort of like reading the original ”Book of Mormon”.
Night at the (Wax)
Museum
Thinking way outside the box,
the Mission Elementary School put on a play adapted from the movie
“Midnight at the Museum” which was adapted from a children’s book of the same name. The plot, in case you missed it, involves historical characters represented in the museum coming to life and doing battle (small skirmishes, actually) with some children from the present who happen to get stuck in the museum overnight. The play/show/book avoids dry history by posing interesting questions such as relative firepower of pirates versus renegade cowboys.
“Midnight at the Museum” which was adapted from a children’s book of the same name. The plot, in case you missed it, involves historical characters represented in the museum coming to life and doing battle (small skirmishes, actually) with some children from the present who happen to get stuck in the museum overnight. The play/show/book avoids dry history by posing interesting questions such as relative firepower of pirates versus renegade cowboys.
Some very talented local
musicians adapted a musical score and the way it was adapted to the stage
allowed for few cast members or dozens, singers or not, dancers or not. And the kids had to learn history like it or
not. Great selection and wonderful
performance.
**A couple days ago, I discovered a useful word in the Urban
Dictionary that seems almost made for my situation:
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1.
a mad run
and/or sprint to the bathroom before your bladder explodes.
2.
the quick
sprint or ‘dash’ to the toilet due to the combination of excessive drinking and
poor planning
Julia made a bladderdash after she drank a whole two liter bottle of soda.
Julia made a bladderdash after she drank a whole two liter bottle of soda.
