Wheeled scaffolding, boy bands and the ER.

This entire week was kind of a write off and today's musical practice was no exception. There was a cherry picker on stage to put up the cable for our helicopter that drops from the sky during one scene, creating constant obnoxious beeping. For safety, only people with mics were allowed on stage and only at the very edge. The chorus sat in the house and sang whenever we were needed but messed around for the rest of the time. This included eating, discussing Nick's inevitable demise of falling off Tech Crew's precarious three level rolling scaffolding for reaching the lights and that our leads are adorable and exponentially more adorable as a couple.

We also decided the male cast members in the below song should form a boy band. I mean, they're already nicknamed the"Bui Doi Boys", they filed on the stage, sat on the backwards chairs facing the audience in a very boy band like fashion and then sang those harmonies with intense sincere looks. We took it upon ourselves to decide which guy would fulfill which role in a boy band. We have 'The charming one,' 'The mysterious one with the dark past,' 'The shy one,' 'The lead one who gets all the interviews,' 'The sassy one' and a few others. We even had a wannabe in the crowd. Time well spent.

Also, I can't complain that I didn't get out tonight because I went to the ER.

Nothing serious, just shingles, which is just kind of an uncomfortable rash on a small portion of my back that has some relation to chicken pox. My mother wanted me to get it checked out so I respected her nursing opinion. In the waiting room, as she briefed me on what I would be asked, I couldn't stop staring at this poster on the wall that had SYPHILIS written in large letters. I was terrified that when I was assessed I would accidentally say,"My mom thinks I have syphilis," as opposed to "My mom think I have shingles."

The doctor was who checked me out was incredibly gay in every way and he did this sort of sassy swipe when he walked out of the little curtained examination area. He reminded me of Mr. Humpheries in the one episode of "Are you being served?" I've seen. We found it incredibly amusing.

Here's another song from musical that's been stuck in my head all day.

Love,
-J-