David's Tangled Thoughts

Last weekend the company put on a picnic. It’s not as a big deal as the Christmas party as only hardcore workers actually come to this thing it seems. It’s only been my second time and if I am totally honest, I just came for the food. Food wasn’t the only thing that they were giving out. There were door tent … prizes. In all my years there I haven’t won one damn thing. That’s okay I thought. Something bigger must be on the way, right? Well turns out that my name was called and I ended up with a nice folding chair. Terry and his husband Dwight ended up with an odd pair of prizes. Excess/outdated stock of VCRs were also being pushed out. Tim won one and went back for a second to use as an eventual replacement.

A long time ago in a school district far, far away—like 15 miles--, I was in play called As You Like It by William Shakespeare. Every year volunteers from the fourth grade put on a Shakespeare play for the community. The play changes from year to year. There weren’t many of us guys that volunteered to be in the play. If I remember right, there were only three of us guys. To audition, all of us had to read a famous monologue . I’m not sure if it really mattered as far as the guys were concerned. One named Cory got the lead named Orlando. I played his antagonist and brother, Oliver. The third guy, whose name I’ve forgotten, played a wrestler. Late in the production, we landed a fourth guy but all the roles had been cast so he played a lion that attacked tickled me to near death. My inability to control myself when someone touched my side has convinced me that I will never make it as an actor. Still, it was one of the best things I ever did in school and I still think back o

<<--See also: " Dragons on the River ." Just got back from the Niles Riverfest. I was only there for a short time as I got word that it was raining in the next town over. I managed to get back to my car just as the sprinkles started falling. I managed to resist the urge to eat some fair food. Of course the idea of paying $10 for a little bowl of sirloin tips (an nothing else) helped that out. I stopped by a nearby eatery and got a panini and pop for less than half of that. It didn't look it at the time they passed me, but the blue dragon won this heat.