My life right now is really busy – there’s much writing, and television, and kickboxing, and dudes from Trinidad, and keeping my plants alive, and planning a trip, and writing more, and procrastinating about the writing, and talking with friends and family, and cooking, and taking pictures, and also exchanging casual banter with television stars in random elevators. You know, my plate is full.
But I am (eventually – once all THAT is done) going to start a Quantum Leap ongoing thing – which is going to be a lot of fun (for me, and … er… others). I want to treat the show as if it’s on NOW – and do an episode by episode breakdown (Sheila-fashion) – what I notice, what I like, what makes me roll my eyes, blah-dee-blah. I won’t skip an episode. I haven’t re-watched all of them yet – I’m only thru season 3 now so I have two more to go … and I don’t want to start this project until I’ve seen the whole thing (I mean: seen it again, since I used to watch the show religiously.) I want each piece I write to be detailed – almost to an obsessive level. Actors who show up on the show, people who do good jobs – people who are too corny – music choices I like (and this is already controversial since they released the DVD without a lot of the music) – what happens in each episode, and also – the execution thereof. You know, like a movie review. That’s my plan anyway. Ambitious, yes – but I need a writing project that’s ongoing, not TOO hard and that I can do in my voluminous spare time.
But for now. I’m focused on keeping my plants alive. And keeping in touch with friends. And my parents. And handling my aching muscles. And writing every day. Make voyages. Attempt them. There’s nothing else.
Oh – and my story of the eclipse the other night is a funny one – almost too perfect, especially since I had just seen that Werewolf movie … but I’ll save it for another time.
Daily Dean Stockwell fix below: (to prime the pump for all the Quantum Leap fans out there):
hahahahahaha
This is gonna be fun!
Um… “exchanging casual banter with television stars in random elevators”… did I miss something?
I share 5% of my real life on this blog. :) No, you didn’t miss anything.
It just keeps happening that I am in elevators with big stars and casual banter occurs. It’s hysterical – I’m getting quite good at it.
It was just tossed off in such a random way… I htought I might have missed a story here! (While I’ve managed small talk to television stars, it was after they were big stars, and in my home town for acting gigs.)
That is quite a task you’ve set for yourself; several years worth of shows, yes?
And “blah-dee-blah” made me smile; it is now in my vocabulary.
Eric – yes, 5 years. So I’ll obviously stretch it out – do it kinda like my daily book excerpt thing.
Insane? yes. But judging from the still-active Quantum Leap message boards and fan sites …
If I build it, they will come!!
and blah dee blah dee blah
Melissa – nope! No missed tales. :) Now if I had met Dean Stockwell in an elevator, you can bet I’d be blabbing my head off.
I can imagine! OH, I thought of you the other day… saw 1776 at the Guthrie Theater, and knew you would have liked it.
sigh. I’m jealous! One of my favorite musicals.
“SIT DOWN JOHN
SIT DOWN JOHN
FOR GOD’S SAKE JOHN!
SIT DOWN!”
Or “Cool Cool Considerate Men” – I think that’s my favorite song in the musical.
It was a wonderful production. The Tom Jefferson was great, as was Franklin. Cool, Considerate Men was very good, and the actor who sang Molasses to Rum was amazing. The actress who played Abigal Adams is one of my favorite local actresses as well.
That part kills me.
“Pins …
Abigail …”
And that final “yours yours yours” chokes me up even now as I type these words.
You know, I haven’t seen that show live since 1976 – I remember it cause it was the bicentennial year that would never end! We saw it at a summer stock theatre in New Hampshire -I was just a kid – and it was starring a not-famous-yet Gerry Alessandrini – who is an old O’Malley family friend (we share the same birthday!) – and I remember just being blown away by it, even though I was SO OVER the bicentennial by that point.
But I’m pretty sure that’s the last time I saw it live.
And the delivery of the saltpeter at the end, just when Adams had come to doubt….
I had never seen it before (which is quite a shock for a musical addict like me. Even more of a shock is how much I liked it. I had expected to have an enjoyable evening, but came out loving the show. Never woulda thunk it.
The cast included some rather well known actors (listing here: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/109051.html), along with some well-known to the locals actors.
I love how you’ve made it your mission to be the biggest Dean Stockwell fangirl ever. It’s good to be a goal-orientated person.
Emily – hahahaha I know. I’m quite serious about it. Little did I know, a month and a half ago – when I randomly popped in Long Day’s Journey Into Night – that I would be beginning such a long day’s journey of my own!
In my head I’m seeing a movie poster:
lexander Hamilton – the Movie
a film by Richard Altman
starring young Dean Stockwell as Alexander Hamilton
and
Robert Mitchum as Aaron Burr
with Cary Grant, Dean Martin, Sylvester Stallone, and a sane Lindsay Lohan
written by James Joyce, based on his novel “Protrait of the Economist on a Ten-Spot”
Rather wish that I had the Photoshop skills to make your day, Sheila…
As for 1776, I got to see most of the movie and thoroughly enjoyed it. Great cast there, too. I’ll have to rent that sometime and watch it with my best girl.
Oh my God, who would Sylvester Stallone play in such a movie? Maybe a fictional corner grocer who tries to stop Hamilton from rowing to Weehawken that day?
Nightfly – and yes, I love the movie of 1776, too! I love the topic, obviously – but what a pleasure to have such good music and performances too!
No! Stallone would play the representive from … crap, forgot. The one who is always asking for the rum. I can see him doing this role – the guy is obvioulsy smart, well-liked, but is a sailor, more of the “common man” in the group.
The molasses to rum to slaves dude?
Rutledge, I think.
I was thinking Sly would play Governeur Morris.
I think Dino should play Ye olde Gouverneur. Now I’m making myself laugh thinking of that.
Speaking of Gouverneur Morris – I have a biography of his that I eventually need to read. It’s on my list. What a character!!
And who would Ms. Lohan play?
Maybe the ghost of Hamilton’s tragic and mildly promiscuous mother?
Or maybe Maria Reynolds could somehow be worked into the plot.
Look at what you have started, Nightfly!!
Betsy Ross?
Melissa – I love that. I love you. hahahahahaha Can you imagine Lindsay Lohan as Betsy Ross, struggling over her creation, with calloused fingers?
I love it!
“casual banter” heh heh heh
Hahahaha! I love Lindsay as Betsy Ross. The brilliant seamstress who secretly tipples port and has one last shot at reaching her true potential…
You’re right – Dean’s a better Governeur. Is the book “The Rake Who Wrote the Constitution”? I’ve heard good things! (Too busy with TR right now – just heard that McCullough also has one, so after I plow through Edmund Morris’ eleventy thousand pages, I have to hit ye olde book shoppe. Bully!)
HAHAHAHA – I just saw your comment in the other thread – I’m on an “eleventy” kick right now, aren’t I? Help!
Oh, I am so excited about this new endeavor!