Thursday, May 22, 2008

What's going on...

Well it's been a while since I've made a proper post. So much has gone on lately. After the flurry of activity while I was in CA I guess I just got a bit burnt out. :)

Let's see....

Things are progressing along quite nicely for the Three Penny Opera. We had our initial rehearsal and I think its going to be a fantastic show. For those that don't know the show is about Macheath a.k.a. Mack the Knife (yes, like the song). It will be September 19, and 20. More details to follow later.

For those keeping score at home, in February I became the Chairman of the Board for Fremont Lofts. That's going well. It seems like we are finally getting things under control.

In April I was in a play called "The Punisher" about a literary super hero that does his best to rid the world of bad puns. I played exposition. I had had 4 monologues and each monologue had a separate costume. I think I win for line to costume ration of 1:1. The costumes were Toga, Professor, Bard and finally a one piece, grey and orange spandex superhero costume with cape. The show went well and New Voices 26 as a whole went fantastically.

At the end of April I took off to Florida for a work conference with a colleague. It was a lot of fun and I learned a lot. It was also fun to be able to go swimming in the large in-ground pool and relax in the jacuzzi every night.

The second weekend of May I went to NYC from Friday to Monday for Judd's graduation celebration. I'll post more about that later since it deserves its own post. I'll just drop a few key words to give you an idea of what it entailed: drinks, karaoke, ninjas, rent, Nintendo.

Most recently, I've been cast as "Count Rugen" in an outdoor garden production of "The Princess Bride". We will be performing June 12, 13 and 14 at Higgins Gardens. The start time will be announced later as it will be based on sunset.

Well that's all for now. More later.

Thursday, May 15, 2008

California Supreme Court overturns Gay Marriage Ban

So I've been meaning to update my blog lately and I have a lot to post but this had to go first. California has just overturned the state's ban on gay marriage.

Boston Globe
CNN
Advocate
Bay Windows

Statement from the Governator, Arnold Schwarzenneger :

"I respect the Court’s decision and as Governor, I will uphold its ruling,"
the governor said in a statement just released by his office. "Also, as I have
said in the past, I will not support an amendment to the constitution that would
overturn this state Supreme Court ruling."



Looks like lots of good things going forward. Maybe soon California will be the second state in the nation to allow gay marriage and we'll have gays getting married from sea to shining sea.