Thursday, July 28, 2005

Go Rogue!

Well, we did it. Rogue's Oresteia is officially up and running, and we are beginning to see the fruits of our labor! For those of you who won't be able to make it out to the Athenaeum in Chicago to witness the show which has taken over Nate's and my life for the past 11 weeks, enjoy this review from Hedy Weiss of the Chicago Sun-Times:

http://www.suntimes.com/output/weiss/cst-ftr-rogue27.html

Not to sound too cocky, but we kick ass. I was just praying we would be able to open the show without being hospitalized...

Saturday, July 16, 2005

Another find...

I just met Shane E. Been's wife at the swimming pool in Prairie du Sac. They have 2 kids (2 and 1 year old) and another one on the way in September - whew!! I am hoping to contact him to see if he wants to put in his 2 bits on here! (His claim to fame, if you don't know, is that his brother, Dirk, was on the original SURVIVOR! He actually lived with Susan Hawk - ugh!)

I am working on my "why I'm here" and I promise it will be up - I just need some time! :)

Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Why I'm Here

I hope you'll all appreciate this and be inspired to post your own stories here.

An Open Letter to Danny Bonaduce

Dear Danny,

We, your fans from the Midwest -- the heartland -- love you. We have learned the sad news of your termination from that Seacrest-infested radio station in that fake, glitzy, Botox-infused hell-tropolis known as Los Angeles, and we hope you're looking at it as a good thing. Jamie White is a hoochie. (We know you'll miss that, but that's beside the point.) The chemistry you had with the crew back at The Loop far surpassed all of the Tofu-infused, CortiSlim-pushing, quasi-friendly bullshit you had to pass off in La-La-Wood. Hate is your muse, and you need her again. She needs you, too, Danny... and she's here, in the Midwest, where you belong.

We here at SW88 hereby welcome you back to your roots. You pick the day and the time -- we'll work around you, you're far more important than the sum of all of us -- and we'll show up and listen to whatever you have to say. You want to vent? Go for it! Feel like spinning some tunes? Hey, the equipment's all yours. (NOTE: You must supply your own DJ equipment.) We'll call it a SW88 reunuion, but you'll know it's really all for you, Danny. We'll get to see the friends we made lo those 17 summers ago, and catch up, and have drinks around a fire, and probably sing some... but you'll be home, surrounded by the warmth of the place that recognizes warmth... you know, what with the contrasting cold-as-shit weather we get here and all.

RSVP here directly, and we'll gather. We miss you, Danny, and we look forward to your triumphant return.

Sincerely,
The SW88 Family

A Great Place By A Great Lake...


This is the shirt I picked up at Summerfest on Sunday... I gotta represent the old 'hood, yo. We had such a good time. I wanted to shout it from the Sky Glider while holding on to my flip-flops for dear life-- even though they changed the name of the Leinie Lodge to Cingular Connection Stage and got rid of the big inflatable Piggly Wiggly head, I LOVE SUMMERFEST! Nate and I went to the Saz's Express FOUR TIMES in five hours... their appetizer sampler (battered cheese curds, mozzarella sticks, and fries) is guaranteed to induce a sweet, sweet cheese coma. And those SOUR CREAM AND CHIVE FRIES!!! Holy CRAP!!!

Mom and Dad, MOVE. BACK. NOW.