stop me if you've heard this one before

today is a gorgeous day. i love waking up late, after the air has already warmed up and the sky is already blue, and pretending i have the whole day stretching ahead of me, when really i have to go to work in an hour. the leaves are so frigging pretty today! maybe i'll be a leaf for halloween. oh, but i have to be daphne. a few of my friends tackled me (figuratively) this weekend and forced me to be daphne from scooby doo with them. sarah rubin is going to be velma, ryan will be the hot blond guy, alex wagner is gonna be shaggy, and his roommate is going to be scooby. it seems a bit dated or cliche or something. but it was either that or golden girls. or i was also going to be daryl hannah from kill bill 2. but i think i'd just end up looking like a dominatrix with an eyepatch. which is i guess what she is or something. but no one was going to do kill bill with me, so i would have felt self conscious in leather pants. you need backup for leather pants.

so my plans this year for the vagina monologues are receiving some backlash. i want to cast--wait for it-- ONLY SIX WOMEN!! yes yes i know it's radical, considering the past five years have had casts of like 30, but for god's sake, it's time for a change. the show was written for three women. i mean damn. i don't know why i brought this up. last night i told the executive committee, which consists of sixteen glaring and silent girls who don't care that i know what i'm doing...i mean, i got up and announced what i was planning, attaching the caveat that i had, in fact, thought about this long and hard and that yes, i did understand the power of having 30 women on stage, but that actually, after long and careful deliberation, this seemed like the best option considering the show has been the same for five years, and that yes, i did understand the fact that ticket sales and auditions would be affected, but that i was working on it. five hands went in the air. "have you even thought about ticket sales?" "how would we publicize auditions?" "um, but like, what about the power of an ensemble cast? i mean i've seen it with three women and it kind of sucks like that." "have you thought about ticket sales?"

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sometimes i think the whole world is against me. not really the whole world. just the Vagina Monologues exec board. *sigh*

i guess i should go to work.

currently spinning: what's so funny ('bout peace love and understanding), elvis costello