Sunday, January 29, 2006

What Happened To Winter?

Ok, there is something seriously wrong with the weather. It's the end of January people. When the annual ice wine festival was setting up in town, there was concern that all the ice sculptures would melt. I've been seeing house flys and lady bugs, and yesterday I was chased by not one, but TWO wasps on my back deck. This isn't right.

I've been hearing highly paid specialists saying that this has nothing to do with global warming and that climate changes like this are quite common in the grand scheme of things, but I don't buy it. Sure, I admit that I'm thrilled to not be shovelling the driveway or cursing as I scrape the ice off of the car. And driving back and forth from Niagara to Waterloo on days off is much easier in the rain than in a snowstorm, but it still feels wrong. It feels like we're screwing around in class and getting away with it but when the teacher finds out, there'll be hell to pay.

On a different note...
I did an audition yesterday for "Aladdin", the highly condensed stage version of the Disney movie. A new company in Niagara Falls is planning on running the show from April to September. While I would LOVE to be able to live at home for that long, and I certainly don't need to do very much acting to play Jafar, part of me worries about whether this company can actually sell the show for that long. The thought of the show closing half way through the summer, once all other summer festivals have been cast, gives me hives. Here's me talking like I already have the part. How's that for positive thinking. Perhaps I'll just wait and see if there's an offer first.

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