A Pirate's Life for Me

I'm in the middle of tech week for Farm Boys which is going to be a very good show. The weekend was a little hectic, but I only thought of walking out or getting drunk on the job twice so that's not too bad. And tonight will be good cuz we're going drinking after rehearsal. But yester REALLY made my day....
At the end of the play these barn doors are supposed to slowly/magically open...enter: ME
Well the door weren't really working very well the first two days. So we have a new method...lets use a hand crank winch (which sounds like wench) so that mechanical force is working WITH me to open these doors...smart huh? So I go in to work yesterday and backstage there is a ships wheel...a big steering wheel from a boat. I laughed my ass off! Apparently the steel bars from the winch posed a hazard so they put the ships wheel over them...instant piratre ship for Shannon!!!! I haven't taken pictures yet, but I guarentee some Kodak moments will be occuring back there. I already have a pirate flag hangin above the wheel and I have my first mate. Skippy. A fake crow with a lime green eye patch. Yarrrrr.
So now I need a pirate name. Suprisingly there are a number of pirate name generators online. I tried a few and come up with some options. Oddly enough, even though no questions referred to body type, many of the names refer to my bosom (as a pirate might say). So here are the names...which one do ya like?

Captain Charity Rackham (my fav so far)
Sealegs Prudence
Busty Shannon Blackwater (my least fav)
Bloody Shannon Scarlett
Captain Charity Goodfellow

Today is a good day

It's gorgeous outside! It's currently 73 degrees and even though I'm about to leave for work I'm in a good mood. I spent over an hour outside (before the neighboor kids got home from school) putting out the deck furniture, racking up stray leaves, uncover our flowers, and trimming back the rose bush (which only bit back once). Then I grabbed a book and a diet cherry coke and sat outside and read. I loved it. I'm also getting used to my new hair color...which is another story....

The Clairol company can kiss my ass for discontinuing Herbal Essences #61.5 spiced terra. That is my hair color...it has been since this summer. So fuck you for getting rid of it. However, in honor of spring, I decided to go brighter. I am now Molten Lava. I was Molten Lava once before, but it seems brighter this time . It's a bit blinding in the sun, so put on your shades folks! But it's bold, it's pretty, and it's kinda sexy, which for some inexplicable reason is how I'm feeling today!

Thank you getty images and Andy Warhol impersonator for perfectly showing how I felt last night and what I'm working on getting over. Except I'm not blonde...and the real boy doesn't look like Clark Kent/Superman. Damn I'm a stupid girl!

I'm a cat, I'm a kitty cat...

Some of you (especially Jean) may remember the last time I house/cat sat. Well I did it again last week. I spent 5 days at the house and with the sweet adorable cat. Unlike last time (when she occasionally hissed at me), she decided that I'm cool now. Cute kitty Widget followed me around the whole time I was there. If I was sitting she was in my lap. She layed on the bed next to me. In the morning when I was feeling lazy and laying on the couch in my pjs, she layed on my tummy and purred. It was great. It made me really want a pet...cuz fish don't count.
Ordinarily I'm not really a cat person. Cats are kind of snobby. The walk on your shit as if they own it...in fact they think they DO own it. You are there to cater to them and do their every bidding. Plus there's the hair...ALL OF THE DAMN CAT HAIR! How can an animal lose that much hair and not go bald????
But I out all of that aside when Widget would come out when I came home from work and sit at my feet and Meow. And when she'd nudge my hand with her head while I was watching 6 Feet Under. And when she layed on her back and rolled around just begging for her tummy to be rubbed. She was damned cute and I may just be a cat person now....if it weren't for the hair.

I'll forgive her for looking posessed in this one...cats eyes are weird!