God, I had to spend money on Betty, my Beetle and it killed me. On the plus side it’s the first repair in quite some time. The air conditioning went kaput and after this past weekend had to fix it because Princess Christopher will be driving my car and we can’t have him driving in the heat! I’m so good I even cleaned the car for him.

I’m slowly working on Caged Dames rewrites, trying to sharpen up the characters and I’m making decent progress. The search for a space and producer is always a slow process but since its rather late in the game to look for a fall primetime space its all the more frustrating. Maybe not as frustrating as the lackluster response or lack of response from whoever is the HIAH ensemble these days, or perhaps it’s my perceived lack of response. I’m the kind of guy who expects an answer and well, I’m impatient sometimes, but really, what’s the point of having a theater company if you’re not going to do a show?

tomorrow will be fun as we are going to see one of my Heroes, Charles Busch for a screening and meet and greet as part of a benefit celebrating Reeling: The 25th Anniversary of the Chicago Film Festival. I know Ed Jones and Tina Haglund will be there and hopefully others. I’ve had the good fortune to befriend Charles and it will be good to see him. Although he’s a stage legend many people know him from film versions of two of his plays. Psycho Beach Party and Die, Mommie, Die. The latter is my favorite because it’s just more suited for the screen since it’s a tribute to the sudsy melodramas so many of the Hollywood Movie Queens made when they hit 40+. I highly recommend Die ,Mommie, Die. Since I don’t want to be a critic you’ll just have to trust me when I recommend something. Don’t question me.

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