Mah life

So I had a pretty good day today. You know what, I'm not the biggest Andrew Lloyd Webber fan in the history of modern musical theatre but Phantom wasn't all that terrible. In some respects, a lot of respects really, it was relentless and droning but you gotta applaud the effort. The ALW style of musical theatre, not so much my cup of tea. I'm more of a Stephen Schwartz man myself (Godspell, Children of Eden, Wicked). But it was a good movie. Worth the $6.50. Meet the Fockers, on the other hand, was a charmless wasteland of a moneymaker of a movie. Jay Roach apparently came from the film school from which they teach "SEX = FUNNY" Yeah. Not really Jay. What we as the audience were left with was a tacky, tasteless, senseless piece of crap. I can't even begin to tell you how unimpressed I was with a three year old repeatedly using the word "asshole". And other than that, you know something's wrong with a movie when Barbra Streistand's the only one in the movie who's not insane. Save your $6.50 on this one. Something about LJs make me excited. Something about the free exchange of ideas gets me a tad bit pumped. We're in a plural society. That means we accept more than one idea. As of lately, however, I've been hard pressed to come up with any compelling ideas. I'm not entirely sure if I should go seeking the good ideas or let the good ideas find me. Either way, I'm bone dry right now. Well not bone dry. I've got a couple, but none that are entirely suitable to be typed in this entry (Take that as you may). I spent about 90% of the day with theater people. Some us laughed, some of us cried. None of it was terribly momentous or important but it was memorable. What's my point? I'm just saying, I had a pretty good day. "I feel like a freeloader sometimes, leaving the good ideas up to other people. I feel like I'm standing on the shoulders of generations past."