No Strings Attached

Posted By Kathleen David on May 19, 2018

I didn’t get up for the preshow but I do have it on now and it has been lovely. I remember watching Diana and Charles getting married back in the day. I love the dress but wonder how much of a headache the veil is going to give her at that length. Very lovely wedding.

We saw Deadpool yesterday. Unspoiled short review, my sides hurt I was laughing so hard. There are two scenes in the credits but stay for the last song. NOT FOR CHILDREN! This one has more body parts and potty humor than the first one. If you liked the first Deadpool film, you are going to love this one. If you hated the first Deadpool film, then let me point out that Avengers and Black Panther are both still in theaters and probably have seats available by this point. And it goes by fast. Blink and you will miss something.

We had some things happen in the past couple of days that have put our summer a bit up in the air. We are going to do the beach week with my parents but the time around that is a bit murky. Hoping that this week we can get things sorted out.

Yes, we will be at Phoenix Comic Con this next weekend. Come on by and say hi. I don’t know if I will have a puppet or two or not. Still working that out.

It is a rainy day today. Let’s see if we can do our evening activity or not.

Once Upon a Time aired its last new episode and it was pretty satisfying. Would I have liked to see a few more characters in the corners? Sure, but I don’t think that the actors were available. As to the story of Rumplestilskin and Belle, it was the only way it could have really ended and I think that was pretty much how it was going to end. I knew that Robert Carlyle had agreed to just one more season and that was the end of it. They set up how Rumple was going to go out if it went to Season 8 but it didn’t so they took him out another way. The writers knew halfway through the season that it was the last one so they were able to write an ending rather than leaving us on a cliffhanger. Honestly the end of Season 6 was very satisfying as well and was the point that a lot of people left the series, which is probably why it didn’t get picked up.

I think I know what today is going to be so now to make it work.

I am grateful that I had seven seasons of Once Upon a Time to watch.

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Posted By Kathleen David on May 17, 2018

We have been having some difficulty figuring out what day of the week it is. A week ago I was on Safari at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. We seem to have lost this past Monday and have been trying to keep up with which day it is. The constant is that Peter went bowling last night and I am going bowling tonight therefor it is Thursday.

As such there are certain things that need to get done today. One of which is going to be backburnered until it stop raining which might happen tomorrow or might now.

We do need the rain but I didn’t think we needed it all at once. We are at a deficit out here on Long Island even with the snow we got. On the upside, our lawn is looking a lot better.

Crimp in schedule due to a possible convention added in August. Have to rethink my build season.

I have decided that Mewlan spends most of her time in a pocket dimension. Her ability to vanish is rather amazing. There are occasion that I only find her because she opens one yellow eye and then seems to reform into this dimension so I can see her. I know black cats do blend into their surroundings but she is taking it to the next level.

Trying to get up the energy for what I need to do today. I think it is going to be a put one foot in front of the other and keep moving day. Part of it has to do with my irregular sleep pattern that went into overdrive the past two nights.

July also went a bit up in the air. There are three fix things that we are doing and a couple that seem to be coming a bit more nebulous. If everything solidifies then we play it one way and if not then the other will suffice.

I am grateful for the opportunities in my life.

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Posted By Kathleen David on May 16, 2018

I was talking or rather instant messaging a buddy of mine who is a puppeteer. We were talking about this and that including a new show he is going to be working on and some crazy ideas that we will probably never execute. Then I got a message right after midnight that said, “Ðámņ, it’s been 28 years now.” He didn’t have to say what the event was because he knew that I knew.

I was at the Yale Rep when I found out that Jim Henson had died. We were getting ready for a matinee of “Pygmalion”. I did my job but was pretty much a mess the rest of the time.

Jim Henson didn’t get me into puppetry but he showed me the possibilities of the art form in so many ways.

Because of his work this past weekend Peter got a puppet that I built to an actor as my way of saying thank you for their work that has brought me hours of entertainment. I received in return an autograph photo that says, “Kathleen, you made my weekend. Thank you-Matt Ryan”.

I have done that a number of times where I build a puppet for someone and get it to them. I have gotten hugs and thank you and this is the most awesome thing I have ever gotten. I have also made some life long friendships out of it and a lot of cool stories. Wouldn’t have done that if I hadn’t had Jim’s work in my life.

My time at the Center for Puppetry Arts is still among my favorite jobs. I made friends for life there. I got to see a bunch of cool puppet shows and work on a number as well. I learned a lot about building puppets in my time there and untangled more marionettes than I could count. Wouldn’t have happened if not for Jim and his foundation who gave money for the Center to exist.

I would not have Caroline in my life if not for Jim Henson. It was because of a puppet that I build that Peter and I met. The style of puppet I learned to construct at the Center for Puppetry Arts.

There are so many friends I have met because of puppets. So many stories and adventures that have come out of the puppets I have made. There is an entire track at DragonCon devoted to puppetry which would probable not exist without Jim. So much of my life is wrapped up in puppets and puppetry.

28 years ago we lost Jim Henson but we didn’t really. All those people who have gone on to do great things because of Jim and his work shows that in some way we haven’t. Call it the spirit of Henson that continues to give us the spark to create magic.

We miss you Jim Henson. We wonder what you would have done with the new CGI possibilities and puppetry. I bet it would have been amazing.

I am grateful that I met Jim Henson.

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Posted By Kathleen David on May 14, 2018

This might have been a Random Thoughts before the Coffee Kicks In but the coffee was in the system a while.

Mother’s Day was nice. Caroline and I did what we wanted to do together. We didn’t get everything done but a number of things did get completed.

Peter had fun at the Tidewater Comic Con. He did me a solid and got the John Constantine puppet to Matt Ryan who really appreciated it.

I allowed my computer to do a software update that now has just about every program I use telling me that it needs to be updated to work with the system now. Not making me very happy.

The cats have been rotating their time next to me. Since I got home, I pretty much have had a cat at my hip when I sit down. Today they are giving me a little more room so I have object permanence again.

Pretty much caught up on the TV I missed while I was away. Since we are heading for the season enders or show enders, kind of need to keep up at this point.

I have things I need to do before Peter gets home including finishing my unpacking from my vacation.

The weather outside looks like rain but it might just be cloudy. The car is covered in a yellow dust from the trees which may explain why I was sneezing so much this morning.

Again it will be a day of lists to keep me on track.

I am grateful for the cats.

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Posted By Kathleen David on May 13, 2018

Years ago I walked into my booth getting ready to do a show and I found a card on my script wishing me a Happy Mother’s Day. I told the actor that I am not a mother. He said you may not have any children but ask around and you will find out that you mother us all when you stage-manage. We know we are taken care of and many times you do things that help us without asking anything in return. He also informed me that when I did become a parent, I would be a good one.

According to others, he was right. I have been both a stepmother and a mother to a group of girls that mean the world to me. I am very proud of all that they have achieved and all that they will achieve.

Caroline and I have a pretty quiet day planned. It has be declared a Mommy/Daughter Day so we will do things that we like to do together along with a few things that need to be done to keep the household in order. One of the things is sorting out the art and pictures that one of the cats knocked off from what I though was a secure location to put it. Now need to figure out where I can put this art and not have the cats knock it off. We may put up some of the family photos that we keep saying that we should put up. Not much has gone back up on the walls since we had the bathroom redone.

We were thinking of taking a walk this afternoon but the weather is not looking conducive for walking and the pollen count is high. We’ll see what it looks like later.

I am grateful for my mom instincts.

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