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[chanaleh]

Finally talked to Dad last night (after he'd been trying to reach me for several days. He's not recuperating all that well from the hip surgery, so NOW they've started him on physical therapy. I hope it helps).

He asked what was new and what I've been up to, and I told him about breaking up with mattrolls (that is, mrmorse). At which I started to choke up a little bit. So then he hurriedly asked if I was "doing any plays or anything"... to which I answered that I had decided not to try out this fall because I thought it would be better because... and then I really started to choke up.

I think it kinda startled him; he hates to hear me cry. Hell, it startled me. I knew I'd been feeling some sadness earlier in the day (and this week in general), but I didn't expect it to come on like that.

In all fairness, that's not the only reason I decided not to do Ruddigore; I'm not even sure it's the principal reason. But the associations are powerful.

Comments

[msmidge.livejournal.com]

I think my father gets really freaked out if I cry because it almost never happens. The worst month of my life, a few years ago (when I started feeling faint in karate class and had to go to the emergency room and missed a week of work and then my jerkass boyfriend broke up with me and my job was desperately horrible), I suddenly started crying on the phone with my dad and he had no idea what to do or say. :P

I hope you feel better though.

[greenlily.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. Erm...Harvard G&S auditions? I think someone said they're doing The Gondoliers.

My dad can't cope when I cry, either. It's such a rare occurrence that he gets disproportionately worried--which, for him, means going uncharacteristically stiff and silent. I think it's a universal dad thing.

[kimberlogic.livejournal.com]

My Dad either goes silent, changes the subject or tells me that I'm over-reacting.

*hugs*

Hope to see you tonight or tomorrow. I know there's not much I can do but my hugs are free.

matt

[adamosity.livejournal.com]

anyone who has the ego to set up their own syndication about their dysfunctional life has more ego than i could ever stand to be around.

(remind me to disallow the above statement if in fact, i ever get syndicated :-)

I pray for your father--it's always rough the first couple of fathers. I know because about a year ago, I was my dad's slave after knee surgery (I could go colloquial and say my dad's ice pimp, but pimp and father should never go together unless it's on the Jerry Springer Show)

At least you have a theater scene. In Jacksonville, there is nothing apporaching decent local theater. The best theater in town's a freaking dinner theatre, featuring your roast beef cooked well done and the actors not so well done!

I should have gone to the Northeast for college. Really. :)

Enough about me--I'm worried about you. Actually, I'm not worried. You'll find someone that makes Matt the overbaked roast beef of the dating world, with no talent. I'm worried about your dad. Wait, physical therapy and time will heal him.

I'm Jewish, dammit. I need something to worry about. *grin*

It'll all work out.

--adam

typo of the week:

[adamosity.livejournal.com]

"it's always rough the first couple of fathers"

The last word was supposed to be weeks, honest.

Otherwise, I need to stop dad-hunting at Wal-Mart :-)

--adam

Re: matt

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

anyone who has the ego to set up their own syndication about their dysfunctional life has more ego than i could ever stand to be around.

hey! that's not fair -- the syndication (which I set up for him, anyway) is of Matt's actual blog about actual ideas. LJ itself is way more egomaniacal an endeavor than that.

it's always rough the first couple of fathers.

Actually, I like this version of the sentence just as well ;-) And thanks.

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Definitely see you tomorrow. :-)

Re: matt

[mrmorse.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if it's appropriate for me to be responding to this. I'd just like to remind adamosity that since LiveJournal posts are public (or this one is, anyway) you never know who might be reading.

On the syndication front, the big thing you need is an RSS feed, which most blogging and journaling tools generate for you automatically. Including LiveJournal. You can look at yours at http://www.livejournal.com/users/adamosity/data/rss/ if you're interested. It will probably show up as something of a mess. It's XML, not HTML, so most web browsers don't really know how to display it well.

So the point is: a. you're already syndicated, even if you didn't know, and b. it's not a big deal. Apparently my RSS feed gave you the wrong impression. You're welcome to take a closer look at my blog. You might be surprised by what you find. (You may also be bored out of your mind. Such is life, and blogging.)

Re: matt

[avram]

Didn’t you know? You’re already syndicated.

Re: matt

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

(which I set up for him, anyway)

Er, that is, I set up the syndication portal (I suppose you could call it) on LJ. He's the one who constructs (manually, in his case) the syndication feed. But anyway, anyway.