Ramblers, Let's Get Ramblin' (July 2)
10 days since my last post...let's start the rambling...in no particular order.
saw Live Free or Die Hard tonight with Miles Aubrey at the congested and completely annoying Universal City Walk. but the movie was awesome...no it was AWESOME! i went because honestly, i had to go in respect to the Die Hard franchise, but holy crap was this movie action packed. i literally caught myself gasping at some of these action sequences. and can i say it...? Bruce Willis is still a huge bad ass. i mean, there is no way in hell i could ever beat him in a fight. seriously though, for any of you action nuts out there, go and see this movie.
only problem with the movie is you gorge yourself on the popcorn and the large Sprite and then you have a "movie-pee". a movie pee, as if you all don't know, is when everyone gets in line and it's a free for all for any urinal or stall that becomes available. and everyone just stands there for what seems like an eternity because for some reason your body knows that you have to pee the minute the previews start, but you don't want to miss anything, so you hold it with every ounce of strength you can muster until the closing credits and then you run to the bathroom. worst problem about this bathroom experience is that the urinal that opens up is the one for 6-year olds and it's down at my knees...so you have to do this weird squat/lean thing so the pee doesn't splash back and hit you in the legs.
...for those of you just starting to read my blog, i talk about some random shit. so hold on tight.
i need to send a shout out to two San Fran super fans, Jennifer and Sue. they saw the show a bunch of times in San Fran and Jennifer was even nice enough to make homemade bread pudding for Sarah and I once. well they came and saw the show in LA last weekend, and though i missed them at the stage door, they brought me "Yummy Cupcakes"! i guess writing about my likes and dislikes in my blog has worked out because I devoured that brown sugar cinnamon cupcake at intermission and it didn't have a chance against me. So "thank you" again ladies...that was very sweet.
and for those of you who missed it: that's Yummy Cupcakes in Santa Monica and Burbank. My favorite is the brown sugar cinnamon and Sarah's is the red velvet. they have a ton of new cupcakes every day and yes, they do deliver.
can i tell you what the cast has been doing every show? Sudoku. you know...that puzzle thing where you have to put the numbers 1-9 in 9 different blocks and each block as well as the rows and columns can't repeat the same numbers...? well there are about 6 of us in the cast that are completely and utterly obsessed with this. i mean, to the point where some of us have put them in inside pockets of costumes so we can track it to the other sides of the stage so we can play it throughout our down time. there is literally a book that Courter bought for stage right that has over 2,500 puzzles in it as well as 12 mechanical pencils. it's almost ridiculous how much we have all been doing it.
also want to take a second to congratulate my father-in-law, Sandy Topper, on his engagement to his girlfriend, Cheri Berlin. Sandy's birthday was this past Saturday and he proposed to her at the Detroit Tigers game back home. it even made the Detroit News online! In any event, I hope that the weekend was a great birthday weekend for you Sandy and I'm happy I could send you that little surprise gift to you at your brunch!
back to the show: they officially announced Sacramento today! i mean, the loyal JB fans have known for a month or so, but now the public knows. we will be playing the Community Center Theatre from Sept.7-22 and i believe tickets go on sale to the public on July 30. so for you JB-San Fran fans - we really hope to see you all there at some point!
funny thing about Sac. pretty much in every city, Sarah and I have been trying (and will continue to try) to find housing other than company housing. not that the options aren't good - but we like some extra space with Toby the Dog. in any event, our Sac housing options kind of dried out and we opted to go with company housing for the three weeks. and from what i can tell, it's going to be like a frat house because 90% of the cast and crew is also staying where we are and i have a feeling it's finally going to feel like a REAL tour!
what else has been going on...?
the show is doing great. some really nice audiences lately and we have truly settled into our run here in Los Angeles. i am really looking forward to playing Bob on July 17 and super thrilled that all my parents are making the drive/flight to be there. some other people are coming as well and i think all in all, i might have close to 20 people coming that night. Doug Crawford will be playing Nick Massi that night and he has a bunch of people as well (including Debra Gibson!!!!!).
speaking of Doug...and i apologize if he doesn't want me talking about this...but Doug is leaving us when we depart LA. he has some other great things in the works and we are all thrilled for him, but i honestly can't tell you how upset i was when i found out. Doug came in the first day in San Fran after not being in NY rehearsals and ended up learning (in record time) 6 different tracks! he is absolutely an asset to our little family and they are going to be hard pressed finding some to replace him (no one can really replace him). nonetheless, i wish him continued success and happiness with everything he does.
one last thing. the other day, Paul Stanley from KISS came to the show. though i was never a huge KISS fan, Paul is still rock royalty and it was absolutely (as a musician) one of the biggest honors i have ever had meeting him. he was super nice and so complimentary of the show and he even signed Deven's guitar. i so badly wanted to walk up to him in white makeup with the black star across my eye, but i thought that would be in bad taste.
alright. my brain is fried. i am tired and need to get some sleep. have some errands to tend to tomorrow but for the most part, just going to hang out with Toby and maybe throw him in the pool a little bit. after all, it has hit 100 degrees the last 2 days.
night everyone.
saw Live Free or Die Hard tonight with Miles Aubrey at the congested and completely annoying Universal City Walk. but the movie was awesome...no it was AWESOME! i went because honestly, i had to go in respect to the Die Hard franchise, but holy crap was this movie action packed. i literally caught myself gasping at some of these action sequences. and can i say it...? Bruce Willis is still a huge bad ass. i mean, there is no way in hell i could ever beat him in a fight. seriously though, for any of you action nuts out there, go and see this movie.
only problem with the movie is you gorge yourself on the popcorn and the large Sprite and then you have a "movie-pee". a movie pee, as if you all don't know, is when everyone gets in line and it's a free for all for any urinal or stall that becomes available. and everyone just stands there for what seems like an eternity because for some reason your body knows that you have to pee the minute the previews start, but you don't want to miss anything, so you hold it with every ounce of strength you can muster until the closing credits and then you run to the bathroom. worst problem about this bathroom experience is that the urinal that opens up is the one for 6-year olds and it's down at my knees...so you have to do this weird squat/lean thing so the pee doesn't splash back and hit you in the legs.
...for those of you just starting to read my blog, i talk about some random shit. so hold on tight.
i need to send a shout out to two San Fran super fans, Jennifer and Sue. they saw the show a bunch of times in San Fran and Jennifer was even nice enough to make homemade bread pudding for Sarah and I once. well they came and saw the show in LA last weekend, and though i missed them at the stage door, they brought me "Yummy Cupcakes"! i guess writing about my likes and dislikes in my blog has worked out because I devoured that brown sugar cinnamon cupcake at intermission and it didn't have a chance against me. So "thank you" again ladies...that was very sweet.
and for those of you who missed it: that's Yummy Cupcakes in Santa Monica and Burbank. My favorite is the brown sugar cinnamon and Sarah's is the red velvet. they have a ton of new cupcakes every day and yes, they do deliver.
can i tell you what the cast has been doing every show? Sudoku. you know...that puzzle thing where you have to put the numbers 1-9 in 9 different blocks and each block as well as the rows and columns can't repeat the same numbers...? well there are about 6 of us in the cast that are completely and utterly obsessed with this. i mean, to the point where some of us have put them in inside pockets of costumes so we can track it to the other sides of the stage so we can play it throughout our down time. there is literally a book that Courter bought for stage right that has over 2,500 puzzles in it as well as 12 mechanical pencils. it's almost ridiculous how much we have all been doing it.
also want to take a second to congratulate my father-in-law, Sandy Topper, on his engagement to his girlfriend, Cheri Berlin. Sandy's birthday was this past Saturday and he proposed to her at the Detroit Tigers game back home. it even made the Detroit News online! In any event, I hope that the weekend was a great birthday weekend for you Sandy and I'm happy I could send you that little surprise gift to you at your brunch!
back to the show: they officially announced Sacramento today! i mean, the loyal JB fans have known for a month or so, but now the public knows. we will be playing the Community Center Theatre from Sept.7-22 and i believe tickets go on sale to the public on July 30. so for you JB-San Fran fans - we really hope to see you all there at some point!
funny thing about Sac. pretty much in every city, Sarah and I have been trying (and will continue to try) to find housing other than company housing. not that the options aren't good - but we like some extra space with Toby the Dog. in any event, our Sac housing options kind of dried out and we opted to go with company housing for the three weeks. and from what i can tell, it's going to be like a frat house because 90% of the cast and crew is also staying where we are and i have a feeling it's finally going to feel like a REAL tour!
what else has been going on...?
the show is doing great. some really nice audiences lately and we have truly settled into our run here in Los Angeles. i am really looking forward to playing Bob on July 17 and super thrilled that all my parents are making the drive/flight to be there. some other people are coming as well and i think all in all, i might have close to 20 people coming that night. Doug Crawford will be playing Nick Massi that night and he has a bunch of people as well (including Debra Gibson!!!!!).
speaking of Doug...and i apologize if he doesn't want me talking about this...but Doug is leaving us when we depart LA. he has some other great things in the works and we are all thrilled for him, but i honestly can't tell you how upset i was when i found out. Doug came in the first day in San Fran after not being in NY rehearsals and ended up learning (in record time) 6 different tracks! he is absolutely an asset to our little family and they are going to be hard pressed finding some to replace him (no one can really replace him). nonetheless, i wish him continued success and happiness with everything he does.
one last thing. the other day, Paul Stanley from KISS came to the show. though i was never a huge KISS fan, Paul is still rock royalty and it was absolutely (as a musician) one of the biggest honors i have ever had meeting him. he was super nice and so complimentary of the show and he even signed Deven's guitar. i so badly wanted to walk up to him in white makeup with the black star across my eye, but i thought that would be in bad taste.
alright. my brain is fried. i am tired and need to get some sleep. have some errands to tend to tomorrow but for the most part, just going to hang out with Toby and maybe throw him in the pool a little bit. after all, it has hit 100 degrees the last 2 days.
night everyone.
posted by The Guter at 7/02/2007 11:32:00 PM
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Great update Eric. Now you might be getting cupcakes from fans after every show, not that it's a bad thing. And if you're not getting cupcakes, you might get Sudoku books. Just don't get sucked into Sudoku. Just about eveyone at my school hopped on the Sudoku bandwagon. I'd look around the lecture hall and you can see about 100 people doing the daily Sudoku in the school paper. And it's sad to hear Doug is leaving the cast. He mentioned it a few days ago on the jerseyboystour myspace page a fan setup, and then it moved over to the threads at broadwayworld.com. I wish him great success in the future.
Little known fact: There is a hole in the ozone right over Sacramento. You will be hot and sweaty and get a tan! ;)
The theatre is in a nice office park-type area with some good shops (and a brewery), though.
I only got to see Doug go on as Mika/Hank/etc, but he was hysterical. He'll be missed!
Thanks for all the fun blog entries, Eric! Keep it up!
Hey Gutty, thanks for the detailed description of your "pee ordeal". I'm sure the whole world will appreciate your sharing that. I know I did!!! You're wild and crazy - geez, I wonder where you get that from????
Only two more weeks until we get to see you as "Bob". I'm jumping out of my skin in anticipation and excitement. I plan on throwing spit balls at dad and Karen (in a loving sort of way, of course) 'cause I understand they'll be sitting a few rows ahead of us. Love to you, Sarah and of course, my granddog, Tobala.
Love, Mama xxooxx
I can attest to Leanna's comment about Sacramento being hot. I went to UC Davis, which is a 10 minute drive from Sac. It would be so hot during September. I don't remember it falling below triple digits during a majority of the month. If it did fall below 100, it didn't feel like it.
This is a fantastic post! :-P I live in Sacramento, and I've got to second the info about the heat. But, I LOVE the Community Center Theatre. (I've seen countless shows there, and performed there for eight seasons in the Sac Ballet's Nutcracker.) I hope you guys like it, too! I wish we could come see it again, but after twice in SF, I don't know if we'll make it for round number three! :-) Maybe we can come visit the stage door at least... and I am cracking up about the "company housing." I excitedly anticipate your anecdotes from THAT! Break a leg with Bob!
-Katie Rose C.
Thanks for the update! I live in the Sacramento area, and, though it will be hot, the nice thing is that the evenings are usually very cool.
Most of the shows that I see are at the Community Center Theatre (I've actually performed there too!), and it's a pretty nice theatre. I think that you guys will like it! The local buzz has already started here. I think that you guys are going to get an AWESOME reception!
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