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November 14, 2004

Doe, a Deer, a Female Deer

You think that I'm going to get over the wilderness that is the midwest. But I am not. It will continue to amaze me.

Friday night, on our way up the driveway (coming from the High School play, which is another story entirely), we came upon this:

We had a stand-off for a good 5 minutes. It walked forward a little, which is when we noticed its right front leg was injured :(. I was dropping my parents off to go pick up Callista, and even though it was clearly terrified of us (literally, a deer caught in headlights), there was something unsettling about letting my parents out of the car to walk to the front door with a (terrified) GIGANTIC WILD ANIMAL standing in the yard. So my dad suggested we beep the horn. My mom and I were not on board with that, but failed to offer an alternative. So we sit. Finally, my dad opens his door, stands halfway out of the car and says in a loud whisper:

"Hey! Hey! Get outta here!"

And it worked.

Now, back to the High School play. I have to say, I have always been under the opinion (false or not) that the Edwardsville High School Drama Club is a cut above your average HS Drama Club. Apparently I am correct. The production was the play Metamorphosis. Metamorphosis was developed at Northwestern during my Junior year. I had friends in it, but it was mostly a performance studies dept piece, so I, for reasons I can't defend at all, avoided seeing it. Then it toured the US for the next 5 years, winning awards and getting much recognition - with the same original cast from NU. Then it played in NYC off-Broadway and an organization I was on the board for planned an event around it. I still didn't see it, I still had friends in it. Then it came to Broadway and won a Tony. Yeah. I still didn't see it. And my classmates were still in it. So Friday night, at Edwardsville HS, I saw it, and I really only have 3 things to say.

1. There was a 3500 gallon pool within the set.

2. People entered and exited the stage from the water. Like they popped up out of the water as their entrance. Or, they went under the water and then they were gone.

3. There was a chandelier onstage that rained water into the pool.

EHS Drama Club Rulz.

More highlights from the weekend:

The same people who had multiple Bush Cheney signs in their yard (complete with balloons on Nov 3) now have ALL OF THEIR (red white and blue) CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS up. Me: [knock, knock, knock]. Them: [Answering door] Hello. Can I help you? Me: I just wanted to let you know that it's ONLY NOVEMBER 15th. [turn on heel and leave].

I accidentally closed one of the cats in my closet tonight for a few hours. At this moment, the cat is meowing at the top of its lungs to be let back in. I guess i didn't traumatize her.

Maria Shriver is the scariest looking woman on earth.

Tonight during the weather forcast, they mentioned El Nino.

We were happy to all be together this weekend, but we missed HB :(:

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Posted by nikl at November 14, 2004 11:35 PM

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next time, try to get the deer into the play. then i'll see that fancy NU performance studies, "a pool belongs in a play" play.

just kidding i saw it back in chicago 5 years ago at the now defunct ivanhoe. eh. their pool was tiny and SMELLY...the actors complained that they didn't clean it enough.

Posted by: kristen at November 15, 2004 08:56 AM

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