Start of day #405 - an open letter to Broadway's Casting Directors

I am music-free today.

Bought a new edition of Kerouac's Big Sur. Had Borders bucks and a half-off coupon so I got it for less than $3. I now have the book, the album inspired by the book, and as a supplement to the album, a DVD documentary. I plan to read On The Road and then read Big Sur and then listen to the album again and then sit through the documentary. I loved it there and if I won the lottery I'd probably permanently hole myself up @ Big Sur Lodge. Maybe not to physically live there all the time but to rent a cabin there forever and just come and go as I please.
Am reading Philosophy of Friendship again. It's dense and it's getting tougher for me to focus. Doesn't help that I'm quite tired. Glad I have read Zarathustra, b/c there are plenty of references to Nietzsche and his personal life -- those anecdotes are easy to follow.

I left these GNC coupons at home today like an idiot so I'll scramble home to use them b/c who knows if I'll be able to tomorrow, b/c after tomorrow they'll expire.

Saw "How To Succeed In Business" last nite on Broadway. (Somehow I didn't care that Down played the Nokia Theatre concurrently -- I'd rather wait until they put out another album and play Mulcahy's again) Certainly entertaining, but here's my take on some things:

There were cert. some fun songs but many had no bearing on the plot whatsoever (ie. “coffee song”).
There were 2 things that I “don’t like” --

1. Rosemary is such a cliched early-60’s lovestruck secretary. I don’t know maybe b/c she resembles Peggy Olson from "Mad Men" and since I watch that show it’s not that I’m “offended” but it’s more like I feel it’s redundant and kind of makes women of the time seem too desperate. Not a strong character by any means.

2. Dear BROADWAY Casting Directors: — for the love of satan, each broadway show has the token black couple who are in the chorus. Either upgrade them to a bigger part or cast at least one more minority couple. And they can’t be european. Make them asian, latin, native american, indian — I don’t care. Guess what, broadway? It’s a silly show so I will be pleasantly surprised if you take creative liberties and embellish the fact that some minorities were in the office (and not just cleaning it).

While I truly believe that the hardest working and most talented person ought to get the job/role, you’ve got to think outside the box that the characters of the time you are portraying were stuck in.

I had a really solid month in April as far as biking is concerned. 16-for-18 on the month. Proud of that -- we'll see how May turns out.

Thank you for reading.