Cancer Teddies and Queens
April 6, 2006
At I-Con this year, a young woman named Jill approached
me and asked me to pose with a little teddy bear. Normally she asked
celebrities to do this, but this bear was slummin' it with me. Jill
was asking me, for her friend Lisa
Spodak, to pose with this bear.
Apparently, it gets auctioned off and the money goes to help with
breast cancer research. She's gotten a lot of famous people to
do this, too. Hell, I-Con
alone she got
a few. Of course, my picture is the prettiest. So - yeah. When
those auctions go up, I'll let you know - although I'll probably have
to buy my bear back. I don't think anyone will want it now.
On a different note - if you live in Boston and want something to do
besides listen to drunken Red Sox fans choking on their own vomit in
the streets (although it has a nice sound to it), come see "Cleopatra:
the Musical" - being put on by the Gold Dust Orphans. It's
at Club Machine April 21st through May 27th. I'll be in it (in a small
role) and so well Jason Josh as the Roman Senator
Fagonius...
Did I mention there are a lot of drag queens in the Orphans? Their
shows are pretty tight and impressive - they've been doing this a long
time and Cleopatra has a great sound to it. Tickets are $25 - and you
can drink during the show (a must for my theatre experience). A little
warning, though - this is baseball season and the first two nights of
the show there are night games at Fenway. Parking will be hard - best
to take the T. But if you can come, you'll enjoy yourself - and it
would be nice to see you. Maybe there can even be a reader meet after
a show.
I have to go to rehearsal now and show off my newly shorn head. I
posted one new wallpaper in the donor area - I've got two more gifts
I'm working on and, sadly, I'm behind on emailing people. Tonight I
will be drinking a lot of soda. Look for an email. -R
