{"id":92594,"date":"2012-07-13T21:32:46","date_gmt":"2012-07-14T01:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/92594\/murder-boat\/"},"modified":"2012-07-13T21:32:46","modified_gmt":"2012-07-14T01:32:46","slug":"murder-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/92594\/murder-boat\/","title":{"rendered":"Murder?!? On my Boat??"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once again, I\u2019ve enjoyed a bit of a resbit from the Internet. I’ll catch up soon.<\/font><\/p>\n

\"\"Good News!<\/strong> I have once again been cast in a community theatre production!\u00a0 The troupe I\u2019ll be playing with are the Driftwood Players<\/a>, right here in the town neighboring my own in suburban Seattle.\u00a0 This last Monday, I auditioned for a role in their upcoming production of the stage version of Agatha Christie\u2019s Murder on the Nile<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 It was the third time I had auditioned for this theatre group.<\/p>\n

The first time was a bit more than two years ago, just days before the accident which changed my life.\u00a0 I got cast in one of the three lead roles in that play, but I could not participate due to more pressing, life-threatening issues.\u00a0 Ever since then, I\u2019ve wanted very dearly to get into that theatre group, and although my second audition came to naught, this time, success!\u00a0 I\u2019ve been cast in a rather minor role as Captain Montgomery\u00a0 McNaught, Skipper of the Lotus, the boat on which the play takes place.<\/p>\n

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\"\"I don\u2019t know the story of Murder on the Nile at all, but I did find this picture of McNaught on Google Images.
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\nIt\u2019s funny how I almost didn\u2019t get the part due to a really bad sequence of negligence on my part.\u00a0 So Monday was the audition; Monday night, I get a call from the director, inviting me to the callbacks.\u00a0 I remember distinctly telling him I\u2019d be working on the night of the callbacks, but he said they\u2019d go late and I could swing by after work at 9 PM.\u00a0 That meant I thought the callbacks were on Thursday.<\/font><\/p>\n

Wednesday night, on my day off, I get a call about 9:30 from the director asking me what my ETA was.\u00a0 Had I re-considered?\u00a0 What?\u00a0 Callbacks were Thursday, this was Wednesday!\u00a0 No, he told me, they were waiting just for me.\u00a0 DAMN!\u00a0 I\u2019ll be there in 15 minutes!<\/p>\n

It was a day off.\u00a0 I had not showered.\u00a0 I threw some shoes on and began looking for my keys.\u00a0 Damn!\u00a0 Where are my keys?!?!\u00a0 Arrrgh!!\u00a0 Time is tickin!\u00a0 The keys should be right HERE where I always put them!!\u00a0 I searched and searched!\u00a0 I looked everywhere!\u00a0 Looked in refrigerator.\u00a0 The Trash.\u00a0 Under the bed.\u00a0 Nowhere to be found!\u00a0\u00a0 After 20 minutes of this, I called the director and explained.<\/p>\n

He said no problem.\u00a0 They has seen enough at my audition and offered me a part.\u00a0 YAY!!!<\/p>\n

Earlier that day, I had sat in the front seat of my truck after running errands and spent some time reading mail.\u00a0 For the first time in 20 years, I locked my keys in the ignition of my vehicle.<\/p>\n

Yannow, the extra $4\/mo I pay to my insurance company for roadside assistance really has paid off!<\/p>\n

Rehearsals start next week.<\/p>\n

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