Santa done stolt my life, again.

So another Christmas has come and gone -- which also means that, for the 4th year, we're finally nearing the end of our annual run of Santaland Diaries @ the Bryant Lake Bowl. It's a fun play, the actors are great (as actors and as folks), and the BLB is a dandy place to see a show. If you haven't been, you really should -- you have 2 more chances at it, you know.

The inevitable downsides, however, are twofold: 1. I'm always so busy with the show that I tend to lose touch with the rest of my life. Apologies to everyone who I haven't spent nearly enough time with or communicated with over the past month -- it's nearly over and once I'm back in the fit I'll be in touch. Which leads me to, 2. Between the show and, you know, the day job, I'm friggin' exhausted -- wiped right the fuck out, y'all. Whew. I need to sleep for like a straight week.

But all in all it's good fun, and it's a venue to perform in front of people, which I don't do nearly enough (NY resolution for the umpteenth year in a row: get off my ass, put something together, even if it's only a solo-acoustic set, and play out some this year. Yeah.). Each year I wonder if they'll ask Kyle and me to do it, then I wonder if I really want to do it again, then I resent it for its amazing capacity to gobble up my time, and finally I'm glad I did it.

Oh, and as Clarence mentions, Josh Hartnett has been known to hang out at the BLB when he's in town. I know this from personal experience, as one night last year as Kyle and I were partaking in our customary pre-show pints, he walked in with (presumably) a friend, sat down at the table next to us and had some food and beer. We didn't say anything to him (I figure famous people don't need a bunch of hassle when they're hanging at a place in their home town, and I didn't have anything to say to him, anyway), and he didn't see the show (not like he would, but I guess we thought he might, for some reason), but I know for a fact he does.

So y'all should check the show out -- either this Saturday or Sunday, or maybe next year, if we do it again. It's a good show, you can get good food and drink, and you just might see Josh Hartnett. Maybe.