pathology guy

Good News!

I just got cast as Regan in Boomerang's production of King Lear! I'm ready to wreak some havoc, kill some servants, drink some poison and possibly, if I can con a certain prop master into sharing a secret, bloody (non-peanut-butter-based) recipe, steal an idea given to me by a certain fight choreographer which ends up looking a little bit like this (sort of).

[for those of you who are not me and don't get my references, (even after following the links, bless your hearts) my friend Dan said that he saw a production of Lear that, when Regan takes out Gloucester's eyes, Gloucester didn't get all bloody, but Regan's hands did. Which I thought was pretty sweet and gross. And since a lot of stage blood is made out of peanut butter, and I eat peanut butter like I don't have a costume to fit into, I'd need a recipe that Sean was touting, that's made out of chocolate. Although maybe I could mix the two and just spend Act Five licking my bloody, eyebally fingers! Yum!]

ANYWAY, the best part of all of this is that, in doing some research on the play, I came across this page about Lear. Which I didn't read -- truthfully, I was just looking for pictures to start out. But I scrolled all the way down to the bottom in my pictorial quest. And I met Pathology Guy.

And I followed him to his home page. Where he's got a lot to say. And since I have so little today, you should find out why he supports amateur boxing and what his photos for In the Hall of the Mountain King look like. Then translate it all into Russian. Then, translate all of this into Russian. And then call it a day. Because it's only 1:22, and I already have.

Addendum: my eyes are so allergic to something right now, I'm tempted to start practicing my eyeball-removal procedures on myself. Anybody else have this recently, and any thoughts on what I'm allergic to? (other than work of course)