Great suggestion, Anton. I lucked out most of last week. Monday was the worst of it and I think they were on site for less than 30 minutes the rest of the week. It’s the calm before the next storm in construction. I doubt I’ll be in the same place by the time the construction ends. What’s going up is looking to be quite the eyesore. :-p
Thank Clint. Rob McElhenney has improved over the years.
They're generally not allowed to start making noise until 8 here, which would be after the school buses. I think the garbage pickup is the only exception, and that's just one day a week.
Rob has evolved rather nicely. As has his silly gay character. He’s been practically every “type” of gay man physically since the show started. I prefer “dad bod” Rob, but I’m a bit of a fan boy…so however he wants to be if a-ok by me. :-p
I looked into the local regulations and they can start here as early as 7am Monday-Friday. 8am on Saturday. But no Sunday construction. Guess when I’ll be sleeping in this week?
Dear, sweet Clint, I hope your day is moving along far more smoothly than its rude awakening. Hopefully, there is at least a modicum off eye candy among those making the noise. Not a rainbow icon correction this time, but a note that The Boys in the Band opened OFF-Broadway in its original commercial production, at the 55th Street Playhouse. It wasn't until its 50th anniversary in 2018 that a revival opened on Broadway, the same production that was filmed for Netflix with the same cast of openly-gay actors.
Thank you, dear friend. Sadly, I haven’t seen any eye candy in this bunch. Some nice cars in the bunch, but I don’t really care much about cars.
As for TBITB, thank you for the clarification. The source I found the info has been known to get it wrong and remembering back to the film, you are 100% correct. Think I might need to finally watch the Netflix version. Cuz…the original film was jarring when I first watched it in college. Cheers!
I've had a long association with the play: as a 17 year-old, I ushered for a few nights at the original; was disturbed by the slow pacing and sheer negativity of the first film with its attendant internalized homophobia; directed a production on a university campus with local professionals to interpolate moments of physical affection among friends; saw the Broadway production in previews where seasoned professionals talked through laughs (!), while the audience hooted at the most hateful lines.
I'm sure the great director, Joe Montell had pages of notes from the preview performance I saw; he led the new film which I was very taken with and recommend you see. Montello found the love among the drunken party barbs in the film. Please see what you think.
I thought most cities had a sort of 8 or even 9am start time for that kind of thing but that may just be my overly optimistic imagination. I've lived through similar unpleasantness but never at such close quarters.
Hope the situation doesn't last much longer for you.
Hi, Allen…I thought was 8am too. But alas, politicians have taken so much money from developers here in LA that it’s 7am-9pm M-F and 8am-6pm on Saturday. Sundays are the only day they’re off. Fun. I’m about to start tracking their start times. Petty, but oh well…they started this. :-)
Hopefully we’ll all get through this without too many headaches. Cheers!
If only there were so eye candy in the current crop of workers I might be appeased. Alas, there isn’t anyone catching my eye. Some nice cars though. As for notices and such, my neighbor is investigating because there was no announcement or hearing about the project. So many of the rules went by the wayside since 2020…and the city is desperate to keep the developers happy. Who else will fund their reelection campaigns? Corruption…the lifeblood of the City of Lost Angels. :-p
Thanks, Doug. Yesterday’s day off—only had 10-minutes of noise for a trash pickup—was a much-needed reprieve. I’m sure they’ll be back today or soon. This project is just beginning. Neighbors who own are already on the legal stuff and I’m logging what times I hear them starting. Cuz…before 7am isn’t happening (for long anyway).
How practical is it to adopt a 'new baby' schedule?
When do the parental units sleep? Whenever the baby sleeps! If baby naps, you lie down and nap until the baby wakes up.
So whenever the non-eyecandy crew goes on its long assed break, YOU go on your break and take a nap.
Great suggestion, Anton. I lucked out most of last week. Monday was the worst of it and I think they were on site for less than 30 minutes the rest of the week. It’s the calm before the next storm in construction. I doubt I’ll be in the same place by the time the construction ends. What’s going up is looking to be quite the eyesore. :-p
Thank Clint. Rob McElhenney has improved over the years.
They're generally not allowed to start making noise until 8 here, which would be after the school buses. I think the garbage pickup is the only exception, and that's just one day a week.
Rob has evolved rather nicely. As has his silly gay character. He’s been practically every “type” of gay man physically since the show started. I prefer “dad bod” Rob, but I’m a bit of a fan boy…so however he wants to be if a-ok by me. :-p
I looked into the local regulations and they can start here as early as 7am Monday-Friday. 8am on Saturday. But no Sunday construction. Guess when I’ll be sleeping in this week?
Yikes, Nerd. Would earplugs help? How about battle axe?
Thanks, Nerrrd…I’ve got earplugs. Might try that. I think I just gotta get up and at em a little earlier. Fuck me for trying to sleep to 7am. lol
Hope your Monday is magical!
Dear, sweet Clint, I hope your day is moving along far more smoothly than its rude awakening. Hopefully, there is at least a modicum off eye candy among those making the noise. Not a rainbow icon correction this time, but a note that The Boys in the Band opened OFF-Broadway in its original commercial production, at the 55th Street Playhouse. It wasn't until its 50th anniversary in 2018 that a revival opened on Broadway, the same production that was filmed for Netflix with the same cast of openly-gay actors.
Thank you, dear friend. Sadly, I haven’t seen any eye candy in this bunch. Some nice cars in the bunch, but I don’t really care much about cars.
As for TBITB, thank you for the clarification. The source I found the info has been known to get it wrong and remembering back to the film, you are 100% correct. Think I might need to finally watch the Netflix version. Cuz…the original film was jarring when I first watched it in college. Cheers!
I've had a long association with the play: as a 17 year-old, I ushered for a few nights at the original; was disturbed by the slow pacing and sheer negativity of the first film with its attendant internalized homophobia; directed a production on a university campus with local professionals to interpolate moments of physical affection among friends; saw the Broadway production in previews where seasoned professionals talked through laughs (!), while the audience hooted at the most hateful lines.
I'm sure the great director, Joe Montell had pages of notes from the preview performance I saw; he led the new film which I was very taken with and recommend you see. Montello found the love among the drunken party barbs in the film. Please see what you think.
That's an incredible association, Fred. Thank you for sharing. Might need to pick your brain more about it and other theatre things. Cheers!
Oops,Clint, the director was Joe Mantello. That misspelling was a typo.
Bummer. Could ear plugs help?
They might…I’ve got some. I just hate wearing them. Stubborn I am, you might say. :-p
Ouch! My heart truly goes out to you Clint . . .
I thought most cities had a sort of 8 or even 9am start time for that kind of thing but that may just be my overly optimistic imagination. I've lived through similar unpleasantness but never at such close quarters.
Hope the situation doesn't last much longer for you.
Hi, Allen…I thought was 8am too. But alas, politicians have taken so much money from developers here in LA that it’s 7am-9pm M-F and 8am-6pm on Saturday. Sundays are the only day they’re off. Fun. I’m about to start tracking their start times. Petty, but oh well…they started this. :-)
Hopefully we’ll all get through this without too many headaches. Cheers!
If only there were so eye candy in the current crop of workers I might be appeased. Alas, there isn’t anyone catching my eye. Some nice cars though. As for notices and such, my neighbor is investigating because there was no announcement or hearing about the project. So many of the rules went by the wayside since 2020…and the city is desperate to keep the developers happy. Who else will fund their reelection campaigns? Corruption…the lifeblood of the City of Lost Angels. :-p
Hope your day is going better than okay, Doug!
Thanks, Doug. Yesterday’s day off—only had 10-minutes of noise for a trash pickup—was a much-needed reprieve. I’m sure they’ll be back today or soon. This project is just beginning. Neighbors who own are already on the legal stuff and I’m logging what times I hear them starting. Cuz…before 7am isn’t happening (for long anyway).