rip van winkle

i was familiar with the rip van winkle story, it was by Washington irving. about a man who woke up after being asleep for a while. recently i acquired a CD that was a musical based on this story. most notable to me has to be the track that is titled 'take a drink, van winkle'. i know i once wrote a poem in reference to this story, about how i finally woke up and started to live my life more fully than i had. based upon the liner notes included with the CD, it looks like they decided to modernize the story and bring rip into the present time. and at one point go back to the 1970s, not sure why that time period was chosen. i am probably more familiar with another story by irving, which is 'the legend of sleepy hollow'. i recall my dad often saying 'Ichabod crane' when i was young, not knowing what he was referring to. then he told me Ichabod was a teacher in the story.
   it was a fairly leisurely day, besides the typical things that needed to be done. this included doing the dishes, trash, and recycle. also getting more comedy souvenirs into sheet protectors. i watched some of the Vikings football game, they lost to the Carolina panthers. then i went out to perform at an open-mic, resistable comic is show-runner there. she spoke of the upcoming new year's day brunch. i did ones about grocery store bags, wearing an iowa sweatshirt, being touched at the karaoke bar, and yearbooks. i made it home in time in the evening to see 'the simpsons', it was another appearance of Kelsey grammer as sideshow bob.