archival video recording

 i get emails from the minnesota fringe festival due to ushering in previous years in order to get free tickets. this year's festival starts this week, and i got a look at the show schedule. i did not watch any shows last year after it went virtual. it appears most shows this year are virtual. there were just two shows of interest to me, and i was able to find one of them on youtube, as an 'archival video recording', so i watched it tonight. it was 'music box', about a love triangle in st. louis in 1929. there was plenty of singing in it. the story is also about a young man who would hear stories from his grandfather, who would play a music box. the man is offered a job as a newspaper columnist, and this is where the love triangle happens. he falls for the love interest of his boss. like most fringe shows, it was a small cast. i think this will be it on fringe shows for me for the year. as a performer i am used to getting in free, either due to performing myself or knowing one of the performers. so it is hard for me to pay to get into a show for this reason. 

at work i postponed lunch a few more minutes as my boss called me wanting to know about the maintenance kit. it still hasn't arrived yet and when i called the help desk there was mention of a cell phone number of the technician and then i lost the call. i also completed another big check file, doing the second half in the morning. and i am caught up again on getting returned checks forwarded, but still don't have inter-office envelopes after asking for them late last week. in the evening i went on a walk and found 1 dollar 18 cents. during this walk i saw a domestic dispute, but i decided to ignore it and keep walking, let them figure it out on their own. there was pushing and shoving, and name calling. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when billy bob thornton guest starred as a doctor to the stars, and has a big game room for the friends. it was followed by the one where sheldon and amy were married. i like this one because penny said 'park it' to amy's mom after the mom said she wanted to take amy out of the situation when the ceremony was delayed. it was revealed that the delay was due to the couple doing science, penny found them. on the olympic front, the USA baseball team lost to japan, the USA men's basketball team is playing spain in the quarterfinals.