Phantom of the Opera 4:45 PM

Misha and I went to the Capitol Theater to see a presentation of the silent film “Phantom of the Opera”. Considering our last experience with a silent film, I was hesitant to go. But it turned out to be great fun. We were celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Capitol Theater’s grand reopening in 1978. I’m not sure how watching an old movie celebrates that, but it was free and that certainly does spell celebration. It’s been a long time since I’ve been in that theater, it was high school I think, and I saw “Phantom” on the stage then. It’s still a neat place, and we had better seats this time. I like the “sunburst” ceiling the most, although looking at it too long made me dizzy. They pulled out the mighty Wurlitzer organ for the production, which was fun to hear, and the organist played the popular music from Andrew Lloyd Webber. My only concern, after seeing the film, is that everyone remembers that the strangler’s noose acts quickly! Raise your hand!

Photo Booth 2:01 PM

Misha and I have discovered photo booths. We found one at the K-mart on 9th east and Van Winkle. It’s perfectly crappy. The booth is too small, the seat to high, and it gives no indication if it is working or not. It’s like going to Vegas when you drop your 2 bucks in it. And the best part is, after four flashes, you get to stand around K-mart with nothing to do for three minutes hoping that a photo will fall out. I think next time I’m going to try some chit chat with the cashiers that are staring at us. I enjoy the wait though. It gives plenty of time to examine the example photos on the side of the booth. I can’t figure out what the guy in the cowboy hat is doing. I laugh that the guy with the tie took three pictures before he realized where he was supposed to look. But by far my favorite is the woman trying for the “glamour shot”. I was going to post a photo of the examples, but I thought it would be more entertaining to see if curiosity drives anyone to go check them out for themselves.

New and Improved 7:47 PM

Well, here it is. The new and improved blog. You’ll notice I took out the creepy Peter Pan reference. If you didn’t see it before, let’s not talk about it. I’m not sure what I’ll share, but everyone else is doing it. I guess I have to.