The Official Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread- Page 187

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 7:30pm

Ooh, it would be interesting if you were a Muppet...like Kermit!

My mom sent my grandma a HUGE e-mail about Leo (we're getting him tomorrow), and my grandma doesn't seem very happy about it. I'm not exactly sure because I don't really want to talk to her. It's best to avoid her at a time like this.

I hope this turns out well.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 7:31pm

aw, me too, gav. People tend to come around to cute little animals -- even people you least expect.

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 7:37pm

Yeah, the same thing happened to my other kitty, Sophie. My grandma was in a pissy mood for two or three weeks...and then, when she was done with her anger and rage session, she began to get used to the kitty. Now, Sophie and my grandma are close pals.

Hm.

[greatdct]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 7:45pm

I have NO patience for children. None at all. But the ones in Chitty are pretty cute!

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:02pm

You don't have paitence for children?

But...but...

I'm a child! (Who's actually almost a teenager)

*cries*

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:03pm

I'm okay with kids above like... eight or nine. But little children? I have NO patience. I'm just not the kind of person who can relate to them properly.

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:07pm

Yeah, I've actually worked with kindergarteners before. What a wild experience. But I actually kind of get used to their ways.

[thetheatrekook]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:11pm

preschoolers/kindergarteners i can deal with...but when you get up to like 1st through like 5th grade...wowzer.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:12pm

I have a lot of trouble explaining things to little kids in terms they get. And I'm like "don't you understand that the faster you go NOW, the sooner you'll get home?" They don't grasp that. They're only interested in the immediate time.

[greatdct]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:24pm

Yeah, that makes sense.

I'm always afraid to take care of other people's children. I don't know... I just feel like I'll do something wrong.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:30pm

Like you wouldn't do it the way they would?

I felt like a total nerd, but the kid I was babysitting today really wanted McDonald's for dinner. His dad said he'd be back by six, and didn't really leave instructions for dinner, so I was assuming the kid was just supposed to wait. I didn't want to give him junk food like McDonald's without running it by his dad first, so I called. I felt really dumb, but I know some parents aren't into giving their kids fast food.

[greatdct]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:33pm

Yeah, exactly like that. I just get nervous.

I probably would have called, too. Just to be sure.

On a completely different note - I took a nap today and had the most frightening dream about The Normal Heart. I don't think I'll be forgetting it any time soon.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:34pm

I'm not good with kids.

Fluffy animals, however, I can tend to just fine.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:35pm

That's understandable, to dream about it. I didn't sleep that night, more than an hour or two. I got home around two in the morning because there was a lot of traffic getting out of the city, and I had to wake up at five. I couldn't sleep when I got home, my head was just sort of spinning. When it closed, I stopped sleeping and eating for a few days, almost completely. I was just so... distraught and confused.

I tried to make myself dream about Raul last night, but it didn't work.

I'm much more of an animal person. They can't talk back to you, and really, they're just much friendlier. I can care for them with no problems.

Updated On: 10/7/05 at 08:35 PM

[greatdct]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:38pm

I can't even imagine what it must have done to Raúl when he saw the notice. It breaks my heart just to think about it.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:40pm

Part of me thinks that the pain I assume that caused him had to do with why he took a break for so long -- and I'd bet it has a lot to do with why he rarely talks about it.

I met someone last semester who had co-produced something with the people who produced (and f*cked up) The Normal Heart. She had mentioned it, and I went up to her after the lecture and asked if she'd mind telling me what happened. I was so, so upset. It didn't have to happen that way.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:42pm

I'm guessing it was like someone chopped his balls off. His wife said he was kinda mopey and depressed after the show closed.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:43pm

With reason. Poor kitten.

[thetheatrekook]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:46pm

I just can't even think about it...and I never even saw it. Thinking about Raúl being depressed, and good theatre being dumped always makes me sad.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:46pm

Well, at least he *is* still equipped.

... I can't believe I just said that.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:47pm

Exactly. Your avatar however, NEVER makes me sad.

Raul and Puppy. I'm sorry, but that's just better than rain drops on roses and whiskers on kittens!

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:48pm

I agree with you all. When good theatre closes, it's a shame, and is sometimes depressing.

Here's happiness.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:49pm

I really want that puppy.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:50pm

Em!!!!

But I think it was THAT painful for him. You know. And then he spent those summer months dragging his butt on the carpet mourning the loss of his testacles. I know it's a graphic analogy. But I'm being so serious here. I think it hurt him THAT much.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:52pm

Well, you know. It's the truth. Good for him. :-P

I hear you, though. I don't doubt that it did. At all. That was a piece that couldn't have just been a job.