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I hate it when I'm inadvertantly early for work, because then the whole morning just drags and drags.  Even ten minutes early makes a difference.  I think every time you look at the clock and discover it's earlier than you think it is, it has a cumulative effect on your time sense.  And sanity.

Speaking of sanity, the security guys are here working on the alarm system and if the beeping doesn't stop soon, I will lose it.

Today at work we are having cake and ice cream for a co-worker's birthday at 2:30 and then leaving the office at 5:00 for goodbye drinks for another co-worker who is leaving in a week or so.  I have dance class tonight so I can't drink (liquor + spinning with veil = very very dizzy), but at least that means I can justify the cake and ice cream on the grounds that I'll be exercising later.

I'm performing the ten minute piece that I did at the MS benefit for my class tonight.  Somehow, performing for five or six people is much scarier than performing for 50 people.  I didn't carry a whole costume with me today, but I did bring some odds and ends and some lipstick to help psych me up.  I don't know why I'm so anxious about this.  I really wish my leg was working right.

ooooh, no more beeping, just a prolonged electronic scream...

Muppets!

from scifi.com:

Singer-actress Ashanti is set and Queen Latifah is in final talks to star in ABC's original movie tentatively titled The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Also set to appear in the Muppet take on the classic L. Frank Baum novel is Quentin Tarantino, who will play himself, the trade paper reported.

Kirk R. Thatcher, who directed NBC's successful Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie in 2002, is on board to helm the family film, which will air as part of the Wonderful World of Disney franchise, the trade paper reported.

The Muppets' Oz centers on aspiring performer Dorothy Gale (Ashanti), who works at the diner of her Auntie Em (Latifah) in a small Kansas town while dreaming of hitting the big time. One day, a tornado sweeps up the trailer where Dorothy lives, and she finds herself in a Muppet version of Oz, the trade paper reported.

Oz will feature several music numbers, but will not be a musical. It is produced by the Jim Henson Co., in association with the Muppets Holding Co. and Touchstone TV, the trade paper reported. Lisa Henson and Brian Henson, co-chairmen and co-chief executives of the Jim Henson Co., are executive producing.