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A pretty good rehearsal last night. Did a lot of clean-up on things.

Lois/Bianca has no body awareness. Holy cow. This is gonna be work. She apparently can't feel how doing a move the (proper) way is more comfortable and therefore correct. I put my feet in a wide second, turned out and squat - trying to demonstrate that if your feet are wide apart and your toes pointed out (and your knees actually follow your toes and bend OUT instead of straight forward or - yike! - in), that this looks better and is, in fact, easier to do.

The accompanist was laughing at how she mangled just doing a PLIE IN SECOND (which is what it is).
Oy oy oy.

I need to get comfortable with my "second leads" not being as good and yet fully commit to making them great. It's an interesting state of mind - acceptance, yet determination. I think they definitely have the capability to grow alot and be - at least - enjoyable to watch. I don't think we're actually going to be painful. Such an adventure!

Chiro appointment over lunch today.

Monte has gone away to KCMO until Friday evening (work sent him. Weird). He will visit with Mum. I will miss him.

I'm in a pretty chipper mood, actually. Feeling pretty on top of most things with the show right now. Learning something new everyday!

More liberal shit - the Environment

George Bush:
is seeking to allow coal-fired power plants to put three times more mercury into the air than the current Clean Air Act allows. (Clear Skies Summary Document, pp 18-19, revising sections 107/110 of the Clean Air Act)

is weakening the law that requires power plants and factories to install modern pollution control technology when they make changes that would increase air pollution. (New Source Review, 67-Federal Register 80186, 12/31/03)

proposed a policy directive to allow a combination of untreated and treated sewage to be discharged into waterways during rainstorms. (H.J.Res 2, Senate Vote 12, 1/22/03)

suspended a more protective standard for arsenic in drinking water set during the previous administration. (He was forced to reverse his policy after public outcry.) (66-Federal Register 99 5/22/01)

refuses to support the principle of "polluter pays" and believes taxpayers, not polluters, should pay to clean up abandoned toxic waste sites. GAO Superfund Program: Current Status and Future Challenges, July 2003)

reversed his campaign promise to cut emissions of carbon dioxide. (White House Announcement 3/13/01)

backed out of the Kyoto treaty to reduce international greenhouse gas emissions. (White House Announcement 3/28/01)

proposed cutting energy efficiency research and development by 27% overall. (Budget of the US Government FY 2002)

opened millions of acres of National Forests to increased logging in the name of wild fire protection. (Public Law 108-148,117,Stat.1887)

Do you feel SAFER?