I have an application in IIS where I set up a wildcard so that all file extensions are processed via the .net dll. I did this so that I can process some URL rewriting. I see at the top of the configuration screen where I can specify which extensions should be processed by what processors. What I am wondering is if there is a way to specify an extension that should not be processed by the wildcard. Specifically I know that .jpg, .gif, .css, .png and .js extensions should not go through it. Is there a way to tell IIS to just serve them normally?
Towards the end of work Friday I printed up a bunch of newsletters for the Montclair show. I didn't have enough time to make them for both Montclair and Bergenfield. After work I went home, had challah with Kate, Laura and Regina (we housed that thing it was soooo delicious) and then went for dinner at Veggie Heaven with Denis and Michal. They were a bit distrusting about vegetarian Chinese food but they came around.
After food we went to Dunkin Donuts to get munchkins for the preshow. Then we had our cast meeting. The big thing that came of the cast meeting is that we have officially changed our schedule. We are doing two shows a month in Montclair (1st and 3rd Saturdays) and two shows a month in Bergenfield (2nd and 4th Saturdays). Friday shows never felt right and Montclair deserves to be more than just once a month. We packed the house in Montclair this week. Maybe not sold out but there were sure a lot of people in the lobby. The crowd dressed up too! This was the first show we did since the theatre was remodeled. It looks great. Leather seats. Center aisle. No more awkward turns and we don't have a moat between us and the audience. Its like the Screening Zone but larger and with a stage. The only downside is that our ramp no longer works in the theatre. There is a lower jump from the stage to the floor, but its just high enough that it makes it a bit awkward to not have anything there. So we are going to build a new ramp or possibly restructure the old one.
We went to the diner after the show on Friday. I have to say one thing about State Street Grill - they have the best french fries in NJ. The rest of the food was okay But the french fries are to die for.
Saturday I went to the Fangoria convention with Casey. The trip to the city was treacherous because we took the local bus in. And it was hard to be up that early. There was nothing to really buy at the vendor tables. We stopped in for two movie screenings. The Chaos Experiment with Val Kilmer - which was pretty awful. And The Viewer - a cool 3D short film. I don't want to give away the ending but if anyone can explain to me why this guy was building the Death Star and how that landed him in jail I would appreciate it. Rather than take the local home we took the train to 175th street and took the GWB bus. It dropped off right around the corner from my apartment.
I don't know where the time went on Saturday. I ended up leaving for the show at 11:10. I went to Wallgreens to get a Red Bull and various other things - like condoms for the preshow. As I pulled up to the theatre I realized I left something at home and had to head back. I didn't get back till 12:00 on the dot. There was a big audience there as well. Mostly it was made up of people there to watch their friends/family members participate in Rockstar night. As a change of pace we had people in the audience performing main roles. Todd was an awesome and hilarious Frank. And Shannon was a great Janet - if she was not going to school soon she could actually be a phenomenal cast member. Everyone did a good job actually. I was happy to see Kim "getting it" as she now has an idea of what she is going to need to do to get herself ready for performing on a more regular basis.
Two other bits about both shows: We are going to be a lot stricter about making sure people are buying their tickets. The box office said we had a lot less people than we actually had on Saturday. Also Kate put together 50 prop bags on Friday. We brought half to Montclair and half to Bergenfield. I don't know what magic was in the air but we sold out in both theatres. We need to make more for this weekend.
Plot: Set in the near future when artificial organs can be bought on credit, it revolves around a man who struggles to make the payments on a heart he has purchased. He must therefore go on the run before said ticker is repossessed.
Starring: Jude Law and Forest Whitaker.
So they are already remaking Repo?
Honestly when I first heard the plot of Repo only one thing went through my head:
For the last week - completely inexplicably - I've been having convention anxiety dreams. I should be having work anxiety dreams or possibly even cast anxiety dreams. But no - for some reason I have been having dreams about running a convention, or going to a convention, or reminiscing about conventions. I would have expected to have these just before Con-tucky. But I didn't. I was having these dreams right around AC - which makes sense. Having them now makes no sense to me whatsoever.
In last nights episode Kim and Cosmo (in my grandmother's bedroom) were complaining to me about people at cons choosing bad karaoke songs to sing. Someone actually sang "C is for cookie".
Earlier in the week I had a dream that I went to a con where Pat Quinn showed up on Sunday just because she happened to be in town. I wasn't planning on going to the Sunday activities but I swung by the dealers room. There was someone with an awesome table that had never been to another con before. He had a ton of oddball Rocky CDs that he bought on ebay for pennies and was selling them for $10 each. He also had a poster I had never seen before that was a 3 sheet used to promote a book by Richard Hartley that came out in the late 70s. On the other side of the room was a Rocky Horror Pinball machine. Everyone knew there was no pinball machine from the movie but apparently Lou Adler had one made for the Roxy show.
Another dream involved me running a convention in a place that was part hotel, part school, part hospital. The convention was great but I kept getting lost because the building's layout was so weird.
I've probably had a few others but the details are hazy.
Inspired by success with shadow-cast screenings of cult fave The Rocky Horror Picture Show and newcomer Repo! The Genetic Opera, the Bloor's energetic staff is mounting new shadow-cast productions of Jurassic Park, Blue Velvet and Once More, With Feeling (the musical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer). "We watched the process of the people developing the Repo show and saw how much fun they were having," says the Bloor's Alex Woodside. The curtain rises on all three shows during the Fringe Festival. Watch for details and time at bloorcinema.com
SERIOUSLY?!?! Jurassic Park??? (might have been funnier than Transformers though...)
I just spent all night working on a costume that was intentionally made to look like crap. And it looks PHENOMENAL!!! Well phenomenally crappy. Its a very interesting aesthetic. I can't wait to get pictures in it.
Speaking of costumes I am not going to be wearing a costume for the Friday night party at the convention. Time just ran out.
This con is gonna be fun! Work today though - not so much.
I brought my laptop in to the good folks at http://laptopmd.com and I am icredibly happy with the results. The fixed it up very quickly. An extra few bucks for same day turnaround is way more worth it than weeks at BestBuy.
I have so much to do before the convention. Not the least of which is laundry.
I am not a big fan of Marvel Comics. I was into Captain America as a kid for like a year. And I think I liked the Marvel universe of cartoons growing up. But all in all - meh.
Occasionally I will pick up an issue at the newsstand in Port Authority just as something to read. Its hit or miss. I picked up some Hulk special a few months back that was awful.
I will give kudos though. I've read a few issues of "Old Man Logan". Its really awesome! Like Kingdom Come but better.
