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Hi there! I survived the visit from my cousin and actually it wasn’t as bad as it could have been. I then had a pretty bad asthma attack followed by having oral surgery. So all in all it was a not the best summer! My daughter has been back teaching for 2 weeks already. So her summer is completely gone! To top it off my house looks like it won’t be finished building until thanksgiving! I’m a little bored without having everything I need so yesterday I wrote all my Christmas cards. ‘I wish there was more on the Clay front!

Oh please let it be so!

You know something will happen! Today we went to antique shops and I hate antiques!

Glad your back ldyj. I’m off on Sunday for a cruise to Jamaica. My cousin is visiting and we’re all going. There’s not a lot to do in Houston for two weeks in hot weather! He doesn’t like the heat, can’t walk far, has trouble with steps and won’t sit in a car for long periods of time. Today we went outlet shopping. His wife loves to shop. She is almost 35 years younger than him so she has no problem. I have to laugh as he is 2 years younger than I am and I can run rings around him! So I figured a cruise would be good. A lot of “old” people manage very well!

My goodness! He looks so thin.

Woo hoo! Time to have fun!

New Dogs Old Tricks free on Amazon Prime Episode 6 features Clay.

One of these is not like the other......

Guess what happened 16 years ago,today? Hint: #1

https://www.heraldextra.com/entertainment/music/ruben-studdard-carries-on-luther-vandross-legacy-at-orem-show/article_9d0488d3-abd0-569c-9eeb-c40c987bc901.html

The important part of another review! And don't think I've forgotten Clay Aiken, the big star around whom this production has been marketed. I will fully confess that I had misgivings about Aiken's casting, expecting one of far too many lifeless "ex-superstar comes out in white clothes, sings like they're at a concert and then leaves" put-ins that the role of Teen Angel has been subjected to. Gosh and shucks was I wrong. The Clay Aiken of 2019 is an improbable but winning fusion of Billy Porter's voice and Martin Short's everything else. Making an entrance dressed as Liberace, towering in sequined "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" platform shoes, and mincing wincingly down the stairs towards Frenchie, Clay Aiken has blissfully thrown away any sense of pop-star pride and decorum, and embraced this opportunity to embody a sneering gay-camp nightmare. Towering over the diminutive Barnum thanks to the aforementioned shoes, gasping, scowling and doing double-takes over the glittered-up chorus boys, turning on a dime from patronizing to vicious, all the while singing like an angel... forget Grease, somebody book Clay Aiken a tour as Frank N. Furter in Rocky Horror! (I've done almost two decades of Rocky Horror productions, and there are Franks who sing and Franks who pose. Aiken does both.) and another snippet! Speaking of things being just right, Clay Aiken as Teen Angel gives a lovely rendition of "Beauty School Dropout." He receives layered applause as he struts across the stage in his pink suit for his cameo appearance. He makes the role his own and adds nuance to his comedic character's brief time on stage.

Cute!

Hee!

Clay has an Instagram story about going to an amusement park called Kennywood. I can’t bring it over Got the pics!

Look at the “holy” jeans!

Love it!

https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/theater-dance/2019/06/10/Reviews-Pittsburgh-Public-Theater-CLO-Marjorie-Prime-future-play-Grease-musical/stories/201906100075 review..good!