From Shakespeare's As You Like It, 1600:

From Shakespeare's As You Like It, 1600:

JAQUES:
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.

A letter from Leslie Nichols to the Ventura County theater community

Dear Members and Leaders of the local nonprofessional theater community,

It came to my attention on Sunday morning from a news article in the Ventura Co. STAR that one of the local professional theaters, Rubicon, has taken an action, wittingly or unwittingly, that may impact one of our nonprofessional theaters.  Because of Rubicon's decision to abort an announced play from the last of their 2010 Season, they have substituted TEA AT FIVE with Stephanie Zimbalist that will overlap with the Elite Theatre Company's TEA AT FIVE starring Vivien Latham as Katherine Hepburn, directed by former Elite Artistic Director Patty Strickland.  While there have been times when theaters of all designations have selected identical plays within a same season, Elite has had this selection announced for a year. Rubicon has just announced their recent decision.

 TEA AT FIVE at The Elite will run from Aug. 13 through Sept. 19.  It is my understanding that Rubicon's will open three weeks into the Elite 6-week run.  While we might wish Rubicon well in their efforts to overcome severe financial difficulties, I believe that this late choice and the publicity it will generate might seriously affect the success of the Elite production.  As active participants in the local nonprofessional theater scene, I feel that we should be proactive in keeping all of our theaters sound and supported.  We all are aware of consequences of one poorly attended show on a small theater's overall financial health.

Here's what you might do:

1)  Plan on seeing the Elite Production  (Box Office-805.483.5118   730 So. B St., Oxnard in Heritage Square)
2)  Spread the word of this production to others
3)  Write letters in support of the show to local media
4)  Forward this email to others you think might be interested
5) Work within the social network sites to promote the show
6)  If you are a member of a theater Board of Directors, make sure all are informed

Thanks, Leslie Nichols  

"Other People's Money" at Ojai ACT

Ojai ACT

Art Center Theater

A non-profit community ensemble

 Opens August 5, 2010

Questions? ContactSteve Grumette at 649-4000 or sgrumette@roadrunner.com

Press release by John Hankins

            A play about a corporate raider, “Other People’s Monday,” is really a romantic comedy – honest.

            Written by a businessman who also wrote plays, Jerry Sterner, this award-winning off-Broadway production will be at the Ojai Art Center Theater from Aug. 13 through Sept. 11. And for the first weekend only, your guest can use “other people’s money” to get in on the two-for-one admission price.

            Director Steve Grumette chose the play because of its thought-provoking theme coupled with human emotions, and of course the popularity of love and money.

While the story -- made into a popular movie starring Danny DeVito, Penelope Ann Miller and Gregory Peck -- could easily be ripped from today’s headlines, the underlying story about love and labor is universal in our culture.

            To pull it off, Grumette has gathered a fine cast of veteran actors.

            “In an ensemble production, it’s important that the actors are not only able to create convincing portrayals of their characters, but can work together as a cohesive and harmonious whole.  This cast meets that challenge admirably,” Grumette said.

            Robert Sabotka plays Lawrence “Larry the Liquidator” Garfinkle, a Wall Street corporate raider who sets his sights on his next victim, the undervalued New England Wire & Cable Company. The stockholders stand to make a bundle, but not so the 1200 employees nor the community in which they live.

            Besides, the company has long been owned by Andrew Jorgenson (W. David Wright), the founder’s son and a benign employer, who also has a wise assistant Bea (Linda MacNeal) and a polished and popular president, William Coles (Buddy Wilds).

            When Garfinkle comes on the scene, the company hires Bea’s daughter Kate (Jennifer Brown), an alert and attractive Wall Street attorney. The heat is really turned up between these two, causing Garfinkle to wonder if he lusts after her more than the money.

            The set was designed by Grumette and Michael V. Smith and constructed by Smith and Bill Spellman. Pulling the production all together is Producer Herb Hemming and Stage Manager Corina Harvey.

Performances are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 7 p.m. Sundays at Ojai ACT, 113 S. Montgomery St. from Aug. 13 through Sept. 11. Tickets are $18 general, $15 students, seniors and Art Center members, except that prices are two-for-one for the first weekend only.

For reservations, call at 640-8797 or log on to: www.OjaiACT.org.

CALENDAR ITEM:

“Other People’s Money,” a dramatic comedy of love and money, work and values by Jerry Sterner, comes alive on the Ojai Art Center stage from Aug. 13 to Sept. 11 at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 7 p.m. Sundays at Ojai ACT, 113 S. Montgomery St. Tickets are $18 general, $15 students, seniors and Art Center members. For reservations, call at 640-8797 or log on to: www.OjaiACT.org.

            

Mans best friend!

This is a really amazing story. Mans best friend indeed!

Audition Notice~ "Evita" and STUNT-MAN needed!

STUNT MAN WANTED

Ojai Art Center Theater

Director Tom Eubanks is in search of a stunt man who can teach an actor how to fall down a flight of stairs without injuring himself for the play, WAIT UNTIL DARK.  There is no pay but you will receive credit in the program and comp tickets in exchange for your assistance.

Please contact director Tom Eubanks at actup52@aol.com

AUDITION NOTICE

Moorpark's High Street Arts Center

"E V I T A"

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Lyrics by Tim Rice

Directed by Ken Rayzor

18 Performances over 6 weeks

10/8/2010 - 11/14/2010

Fri & Sat 8:00 / Sun 2:00

Auditions 8/18/2010 - 8/20/2010 by appointment - Call (805) 529-8700

Call backs Sat 8/21/2010

Rehearsals begin 8/23/2010

Please prepare 2 contrasting contemporary theatre songs (no pop).

SHOW SYNOPSIS

Argentina's controversial First Lady is the subject of this dynamic musical masterpiece. As an illegitimate fifteen year old, Eva escaped her dirt-poor existence for the bright lights of Buenos Aires. Driven by ambition and blessed with charisma, she was a starlet at twenty-two, the president's mistress at twenty-four, First Lady at twenty-seven, and dead at thirty-three. Eva Peron "saint to the working-class, reviled by the aristocracy and mistrusted by the military" was destined to leave a fascinating political legacy unique in the 20th century. Told through a compelling score that fuses haunting chorales with exuberant Latin, pop and jazz influences, EVITA creates an arresting theatrical portrait as complex as the woman herself.

CHARACTERS

EVA (EVITA) PERON 25-35 (Female)

Ambitious, ready to take on her world (and did). Need strong, versatile actress who can belt to an F and dance. Plays age range 18 to 33.

CHE GUEVARA 30-45 (Male)

Revolutionary, physician, and countercultural icon, Che is observer, commentator and participant in this story of sex, greed, and power. He is alternately Evita's conscience, confident and antagonist. Performance demands passion and a high, rock tenor voice.

JUAN PERON 35-50 (Male)

Opportunistic general who pairs Evita's celebrity with political intrigue to become president of Argentina. Must be stately, charismatic, charming and authoritative. Vocal range, legit baritone with a powerful voice

MIGALDI 35-45 (Male)

A Tango singer and Eva's first love interest, he is also her ticket out of the sticks. He is handsome and suave with a high baritone voice. The role will also be in the ensemble

PERON'S MISTRESS 18-25 (Female)

A sweet, innocent, young girl.  Vocally, must have a sweet, high mix to an E. The role will also be in the ensemble.

ENSEMBLE: 16+ (Male & Female)

Men and Women of Argentina. Performers must be very strong singers and dancers able to move extremely well.

ALSO....

THE SANTA PAULA THEATER CENTER and its BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 PRESENT

THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT!!

ON SATURDAY, AUG. 14, 2010 THE SANTA PAULA THEATER CENTER WILL CELEBRATE ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY ALL DAY . MEMBERS OF THE THEATRICAL COMMUNITY AND PATRONS WHO ENJOY THEATER ARE INVITED TO JOIN US ON THIS DAY FOR THE SPECIAL FESTIVITIES!  SEATING IS LIMITED, BUT THE FUN IS NOT.  COME ONE, COME ALL.

1:00-3:00PM OPEN HOUSE Ongoing FREE Tours of our building-Historical Secrets revealed!

6:00- 11:00PM EVENT Celebration Party with Cocktails, Main Stage and Backstage Presentations, Dinner, and Dancing          

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BASH PRICE  $25.00 p/p (or just $1.00 for each year)

Tickets for this specially produced event are available at our web site www.santapaulatheatercenter.org or by calling our Box Office at  805.525.4645   Make your reservations early.  

VOCAL VISIONS SINGERS STUDIO

OJAI & VENTURA

For more information: info@vocalvisions.net or 805-272-8125

www.VocalVisions.net

VOCAL LESSONS, COACHING, AUDITION PREPARATION AND 

VOCAL DEMO RECORDING WORKSHOPS

With Ellen Johnson

(recording artist/vocalist/actress/educator)

 www.ellenjohnson.net 

Expertise in vocal technique, pedagogy, musical theater audition preparation, recording/studio session work and a variety of vocal genres. Past students are recording artists, Broadway actors, scholarship & competition winners. Ellen has studied with Marni Nixon (voice in the movie productions of West Side Story, My Fair Lady, The King and I), Roland Wyatt (vocal coach for the Manhattan Transfer), Bobby McFerrin, and has a Master's Degree in Vocal Performance. She was the vocal coach for the Old Globe Theater's MFA program in San Diego and for the Rubicon Summer Youth Program.

JAZZ VOCAL WORKSHOPS

 7 PM to 9 PM

In Ventura & Ojai

Reserved for 8 -10 students

Register at info@vocalvisions.net

Future Workshop Dates:

( Sunday) August 15 - Ojai

(Monday) August 23 - Ventura

( Saturday) September 11 - Ojai

(Monday) September 27 - Ojai

(Saturday) October 9 - Ojai

(Monday) October 25 - Ventura

(Thursday) November 4 - TBA - special workshop with NY jazz artist, Jay Clayton (Jay has performed and recorded throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe with leading jazz and new music artists including Muhal Richard Abrams, Steve Reich, Julian Priester, Stanley Cowell, Kirk Nurock, Gary Bartz, George Cables, Jane Ira Bloom, Jerry Granelli  as well as with the a cappela group Vocal Summit; Urszula Dudziak, Bobby McFerrin, Jeanne Lee, Norma Winstone. Her current projects, covering both standards and original music, integrate poetry and electronics into her music).

(Saturday) December 11th- Ojai  (last one until 2011)

Enter Laughing

LAUGHING JESUS

LAUGHING BUDDHA

LAUGHING COW

Salon Menu

With over 20 years in the salon industry,  Buddy Wilds has owned two salons in the northeastern United States. He also served for four years as the Training Director for PHYTO, a botanical hair care line from France. This led to the diverse national and international training that he brings to his current practice in Ojai, California.

Buddy invites you to have the best haircut of your life!

  

Haircutting

Women’s Haircut & Style

45.00 + up

Women’s Shampoo & Style

30.00 + up

Men’s Haircut

25.00

Children’s Haircut

(15 and under)

Boys: 15.00

Girls: 25.00

 Hair color

Touch-up

45.00 + up

New color

65.00 + up

Color Correction

75.00 per hour

Highlights/Lowlights

85.00 + up

Shampoo and Conditioner

Included in all service prices.

Trichology

Scalp Treatment

A pure blend of essential oils that normalizes and balances the scalp.

Add $15.00

Ultra-Nourishing Treatment

Utilizing oils high in proteins and lipids, the hair fiber is actually repaired.

(May require a series of treatments.)

Add $20.00

The above treatments are administered before shampooing and are therefore not available with hair coloring services.

Audition Notice~ "Wait Until Dark" at OjaiACT

A U D I T I O N  NOTICE

Wait Until Dark

A Thriller by Frederic Knott

Directed by Tom Eubanks

If you'd like to be a part of a milestone production, consider auditioning for director Tom Eubanks' final production at Ojai ACT, Wait Until Dark, starring Ojai's own Tracey Williams Sutton as Susy Hendrix.

Auditions are by appointment only.  Available dates are:

• Monday, August 2, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Raymund Room;
• Wednesday, August 4, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Raymund Room;
• Saturday, August 14, beginning at 1 p.m. in the theater;
• Sunday, August 15, beginning at 2 p.m. in the theater;
• Tuesday, August 17, beginning at 7 p.m. in the theater (call backs).

For an audition appointment, call producer, Courtney Johnson at 805-340-9849.

The roles of Susy Hendrix and Gloria (10-year-old girl) have been cast. 

We are casting the following roles:

*Mike - 30-40; con artist with rough edges, but very likable.

Carlino - 30-40; tough-guy ex-con, willing to take risks, because he thinks he can handle anything.

*Roat - 35-50; insidiously evil and sinister; willing to do anything to reach his ends; very clever and theatrical; controlling everything.

Sam - 40-55; Susy's photographer husband; a good man but a bit naive and easily conned.

*Mike and Roat both need to be in good physical condition, because of the intense physical action and, in Mike's case, because he falls down a flight of stairs. 

Cold readings; sides will be provided.  Rehearsals begin August 23; three days during the week at night and Saturdays during the day.  The run is from October 1 - October 30 (possibly October 31).

August Ventura County Theater stuff...

I submitted this to the publisher and editor of The Ojai and Ventura View and he rejected it. He wrote back saying,  "What I'm looking for is something fresh, original, critical revues of shows, gossip (the lifeblood of Ojai), etc." I responded to that with, " I will NOT write critical revues OR gossip about the theater (people)  because it would be suicide. I would never be cast in or asked to direct a show again. I am sorry if you expected something different...Carry on..."

So, not wanting to waste my time, here it is in my blog:

Hello present and potential theatre lovers! This is the first edition of The View with yours truly bringing you news from the local theatre community. I would like to thank my good friend Ron Rowe for both writing this column for so many years and for asking me to take it over. I am honored to follow in his footsteps. My hope is that you will find it informative, enticing, and inviting as I will attempt to bring you into the magical world of the theatre. I am writing this column to let theater audiences know what is coming up and also to let the performers know of upcoming auditions. So, all that having been said….on with the show!

On the heels of Free to be You and Me and Macbeth, the Rubicon Summer Youth Program continues with Hello My Baby August 6-8 and 13-15. Written by the Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning Cheri Steinkellner, this World Premiere family musical features a score full of songs composed by some of the great American songwriters including, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern and featuring new music and arrangements by Georgia Stitt. The Director is Brian McDonald. Set on the sidewalks of New York in the early nineteen-teens, this charming musical weaves an updated Tin Pan Alley score into the story of  teenage song-sellers, sweatshop-workers, debutantes, gangsters, and Whiffenpoofs as they sing and dance through young love, a surprising amount of gender-swapping and many ukuleles.

On August 13, two of Ventura County’s Four Star Theater’s are opening their next offerings.  Yours truly is in one of them. Other People’s Money runs through September 11 at The Ojai Art Center and fortunately for me, Tea At Five runs thru September 19.  Fortunate because when OPM closes, I can sit in the FIRST ROW with Tree to see our friend Vivien Latham in a one woman show as the late Katherine Hepburn. Directed by the talented Patricia Strickland, the play captures Ms. Hepburn’s fiery spirit as it recounts her journey from a well-heeled Yankee childhood to winner of four Oscars. Ms. Hepburn reflects on the dizzying heights and emotional lows of her upbringing, her adventures in show business and her heartbreaking romance with Spencer Tracy. Having both acted with and directed Vivien you van trust me in saying that this will be one you won’t want to miss.

As I mentioned, Other People’s Money runs August 13 through September 11.
Written by Jerry Sterner and directed by Steve Grumette, The story follows “Larry the Liquidator” as he attempts to take over a Rhode Island company, whose stock value makes it “worth more dead than alive”  This one has suspense laughs, and a few twists that make it a very entertaining play. PLUS you get to see me on stage and isn’t that worth the price of admission?

The High Street Arts Center in association with the Performing Arts Dept. of Moorpark College. is proud to present I DO! I DO!  Book & Lyrics by Tom Jones, Music by Harvey Schmidt also well known for The Fantasticks and 110 In The Shade, this show runs August 7 through September 13, 2009 Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 2pm. Based on the Jan de Hartog play The Four-poster, this two-character musical spans fifty years as it focuses on the trials and tribulations, laughter, sorrow, hopes and disappointments experienced by Agnes and Michael Snow throughout their marriage. Directed by John Loprieno with Musical Direction by Dave Watkins.

Auditions

Elite Theatre Company's 4th Annual Youth Production 

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
From the story by C.S. Lewis Directed by Gai Jones

Theatre for youth with an intergenerational cast. Audition Dates:  August 30, 31, September 1, 6:00-7:30 pm Bring a picture if director Gai Jones does not know you. For more   information, call Elite Theater Company at 805-483-5118 or  e-mail Tom Eubanks, Artistic Director, at ad@elitetheatre.org.

Camarillo Community Theater www.camarillotheater.org

Footloose Audition Information:  

•Sun 8/1/2010 at 7:00 PM •Mon 8/2/2010 at 7:00 PM •Tue 8/3/2010 at 7:00 PM

•Wed 8/4/2010 at 7:00 PM - CALLBACKS (by invitation only)

•Camarillo Community Theatre - 330 Skyway Drive (Camarillo Airport)

For more information, please email shawn@swlanz.com

Free Writing

Ok, let me give this a shot...
Tree is a writer. She also teaches writing and one of the things she has her students do is something called "free writing". Living in Ojai, California, I know quite a few writers. Poets, authors, journalists, screenwriters, ghostwriters, and many of them engage in this practice of free writing. It is when you sit down with pen in hand or at the keyboard and just write. Whatever flows out is what you get. That is what I am doing right now. almost without thinking about it.
The coffee is really good today. we got a new filter for our Brita water pitcher and the coffee is fresh ground from the Ojai Coffee Roasting Company. I am sitting in the garden with my laptop watching the morning sun streak through and bathe the "volunteer" squash plants that seem more prolific than last year. We have been composting for over 2 years and have amended the soil in the vegetable garden with the resulting "black gold" this summer. There are a lot of tomato plants that have popped up and a lot of squash. I am curious to see what types they are.
Yoga class this morning. I need it...I am feeling kind of stiff.
I saw the video live feed on CNN that was posted several days ago claiming that the hole in the bottom of the sea (sing it!) in the Gulf of Mexico was plugged by BP. The plugging failed because the oil is spewing out again. That is sick, it makes me sick, and it is making other people even sicker. The cleanup people are either brave, stupid, or both to work on that cleanup. I wonder if in my lifetime I will ever see a world not dependent on petroleum products for energy and whatever else they use the by-products for.
I had rehearsal last night for "Other People's Money". It is a play I am in at the Ojai Art Center Theater. It opens on Friday the 13th of August and closes on September 11th. Both are strange days, one being rumored to be unlucky and the other, well....
I am wondering if I will post this when I am done writing it. After all, the blog IS entitled "Random Ramblings" and it is themindofbuddywilds.blogspot.com so I guess it is appropriate to let whatever is on my mind to flow out and then post it.
Tree and I both need dental work done.
My appointments at the salon are sporadic at best today. I remember a time when my book was full from start to finish but the economy has hit my industry badly. I am trying to fill the in between time to learn about more about how the internet works. Specifically, how the economics of the internet works. See those ads to the right? They cost me nothing to have them there. They cost you nothing to click on them (unless you spend money after you surf to the ad-site). Yet, each time someone clicks on them I get a few cents in my account. I have been aware of ads on websites for years but I never really thought about it much. In fact I, like many of you reading this usually ignore the ads. From now on though, if it is a friends website, I am going to click on a few ads to move some money around the economy.
Speaking of the economy, (and I am obviously no economist) I wonder if everyone acted like there was no recession or depression if there would be one. I do wonder that. Seems to me that the root of it all is a lack of spending. If people do not spend money at the salon for example, I do not have money to spend at stores, restaurants, etc. If I do not spend money on goods, then the manufacturers do not sell their goods. The result is that the salespeople, route drivers, warehouse workers, packaging plant workers, machinists, and everyone involved in bringing those goods to market are effected. Am I getting this right in my own feeble way? It seems to methat if you want to save your job that you should spend money. Can that be right? I have always spent MY money...maybe that is why I don't have any...
OK...1/2 hour till my yoga class so I am going to close this blog, post it, and take a shower.
"Free writing"...kinda freeing.....try it sometime!
Namaste!

My First Poem

This is my first poem.

I always thought poems had to rhyme

Or

Be some clever play on words

But

Apparently I was wrong.

It seems that no matter what you write, it can be considered poetry.

Sounds like a bunch of

Shit

To me

But hey,

I can ramble

As much as the next person

Some folks may find it

Clever,

Amusing,

“Brilliant!” some may say.

Fuck them!

They don’t have a clue.

25 things.....

1.  I grew up on Leather Stocking Path in Lincoln Park, NJ...a dead end street surrounded by woods.
2. I have 2 sisters. One is 2 years older and the other is 5 years younger than me.
3. My first theatrical role was Barnaby Tucker in “Hello Dolly” at Boonton High School in my freshman year.
4.  I served 4 years in the United States Marine Corps. I went to Parris Island, SC for boot camp, Camp Legeune , NC for Food Service School (by my request, I love cooking!), graduated first in my class and served at Marine Barracks Mare Island in Vallejo, CA. until  Nov 1980.
5.  I have been married twice.
6.  I was a sales rep for Pitney Bowes in NYC where I was named Rookie of the Year in my first year.
7. I gave up Roman Catholicism for lent at the age of 18.
8. I played Jesus in both Jesus Christ Superstar and Godspell.
9. Theatre-wise, I fell asleep (metaphorically speaking) in 1981 as Danny Zuko in Grease and woke up in 2004 as Emile DeBecque in South Pacific. This makes me the official Rip Van Winkle of musical theatre.
10. During my time away from the theatre I was the front man for an original rock band, De’Spys. We played at CBGB’s, The Village Gate, The Bottom Line, and other clubs in NYC.
11. I became a born again Christian in 1989. My creative juices were channeled to contemporary Christian music.  I taught Sunday school, and served as a trustee of the church. I lost my faith again in 2005. I can no longer ignore history.
12. I have been a hairstylist since 1988. I was named the best in Ojai for 3 years running (tied twice) by the Ojai Valley News readers poll.
13.  I would much rather be acting than anything else but I like to eat and have a decent roof over my head.
14. Although I am all about love and love people in general, I generally like women more than men as friends.
15. I am a total omnivore. I grew up hunting and eating game. I never met something edible that I did not try. I appreciate most foods and cuisines. The only exception might be chitterlings (look it up). My favorite thing to eat is sashimi.
16. I finally know what it is like to be in love with my best friend, Tree Bernstein: Artist, Poet, Teacher, and Yogini!
17. I envy people who found that ( #16) early in life.
18.  My parents died young, Dad was 63 and Mom was 60. They died ten months apart in 1990-1991 and I miss them as much today as I did when they first passed. "You can't be immortal forever" (feel free to quote me on that!)
19. I don’t “get” Shakespeare or Kerouac.
20. My favorite band is Lynyrd Skynyrd, favorite film is “A River Runs Through It”, favorite play is “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller, favorite sculptor is Rodin (The Thinker, the Lovers), favorite novel is “The Talisman” by Stephen King and Peter Straub, favorite painting is Venus by Botticelli.
21. I love dark chocolate and cognac together (try it!).
22. I hate cold weather and hope to never experience it again.
23. I live with pain of one sort or another every day.
24. I have been practicing Yoga for about a year now and it helps a lot with the pain.
25. I suffer from "A pension deficit disorder"