*sigh* Stood up.
I’ve been stood up by a contractor.
Today was the day I was supposed to walk through the building that Williamston Theatre Project is trying very hard to get for our home. I was going to go thru it with the contractor and get a bid on the 1st renovation step: the removal of 4 posts in the middle of the room that needs to house our theatre space and audience seating.
Sadly, he called and had to postpone until next week. Nice guy, genuinely wants to help us and didn’t want to postpone, but they’re having a problem with the job they’re on now, and he can’t leave, and so it goes…
Dammit.
As a not-for-profit, 1/2 our budget comes from tickets, the other 1/2 from donations, grants, fundraisers, etc…
We’re a new not-for-profit, looking for a home, and start up funding. We have a donor who is going to buy us the building we want, and lease it to us for $1 per year (which is a spectacular donation).
However, the building (the best one available now and in the foreseeable future) has these posts that we need to remove. That’s an additional expense. (It’s like this: whatever building we get, we’ll have to turn it into a theatre – seating, light grid, lobby, restrooms, etc… However, this building has these posts that have to be removed AS WELL AS all of the expected expenses.)
SO. We must clarify that the removal of these posts (and the installations of more joists that will 1) hold up the second floor and 2) let us put in a stage and seats so we can make our product) does not cost so much money that buying the building is a financially unsound choice.
Therefore, we’ve needed to get plans made up for the “Beam Removal Renovation”. AND we need to get 2 or 3 bids on those plans that will prove to us and our donor that the building is just right! This, annoyingly, has been a months long process, with the first structural guy helping us to make plans taking 6 weeks and THEN saying “I can’t do that”, instead of just saying it at the beginning. Grrr. Aaargh.
Now, however, we have a wonderful woman, a structural engineer with experience and fondness for old buildings, helping us out. She and Bart, our Building Renovation Supervisor ™ have come up with great plans for the beam removal. NOW, we’re working to get contractors in to bid on it.
Today was supposed to be the next step in the slowly emerging life of The Williamston Theatre Project.
*sigh* Instead, it will be next week.
In the meantime, feel free to send money.
Tony Caselli 
Sorry to hear about the temporary setback. Speaking from a extensive personal experience, getting dogged for important appointments always bites. My positive thought response: from personal observation, folks at PRTC continue rooting for you.
Oh, and though I know this belongs on a different one of your posts: gotta do something with Jacob Marley’s chains/shackles. They are his defining image I feel.
Thanks. We’ll be moving again in a little while, but juggling a couple too many projects at once AND being postponed AGAIN is frustrating me. It’s mostly ME I’m frustrated at, for not making more time to get it done, but, y’know, gotta pay the bills and keep the household going and all of that misc…stuff too!
Nice to hear about the folks from PRTC. Hope their show is going well, too.
I’m iffy about the shackles…even though they’re one of the biggest icons, we may wind up NEVER seeing one, and just implying them. We’ll see…
Good to hear from you – visit more often!
Licking the wounds (or balls)
I’d be frustrated too. It’s not unusual (although it is unfair) to be stood up by contractors (not that I’m saying anything bad about them). Why do I feel the need to justify everything I’m saying for fear of offending? Yeah, fuck that. It’s not unusual to be stood up by contractors. Period. However, you shouldn’t let this bum you out too much. It’ll happen–it is indeed happening. It’s just taking a longer time. Plus, babe, you sure don’t want to do it halfassed, right? You need to do it right the first time. So I’d take this as a sign that your contractor’s coming, but he hasn’t shown up yet. And if you need to offer BJs, then by god, you offer them up by the dozen. You’ve gotta put yourself out there for the theatre. Do what it takes. Prostitute yourself, Right?
love,
a
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I’m not sure who this anonymous post is from, but thanks for the laugh!
And hell yeah Tony…take one for the team! 🙂
Love,
Your favorite sister
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My FAVORITE sister would volunteer to take one for the team so I didn’t have to! Clearly, you’re an imposter.
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Well, I guess since your asking for donations to start up your new theater, that would be a donation of services right? Interesting. Would I get a nameplate on the wall dedicated to me or something?
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The thing I love about you, Annie, is that you say what you think!!! 🙂 You’re absolutely right, I’m a little frustrated, but it’s not just at being postponed, which is part of the deal to be expected – it’s in me not pushing hard/fast enough lately. And you’re right, getting it done right is important. Now, that being said, I’d PREFER not to offer BJ’s to people…(well, not that I have to provide myself, anyway…have you signed up to volunteer for us yet, by the way?)
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I’m not volunteering to hand out BJs if that’s what your asking. I’d love to volunteer (and in the back of my mind I’m wondering just what that entails). I’m always there to help you. And I do understand your frustration. Sometimes you just need to hear 4 little words, “You’re right, it sucks.” So that’s what I say to you now.
Kisses,
A
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Yours is one of the opinions I will ALWAYS want to hear, so you can consider that a big part of your volunteering! 🙂 Plus, there will be the inevitable painting and that kinda crap – remember being an apprentice? Our move into the building will be a fun get together of a bunch of former apprentices all reliving those days! 🙂 Whooohooo!!
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So are you handing out BJ’s, or blowing out HJ’s. Cause people want to know. None of them are contractors, but hey, services are services. Besides, you guys are a non-profit right? So then I guess you would ALWAYS have to hand them out, since you can’t make a profit. Besdies, handing out BJs isn’t all that bad. The last time I handed one, I got yelled at for hurting her ears.
Dom
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What the hell is happening to this thread of discussion?!?!
My very good friend Annie begins talk of prostituting myself.
My very own brother and sister agree, encouraging me to turn oral tricks for money?!
I’ve never heard such things, and I’m shocked and offended. Stunned. Possibly flabbergasted.
Every one of you bastards knows I have bad knees.
Therefore, I’ve made a decision:
I am banning any further talk of BJ’s.
It makes me think of BJ and The Bear, and that upsets me.
I get angry when I think about how unappreciated Greg Evigan was during the run of that Television Masterpiece. I mean, seriously, how do you NOT turn that into a full franchise of Motion Pictures, a marketing juggernaut of T-shirts and lunchpails? A GUY WITH A CHIMP AS A PARTNER RUNS A TRUCKING AGENCY WITH ONLY HOT WOMEN IN TIGHT CLOTHES AS HIS EMPLOYEES. And, it spun off the spectacular Lobo, with Claude Akins. Claude Akins, for God’s sake! Between Evigan and Akins, there was a magic that transcended all other chemistry to be found anywhere on television.
It’s possible the wine I’m drinking is getting to me…
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You’re right, that chimp was hot…