Mr. Snazzy Pants

Okay, so this photo is the mid-90's. I think this was maybe even before the famous hat came into our house... Brian and Josh and I were down in the basement of our little apartment. They had just wrestled their Grandmother Maxine's (at least I think it was hers) desk downstairs. It was like our first piece of real furniture! It was beautiful and Josh and I loved having it there. (and if my memory is wrong, pleeeeze correct me Brian or Alan!)

Anyway, the other point is - the pants. He and I could basically share a wardrobe - though I think he wore smaller jeans than me. But these two outfits we are wearing, well, they were interchangeable. Sometimes I wore the white pants, he wore the blue ones, or I'd grab the black turtleneck. We went to a Halloween party once dressed/acting as each other - if anyone has photos from that I'd LOVE to see them. It was absolutely hysterical.

So here we are - Mr. and Mrs. (or soon-to-be Mr. and Mrs.) Snazzy Pants!

I met Allison today and we went through some photos. I had time to scan a few of them in.

This great one is aPolaroid of Josh with his brother Brian (left). I think this is from about 1991.

Please correct me if I'm wrong about the year.

Video from Josh's Memorial

Hi all;

I have uploaded one of the videos from Josh's memorial. (at least I hope it worked okay)

As you'd expect, it is both wonderful and very difficult to watch.

To those in the NW storm area - be safe out there!

Allison

Bug Huntin'

I had a memory today of Josh taking our cat Bubba "Bug Huntin'" Bubba was very fond of capturing flies and moths and whatnot, but sadly they always seemed to be near the ceiling, while he... was not. So Josh, kitty lover that he was, would take Bubba Bug Huntin'. This involved Josh balancing Bubba in his hands as Bubba stood on his back legs. And then sloooowly walking all around the kitchen. Josh was patient, and would let Bubba hunt flies for long periods of time.

Sorta random, but since I have photos, I thought I'd share.

PS - You know, he had that had a very, very long time.

I don't know where to start...

I've spent a lot of time pondering how to even start, what possible story I could tell. But really, I can only start at the start. So at least for now, I'll tell you when it was that I knew that I loved him. I met him doing a show at Tygres Heart Shakespeare. The play was Much Ado About Nothing. He was "Head Butler" and I was Ursula (?). Needless to say, we both had a lot of time on our hands. His job was to stand center stage in the back for nearly the whole show. I didn't know him at all, but whenever my character (also standing around a lot) landed upstage, I'd hear these completely ridiculous, absurdly funny comments coming out the side of his mouth. Made me smile ear to ear.

In recent years, Josh had shorter hair. But when it was long, he had the most beautiful hair I've ever seen, man or woman. I noticed that immediately, I'm sure most of you knew that too. Because of the show, he was told he had to cut it - not just a little, but from the middle of his back to about an inch above his ears. Our hair/makeup designer took him back to the prop area, and we all knew it was "The Day." Most everyone was on stage, but I was free. And so it was that I sat backstage with him, holding his hand, and I cried as they cut his hair. He was very brave about it (all for the sake of ART), but I knew it was so hard for him. And at that moment, I knew absolutely that I would love him forever, in whatever way that meant.

I still can't explain what it was about that haircut.