Let us make your cactus famous.

[angledge]

As some of you have heard, hotpantsgalore is directing a play & needs a large saguaro cactus as a prop. Actually, the cactus is a main character in the play (appropriately titled Saguaro). This play will be part of the Estrogenius 2007 festival at the Manhattan Theatre Source.

In my role as Supportive Significant Other, I posted on a couple of local communities (newyorkers here, and the astorians.com message board here), asking if anyone had a cactus we could borrow.

The responses have been hilarious. The astorians.com board has devolved into a horrible pun war, while the newyorkers comments feature everything from helpful tips on making a fake cactus to a sanctimonious lecture on proper treatment of endangered saguaros to a fake "news" article about a saguaro in Tuscon that tripped while rushing to catch a plane to NYC for a casting call. newyorkers has also provided us with our best lead so far: coffeetwit offered to give us a cactus that's currently part of her employer's corporate decor. Last Monday, hotpantsgalore & I trekked over to hold an "audition".

He's perfect: tall, spiny, handsome - everything a director could hope for in a leading cactus:



As my new co-worker C* said, "You've somehow added value to the lives of... dozens through your search for the perfect cactus!"

WEIRD.

Comments

[susimoscoso.livejournal.com]

how funny!

you must document the transporation process - i imagine it might be rather difficult to carry a giant cactus around nyc! ;

[lovellama.livejournal.com]

Hope he doesn't get a swelled head from all the sudden fame and give you a hard time. :D Does he have a name?

[angledge.livejournal.com]

Yeah, actually we're trying to figure that one out. We could hire a man with a van but that would probably cost >$50 - boo. I'm hoping (for once) that I get sent into the field sometime in the next couple of weeks - then we'll just use the field vehicle.

Logistics in NYC - I tell you, it makes EVERYTHING more complicated.

[ataralas.livejournal.com]

I have a sudden mental image of you standing and waiting at the Union Sq. station for the N...with an enormous cactus.

Srsly. Enormous cactus. And it being NYC, no one blinks an eye.

It'd certainly be one way to get enough personal space on the subway.

You have creepy mind powers.

[angledge.livejournal.com]

The cactus currently is located quite near Union Square! And we would use the N/W to take it home.... were it at all possible to wrangle that cactus on the subway, which it is not.

HOW DID YOU KNOW

[angledge.livejournal.com]

No, no name yet.

In the script, I think his name is simply Saguaro.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

And this is how the Internet works its crazy magic. Why does a cactus generate so much comedic attention? WE JUST DON'T KNOW!

Everyone who comments on the thread should come to the play, though. Just to see how it all pans out. Otherwise all their wisecrackery would have been pointless. All their needling would have been in vain.

Tune in next month for Orson Welles' classic narration of "Saguaro The Worlds", directed by hotpantsgalore.

[angledge.livejournal.com]

Everyone who comments on the thread should come to the play, though.

Yeah, I will post the dates/times/ticket prices all over the place once I know them.

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

LOL! I know a guy who has (or at least used to have) a cactus that looked a lot like that. It was about six feet tall -- taller than the guy himself. Its name was Spike. I swear.

[angledge.livejournal.com]

Bwahahaha, perfect icon then! This cactus (including its pot) is about six feet tall as well.

Re: You have creepy mind powers.

[ataralas.livejournal.com]

Well...I know you live in Astoria, hence the N, and Union Square is where I am most often when I'm in NYC. (Which I'll be on Labor Day Weekend, btw.)

So...powers of deduction and random luck?

Re: You have creepy mind powers.

[angledge.livejournal.com]

So...powers of deduction and random luck?

I'm sticking with my theory of creepy mind powers.

But ooooh! Visiting NYC! You & me & hotpantsgalore & omster should get together & eat delicious Indian food & do something fun.

[thepikey.livejournal.com]

I had a gf with a cactus named Spiny Norman.

[i-calql8.livejournal.com]

You had a gf named Spiny Norman? She must've been teased a lot as a child. *runs*

[thepikey.livejournal.com]

*Critical hits i_calql8 with Can of WhoopAss +5*

[i-calql8.livejournal.com]

I was resisting the urge to pun, since we are talking about the flora of my home land, after all. I've been feeling a little prickly since my case of Cacti Scratch Fever--still feeling a little yucca even today...I'll try to stick around, though.

I'm so weak. *head hanging in shame

[i-calql8.livejournal.com]

Ambush Bug Icon Love!!!

[lovellama.livejournal.com]

Love me some Ambush Bug!!

Re: You have creepy mind powers.

[ataralas.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes we should. Is your cell number still the same?

Re: You have creepy mind powers.

[angledge.livejournal.com]

Yes it is.

[d4b.livejournal.com]

And it being NYC, no one blinks an eye.

Exactly. If no one is fazed by a cactus having the title role in a theatrical production, why would anyone think twice about it riding the N!? :-)

I can just imagine the logistics when this play hits the road and travels the country. First stop: Saguaro National Park.

I guess the plants really are smarter than the people! :-)

[angledge.livejournal.com]

Wow, that would indeed be awesome!

[branniejan.livejournal.com]

I would love to try to make it out for this-I am going to start looking at tickets so that I can watch Saguaro make his debut!

famous cactus

[(Anonymous)]

Nice!
If I was in nyc I tried to do it for you by free!
We are organizing a 'cactus feast' for the end of sept. (www.festadelcactus.it).
For our art-section will have as 'testimonial', a famous plastic cactus of the seventies, made by a italian designer: the Gufram cactus:

http://www.designaddict.com/design_index/index.cfm/fuseaction/producer_show_one/PRODUCER_ID/193/

Sure you can find one to borrow it better then a giant saguaro!

bye
Andrea Cattabriga