H<\/span>ello again!<\/strong> Dale Seever here (Class of I\u2019d Rather Not Say!) wanting to let you know about some updates to my life. Long story short: I\u2019m no longer with my wife, Ginny. We \u201cgave it a good go,\u201d as she liked to say. She always had such fun phrases. \u201cNippy Skippy\u201d was another one. \u201cLet\u2019s try couples therapy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anyway\u2013please update your mailing list, as I\u2019m no longer at the Hayward address, and instead will be accepting mail from a P.O. Box outside of the city of dreams\u2014Los An-ga-lees! I know, I know. I can hear Professor Reed now, \u201cFruits and Nuts,\u201d indeed!<\/p>\n

As to my profession, please list that I am continuing to pursue my dream as an entertainer and that anyone from the school who\u2019s settled in the greater LA area should please contact me through the alumni web page.<\/p>\n

Greetings fellow \u201cFightin\u2019 Methodists\u201d!<\/strong> Dale Seever here (Class of Who Can Remember it Seems so Long Ago!). Just checking in. Not sure if you received my last update. The mail has been tricky and my use of the library PC terminal is somewhat limited.<\/p>\n

As fate would have it, I was at Fred Crayton\u2019s (class of \u201877) home in Escondido this past weekend for a lovely cubed cheese affair for regional alums. I hadn\u2019t received an email alert about the event, but luckily was scheduled for the evening by Silver Tray Staffing and once Freddy and I figured out we both attended the same prestigious university, well\u2026what a time we had! It\u2019s always great to see old friends and sample some fine squares of domestic cheeses. I might as well update you on Fred\u2019s latest \u2013 his son is no longer headed to Brown. Looks like he\u2019s decided to stay close to home here and soak up some time in God\u2019s College.<\/p>\n

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I was in Fred\u2019s can and found the latest copy of The Knuckler<\/em> under a stack of Escondido Living<\/em> and a dog-eared Land\u2019s End catalog. Noticed that you hadn\u2019t had a chance to run the new info I sent along last time. I imagine the annual Coal & Cabbage Fest has been keeping you pretty busy, so to reiterate the latest: I\u2019m still separated from my wife of twelve wonderful years and am now living the life of a Hollywood entertainer! You can just say I\u2019m \u201cin the industry,\u201d unless you think that\u2019s confusing for the folks near the steel mill.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d be very interested in hearing from any alumni in the area, especially if they need someone for a wedding, funeral, bat mitzvah \u2013 I\u2019d do anything at this point. Really anything.<\/p>\n

Hello there, friends!<\/strong> Dale Seever (Class of Methinks Maybe Your Spam Filter is a Bit Too Strong!). Your quarterly publication schedule really makes waiting for these updates a killer. Another couple of months and, wow, a lot has happened! Please consider this an update to my update that was sent to you in March.<\/p>\n

First of all, I\u2019m accelerating through my improv classes at the CSP (Club of Standing People) and after just three more levels, I could be picked to take tickets at the afternoon shows! We\u2019re all excited about that, \u2018cause it\u2019s just one more way to get seen by LA\u2019s movers and shakers! A few of my comedy mates and I are talking about getting together our own long-form improv group, called Who Let the Old Guy In! JK, we\u2019ll probably end up as the Steaming Pickles.<\/p>\n

Jory, a good looking kid in the group who has a lot of funny impressions of reality television stars I never heard of, is the de facto leader, so I leave it up to him. He\u2019s been here for three months and already landed a gig putting masking tape on laptops whenever they use them on \u201cThe New Adventures of Old Christine.\u201d This really is a town that rewards youth!<\/p>\n

It just occurred to me: if any alumni are interested in having the Pickles come back and run a workshop sometime, or just do a three-hour long-form improv performance, please contact me! We use the Harold technique and man, are there a lot of rules. But the funniest one is \u201cnever say no,\u201d which is exactly what a couples therapist once told me. Turns out advice for a successful relationship is the same as the training for improv.\u00a0 Thanks, Del Close!<\/p>\n

Sidenote:<\/strong> I wanted to correct an error in your May issue: That\u2019s not me next to Saito Higgenbotham. It\u2019s Carl Dypson. He\u2019s much taller than me and walks with some difficulty due to a bad case of gout. You can see his crutches leaning up against the buffet table behind him, next to the creamed spinach carafe. (We\u2019re easily confused–just ask Julie Kellerman! *Wink*)<\/p>\n

Okey doke.<\/strong> Dale Seever (Class of Is This Thing On?) writing with some urgency here. I\u2019ve still not been contacted by anyone from the College. Is it still there? I\u2019m wondering if the financial downturn has affected the publication budget. I sure hope not! I always look forward to reading the Dead & Gone section to see who I\u2019ve outlived.<\/p>\n

By the way, does Mariah Carey make you sad? She sure as heck makes me feel blue. Not her music. That\u2019s pure joy. But the woman herself. Especially during the fallow, in-between album times. She went a little crazy there for a bit, didn\u2019t she? I mean, she\u2019s always been the kind of gal who I would suspect would be really into butterflies and glitter, but inventing an entire alter ego based on those two things is a little out there, even for me! Whenever I see her on a magazine cover, I just want to give her a hug. I bet she\u2019d give a good hug in return.<\/p>\n

I like long hugs myself. My ex-wife never cared for that. She was a like a hummingbird with the hugs. Dart in and dart out. Barely any contact and no time for an exchange of warming feelings.\u00a0 But we\u2019re officially divorced, so no need to tread in that dirty under-bridge water!<\/p>\n

So, I am single. And looking to make a change. Hoping you can help. My comedy group has decided to go in a more \u201cyouthful\u201d direction. They just didn\u2019t seem to know what to do with my Pat Paulson references and my daring, if subtle, work setting up Mary Tyler Moore parodies.<\/p>\n

Please let the alumni network know that I\u2019m out here and doing fine, but could use a hug. Or a paying job. Thinking about getting a tropical fish.<\/p>\n

Trying to stay positive!<\/strong> This is Dale Seever (Class of I Sent an Email to Myself Just to Check That It Works. It Does). Felt a little bad about the needy tone in my last update. If you have not already run with that copy, please swap it out with what I provide you herein: Dale\u2019s met a nice woman from Lancaster, California. She rescues animals, many of whom are missing something. A tail. A leg. A nose. I kid her that all I\u2019m missing is my heart, and that\u2019s why she let me in!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m thinking of getting a tattoo, she\u2019s got a lot of ink \u2013 and it\u2019s very \u201cin\u201d here in LA. But I\u2019m worried about what would happen if I was ever cast as Stanley Kowalski in Streetcar<\/em>. That\u2019s my dream role. How would I hide a barbed wire bicep ring in a tank top?<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve moved into a loft in downtown LA. It\u2019s a block from Skid Row, but I feel being close to that kind of poverty helps me keep an edge to my performances. It also keeps an edge to my walk home from Ralph\u2019s! (Ralph\u2019s is the local supermarket chain here. A lot like Path-Mart, but with better lighting and less cat piss smell.)<\/p>\n

So, I\u2019m happily in love, and developing some new projects in LA, but eager to connect with alums around the country. Looking forward to vest weather! That should sum it up. I\u2019d appreciate a reply just to confirm you\u2019re going to go with this new copy.<\/p>\n

Some Things I\u2019ve Pleasured Myself To But Wish I Hadn\u2019t<\/strong><\/p>\n

Home Front (Short-lived ABC Drama about life during WWII)<\/p>\n

Batman<\/em>, the animated series<\/p>\n

Shape<\/em> magazine<\/p>\n

James Clavell\u2019s Shogun<\/em><\/p>\n

West Elm catalog<\/p>\n

Robert A. Heinlein\u2019s Stranger in a Strange Land<\/em><\/p>\n

Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld, Comic<\/p>\n

Time Out <\/em><\/p>\n

How to Use Illustrator 5.0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThis Time Together,\u201d Carol Burnett audiobook<\/p>\n

ABC This Week with David Brinkley<\/p>\n

eBay<\/p>\n

Ella Fitzgerald\u2019s \u201cA Tisket A Tasket\u201d<\/p>\n

YouTube video of Leonard Nimoy singing the Hobbit song<\/p>\n

The Hollywood sign<\/p>\n

Garfield\u2019s friend, Nermal<\/p>\n

Picture galleries from Comic Con<\/p>\n

Woodstock documentaries<\/p>\n

Titanic<\/em><\/p>\n

The CW<\/p>\n

New emails<\/p>\n

Divine Design with Candice Olson<\/p>\n

1970s sweater pattern books<\/p>\n

Roasting root vegetables<\/p>\n

Vermont<\/p>\n

Whoa!<\/strong> Not sure if you got that one from me, Dale (Class of Now Wishing Email Wasn\u2019t So Darn Easy!) but (red faced emoticon!) it was not intended for you. I tried to hit the undo message button, but that seemed to send it again\u2026and to my niece. Oh boy, if we ever meet, we can have a good laugh over that, eh? Please confirm that you\u2019ll not print that in The Knuckler<\/em>! \u00a0Or you\u2019ll have to rename it The Chuckler<\/em>! Ha. Ha?<\/p>\n

Glad to know that you got my email!<\/strong> Dale (Class of You Sure Know How to Get to a Person) here. Not thrilled with what you chose to run with after all this. But I guess that\u2019s just life in the modern age. Please send future correspondence to my address in New York. I\u2019m going to give the Big City a whirl.<\/p>\n

Who knows? Maybe I can land a gig writing a piece for an online webzine of fiction, humor, and personal narrative. As long as I\u2019m not handing out flyers for stand up nights and musicals in Times Square.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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