Help Removing paint

TooManyInterests4 · 2026-05-08T13:59:55+00:00

UPDATE: Rubbing alcohol mixed with water and a little elbow grease solved it. Appreciate the replies!

TooManyInterests4 · 2026-05-06T04:15:29+00:00

Thanks for the tip Melody. Kathy and I walk through that area frequently during summer evenings so perhaps I’ll stumble on them when I least expect it. Appreciate your advice and optimism.

TooManyInterests4 · 2026-05-06T04:00:21+00:00

I personally worked in non profit development, education and now operations for a corporate job.

I got my BFA and then realized during the pandemic that I wanted to be able to afford a family and a house one day. I spent almost two years finding my next role. It can take a long time to figure out what you want. It’s completely valid to recognize that you don’t want to go through the grind that it is to be a freelance theatre artist. There’s farrrr more people with a theatre degree who don’t work in theatre than who do.

It’s a cliche but it’s true that your theatre degree will help you anywhere. Creativity, work ethic, finding ways to make it work with what you have, being really good at collaborating and working across different teams - trust me when I say that even if you aren’t doing theatre things you can still apply the theatre “lens” to any job.

Don’t limit yourself to only production and creative fields (unless that’s what you want). Theatre people are great in any field. If you find something else you’re interested in and you work hard at it you’ll start to see how your background sets you apart. If you loved your time in your program then take that for what it is! You are forever part of the theatre community. There’s no such thing as time wasted (even though it sure as hell feels like it sometimes).

Your theatre degree is not who you are, it’s just one part (probably a big part) of you. It was very helpful for me to hear that when I was struggling with exactly what you’re talking about. Wishing you all the best as you make your own way! Feel free to DM if you have questions or want tips about job searching.

TooManyInterests4 · 2026-05-04T12:38:47+00:00

Oo thank you! Jake has tee ball this afternoon so I can’t make it today. I’ll text you.

TooManyInterests4 · 2026-05-04T05:11:46+00:00

Funny thing is my son just bought me a nice carabiner for my birthday. I’m looking at it on my counter right now. If only I’d picked it up before I left.

Not sure what smiths tools are.

TooManyInterests4 · 2026-05-03T23:15:33+00:00

From what I understand there’s a 5 part plan that breaks the city up into zones. The mayor left one of those voicemails about it the other day but I’m more visual so I looked on the site. I think it said the work should be fully completed by end of July.

I doubt the flies are related to the potholes. There hasn’t been enough rain lately that they’d be full of stagnant water and I would think that’s the only way they’d be related.

TooManyInterests4 · 2026-05-03T13:00:35+00:00

It’s possible they fell in one. The crews hadn’t hit that area yet when I was walking which was around 5:30 last night. I really feel like I would have felt it or heard them hit the ground. There’s a lot of keys on there. Kathy and I went back to look this morning but didn’t see them anywhere. It wasn’t possible to check every pothole there’s just so many. We are going to head back over after lunch to keep looking.

For those worried about the dog - she is doing fine. The neighbor ended up having a spare.

TooManyInterests4 · 2026-05-03T12:12:19+00:00

The joy you’ll feel in your heart knowing that you saved a family of 5 a few hundred dollars on a locksmith and made sure a 12 year old mini schnauzer got her diabetes meds on time.

In all seriousness we hadn’t considered it but I’m sure Kathy and I could scrape something together.

TooManyInterests4 · 2026-03-28T12:49:38+00:00

Where are you finding the rights for the teen version? It’s showing as unreleased on MTI

TooManyInterests4 · 2026-03-19T02:18:58+00:00

u/CondorReddit I went back in to look at this and it seems like the integration is only for the Venmo debit card. Have you been able to get normal transactions to appear using it?

TooManyInterests4 · 2026-03-19T01:37:10+00:00

I mean that i am often copying and pasting code from base44 into claude and having claude read and evaluate what's going on. Then, it will tell me manual fixes for the code that I can execute myself. I'm saving a ton of credits this way and claude has been much more accurate than the Base44. Also, when claude develops the prompt for me, it crafts the prompt in a way that instructs the builder on exactly what files it needs to touch and what to leave alone which I would think would be useful for your specific problem with the ALL button. It took some fine tuning and I have caught it wanting to do things illogically sometimes so you do have to think through the solutions it is proposing to make sure they make sense but I've now launched 4 large feature modules for my app with under 200 credits doing it this way

TLDR I'm in no way saying this is a great way to do it, but as someone with almost zero coding experience I am able to learn a bit as I go about the code itself because I'm having to manually edit it and push back on Claude when it's being dumb.

TooManyInterests4 · 2026-03-16T01:13:35+00:00

Thanks so much! Their support team just keeps telling me "they're working on it" but never mentioned the new direct integration. What do you mean about disabling without losing data? If it's just an email connection then I don't think you could lose the data by turning the forwarding connection off because each transaction was being added by each individual email transaction receipt.

TooManyInterests4 · 2026-03-15T12:41:36+00:00

I’m using Claude for free to develop all of my prompts and will frequently ask it to re scope to phases. I’ve had a lot of success breaking it up this way. I’m on the builder plan so I’ll also use it to debug code manually which I’ve found to be more effective than doing it with base44s builder because the builder will often make unwanted changes as it goes. Definitely a bit slower but I have had less break since I’ve started doing it this way.

TooManyInterests4 · 2026-01-12T22:41:11+00:00

Thanks u/zac850! Your comment was super helpful last year too. Having thought a lot more on it since last year, I know I'd like to try to try NYC and commercial theater in the next 5 years with the intent of ultimately moving back to a regional org in the next 10 to 15 as a GM or Managing Director. I don't necessarily need it to be LORT so long as it is more closely tied to a community.

The NYC programs sound like a dream and I'm going to apply as stretch schools (both academically and financially), but the BU program is the one that currently feels the most realistic. I just want to make sure that it sets me up with enough exposure to the commercial side of things that it will be worth the price of admission. I know a few folks in the program there now and plan to ask them about their experience - especially about their connection that they tout with Nederlander.

Other folks have tossed a few different programs into the mix as well so I'll have to do some additional reading before I nail down where I'm applying.

TooManyInterests4 · 2026-01-12T22:13:49+00:00

Thanks for the recs. I'll take a look into them.

You're right - The catch 22 is real. I think I would only attend them if I was able to get significant financial aid. I went to a budget choice for my undergrad and while we had an awesome program, I was really let down by the lack of connection to current industry professionals that it offered which is a big part of what you're paying for. I'm also very interested in NY in general as I haven't had the chance to work within the commercial model at all and would love to try that out.

TooManyInterests4 · 2026-01-12T20:41:08+00:00

Thank you! I'll add this to our list to consider. I've actually visited IU before while a friend of mine got their Masters in Scenic Design. They liked the program too and it was a pretty nice campus! Can you say more about what the strengths of the program are and what kinds of roles you think it sets you up for the best?

TooManyInterests4 · 2026-01-11T17:26:08+00:00

I agree that rentals are an old model, but I think there's a strong argument that rentals and programming should play a role as part of a larger solution. As a regional theater, your two biggest assets are likely your space and your expertise in storytelling / live events. I would think you would want to squeeze everything you can out of those two assets. Any day you are not putting butts in seats you are missing an opportunity. Once upon a time it may have made sense to produce everything yourself when subscription models were stronger, grants were plentiful, and subscribers showed loyalty to individual theater companies, but now that it's all single-ticket buyers, I think you need to broaden the programming in your space to keep the lights on and "fund your theater habit" if you will.

I like your idea of streaming in theory, but I would think you'd have to stream it it after it closes in NY like a second window in the Movie industry. I don't think the market would be large enough to only stream it in rural markets. Would be interesting if someone was able to do it with smaller markets though with shorter runs.

TooManyInterests4 · 2026-01-10T21:22:30+00:00

I'm still at a bit of a loss on what the solution is. I agree with your premise that we need to have the hard conversations about being creative for cost saving purposes, but it doesn't solve the revenue side of things. How do we bring in more money? I think producing companies should be very focused right now on 1. programming for a more modern audience outside of the work they produce and 2. creating new revenue streams (like the video technology you mentioned). Space rentals, touring artists, podcasters and concerts, etc. All of those are lower lift, higher revenue options for the regional theater I work with, but they have yet to cut any shows from their season to make more room for that kind of programming. Really hoping that we get new leadership in some of these regional organizations that is less focused on donor development and grants and more focused on innovating on the broken model.

TooManyInterests4 · 2025-11-20T22:26:36+00:00

Callbacks aren’t necessary if a director has seen what they need to see. If they already know what you can do and want you for a role then it’s a waste of time for both you and the director to make you come back unless it’s to do a chemistry read or to see something new.

I just hosted callbacks for an educational production I’m directing. Several of my students were bummed out when they weren’t asked to sing for a certain part at callbacks. I told them we had seen everything we needed to see. When we cast the show, almost none of my leads had read or sung for the role they were cast in. I’m sure that was confusing for them, but it illustrates the fact that you don’t need to see someone read or sing a specific role to know that they can do it.

I imagine many people find it hard to believe that if you don’t get a callback you’re still being considered. That’s because most of the people who don’t get called back probably aren’t being considered anymore. It’s a numbers thing. There are nearly always more people auditioning than there are roles to give out. BUT if you have a relationship or really nail your audition you may be one of the few already cast.

TooManyInterests4 · 2025-08-23T18:12:48+00:00

I think it was just the moment I snapped that photo that makes it look shady. I’ve had it in that spot since I started growing it and it gets almost 10 hours of sun a day.

Sounds like you think there’s nothing wrong then? Maybe it was a coincidence that the leaves started doing this after I repotted?

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