Well, my friend from Chicago came down Friday and we went to the renfaire Saturday. We had a great time. The weather was almost perfect--the weather forecast predicted rain but it held off. The clouds meant it wasn't overly hot or sunny, but it wasn't cold. I was a little disappointed in what I wore--I had to wear my lady costume rather than my wench costume because my bodice didn't fit. I must have gained a lot of weight since last summer--I was able to wear my smaller bodice then and I didn't fit into the bigger one this year. Wenches have more fun than ladies. My friend says I've had a hard year, so it's to be expected.
I didn't feel one way or the other about our visit. I wasn't swept off my feet by my feelings but I did feel there might be something there. I've had a funny feeling lately that I may not be able to love. I've had some opportunities to open myself up and the feelings just haven't been there. Not sure why. The "I'm afraid of being hurt" thing might be part of it. I have been hurt twice in recent memory, even before things got too complicated. One time I was made to feel old--the guy was 27 and felt we were too different in age. The guy from Chicago and I are the same age, so that wouldn't be a problem. The other guy and I had different expectations from the relationship, and it was too complicated.
So that's my love life. I am still looking for a job and working out. My work on Checking Out has slowed to a standstill. I did have a bit where there is some movement and something other than the characters just talking to each other. I need to revisit it and start again. I need to look at it with fresh eyes. I want to send the first act to my friend in Chicago--maybe he will have some insights for me.
Speaking of scripts, I have submitted three plays to Riverwalk to be considered for staged readings. One is a one act, one is a full length, and one is made up of three separate plays with similar themes. Basically, they're all tragedies. Not exactly a light evening out. The full length has a great part for a local actor and director who has a lot of pull in the Riverwalk community. If he likes it, maybe it will get produced.
Rehearsals are going pretty well, although Monday was a little rough. We were supposed to be off book for Act I but some people needed help. The blocking was thrown off too, partly because Dan wasn't there and partly because people had blocking written in their scripts and they couldn't use them. We did not have rehearsal last night and we won't tonight, but tomorrow we will run the show again and we will have to be off book for the entire show. Of course I'm off book already, given the fact that I have so few lines. I think one of the people that will have the hardest time is Brian, because he doesn't have his stage directions. And it was hard for him not having Dan to play off of. Brian is finally on Facebook--I'm wondering if he will read my note with him in it. He has looked as some pictures of me already; it's amazing how much is out there. We make our lives as public as we want to.
Hanging up now...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Almost there!
The Silverleaf Renfaire is Saturday! Even better, my friend from Chicago will be here in less than 24 hours. We're working on a quiz, "Who are you in the Elfquest universe?". It's fun to share stuff like that--we've been following the story since we were kids.
My cat has to undergo radioiodine treatment for her thyroid. She is hypothyroid so they are going to inject her with a radioiodine solution. She will have to be confined to a special room for one week, basically in isolation. The only people she will see are the techs that come in to give her her food. There are no windows and no light--only a small nightlight at night. Then she has to be isolated for a week at home. She will be in the study and I will only get to see her for a few minutes each day.
This is torture! I would have gone with surgery but the doctor I talked to at State said the parathyroid is often damaged during surgery, and the animal needs calcium supplements after that. Unfortunately, I can't give her a pill. She won't let me. So because of her stubbornness she has to have the other treatment. I feel horrible. I will miss her so much over the next week, and then having her crying in the study for another week will be so hard.I hope everything goes okay.
Rehearsals are going well--things are coming together. We didn't have a full cast last night, but we did have some costumes to try on. The dress they're having me wear is pretty ugly. But we have to wear what's given us. I wore some really ugly costumes in Flowersso I am used to it. We also did lobby shots, which I have seen. Some of them are nice. I am the only one wearing any sort of bright color, except for those in our show T-shirts, which are yellow. I look pretty big. I went to lunch with a friend today who thought I had "packed on some pounds." He wasn't being mean, just truthful. I have a long way to go. I didn't work out today or yesterday. I will try to make it there tomorrow. I can't do my usual class because Kevin is coming at 6. But maybe I can work out before then.
Hanging up now...Oh, the story of "Hanging up now."
When I lived in San Francisco, I was in a play called Suburbia 3000in which I played a girl who thought she was Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz, My song was "Do you wanna talk on my telephone?" I had a telephone that I thought let me talk to the dead. When I was writing my journal entries at the time, I always ended by saying "Hanging up now..." So that's where that comes from.
In the show, I met a woman who played the King--a character who really thought he was Elvis. (Get it? The King?) She was the only female Elvis impersonator, Elvis Herselvis. I'm Facebook friends with her now. Looks like she has dropped the Elvis Herselvis persona but she still performs with a band called "The Mighty Slim Pickins." She still has the same look. And she is still a great performer. She posted a link to the band's video for their song "13 Times" which is just a great song. I still have the melody for it going through my head. I love love love her voice. Picture Elvis crossed with kd lang. Hot!
Hanging up now for real....
My cat has to undergo radioiodine treatment for her thyroid. She is hypothyroid so they are going to inject her with a radioiodine solution. She will have to be confined to a special room for one week, basically in isolation. The only people she will see are the techs that come in to give her her food. There are no windows and no light--only a small nightlight at night. Then she has to be isolated for a week at home. She will be in the study and I will only get to see her for a few minutes each day.
This is torture! I would have gone with surgery but the doctor I talked to at State said the parathyroid is often damaged during surgery, and the animal needs calcium supplements after that. Unfortunately, I can't give her a pill. She won't let me. So because of her stubbornness she has to have the other treatment. I feel horrible. I will miss her so much over the next week, and then having her crying in the study for another week will be so hard.I hope everything goes okay.
Rehearsals are going well--things are coming together. We didn't have a full cast last night, but we did have some costumes to try on. The dress they're having me wear is pretty ugly. But we have to wear what's given us. I wore some really ugly costumes in Flowersso I am used to it. We also did lobby shots, which I have seen. Some of them are nice. I am the only one wearing any sort of bright color, except for those in our show T-shirts, which are yellow. I look pretty big. I went to lunch with a friend today who thought I had "packed on some pounds." He wasn't being mean, just truthful. I have a long way to go. I didn't work out today or yesterday. I will try to make it there tomorrow. I can't do my usual class because Kevin is coming at 6. But maybe I can work out before then.
Hanging up now...Oh, the story of "Hanging up now."
When I lived in San Francisco, I was in a play called Suburbia 3000in which I played a girl who thought she was Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz, My song was "Do you wanna talk on my telephone?" I had a telephone that I thought let me talk to the dead. When I was writing my journal entries at the time, I always ended by saying "Hanging up now..." So that's where that comes from.
In the show, I met a woman who played the King--a character who really thought he was Elvis. (Get it? The King?) She was the only female Elvis impersonator, Elvis Herselvis. I'm Facebook friends with her now. Looks like she has dropped the Elvis Herselvis persona but she still performs with a band called "The Mighty Slim Pickins." She still has the same look. And she is still a great performer. She posted a link to the band's video for their song "13 Times" which is just a great song. I still have the melody for it going through my head. I love love love her voice. Picture Elvis crossed with kd lang. Hot!
Hanging up now for real....
Monday, July 13, 2009
Forging ahead
More good news to report. I have lost 4 1/2 inches total in the last five weeks, including and inch and a half around my waist. I feel great! I wore a bikini when I went to Kalamazoo and my parents thought I looked good. I guess the tape measure doesn't lie. My weight is pretty stable, but it's slowly going down too. And I'm working out about four days a week. I'm working with Stephanie every other week. It's too expensive to do every week. But I do take other classes like kickboxing and Zumba, a Latin American dance. Those are covered by the cost of the monthly membership.
Rehearsals are going well. I'm getting positive feedback from the director. My costar, the guy who plays King Zuzz, had a suggestion that was really nice. There is a part where the two of us are onstage and he is talking to a third character. My costar, Bob, turned to me and said that this was weird, that I should have some of the lines. So the director let us split them up. So I have a little bit more of a part! That's really nice. I thought it was great of Bob to think of that.
Silverleaf Renaissance Faire is this Saturday! It has a special place in my heart as the first renfaire I ever went to. My friend from Chicago is coming down to go with me. Not sure how that will go, with the developing feelings I have for him. He lives far away so I'm not sure if rekindling our romance would be a good thing. Besides, we were basically kids. Who knows what it would be like now.
No luck with finding a job. I have applied at everywhere from Macy's to Subway; you'd think that something would turn up. I checked in with Personnel World and they didn't have anything for me. I did the tutorials they sent me for Microsoft Excel but I still don't get it enough to do the test they sent me. I hope to have a job where I don't need to use it, but it's a good thing to know how to do.
Had a little progress with Checking Out; I inserted some action and funniness. I'm worried about who may be perceived as the main character, though. The person I wanted to be the main character doesn't have the line load a main character usually does. In fact, the person with the biggest line load is actually someone I envisioned having a small part. I don't know what a director would do with the curtain call. I was in a production of Once Upon a Mattress where the director originally planned for the Queen to come out last. This was very upsetting to the girl playing Winnifred; I asked the director why he had done this and he said the Queen had more lines. I don't believe that's a reason for a character to take the final bow. We got it straightened out and the woman playing Winnifred got to come out last. People can get huffy about curtain calls; I know I have been surprised a couple of times. I came out with Adam for Flowers for Algernon. This didn't make sense to me. I think I should have come out with the doctors and he should have come out alone. But I guess the director thought we had more equal parts.
That's all, I guess. Hanging up now....
Rehearsals are going well. I'm getting positive feedback from the director. My costar, the guy who plays King Zuzz, had a suggestion that was really nice. There is a part where the two of us are onstage and he is talking to a third character. My costar, Bob, turned to me and said that this was weird, that I should have some of the lines. So the director let us split them up. So I have a little bit more of a part! That's really nice. I thought it was great of Bob to think of that.
Silverleaf Renaissance Faire is this Saturday! It has a special place in my heart as the first renfaire I ever went to. My friend from Chicago is coming down to go with me. Not sure how that will go, with the developing feelings I have for him. He lives far away so I'm not sure if rekindling our romance would be a good thing. Besides, we were basically kids. Who knows what it would be like now.
No luck with finding a job. I have applied at everywhere from Macy's to Subway; you'd think that something would turn up. I checked in with Personnel World and they didn't have anything for me. I did the tutorials they sent me for Microsoft Excel but I still don't get it enough to do the test they sent me. I hope to have a job where I don't need to use it, but it's a good thing to know how to do.
Had a little progress with Checking Out; I inserted some action and funniness. I'm worried about who may be perceived as the main character, though. The person I wanted to be the main character doesn't have the line load a main character usually does. In fact, the person with the biggest line load is actually someone I envisioned having a small part. I don't know what a director would do with the curtain call. I was in a production of Once Upon a Mattress where the director originally planned for the Queen to come out last. This was very upsetting to the girl playing Winnifred; I asked the director why he had done this and he said the Queen had more lines. I don't believe that's a reason for a character to take the final bow. We got it straightened out and the woman playing Winnifred got to come out last. People can get huffy about curtain calls; I know I have been surprised a couple of times. I came out with Adam for Flowers for Algernon. This didn't make sense to me. I think I should have come out with the doctors and he should have come out alone. But I guess the director thought we had more equal parts.
That's all, I guess. Hanging up now....
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Even more good news...
I haven't written in a while. I wanted to store up news so it actually looked like I had something to talk about. Rehearsals are going well; I've made a few suggestions to the director about things that might be funny and he's going to try them. Although I do have only a small part, I want to contribute as much as I can. We are doing blocking and will start running acts on the 8th. I am in both acts so I will have to be there for every rehearsal starting then. We don't have to be off book until the 20th, but as I have said before, I'm already almost off book myself. The one that will have the most trouble will be Dan, who plays Prince Alex. He's a real "musical" actor--by that I mean he's wonderful when it comes to singing but still learning when it comes to acting. I'm sure he will do fine, though--he looks the part and relates well to Brian (my horsey ex.) Brian will also have a hard time--it's a physically demanding role and much of it is based on cues from Dan. I think they can learn to work together and it will be good for both of them.
I spent a few days in Kalamazoo for the holiday. Dad and I had better luck fishing this time. I caught five average sized 'gills and Dad caught a big one. He also caught a HUGE crappie--ten inches long. I LOVE eating crappie. They taste like something between bluegill and bass. I took some pictures with my cameraphone and would like to get them posted. I would have to get them put on a CD at Centennial--not sure how much that would cost me. We went out to Smith Lake (near Dowagiac, where we have a cabin) and saw my relatives. Both my cousin Dave and my cousin Amanda have s.o.'s. I like Dave's but am not so sure about Amanda's. He seems a little sketchy to me. Maybe I'm being overprotective of her. He's not any sketchier than some of the guys I've brought there. I feel lucky to be part of a pretty much functional family. We all had a great time together.
Mom and Dad and I saw Transformers last night. I was expecting it to be a lot of fun and it delivered. Sure, the plot and characterizations were pretty thin. As I told my parents, it's not an Oscar-winning film (except for maybe the special effects) but it is thoroughly enjoyable. It also follows the trend we have had in movies lately of presenting a positive view of the military. I think since the first Gulf war our picture of the armed forces has changed to a respectful one. Very different from the films starting in the sixties and continuing through the eighties. Transformers didn't present a very good picture of Obama, which was interesting. This is not your Hollywood liberalism at work. That ought to shut the Right up.
Speaking of which, I'm pretty amazed at the Sarah Palin news. Stepping down? Why? We haven't gotten an answer to that question yet. It's very odd. But a good thing for those commie liberals like me, right?
Hanging up now....
I spent a few days in Kalamazoo for the holiday. Dad and I had better luck fishing this time. I caught five average sized 'gills and Dad caught a big one. He also caught a HUGE crappie--ten inches long. I LOVE eating crappie. They taste like something between bluegill and bass. I took some pictures with my cameraphone and would like to get them posted. I would have to get them put on a CD at Centennial--not sure how much that would cost me. We went out to Smith Lake (near Dowagiac, where we have a cabin) and saw my relatives. Both my cousin Dave and my cousin Amanda have s.o.'s. I like Dave's but am not so sure about Amanda's. He seems a little sketchy to me. Maybe I'm being overprotective of her. He's not any sketchier than some of the guys I've brought there. I feel lucky to be part of a pretty much functional family. We all had a great time together.
Mom and Dad and I saw Transformers last night. I was expecting it to be a lot of fun and it delivered. Sure, the plot and characterizations were pretty thin. As I told my parents, it's not an Oscar-winning film (except for maybe the special effects) but it is thoroughly enjoyable. It also follows the trend we have had in movies lately of presenting a positive view of the military. I think since the first Gulf war our picture of the armed forces has changed to a respectful one. Very different from the films starting in the sixties and continuing through the eighties. Transformers didn't present a very good picture of Obama, which was interesting. This is not your Hollywood liberalism at work. That ought to shut the Right up.
Speaking of which, I'm pretty amazed at the Sarah Palin news. Stepping down? Why? We haven't gotten an answer to that question yet. It's very odd. But a good thing for those commie liberals like me, right?
Hanging up now....
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