how i am still conscious, i have no idea.
L-O-N-G day. and not the last over the next couple of weeks. time for my life to spiral near the edge of control and threaten to topple over. while, hopefully, never quite falling. we'll see.
final rehearsal before we load into the aronoff. couldn't have been more chaotic. first, we get news sarah erwin had fallen down the stairs, twisted an ankle. ended up in urgent care. then, two scenes in, matt was moving one of our behemoth set pieces and got tangled in a dangling fluorescent light, which proceeded to swing down, strike him on the head and shatter. he had to go to the hospital (we later found out he had a minor concussion). so not a great start. lots of little weird things happened - odd scenes, actors disappearing, musicians walking out, dropped lines (myself included - how can i only have three lines and screw up? weak weak weak). but we muddled on through. and in about ten hours we'll be back to load the truck up. here's hoping we get a good crowd so it doesn't take all day....
we've been reading "The Bet" by Anton Chekhov in class this week. wow. i love this story. my short story unit is all about choice, but i had to make sure they all read this one (or at least were required to read it - i can't force them to read). if you've never read it, take the time. amazing piece of work. and the great thing is, i think my students get it. at least some of them. actually enjoyed reading their homework - how often does that happen?
23 days.
vernon, my neighbor, came by to point out some work i needed to do on my house. at first i got a little defensive. why do we (i) do that? most of it was stuff i knew - dead limbs are dangerous, gutters really need to be cleaned out. but how wonderful to have neighbors that actually talk to you. and want to help. and watch out for you. it's one of the reasons i live here, in this neighborhood. my heart yearns for community. glad to see there are still places where it exists.
i so want to be tired. but i'm not. trying to decide which will put me into sleep mode faster - lying in bed reading or sitting in my comfy chair watching seinfeld. decisions decisions. too bad i'm not The Decider like our beloved leader.
seriously, could this administration get any more ridiculous? oh wait, they just hired someone from fox news. never mind.
at least it makes for great television - on the daily show/colbert report anyway.
enough for now. think i'm going to go with the seinfeld. almost to the end of the season. need to finish so i can move on to x-files. or maybe nx. again with the decisions.
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Tunes: over the rhine - my love is a fever (live cornerstone 2000)
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