journal time - students are writing about what famous person, alive or dead, they would like to have dinner with.  some of their answers frighten me.  i think the last time i did this, the most popular answer was jessica simpson, for both boys and girls. 

 

i fear for our future sometimes.

 

this is going to be a tough day.  i am mentally and physically exhausted with no signs of rest anywhere in the near future.  can't even take a sick day because i need to be here for the next three days to grade their presentations.  and no sleeping in until saturday.  i think i can hold on until then.

 

but then you didn't come here to read about my physical well-being, did you?

 

first dress (minus makeup) was last night.  rough would be a good way to describe it (i'll spare you more description).  this transition to the aronoff has been trickier than i anticipated.  so many details and the space is much different than i imagined.  and with the wings open, it makes exits and entrances quite an adventure.  i did a lot of standing around last night, watching from the wings to see some of the numbers.  i know, bad form, but figured this would be the last time i could do that.  will spend large stretches of time up in the dressing room - my set moving responsibilities are minimal.  which, honestly, makes me a little sad.  it's a wee bit of ego, a wee bit of just loving to be involved, a wee bit of wanting to be significant.

 

i know, i really need to get over it.

 

it's later now and the early morning fogginess has been replaced by a constant humming in the back of my head - effects of the 44oz diet pepsi this morning no doubt.  get the feeling that may become the norm this week, especially if i make unwise choices, such as staying up to watch gilmore girls and veronica mars before going to bed.  in my defense, though, i was wired again after rehearsal.  and both episodes were definitely worth staying up for.  GG was hilarious - much snappier dialogue, the characters felt right.  i laughed out loud several times.  and VM had an amazing line about a blonde girl in a hamster wheel (i'll have to rewatch and write it down).  actually an excellent way to end an exhausting day.

 

though i stole from today to do it.  hope i don't pay for it later.  and by later i mean right now at school.

 

OK, need to post this.  hopefully it goes through correctly.  we'll see what happens.  more later, perhaps.

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Tunes:  sound of students avoiding work