feeling under

the weather....the gun....whelmed....

no school for thurman today (oh boy, we're talking in third person - this is not a good sign). starting get sick on friday, absolutely worthless on saturday, still crappy yesterday and today i woke up and knew i would be of no use to anyone at school, so i called in. probably best for everyone involved - i got the added rest my body needed to heal and my students got to avoid me hacking phlegm all over them. a win-win if you ask me. it still lingers, but hopefully it'll go away by tomorrow morning.

news came down officially this weekend: no shakespeare in sharonville. city decided it had better things to spend its money on. leaves a gaping hole in my summer plans. trying to find something to fill its place. showboat is doing pirates, which i would love to do, but the rehearsal/performance schedule is a little scary, considering opening night is my final day of classes. but it's one of the musicals i've been wanting to do, so i might just take a shot. plus i know the director and know i can work with him. we'll see.

of course, no shakespeare means i might actually be able to mount my own production (ooh, dirty). or do some traveling. or, i don't know, work on my house or something. still seems too far away to think about now, but i'm sure it'll be here before i know it.

lent....didn't start well. my initial goal was to do a complete fast - no food for the season. that lasted all of 47 hours. i have plenty of excuses, which i'll spare you. so i've scaled back and am doing a ramadan-style fast: no food until sundown, which means tonight i get to eat at 6:27. will get more interesting once the time change occurs, which occurs about 2-3 weeks earlier this year. guess it's starting the second week of march instead of the first week of march now. i wonder who decides those things.

and i digress.

no grand revelations yet. i'm definitely more aware of the sacrifice i'm remembering, but not much as far as the guidance i'm seeking, just a vague sense of movement. toward or away, i'm not sure yet. trying to get the issues settled in my own head. have done some non-blogging writing about it, which i hope i'll be able to sift and maybe find stuff to type out here. but not yet.

oh yeah, the oscars were last night. bit underwhelming, really. the show itself seemed a bit discombobulated, as if it had no clear idea of what it wanted to do or what it wanted to be. kind of like me some days. can't say i was disappointed with any of the awards this year - a couple of surprises, but pretty much went the way i thought they would go, especially the "big" awards. glad to see marty finally get recognized, even if it's not his best work. and though i had my doubts about jennifer hudson (too much hype always makes me itchy), she proved to be an excellent choice (though i still need to see babel). ellen was fine as a host, though i enjoyed mr. stewart far more. personal taste, i suppose. be interesting to see if jon mentions it tonight.

so i find myself addicted to soccer. discovered fox soccer channel and have spent far too much time the past several days watching european football. and argentine football. and whatever matches happen to be on. just can't stop watching. i don't even understand the leagues or what's going on or even who the teams are, but i get sucked into the play and find myself cheering. this could definitely be detrimental to my social life, unless i start inviting people over to watch with me. brandon offered to come keep me company occasionally. any other football lovers out there?

i've blathered on long enough for now, especially since i have so little to say. really, i'm trying to kill the next 39 minutes or so before i can eat. probably should decide where i'd like to eat. or what. dave was right yesterday - when you fast, you no longer take whatever you're sacrificing for granted (or for granite, as some of my students like to write).
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Tunes: de la soul - say no go