it's official - i'll be playing puck for the falcon theatre's production of a midsummer's night dream. the show goes up may 4 and runs through the 19. mark your calendars. i'll send out more details when i, you know, go to my first rehearsal, which is monday night. wonder when they'll want me to lose the beard....
still cleaning. so not going to be done by 6:00pm, especially since i still have to run to the grocery since my refrigerator and cupboards are barer than old mother hubbard's. but at least they're clean. and the bathrooms are clean. actually, the only non-clean areas are my office and my bedroom, which hopefully andrea and eric won't ever see. it's all about closed doors. or creative use of closets and spaces under the bed.
ok, off to finish up. may not have much time this weekend to post, but we'll see. looking forward to seeing what God does.
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Tunes: lone justice - ways to be wicked
Friday, March 16, 2007
damn you, tom petty
tap...tap...tap...no news yet. the more time that passes the less i believe i got the part. just seems if they were replacing someone they'd want to have that replacement as soon as possible. of course, maybe they're waiting on someone else before they make a decision. we'll see. just wish i knew so i could get this stupid song out of my head...
my school day is mostly over - sent my fourth bell to lunch, they'll come back, i'll take attendance and then they're off to the carnival. i still haven't decided what to do. figure i'll take my stuff and wander down, see if they need any help. if it looks like they've got things covered, i'll simply head out to the car and head home. plenty to do there. i only wish i had my mp3 player - always helps to have music when i'm cleaning. maybe i'll just blast my stereo, thereby annoying the neighbors.
ran across this quote this week:
i've found this to be true so far this season. there is a sadness to the season, from the trivial to the sublime. i am sad i cannot run down and grab something to eat right now. i'm sad when i think about the gluttony i indulge in on a regular basis. i'm sad when i think how eating one meal a day is normal for so many people on this earth - and for some, it's even less. i'm sad when i think of Christ's sacrifice and what He went through. i'm sad how often i take that sacrifice for granted.
but the presence of God i've experienced so far, the heightened awareness of His glory all around me, the brightness that comes when i finally am able to eat again, shines an oblique light on the sadness. i was joking with andy yesterday that my fast hasn't led to any physical benefits - nothing like eating at 8:00 at night after not eating all day to screw up your metabolism - and he reminded me that the other benefits are far more important. which, of course, i know. but again, it's not that i'm being holier or am closer to God - i'm just far more aware of how close He is to me.
still no phone call. guess God wants to teach me some patience this Lenten season as well...
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my school day is mostly over - sent my fourth bell to lunch, they'll come back, i'll take attendance and then they're off to the carnival. i still haven't decided what to do. figure i'll take my stuff and wander down, see if they need any help. if it looks like they've got things covered, i'll simply head out to the car and head home. plenty to do there. i only wish i had my mp3 player - always helps to have music when i'm cleaning. maybe i'll just blast my stereo, thereby annoying the neighbors.
ran across this quote this week:
Bright Sadness is the true message and gift of Lent: ... the sadness of my exile, of the waste I have made of my life; the brightness of God's presence and forgiveness, the joy of the recovered desire for God, the peace of the recovered home. Such is the climate of Lenten worship; such is its first and general impact on my soul.
- Alexander Schmemannfrom "Great Lent"
i've found this to be true so far this season. there is a sadness to the season, from the trivial to the sublime. i am sad i cannot run down and grab something to eat right now. i'm sad when i think about the gluttony i indulge in on a regular basis. i'm sad when i think how eating one meal a day is normal for so many people on this earth - and for some, it's even less. i'm sad when i think of Christ's sacrifice and what He went through. i'm sad how often i take that sacrifice for granted.
but the presence of God i've experienced so far, the heightened awareness of His glory all around me, the brightness that comes when i finally am able to eat again, shines an oblique light on the sadness. i was joking with andy yesterday that my fast hasn't led to any physical benefits - nothing like eating at 8:00 at night after not eating all day to screw up your metabolism - and he reminded me that the other benefits are far more important. which, of course, i know. but again, it's not that i'm being holier or am closer to God - i'm just far more aware of how close He is to me.
still no phone call. guess God wants to teach me some patience this Lenten season as well...
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Thursday, March 15, 2007
well, that certainly didn't take long
so i'm back home already - actually got home around 7:00, less than an hour after i left. i wasn't sure if there would be others auditioning as they never mentioned anyone. when i got there (and finally found where they were), someone else was reading. i lingered a bit to see what my competition was like. and started getting a bit nervous. i've done this so many times, but it never fails to make my heart race and my body betray me and start to shake. listening to the other actor, i knew which scenes they were reading and they were the ones i had focused on. yet as the time went by and other actors arrived, my anxiety increased. finally i was ushered in. i handed them my resume/headshot, and asked what the setting would be. they're setting it in hollywood in the 1950s. puck is the "gopher" for oberon, a big studio executive. that helped a lot, because i knew then how to play him. so i jumped in and let loose.
i don't know what they thought of the other actors (i know i wasn't too impressed by the guy before me), but i felt i auditioned well, even with my stomach fluttering and my hands shaking a little. they said they would be calling me, maybe even tonight. so at least i won't have long to wait. i'd like to do this (otherwise i wouldn't have auditioned), but if i don't get it, i'm ok with that, too. they did ask if i would be willing to lose my beard. if only they had seen some of the other things i've been willing to do...makes me wish i had included my chess headshot so they could see me barefaced.
need to go finish cleaning my house for my visitors this weekend. and go to the grocery store. and do some laundry. and try not to get my hopes up...
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Tunes: pop will eat itself - dance of the mad
i don't know what they thought of the other actors (i know i wasn't too impressed by the guy before me), but i felt i auditioned well, even with my stomach fluttering and my hands shaking a little. they said they would be calling me, maybe even tonight. so at least i won't have long to wait. i'd like to do this (otherwise i wouldn't have auditioned), but if i don't get it, i'm ok with that, too. they did ask if i would be willing to lose my beard. if only they had seen some of the other things i've been willing to do...makes me wish i had included my chess headshot so they could see me barefaced.
need to go finish cleaning my house for my visitors this weekend. and go to the grocery store. and do some laundry. and try not to get my hopes up...
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Tunes: pop will eat itself - dance of the mad
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
something in the air
not long after school ended, i received two emails almost simultaneously. one was from the falcon theatre to the wesseling list, saying they were looking for an actor to play puck in their upcoming production of midsummer. the other was from rhonda, suggesting i contact the person. so i did. and i'll do a reading tomorrow night at 6:30. we'll see how it goes. so far it looks like it will work - rehearsals are on monday, wednesday and thursday nights at NKU, about a 20 minute drive from norwood. show goes up may 4-19. not much different than the show dates for chess last year, so it should work with my school schedule. be fun to do a different character, especially one as entertaining as puck. hopefully i'll get an idea of the production before i read so i can play what they're (hopefully) looking for. here's to shattering a fibula.
time to break my fast - will finish later (though you won't really notice because it will all be one post....).
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ah, God and His sense of humor...my pocket has developed a hole, which now is large enough for my keys to slip through. so i'd foolishly been carrying them around in my hand most of the evening. as i stood up to leave, i discovered they were not in the office. or steve's office. or judy's office. or any of the places i had been tonight. on the verge of panic, i decided to go back and check places i'd been before. and there they were, in the green room, lying on a chair. whew. anxious to get to the eating, i quickly dashed out to goldstar, mostly because i had a coupon for a free coney. so i get there, discover there's a discount for mason teachers (is this not something they should tell us?), order my food and head back to the theater. and of course, the door i intend to use, the one i checked to make sure was open, no longer is. so i have to walk halfway around the building to find a door to let me in. abso-frakin'-hilarious God. but now i've eaten and feel content and can focus my attentions here.
i sent rory away to sarah so they could test her at the reception hall, so i'm without music tonight. the children's version of beauty and the beast is going on behind me - better than some productions i've seen, but still distracting at times. maybe i should turn on the tv to drown out the sounds.
excellent night at house church last night. we had two bible studies last night - one impromptu, which was fun, and one planned, which was also enlightening. the first stemmed from a question about what the bible says about sex and whether or not it actually states that sex before marriage is a sin. in the interest of full disclosure, it doesn't actually state that - at least not that i could remember. yes, adultery is condemned, but the argument came up that adultery is specific to marriage, and if you're not married, then it can't rightfully be called adultery. i argued that adultery is sex with anyone not your spouse, even if you have yet to meet that spouse. we looked at i corinthians 6, the passage about one flesh and not uniting yourself with prostitutes - the theology of one flesh is there but again, no specific forbidding of premarital sex, especially in the context of a committed relationship. i think it's easy to look backwards at a relationship, especially after you're married and see you were committed then, so it would be ok. the tricky thing is, we're too easily convinced we're in a "committed" relationship without the benefit of hindsight and it's a simple step to say, "we're committed, so God will bless our union." it's dangerous and better to do as paul admonishes: "flee from immorality."
wow, i must seem like the biggest prude ever.
the other study was less controversial. we started reading through the sacred way and got off to a good start. we looked at the idea that we don't participate in spiritual disciplines to get God's attention - ie, look at how good we're being fasting/praying/reading etc. - but to attune ourselves to God's presence that is already there. He's not far away waiting for us to call to Him, He's right next to us. we only need to be still and listen for Him. looking forward to where this study takes us.
saw two movies this week - 300 on monday night and zodiac last night. got in an interesting discussion with brent about 300 - he claimed "this movie is NOT for anyone who considers themselves, "slightly to the left of Karl Marx or Berchtold Brecht". The only thing that surpasses the violence is how the movie extols the virtues dying in battle for one's country. Not a popular opinion during the current state of Iraq." so i answered:
i completely disagree with your red state/blue state distinction. as an independent with blue state leanings, i felt the theme of sacrifice for one's country, of honor above all, played out well. but there's little actual parallel between this story and the war in iraq, as much as some people (both on the left and on the right) would like. in fact, the argument could be made that the US is persia in this film and the 300 are the insurgents, fighting against the world's greatest military force. i mean, if you're going to watch it politically, there are plenty of left-leaning ideas, such as the empowerment of women, to appeal to both sides.
in the end, i enjoyed the movie for its visuals and the cartharsis of the violence, not for any message, intended or unintended, mostly because the characters felt too flat and undeveloped for any connection. i haven't read miller's 300, but i'd like to see how close the film stayed to the book (from reviews it seems they added some parts) and see if that's a flaw in both mediums. i definitely thought Sin City was the better film, but i enjoyed both. and i would recommend the film anyone that likes epic films like this, not just those who lean so far right they can't see straight (but then that's probably just my liberal inclusiveness kicking in).
you can see his reply (and some additional comments i made) at his blog.
i liked zodiac, though at 2:38, it was a bit overlong. good performances by all and well directed by fincher. didn't have the emotional impact of fight club or seven, but still a good movie. probably could have done with some trimming, but an excellent look at human obsession and it's effect on our lives. steve and i saw it at KI for only $5 (tuesday night special). and we were the only ones in the theater, which was great. and i earned another free popcorn (too bad i don't eat it). didn't get home until 1:00am, but knew i just had to proctor the test, so we're fine.
i'd talk about the OGT, but it was made very clear to us that we'd lose our jobs if we did it. seriously.
enough for now. may post a bit of OTR history i dug up again today. was thinking about the statement of faith linford did for a festival they did back in the day. great stuff. we'll see. off to scrounge something sweet from judy's office. only an hour to go (i hope).
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Tunes: beauty and the beast sung by some pre-pubescent....
time to break my fast - will finish later (though you won't really notice because it will all be one post....).
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ah, God and His sense of humor...my pocket has developed a hole, which now is large enough for my keys to slip through. so i'd foolishly been carrying them around in my hand most of the evening. as i stood up to leave, i discovered they were not in the office. or steve's office. or judy's office. or any of the places i had been tonight. on the verge of panic, i decided to go back and check places i'd been before. and there they were, in the green room, lying on a chair. whew. anxious to get to the eating, i quickly dashed out to goldstar, mostly because i had a coupon for a free coney. so i get there, discover there's a discount for mason teachers (is this not something they should tell us?), order my food and head back to the theater. and of course, the door i intend to use, the one i checked to make sure was open, no longer is. so i have to walk halfway around the building to find a door to let me in. abso-frakin'-hilarious God. but now i've eaten and feel content and can focus my attentions here.
i sent rory away to sarah so they could test her at the reception hall, so i'm without music tonight. the children's version of beauty and the beast is going on behind me - better than some productions i've seen, but still distracting at times. maybe i should turn on the tv to drown out the sounds.
excellent night at house church last night. we had two bible studies last night - one impromptu, which was fun, and one planned, which was also enlightening. the first stemmed from a question about what the bible says about sex and whether or not it actually states that sex before marriage is a sin. in the interest of full disclosure, it doesn't actually state that - at least not that i could remember. yes, adultery is condemned, but the argument came up that adultery is specific to marriage, and if you're not married, then it can't rightfully be called adultery. i argued that adultery is sex with anyone not your spouse, even if you have yet to meet that spouse. we looked at i corinthians 6, the passage about one flesh and not uniting yourself with prostitutes - the theology of one flesh is there but again, no specific forbidding of premarital sex, especially in the context of a committed relationship. i think it's easy to look backwards at a relationship, especially after you're married and see you were committed then, so it would be ok. the tricky thing is, we're too easily convinced we're in a "committed" relationship without the benefit of hindsight and it's a simple step to say, "we're committed, so God will bless our union." it's dangerous and better to do as paul admonishes: "flee from immorality."
wow, i must seem like the biggest prude ever.
the other study was less controversial. we started reading through the sacred way and got off to a good start. we looked at the idea that we don't participate in spiritual disciplines to get God's attention - ie, look at how good we're being fasting/praying/reading etc. - but to attune ourselves to God's presence that is already there. He's not far away waiting for us to call to Him, He's right next to us. we only need to be still and listen for Him. looking forward to where this study takes us.
saw two movies this week - 300 on monday night and zodiac last night. got in an interesting discussion with brent about 300 - he claimed "this movie is NOT for anyone who considers themselves, "slightly to the left of Karl Marx or Berchtold Brecht". The only thing that surpasses the violence is how the movie extols the virtues dying in battle for one's country. Not a popular opinion during the current state of Iraq." so i answered:
i completely disagree with your red state/blue state distinction. as an independent with blue state leanings, i felt the theme of sacrifice for one's country, of honor above all, played out well. but there's little actual parallel between this story and the war in iraq, as much as some people (both on the left and on the right) would like. in fact, the argument could be made that the US is persia in this film and the 300 are the insurgents, fighting against the world's greatest military force. i mean, if you're going to watch it politically, there are plenty of left-leaning ideas, such as the empowerment of women, to appeal to both sides.
in the end, i enjoyed the movie for its visuals and the cartharsis of the violence, not for any message, intended or unintended, mostly because the characters felt too flat and undeveloped for any connection. i haven't read miller's 300, but i'd like to see how close the film stayed to the book (from reviews it seems they added some parts) and see if that's a flaw in both mediums. i definitely thought Sin City was the better film, but i enjoyed both. and i would recommend the film anyone that likes epic films like this, not just those who lean so far right they can't see straight (but then that's probably just my liberal inclusiveness kicking in).
you can see his reply (and some additional comments i made) at his blog.
i liked zodiac, though at 2:38, it was a bit overlong. good performances by all and well directed by fincher. didn't have the emotional impact of fight club or seven, but still a good movie. probably could have done with some trimming, but an excellent look at human obsession and it's effect on our lives. steve and i saw it at KI for only $5 (tuesday night special). and we were the only ones in the theater, which was great. and i earned another free popcorn (too bad i don't eat it). didn't get home until 1:00am, but knew i just had to proctor the test, so we're fine.
i'd talk about the OGT, but it was made very clear to us that we'd lose our jobs if we did it. seriously.
enough for now. may post a bit of OTR history i dug up again today. was thinking about the statement of faith linford did for a festival they did back in the day. great stuff. we'll see. off to scrounge something sweet from judy's office. only an hour to go (i hope).
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Tunes: beauty and the beast sung by some pre-pubescent....
Sunday, March 11, 2007
if i ever saw an amputee being hanged, i'd just start shouting out letters
so i thought i'd try to scam emusic and see if i could get 25 free songs. didn't work. but, since i'd already been charged, i went ahead and downloaded an album - demetri martin - these are jokes. unbelievably brilliant. i have not laughed this hard in a long, long time. i know i've talked about him before, but seriously, go check him out. now.
shoot, i should have told you to come back. too late now.
i was a bit manic/depressive on friday. freaked gina out. was on a high being done with grading for a while, end of the trimester, that sort of thing. good night for it - made my first trip to rohs street - great little cafe. brandon was on fire and at least one of the bands before pomegranates was entertaining. the other, not so much. had it been the week before, i probably would never have heard the pomegranates - i would have left during the band. soooooo not my thing. pomegranates were great, though the sound wasn't as tight as southgate. probably the room - old church, very boomy. had a great time. forgot to bring money, but we did talk to the drummer, who gave me his address, so i'll be sending a donation soon. here's hoping the industry is kind to them.
my trip to bon vie was good, though hopefully next time we'll pick somewhere else - little too shi shi for me (is that how you spell that?). just mel, jessy, laurie and, eventually, andrea - she forgot. good news from andrea - the tumor shrank more than they anticipated from the chemo, which is encouraging. still a long way to go - surgery is next, then radiation, then a second surgery. she looked good, as always, and i continue to be amazed at her spirit through all of this. another meet and run - we all had errands to run and went our separate ways quickly. some time i'll have to find a longer block of time to spend with them, but these small moments are enough for now.
bummer of the weekend - i cannot find my tax stuff. and i have the sneaking suspicion that in my hurry to clean one day i may have thrown it into the recycling bin. been scouring the place for them, but i foresee having to dig through my bin soon.
bummer of the weekend, part deux - timewarner's still giving me the run around. hate that i care enough about my dvr to be sad that i may lose it. which, of course, is part of their evil plan.
encouraging moment of the weekend - good quality time spent with candice saturday night. she is a constant reminder that God still speaks to people and still works miracles. i wish i were that attuned to God and to my friends. honored to be a friend of hers.
brain is slowing down. will be back tomorrow. just need to get my syllabi together and...well, that's about it. if all works well, i may have two classes with no one failing, an incredible feat considering i've never had even just one before. all depends on jimmy - here's hoping he remembers. going to miss this group of students - really liked them. and most of them are going to other teachers this next trimester. one of my least favorite parts of the trimester schedule. but nothing that will change any time soon.
night.
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Tunes: demetri martin - the jokes with guitar
shoot, i should have told you to come back. too late now.
i was a bit manic/depressive on friday. freaked gina out. was on a high being done with grading for a while, end of the trimester, that sort of thing. good night for it - made my first trip to rohs street - great little cafe. brandon was on fire and at least one of the bands before pomegranates was entertaining. the other, not so much. had it been the week before, i probably would never have heard the pomegranates - i would have left during the band. soooooo not my thing. pomegranates were great, though the sound wasn't as tight as southgate. probably the room - old church, very boomy. had a great time. forgot to bring money, but we did talk to the drummer, who gave me his address, so i'll be sending a donation soon. here's hoping the industry is kind to them.
my trip to bon vie was good, though hopefully next time we'll pick somewhere else - little too shi shi for me (is that how you spell that?). just mel, jessy, laurie and, eventually, andrea - she forgot. good news from andrea - the tumor shrank more than they anticipated from the chemo, which is encouraging. still a long way to go - surgery is next, then radiation, then a second surgery. she looked good, as always, and i continue to be amazed at her spirit through all of this. another meet and run - we all had errands to run and went our separate ways quickly. some time i'll have to find a longer block of time to spend with them, but these small moments are enough for now.
bummer of the weekend - i cannot find my tax stuff. and i have the sneaking suspicion that in my hurry to clean one day i may have thrown it into the recycling bin. been scouring the place for them, but i foresee having to dig through my bin soon.
bummer of the weekend, part deux - timewarner's still giving me the run around. hate that i care enough about my dvr to be sad that i may lose it. which, of course, is part of their evil plan.
encouraging moment of the weekend - good quality time spent with candice saturday night. she is a constant reminder that God still speaks to people and still works miracles. i wish i were that attuned to God and to my friends. honored to be a friend of hers.
brain is slowing down. will be back tomorrow. just need to get my syllabi together and...well, that's about it. if all works well, i may have two classes with no one failing, an incredible feat considering i've never had even just one before. all depends on jimmy - here's hoping he remembers. going to miss this group of students - really liked them. and most of them are going to other teachers this next trimester. one of my least favorite parts of the trimester schedule. but nothing that will change any time soon.
night.
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Tunes: demetri martin - the jokes with guitar
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