and so it goes:
W O O S H -
like the wind
over and out
g o o d b y e
and it's a good
riddance, too!
bridges crossed
bridges BURNED
... but ...
who really gives
a s h i t ?
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Saturday, June 21, 2008
hi-diddle fiddle diddle dillen dally day
i have been working very hard lately. Not just hard at my job, but hard all around. I've been putting effort into everything I'm doing, and feel like I'm going non-stop. Sometimes the city feels overpowering... there are too many things to do, too many people to see, and not enough time. I'm looking forward to the languidity of long zurich days, and cool summer nights.
For a while there I was working almost everyday at the restaurant, but now since "Helen and Teacher" is in full swing, I've cut back to just three shifts a week. Still it's plenty money for me to sock away and save for Europe. The "Helen and Teacher" project is very overwhelming. I am working with very professional actors (lots with broadway credits, etc.) and it can feel intimidating. Actually, the truth is that it is less intimidating than it is nerve-wracking... I want to make sure that they actors are accomodated for in a way that they are used to, but at the same time I need to maintain my authority, etc.
Susan's script is completely still in development, so it's too early to be doing this reading - however, i think the whole experience will be a positive one.
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The play I am performing in at the edinburgh fringe festival is called "1913 or Nude descending a Staircase" - it's about this Countess who murdered 6 of her lovers with her husband. I get to play a narrator type role, as well as two of the lovers that get axed. Whoopie! (Goldberg?)
Time for me to go. Amy is coming today -- yay!
For a while there I was working almost everyday at the restaurant, but now since "Helen and Teacher" is in full swing, I've cut back to just three shifts a week. Still it's plenty money for me to sock away and save for Europe. The "Helen and Teacher" project is very overwhelming. I am working with very professional actors (lots with broadway credits, etc.) and it can feel intimidating. Actually, the truth is that it is less intimidating than it is nerve-wracking... I want to make sure that they actors are accomodated for in a way that they are used to, but at the same time I need to maintain my authority, etc.
Susan's script is completely still in development, so it's too early to be doing this reading - however, i think the whole experience will be a positive one.
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The play I am performing in at the edinburgh fringe festival is called "1913 or Nude descending a Staircase" - it's about this Countess who murdered 6 of her lovers with her husband. I get to play a narrator type role, as well as two of the lovers that get axed. Whoopie! (Goldberg?)
Time for me to go. Amy is coming today -- yay!
Sunday, June 1, 2008
it's been so long, I forgots how to write!
Summer is in full swing now - I can feel it in the air. I'm staying with tango for the month of June and have been working my ass off so I can enjoy the leisurely months of July and August with my best buddy and fam. I'll miss everyone here, though - especially Towey, my love.
I finally got a job working as a waitress. The money is actually really good, and the shift seems to fly especially when we're busy. It's a vietnamese restuarant with class:
http://www.bunsohonyc.com/
Hopefully people can visit me, and then I can treat them to some tasty B'un, or tuna rolls, or whatever the hell they want.
L I F E is G O O D
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The most significant part of my week came when I received my History of Directing grade from Jane Ann, who notoriously is a hard grader, strictler for anything that is not by the book, and a Yaley with an attitude. I really tested my limits with that woman. For our first presentation/bib assignment I did elementary level research, pulled and all nighter to get the 25 page thing finished and gave a half-assed job on my presentation.
BUT... she called me out on my shit. Which made me happy. Her comments were right on, and she could see though me immediately. Now that's the kind of teaching I'm talking about. She kicked me in the butt, and my response? an A worthy project on Tadeusz Kantor... I got As on both the presentation and the paper... and ultimately lifted my grade in the class up to an A-
Soooooo happy! I can't wait to have her again for experimental theater. This past semester really showed me how academically oriented I am, although I did have a lot of fun with the practical work as well. All in all things are going well, and looking up.
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I had to work an overnight shift friday-saturday, and then 5-close last night, so I wasn't able to go see liz in her time of need. I feel like a shitty friend, but hopefully I will get to go see her within the next couple of days when things at work slow down a bit. I love her and all my bag of dicks so much - miss them all terribly.
I finally got a job working as a waitress. The money is actually really good, and the shift seems to fly especially when we're busy. It's a vietnamese restuarant with class:
http://www.bunsohonyc.com/
Hopefully people can visit me, and then I can treat them to some tasty B'un, or tuna rolls, or whatever the hell they want.
L I F E is G O O D
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The most significant part of my week came when I received my History of Directing grade from Jane Ann, who notoriously is a hard grader, strictler for anything that is not by the book, and a Yaley with an attitude. I really tested my limits with that woman. For our first presentation/bib assignment I did elementary level research, pulled and all nighter to get the 25 page thing finished and gave a half-assed job on my presentation.
BUT... she called me out on my shit. Which made me happy. Her comments were right on, and she could see though me immediately. Now that's the kind of teaching I'm talking about. She kicked me in the butt, and my response? an A worthy project on Tadeusz Kantor... I got As on both the presentation and the paper... and ultimately lifted my grade in the class up to an A-
Soooooo happy! I can't wait to have her again for experimental theater. This past semester really showed me how academically oriented I am, although I did have a lot of fun with the practical work as well. All in all things are going well, and looking up.
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I had to work an overnight shift friday-saturday, and then 5-close last night, so I wasn't able to go see liz in her time of need. I feel like a shitty friend, but hopefully I will get to go see her within the next couple of days when things at work slow down a bit. I love her and all my bag of dicks so much - miss them all terribly.
HELEN AND TEACHER
... and thus begins the 20 hour struggle that will be called "helen and teacher" (book/lyrics by Susan Russell, music by Lynn gumert)
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
One year stronger, one year longer
This past Sunday was Gettysburg graduation... so it's been one year since I left that place. That night the Empire State building was lit Orange and Blue. Poignant, is the word for that. Gettysburg - I miss you a lot. So bucolic, so slow. Life there moves at a different pace. I miss my bag of dicks, can we arrange a reunion in June? (Tomorrow I get to see Rob and Karen, which should be nice).
Classes and school are finished - now I am looking for a job and preparing for the hell that June will bring with the creation of that staged reading for Susan. Only 20 hours of week, but it will end up being much more than that with all the outside work, plus the script is still "in development" (needs A LOT of developing)
My first year of graduate school, what can I say? It was a whirl wind, and it's only now that I'm out of that world that my tunnel vision has lifted. It really sucks you in... the work, the drama, the pressures. But I came out on top. I feel happy with my progress: I know what I did and did not accomplish, and know where I need to go in order to take my work and my art to the next level.
It doesn't feel like summer just yet. The breeze is still too brisk, and I'm still wearing sneakers most of the time. The clouds have parted, however and hopefully it will be warm weather from here on out.
I bought my ticket for Switzerland today. I leave July 1st and don't return until August 27th. An entire summer away - haven't been gone that long in a while, but it might be good for me to get away. (Run away?) Fly away! But not as cheesy as Lenny Kravitz makes it... just some personal rehab, if you will. ["Destination anywhere, pack a bag and we're outta her..."] A summer with a long lost friend, collaboration and art. Sounds nice and therapeutic.
My dad got admitted to the hospital today - he had chest pains this morning. I love him so much and hope he is okay. I think he's fine, but I'm happy that he is being monitored... what an amazing father and person he is. That's all for now.
Classes and school are finished - now I am looking for a job and preparing for the hell that June will bring with the creation of that staged reading for Susan. Only 20 hours of week, but it will end up being much more than that with all the outside work, plus the script is still "in development" (needs A LOT of developing)
My first year of graduate school, what can I say? It was a whirl wind, and it's only now that I'm out of that world that my tunnel vision has lifted. It really sucks you in... the work, the drama, the pressures. But I came out on top. I feel happy with my progress: I know what I did and did not accomplish, and know where I need to go in order to take my work and my art to the next level.
It doesn't feel like summer just yet. The breeze is still too brisk, and I'm still wearing sneakers most of the time. The clouds have parted, however and hopefully it will be warm weather from here on out.
I bought my ticket for Switzerland today. I leave July 1st and don't return until August 27th. An entire summer away - haven't been gone that long in a while, but it might be good for me to get away. (Run away?) Fly away! But not as cheesy as Lenny Kravitz makes it... just some personal rehab, if you will. ["Destination anywhere, pack a bag and we're outta her..."] A summer with a long lost friend, collaboration and art. Sounds nice and therapeutic.
My dad got admitted to the hospital today - he had chest pains this morning. I love him so much and hope he is okay. I think he's fine, but I'm happy that he is being monitored... what an amazing father and person he is. That's all for now.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Blue Danube
I’m a fool
and I’ll make
one
outta YOU, too
it’s over. Everything
G O N E/N O M O R E
I wonder what’s left
(to the right?)
upways, sideways, across
downtown/underground
just
plain
un-
lucky.
and I’ll make
one
outta YOU, too
it’s over. Everything
G O N E/N O M O R E
I wonder what’s left
(to the right?)
upways, sideways, across
downtown/underground
just
plain
un-
lucky.
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