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So i never post on here anymore. I don't know why really, I guess it's just everyday life attacks and I check my myspace (i'ts one of the only ways I can contact daryl) then facebook (it's a way the department communicates) and sometimes my email to catch those oh so important "financial aid fucked up your shit" emails. Everybody loves those!
Well, this summer was very eventful. I was absolutely exhausted after last year. I did twelve shows in the course of 10 months. Yes. Anyone who knows theatre cocks their head at that and wonders how the hell that worked. It worked by me alternating between stage management and lighting design. One requires me to be at rehearsal, and one can be done at three in the morning by myself in the dark theatre. It was a lot of fun but the drama caused by a couple of peopl eI worked with made the last few months of school absolutely horrible in terms of stress. I got through it though, and went into summer excited to not really have a schedule
I was working at my dad's shop for the first part of the summer (it was supposed to be all of it i'll get to that in a minute) until june rolled around and Daryl got his leave from Iraq. He had been over there since november 5th so I was really excited to see him. We had a lot of fun! I went to mackinaw for the first time and we rode bikes around the island together. We also played pokemon together (each on our respective gameboys) while watching pokemon. There is no better way to relax on a rainy day let me tell you. When one of our pokemon would evolve we'd watch it together lol. Well, Due to reasons beyond his control he only had 200 dollars to last him the 19 days of his leave, so I ended up spending basically all of my money so that he could enjoy himself and eat out a few times and all of that. It was important to me, and he went back to Iraq in a much better state than he had been since going over there.
The problem bacame when I got back from his leave, my dad's shop closed down. That was it's own drama, but it meant I didn't have a steady job, and only two months before moving back down to Detroit anyway. So I ended up working all of july for my dad helping move the tools around packaging them for shipping and painting his house and his wife's house to get them ready to sell. It was a lot of work and a lot of moving things, and basically that is all I did for the summer.
The only other thing was that I finally went to New York to see my family again. My grandpa had us over at his lake house, and I went to my cousin Brittney's graduation. It was a lot of fun. We also went to the city and times square because My dad's wife and her son hadn't ever been to new york. (those of you who are wondering, yes this is a new wife yet again but this one seems like she'll last. Three marriages in four years.)
So, I'm all moved down into my apartment in detroit. My kitty is enjoying playing with one of my hair ties on the futon, and due to being quite poor (i have $0.97 in my bank account and some change otherwise) until my financial aid hits and my job starts at the school in a few days, I'm just lounging around detroit relaxing when rehearsal isn't going.
Things will get crazy again starting august 30th, but I'll try to actually write in this thing a little bit more often.
So i Guess i'll end this with an invitation, anyone who wants to see a very good dark show with sarcastic humor throughout it, We have a free showings Sunday September 7th at 2pm or 4pm (that show hasn't been complately scheduled yet, one at 8pm on the seventh, and one at 4pm monday the 8th. Anyone who comes down i'd probably invite downtown to dinner as well.
anyway, take care all of ya, i'm sorry i'm a hermit nowadays (not that that's a new thing i guess)
have fun.
Well, this summer was very eventful. I was absolutely exhausted after last year. I did twelve shows in the course of 10 months. Yes. Anyone who knows theatre cocks their head at that and wonders how the hell that worked. It worked by me alternating between stage management and lighting design. One requires me to be at rehearsal, and one can be done at three in the morning by myself in the dark theatre. It was a lot of fun but the drama caused by a couple of peopl eI worked with made the last few months of school absolutely horrible in terms of stress. I got through it though, and went into summer excited to not really have a schedule
I was working at my dad's shop for the first part of the summer (it was supposed to be all of it i'll get to that in a minute) until june rolled around and Daryl got his leave from Iraq. He had been over there since november 5th so I was really excited to see him. We had a lot of fun! I went to mackinaw for the first time and we rode bikes around the island together. We also played pokemon together (each on our respective gameboys) while watching pokemon. There is no better way to relax on a rainy day let me tell you. When one of our pokemon would evolve we'd watch it together lol. Well, Due to reasons beyond his control he only had 200 dollars to last him the 19 days of his leave, so I ended up spending basically all of my money so that he could enjoy himself and eat out a few times and all of that. It was important to me, and he went back to Iraq in a much better state than he had been since going over there.
The problem bacame when I got back from his leave, my dad's shop closed down. That was it's own drama, but it meant I didn't have a steady job, and only two months before moving back down to Detroit anyway. So I ended up working all of july for my dad helping move the tools around packaging them for shipping and painting his house and his wife's house to get them ready to sell. It was a lot of work and a lot of moving things, and basically that is all I did for the summer.
The only other thing was that I finally went to New York to see my family again. My grandpa had us over at his lake house, and I went to my cousin Brittney's graduation. It was a lot of fun. We also went to the city and times square because My dad's wife and her son hadn't ever been to new york. (those of you who are wondering, yes this is a new wife yet again but this one seems like she'll last. Three marriages in four years.)
So, I'm all moved down into my apartment in detroit. My kitty is enjoying playing with one of my hair ties on the futon, and due to being quite poor (i have $0.97 in my bank account and some change otherwise) until my financial aid hits and my job starts at the school in a few days, I'm just lounging around detroit relaxing when rehearsal isn't going.
Things will get crazy again starting august 30th, but I'll try to actually write in this thing a little bit more often.
So i Guess i'll end this with an invitation, anyone who wants to see a very good dark show with sarcastic humor throughout it, We have a free showings Sunday September 7th at 2pm or 4pm (that show hasn't been complately scheduled yet, one at 8pm on the seventh, and one at 4pm monday the 8th. Anyone who comes down i'd probably invite downtown to dinner as well.
anyway, take care all of ya, i'm sorry i'm a hermit nowadays (not that that's a new thing i guess)
have fun.