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so, I go to the office today to grab my stuff before I head out, and I reach for my bag and realize that the stuff in my bag isn't my stuff. I know I have one of those new first stage bag things (yes, I'm a dork, shuddup) and a few other people probably have those too, but this one is where I'm sure I left mine. And I look, and next to the bag I think is mine is a plastic grocerie bag with all my stuff in it. And I go, "Um, what's the deal?" and I ask Erin, "So, I'm not mad, of course, I'm just confused... why is there all this food in my bag, and all my stuff over there?" and she doesn't know, and finally Yi-Ren says "maybe someone gave you a gift!" and I'm like "nooo, no way," and she comes over and opens my bag and brings out
a bag of goldfish
a box of cheerios (actually, a big box of cheerios and a little travel box of cheerios)
a couple boxes of granola bars
a book
and a cd.
and then I notice that the book is Titus Andonicus, A REALLY COOL VERSION that's mostly introduction and notes and things (which I like reading... yes, I'm a dork, shuddup!) and the CD is written out to me, from Alex Gibson and Dana W in the office. And I very nearly cry. Especially because they weren't around for me to hug, and I won't be at First Stage next week...
and the cd apparently is designed so that I can play the first few tracks at whatever volume I want, but then the rest of it has to be MAXIMUM VOLUME. It's probably songs like "the internet is for porn" and stuff. Haha. Or maybe it's a bunch of David Bowie, because that's mostly what I listen to in Dana's car.
and the food is for my trip to England.
wow.
I wish I was cool and thought of nice things to do for people like that. Dana and Alex are amazing. Any job in that building has to be the bet job you can get in Milwaukee, possibly in Wisconsin, possibly in the world... everyone's like "Wow, you've been with first stage for so long!" and I'm like "YEAH, why would I leave???" It really wasn't that hard. Cuz there are people like Alex and Dana and Yi-Ren and Patrick and Erin and John and La'Ketta and Jeff... and that's just the OFFICE, like, the part that's supposed to be BORING.
and now that there are classes for tiny kids and enrollment has been huge and the YC is more readily available, it won't be that hard for a bunch of other kids to stick around as long as I have, and they'll all get in more shows than I did, so the whole "dewolff level" isn't too... well, I mean it's awesome, but it's not like I sold my soul. Well, I kind of did. (Okay, I totally did.) What I MEAN is that people are making it a bigger deal than it is. Sticking around a place like First Stage is not a difficult task, especially when you've lived near Milwaukee nearly your whole life. I think the major reason is that John Maclay likes embarassing me at every opportunity and people like watching me shrink into my harmless turtle shell.
anyway...
I GOT TO PLAY WITH SWORDS TODAY! I saw Godd's shiny new swords he bought and I kept staring at them until he handed me one and started teaching me some stuff. It's mostly review, but I still need to LEARN a LOT!! It's kind of frustrating, cuz I KNOW, and I could explain it just like he's explaining it, but then I try and DO and my muscles don't move that way yet. There's so much to keep track of, where the true edge is, your grip, where the point is, keeping it vertical, keeping your elbow down, keeping it close to your body, not extending it too far, not tilting it weirdly even though it's kind of heavy... and that's only in your arm, (we didn't even start footwork... or really moving at all, just holding it.) Then I got to sit and watch a bunch of kids play with swords too. and then Anna and I got to do about 8 lines of the opening scene of Hamlet and we fucking rocked the casbah.
BEN YELA AND JOHN GT GET BACK TONIGHT! YAAAY!!
Haha. Anna almost faints when Tim Linn picks up something heavy. She makes me smile. a lot.
I leave the 6th. I will try to visit.
if you want a post card, e-mail me your address.
a bag of goldfish
a box of cheerios (actually, a big box of cheerios and a little travel box of cheerios)
a couple boxes of granola bars
a book
and a cd.
and then I notice that the book is Titus Andonicus, A REALLY COOL VERSION that's mostly introduction and notes and things (which I like reading... yes, I'm a dork, shuddup!) and the CD is written out to me, from Alex Gibson and Dana W in the office. And I very nearly cry. Especially because they weren't around for me to hug, and I won't be at First Stage next week...
and the cd apparently is designed so that I can play the first few tracks at whatever volume I want, but then the rest of it has to be MAXIMUM VOLUME. It's probably songs like "the internet is for porn" and stuff. Haha. Or maybe it's a bunch of David Bowie, because that's mostly what I listen to in Dana's car.
and the food is for my trip to England.
wow.
I wish I was cool and thought of nice things to do for people like that. Dana and Alex are amazing. Any job in that building has to be the bet job you can get in Milwaukee, possibly in Wisconsin, possibly in the world... everyone's like "Wow, you've been with first stage for so long!" and I'm like "YEAH, why would I leave???" It really wasn't that hard. Cuz there are people like Alex and Dana and Yi-Ren and Patrick and Erin and John and La'Ketta and Jeff... and that's just the OFFICE, like, the part that's supposed to be BORING.
and now that there are classes for tiny kids and enrollment has been huge and the YC is more readily available, it won't be that hard for a bunch of other kids to stick around as long as I have, and they'll all get in more shows than I did, so the whole "dewolff level" isn't too... well, I mean it's awesome, but it's not like I sold my soul. Well, I kind of did. (Okay, I totally did.) What I MEAN is that people are making it a bigger deal than it is. Sticking around a place like First Stage is not a difficult task, especially when you've lived near Milwaukee nearly your whole life. I think the major reason is that John Maclay likes embarassing me at every opportunity and people like watching me shrink into my harmless turtle shell.
anyway...
I GOT TO PLAY WITH SWORDS TODAY! I saw Godd's shiny new swords he bought and I kept staring at them until he handed me one and started teaching me some stuff. It's mostly review, but I still need to LEARN a LOT!! It's kind of frustrating, cuz I KNOW, and I could explain it just like he's explaining it, but then I try and DO and my muscles don't move that way yet. There's so much to keep track of, where the true edge is, your grip, where the point is, keeping it vertical, keeping your elbow down, keeping it close to your body, not extending it too far, not tilting it weirdly even though it's kind of heavy... and that's only in your arm, (we didn't even start footwork... or really moving at all, just holding it.) Then I got to sit and watch a bunch of kids play with swords too. and then Anna and I got to do about 8 lines of the opening scene of Hamlet and we fucking rocked the casbah.
BEN YELA AND JOHN GT GET BACK TONIGHT! YAAAY!!
Haha. Anna almost faints when Tim Linn picks up something heavy. She makes me smile. a lot.
I leave the 6th. I will try to visit.
if you want a post card, e-mail me your address.