So between rescuing a dog mid-week (yes we found a stray dog on the street and got him a new home in a new record 24-hour period) I've been obsessed with these horrible, unconstitutional, insane new TSA naked scanners and "enhanced" patdowns ( Read more... )

Took a really nice hike today from Dalmaji (a nice, quiet area of Busan) to Songjeong Beach. And just like that Korea and I are on good terms again ( Read more... )

Put i-tunes on shuffle - the first 10 songs that have any kind of memory feel associated with them, write briefly ( Read more... )

I just went to a German beer pub with a Bulgarian cover band who sang English, Korean and Russian songs in Korea ( Read more... )

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you're having sex with your husband and all of a sudden you blurt out: "I love thee!"

LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL

- Shakespeare plays dipped into today - 5: "Midsummer's", "Lear", "As You Like It", "The Merchant of Venice" and "Romeo and Juliet"

- Shakespeare plays read in their entirety today - 1: "As You Like It."

- New Shakespearean roles I'm dying to play - 1: Rosalind

Theater snafu resolved. Now just have to get the lighting, sets, costumes, blocking fully ironed out in 2 weeks.

Yeah. Only that. :(

Oh well - we've come this far. And I know ALL MY LINES! :)

So it turns out that putting on a play is a hell of a lot of work. But it's also really really fun. I think I would be having 4 times more fun, however, if I had been trained in directing, set design, lighting, etc. I'm seriously considering saving up to go to the Portland Actors Conservatory or some other drama program when I finish up here. Of ( Read more... )

So if you don't hear from me anytime soon, it's because the play ate my life ( Read more... )