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It's been busy.
"The Seagull" was one of the best productions that I have ever seen. I was pretty much in awe of all of the acting. The play was over three hours and I was enthralled the entire time. It's that kind of theatre experience that makes me love the theatre. It's also rather rare. I have only been blown away by a play a handful of times. However, when it happens, the pay off is huge. I think it's much more difficult to be utterly impressed by a play, rather than a musical or a movie. i did not see one of the Ian McKellen performances, but I cannot imagine a better Sorin than the guy I saw. I left the performance feeling really lucky to have experienced it.
We bought a new set of new bikes. We actually got the exact same ones that were stolen. They are currently locked on our patio, on the second floor. On Saturday, we rode them around the Rose Bowl parking lot. I am a little nervous about the biking portion, since i am not completely at ease on the bike. The race is this Sunday and I won't really have the opportunity to practice on the bike anymore. I am also nervous about the obstacles. I hope they don't require too much upper body strength. I am in ok shape overall, so I guess we will see how it goes. I can't wait to play in the mud!
On Saturday, I also got to meet my first NANO friend. His name is Richard and he is a screenwriter/director. I met with him at a Starbucks and found it inspirational. I also felt relieved that he had a lot of doubts and hesitations. This made me feel somewhat naive. I am jumping into NANO with the "No Plot, No Problem" attitude. I really have a vague concept of what I am going to write. Richard has a fairly solid plot, but he was freaking about not outlining. Later he emailed me, to tell me that talking to me really helped him. He's a totally experienced writer and I helped him? Ok. He was completely sincere too. Maybe sometimes you just need perspective. He also helped me overcome something that has been holding me back. It;s the whole write what you know thing. I have a lot of fantastic family stuff to write about, but I am always scared to use it. Scared of potential repercussions I went ahead and did it for my playwriting class and the pay off was huge. I still have "No Plot", but now I have a much stronger idea of my direction for NANO. It's an idea that I am not only excited about, but one that I feel compelled to write and need to write. I discussed it with my professor this evening and he gave me a lot of great advice. I am really happy and excited about the direction that I am headed.
Somewhat of a sad day too...I spent the afternoon with Fanny. We had a "date" to get flu shots together. Flu shots and ice cream. She basically told me all of her medical problems, which are really scary. I knew about them through another friend and had to pretend that I was hearing about them for the first time. It was hard not to cry hearing about them through her. The thing about Fanny is, she is always, always is optimistic. She always manages to spin it positive. I don't think that I could be as optimistic if I had all of her stuff dumped on me. When I think of Fanny, I think of the whole God doesn't give you more than you can handle. I'm not sure how much I believe that, but with Fanny, it certainly seems true.