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Well, tech was kind of crummy.
I shouldn't say that. Tech is always tedious. But we have some... "personalities"... which are a little tiresome. And it's not just the actors.
Moreover, there were set pieces still being built yesterday, which is irritating. I feel like the set should be built and functional prior to the first cue-to-cue so everything moves and works properly (you know... on cue). Our call time yesterday was 1:00 p.m., with the cue-to-cue scheduled for 1:30. When I walked in at 1pm, there was someone sawing away on the bed, sawdust and foam everywhere. We didn't get started on the cues until 2:30, which is absolutely maddening--and even during the cue-to-cue, there was drilling and fussing with the set. So, so much farting around. Decisions--some of which I'd been offering solutions for weeks now--have been hemmed and hawed around so much... and now, when we're under the gun, they're finally finding resolution. (Maybe I am being paranoid, but I get the feeling my ideas are being ignored-but-now-grudgingly-accepted because of ego, likely of the male variety.) Great, so decisions are now being made, but now there's a scramble to implement them and I have other shit to do--and I can only do so much. I feel like I'm picking up a lot of people's slack. Adding complications to the mix is the fact that Joe got volunteers to help who won't be there for every tech and every show. That's a recipe for disaster and pretty much a guarantee that tasks will get missed out at some point. I understand Joe's desire to accept help from everyone, but the most helpful thing someone can do is commit to all of tech and every show.
I admit it: I'm frustrated. And my patience is very, very thin, because I'm bone-tired. I'm grumpy. But at least my potato soup was good. (Like... really good.)
But there is a bit of good news, unrelated to the show. I reached out to my brother yesterday to check in on him to see how he was (he's still alive) and to make the offer for him and my niece to come to my place for Thanksgiving... and he said he will probably take me up on it! The entire family is in turmoil because of his divorce, which has become very ugly and messy, and at this point, my house may just be the most sane and neutral place he could go for the holiday. He and my niece are entirely welcome. I may have a little houseful of love this holiday, after all. Nice switch from last year, when I spent it alone, with covid.
Praying I survive the next week or so unscathed.
I shouldn't say that. Tech is always tedious. But we have some... "personalities"... which are a little tiresome. And it's not just the actors.
Moreover, there were set pieces still being built yesterday, which is irritating. I feel like the set should be built and functional prior to the first cue-to-cue so everything moves and works properly (you know... on cue). Our call time yesterday was 1:00 p.m., with the cue-to-cue scheduled for 1:30. When I walked in at 1pm, there was someone sawing away on the bed, sawdust and foam everywhere. We didn't get started on the cues until 2:30, which is absolutely maddening--and even during the cue-to-cue, there was drilling and fussing with the set. So, so much farting around. Decisions--some of which I'd been offering solutions for weeks now--have been hemmed and hawed around so much... and now, when we're under the gun, they're finally finding resolution. (Maybe I am being paranoid, but I get the feeling my ideas are being ignored-but-now-grudgingly-accepted because of ego, likely of the male variety.) Great, so decisions are now being made, but now there's a scramble to implement them and I have other shit to do--and I can only do so much. I feel like I'm picking up a lot of people's slack. Adding complications to the mix is the fact that Joe got volunteers to help who won't be there for every tech and every show. That's a recipe for disaster and pretty much a guarantee that tasks will get missed out at some point. I understand Joe's desire to accept help from everyone, but the most helpful thing someone can do is commit to all of tech and every show.
I admit it: I'm frustrated. And my patience is very, very thin, because I'm bone-tired. I'm grumpy. But at least my potato soup was good. (Like... really good.)
But there is a bit of good news, unrelated to the show. I reached out to my brother yesterday to check in on him to see how he was (he's still alive) and to make the offer for him and my niece to come to my place for Thanksgiving... and he said he will probably take me up on it! The entire family is in turmoil because of his divorce, which has become very ugly and messy, and at this point, my house may just be the most sane and neutral place he could go for the holiday. He and my niece are entirely welcome. I may have a little houseful of love this holiday, after all. Nice switch from last year, when I spent it alone, with covid.
Praying I survive the next week or so unscathed.