so, in other news...
i have recently been barraged by a bevy of really great work phone calls. a director friend of mine in town is extremely excited about directing MY translation/adaptation of aristophanes' lysistrata at roger williams university in october. i met with him the other day and he had nothing but great things to say about the script. i'm so excited. it's a really great thing to hear that something that has been so much mine for so long is actually worthwhile and quite good to someone else. i had an interview on thursday night about a technical director position for a children's dance show that goes up in december. might be an easy, well-paying gig. we'll see. i got a phone call from friends of mine who own a scenery fabrication business, offering me work for the next several months, which is also fantastic. i can't wait to start working with them. all in all, work life will be going very well in the near future. i'm currently totally strapped for cash since going across the country, but it was well worth a week or two of no cash.
friday night i had a very long discussion with joanna, which, for me, basically brought our relationship back to the place i thought it was to begin with. ah semantics. but at least now both of us are less stressed about it and can actually just relax and have some fun together. that's a good thing. i think i've been thinking alot lately about dating married people and what that means. it's sometimes hard to take being second or third or whatever priority in someone's life, especially when there is no equivalent first priority in your own life. but it seems to get easier as time goes by. it's just a situation that one must get used to, i think. it's kind of foreign to me, yet, it's exactly what i want right now. i don't necessarily want a first priority in my life to be anyone other than me. i like the freedom to go and do whatever, not necessarily be tied to anyone or anything, not have anyone making obligatory demands on my time. yet, i enjoy having someone(s) in my life with whom to be intimate and with whom to share things that i wouldn't necessarily with my friends. there are moments when it sucks not have the full attention of someone you're dating, but all in all, i think it is exactly what i need at this point in my life, still figuring out where i'm going, what i'm doing, etc, and it's just something i gotta get used to.
anyways, i apparently needed much sleep after the road trip plus working alot this week since i've gotten back, because after attending a phenomenally feastly picnic yesterday, i got back to my house around 6pm and layed down to take a nap, which wound up being a 16 hour nap from which i awoke at 10 this morning. who knew i was that sleep deprived? oh well. hopefully that cures the semi-insomnia i've had the past week. today was cleaning day and just generally fucking off day. and that's what i'm going to continue to do...
friday night i had a very long discussion with joanna, which, for me, basically brought our relationship back to the place i thought it was to begin with. ah semantics. but at least now both of us are less stressed about it and can actually just relax and have some fun together. that's a good thing. i think i've been thinking alot lately about dating married people and what that means. it's sometimes hard to take being second or third or whatever priority in someone's life, especially when there is no equivalent first priority in your own life. but it seems to get easier as time goes by. it's just a situation that one must get used to, i think. it's kind of foreign to me, yet, it's exactly what i want right now. i don't necessarily want a first priority in my life to be anyone other than me. i like the freedom to go and do whatever, not necessarily be tied to anyone or anything, not have anyone making obligatory demands on my time. yet, i enjoy having someone(s) in my life with whom to be intimate and with whom to share things that i wouldn't necessarily with my friends. there are moments when it sucks not have the full attention of someone you're dating, but all in all, i think it is exactly what i need at this point in my life, still figuring out where i'm going, what i'm doing, etc, and it's just something i gotta get used to.
anyways, i apparently needed much sleep after the road trip plus working alot this week since i've gotten back, because after attending a phenomenally feastly picnic yesterday, i got back to my house around 6pm and layed down to take a nap, which wound up being a 16 hour nap from which i awoke at 10 this morning. who knew i was that sleep deprived? oh well. hopefully that cures the semi-insomnia i've had the past week. today was cleaning day and just generally fucking off day. and that's what i'm going to continue to do...