these exciting times… plus kittens!
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Wow, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? Some inter-dust has collected here, and what meager readership I may have previously boasted has probably moved on to bigger, better, brighter blogs. But if you’re here, reading this words then… hello! I’ve missed you!
A lot has gone on between then and now, the most significant point being the completion of my first year of Graduate school. What a fabulous fucking year, I have to say. All told, I had the time of my life doing the things that I love and I hate the summer. I hate the summer, and I want it to be over so that I can go back to school and spend another year doing what I love. Also I hate heat, and people saying things like, “Go outside and enjoy the beautiful sunshine!” Fuck your sunshine, I like a crisp, cloudy autumn day more than anything.
Luckily, I have some exciting things coming up this summer, most notably a week at the O’Neill festival! A very close second will be my first trip to Asia with one of my best friends in the world to help her get settled and, as I’ve been saying, “skim off the top of her adventure.” I’m also participating in the MCC Fresh Plays festival, producing their reading series, which is really exciting because it’s such a phenomenal program - they give these high school kids a chance to write a play and have a real, professional theatrical experience. I would have killed for that kind of opportunity as a high schooler. Back then, I didn’t realize people were even really still writing original plays. I kind of figured Sondheim and Shakespeare were about it. (All right, no, not really, but still). That, plus part-time work has made for a bit of a light-weight summer.
But, you know me. I hate having too much down time. So, what have I been doing to keep myself busy aside from getting my Blood Elf Hunter to 80 and building up her PvP set? (To answer your question, yes, I do have sense enough to be embarrassed about that.) Well, I have exciting projects!
Yes!
For starters, I had a reading of my new play tonight (Rest in Peace, Jonah Dwyer) and it went very well. My boyfriend is my litmus test, for better or worse, to see if I have hit the mark or not. Turns out, this time, I did - though, yes, fine. The ending needs work. But I have ideas! I have ideas and I have a balls-out brilliant framework to put things in. I’m really excited to work on this play - I have a fabulous dramaturge on board and the director is interested as well, so that’s all shaping up nicely.
But I’m also writing a musical with my dear friend, Trystan! About what, you ask? Nikola Tesla. Yes, that Nikola Tesla. I will say nothing but this about it: it’s going to fucking rock.
I’m also working on a play about the Stanford Prison Experiment, though I’m finding that one a little more difficult to get into… I’ll get there, I just need to figre out how.
On a personal note (I do so hate to be too personal on the internet - livejournal taught me a series of valuable lessons) I have this photo to share:
Mike and I got kittens, and we’re completely in love with them. The black and white one is Callie (née Calamity Fluff) and the brown stripey one is Nublet (née N00b). They are the loveliest. Except they have gross butts that let out ridiculously large kittie-farts. Though… Mike could just be blaming his own stank on the babies…
Hmm.