As I've mentioned, I'm doing a new show. Here is my favorite line in the show. One of the two women who are in love with me says it, talking about me:
"Yes, yes, yes, he's such an attractive, vital, vigorous young man, and in that meadow yesterday his wild, reckless youth was wonderful, irresistible-"
Oh hell yes, I love my character. :)
Nothing especially important has happened recently. Had my first rehearsal tonight for A Month In The Country; it went well enough, I suppose, although the way that the director gives blocking notes is new to me (we sit down first, run through everything, and then walk it out, adapting it as needed).
Tomorrow I go to see Tape, a play being done by some friends of mine. I'll be going with Sis, Holly, and Multi-Bob.
Saturday morning/afternoon, I'll be shopping for props for Multi-Bob's show. Later that evening, I'll be hanging out and playing games with Erik, David, Lynda, Multi-Bob, Sis, Holly, and some of the folk from KWP (Ren. group that I'm sort of a member in).
Good times.
Haven't posted anything since mid-day Wednesday, so here's what all has happened:
Wednesday Evening
Cowboy Mouth kicks so much ass, its almost illegal. I had dinner with my friends David, Lynda, and Erik at Chez Jose, and then Erik and I went to the show. An hour and a half after we get there, they finally take the stage. In that time, my friend Multi-Bob shows up, and my friend Chris (who I hadn't talked to in a while, so I hadn't actually invited him) happened to be there with one of his friends, so we all watched the show together, although Erik had to leave after only 20 minutes.
The show itself was awesome. Two full hours, which is a major test of endurance (both for the band and for the audience). They're so energetic, it's insane. The show ended with Fred (the drummer/lead singer) inviting the opening band up on stage, as well as a friend of theirs on guitar (which meant there were ten people up there), while Fred walked around on the bar, singing/talking at us. That whole jam had to last 15 minutes or so... so very, very cool. I ended up talking to Sis for well over an hour after the show, which was good too.
Thursday
We had a damn good audience for Cherry Orchard, especially considering the fact that it was a Thursday show, which usually has crappy audiences. Nothing special, although I did get a super-cool gift from Sis and Holly: a framed pic of them at the beach, which is where they were earlier in the week (they were driving back on my birthday), a birthday card, and a funny glass mug illustrating the male brain. Its so accurate, its scary. :)
Friday
Uh... to be honest, I don't remember much about Friday.
Oh wait, yeah, we had the cast party for Cherry Orchard on Friday! Good times, good times... I found out that I'm the Twister champion in the cast, even beating my sister, and that I can dance a little too much like Shakira if I want to. :)
Saturday
The last day of the show. We had a rehearsal at 1 for the understudy, since one of the actresses couldn't make it. That meant that I was stuck in Nashville for the entire day, since it wasn't worth it to drive back to the 'boro just to drive back to Nashville, and then drive back to Murfreesboro again. As a result, I was back at the theatre at 4, and the show didn't start until 7:30. Since I had the keys to the theatre, it was cool; I just tossed a couple of new CDs on the CD player and laid down on the bed that was on stage and relaxed. It was great. :)
We had a huge thunderstorm that day, too, which knocked out the lights; they fought with them for over half an hour before finally getting everything working. Ugh. We had a huge audience that night, too.
We had to strike the set Saturday evening, though; that was a lot of work. I didn't get done until 2, and I called Sis on the way home, and ended up talking to her for yet another hour. I swear, we're making up for lost time when it comes to our chats...
Sunday
I got to sleep late. Hell yes.
I had a read-through for the new show I'm in, though, at 3, so I couldn't relax all day. I like the show, and especially my character; I get to have two different girls fall in love with me, everyone talks about how great I am, I have only a few lines, and I'm barely on stage, but I'm still integral to the show. It's great. :)
The only thing that I'm upset about is that Sis couldn't get a part in the show. She talked to the director a little too late; he'd already cast the role. That sucks; I was really looking forward to working with her again. The role she was up for was the young ward (who is one of the two women who fall in love with me), so we would have gotten to act together; our chemistry kicks ass in real life, so I'm sure it would have translated very well. Oh well, life goes on.
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Anyway, that wraps it up. This has been a much longer entry than I was planning on writing. :)
Its my birthday, so here's what I've gotten:
A healthy amount of cash
Cards from my mom, dad, and grandma
The Secret Teachings of Jesus: Four Gnostic Gospels
Encyclopedia of Heresies and Heretics
An odd little head massager thingie
A mutual fund
There's also a card from Olivia and Holly that I haven't gotten yet
Free lunch today and another free lunch tomorrow
And this is before the actual birthday fun. Hell yeah. :)
Oh yeah, over the course of doing the Cherry Orchard, I met my sister. World, say hello to my sister, Olivia. She's awesome.
I just sent out the email to everyone I've invited to my birthday bash tomorrow. Huzzah!
Thirdly.... I'm damn tired.
Hmm, I bet a few of you are a bit confused about the sister thing. Olivia is one of the two "lovely ladies of the Cherry Orchard" mentioned here, and the more I've gotten to know her, the more I'm finding that we have in common. Conversation just flows very naturally, we get along incredibly well, and we're both extremely comfortable around the other. We just sort of decided that we're brother and sister one day, and so far, I haven't had much evidence to suggest that we aren't (aside from the fact that we have completely different parents). But hey, who needs details?
Anyway, I just had to share with the world what is easily the biggest development in my personal life right now. After all, its not everyday that you find a life-long friend, much less a sibling. :)
I was looking forward to relaxing a bit this week, but then Life happened.
Monday: Movie Night at my friend Multi-Bob's place.
Tuesday: Read-through for the show my friend Multi-Bob is directing (I'm doing props for it). Production meeting afterward.
Wednesday: My Birthday! Cowboy Mouth concert that evening with a load of friends.
Thursday: Cherry Orchard performance.
Friday: Cherry Orchard performance.
Saturday: Cherry Orchard performance. Strike set that night, and then I'm done with the show! Hell yeah!
Sunday: Read through for the show I've been cast in (but, uh, I don't know the name of it...).
For all the various internet things that I'm neglecting (visiting my forums, sorting out the whole registration mess on the forums, email, blog accounts, and everything pertaining to the backup system), I'm hoping to take care of them spread out over tonight, tomorrow evening, and tuesday evening.
Here is a review of the play I'm doing. I'm quite happy about it because even the scene changes (which is one of the things I'm in charge of) are mentioned favorably. Usually they aren't even mentioned at all. ;)
...just tired.
I've been working my ass off for the play, and as a result, last night was the first night in a week that I'd even turned the computer on.
As a result, I haven't been checking my email much. If you've tried contacting me at all, just wait a bit longer. The play is over on the 20th, even though I've got more work coming around the corner...
There's other stuff that I could mention, but I'll save that for future posts. I just wanted to let people know I hadn't slipped into a coma or anything. ;)