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09:45 pm
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To make myself feel better...
I wrote the nerdiest essay I've ever written, ate some leftover brisket from the party last night, then moved my bedroom downstairs. I now live in Griffin's old room. I get my very own bathroom, which I've already decorated with my rubber ducky stuff.
I do feel better.
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03:19 pm
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JEWS!
They make the best food.
Hanukkah shindig this evening. I made delicious cakes. Ok, so they're not anywhere NEAR kosher, but I'm going to be honest here... God would sacrifice his first born for these cakes.
Mmmm... tasty, tasty sacrilege.
But seriously though... Jew food > all other food.
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09:16 pm
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Rant the second
I don't know if people are just more self-righteous this time of year or if I'm in a ranty mood or what, but...
FOR FUCK'S SAKE
"Happy Holidays" is not a political statement. Neither are "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Hanukkah" or any other remarks regarding the type of enjoyment one should get from the various Winter holidays. It's a gesture of goodwill and love. Stop being offended because they didn't phrase it in a way you approve of. It is not an insult to your religion if someone acknowledges that other religions also have holidays right now, nor should it be an insult if someone wishes you an enjoyable holiday that you don't celebrate. Just smile and say thank you because someone has taken the extra moment to wish you well. Stop politicizing a seasonal courtesy, you arrogant bastards. At best, it's petty and asinine. At worst, it's xenophobic extremism.
So, I do hope everyone has a delightful Wintertime and finds enjoyment in the holiday(s) therein. I will be going to my family's annual Hanukkah party this Saturday and spinning some dreidels while chowing down on latkes, and then two Christmas parties with gifts and Jesus and all that are right around the corner, flanking the Winter Solstice, which I recognize and thoroughly appreciate. And, if at any point, someone wishes me a "Joyful Kwanzaa" or a "Swell Boxing Day" or whatever, I will feel all warm and fuzzy inside because that's what this time of year is all about.
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10:17 pm
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Rant
There are Facebook groups for everything. Most of them are funny, but some are just obnoxious. One that a few of my friends have joined recently is "Coughing when you walk by smokers and hope they get the message."
Really? I mean... seriously?!
I know people have strong opinions about cigarettes, but intentionally letting out an irritated cough just because you are in the vicinity of a smoker in an attempt to make some kind of point makes you a dick. If you have to remain around the smoker for an extended period of time and the smoke is legitimately bugging you, there's nothing wrong with politely asking them if they could put out the cigarette or relocate themselves. Same if a person is smoking somewhere they shouldn't be. But the point there is to be POLITE. Because most of the time, if you approach the situation in a reasonable manner, the smoker will react reasonably. But if you start exaggerating a cough and are presumptuous enough to think that's an effective way to get your point across, the smoker probably isn't going to feel very inclined to do you any favors. Because you're acting like an asshole.
You think smokers don't know the health risks of smoking? Of course they do. But they still smoke. So why then would you assume that hearing some passing stranger emitting a holier-than-thou fake cough would suddenly make them stop? It won't. All it will do is make them, and probably the people around you, think you're a judgmental, self-righteous douchebag. Yes, even the other non-smokers around will regard you as a judgmental, self-righteous douchebag because, even if they agree with you on the smoking issue, most other people are decent enough to act like fucking adults.
For the record, I don't really smoke. I have had cigarettes in the past, and probably will at some point in the future, but I am not what most people would call a smoker. I am not writing this in defense of myself or my friends, but instead because I can't stand the sort of sanctimonious gestures that groups like "Coughing when you walk by smokers and hope they get the message" advocate. It's immature, smug, and, more than that, it's hypocritical. Because I guarantee that you have habits that bother the people around you. Wouldn't you prefer that someone bothered by your actions speak to you with some humanity and courtesy instead of making some grand superior gesture of annoyance?
Or, to put it a different way, treat others the way you would like to be treated.
Or, to put it even more simply, please don't be an asshole.
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06:11 am
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Run away, run away!
I have to start doing some actual directing today. Eeeek.
And then I have to go to Legoland and fill out rehire forms. Yay money! I like money. I also like having a job, on account of the fact that it gets me off of my fat ass. Except for ride operators. This isn't so much the case at Legoland, but ever notice that all the Fantasyland ride operators are morbidly obese? I know that all the job entails is sitting in a chair for eight hours a day, pushing a button every fifteen seconds, taking a break every two hours, presumably to eat. I wonder if that job only attracts large people or if they get hired looking gorgeous and eventually have their souls and belts broken by the Mouse.
I should get dressed and go to school... I have black holes to learn about today.
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09:29 pm
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Didn't see that coming
I met Dan Ackroyd today. He was in Temecula to promote his vodka. How very odd.
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11:14 pm
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Excellent...
Today, I got my job back at Legoland and then found my cast for "Closer." I'd say it's been a good day.
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06:09 am
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Auditions
Tonight. I think I'm more nervous than anyone actually auditioning. I'm just so shocked that this is actually happening. Well... no turning back now.
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09:36 am
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Damn you, technology!
I don't know if my mouse is broken or if my computer is on the brink of suicide, but in any case, I've been relegated to using the school computers, which means I may have to disappear from the interwebs more than usual.
Also, I have the first production meeting for Closer today and I haven't the slightest idea how to run one of those. Frakkity frakkity frak frak.
Lastly, I'm trying to cut down on my swearing. It's getting out of hand.
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11:52 am
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Thanks
To all of my friends, today I am thankful to be surrounded by such amazing people in my life. I have strong feelings of affection in your general direction.
I am also thankful that I get to spend today with a huge group of family, including those people to whom I am not technically related by blood or marriage, but they've been family to me all the same.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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11:45 am
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Pictures!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=18759&id=225500232&l=a9275dac82
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10:47 am
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Closing Time
I can't believe Angels is closing today. It didn't feel like a full run. And even though I've hated the show at times, it's grown on me and I'm actually quite proud of it now. We got that stunning review and the audiences this weekend have been huge. Angels is a difficult show to do, but I feel like we did it well. When I can see audience members laughing hysterically during one scene and then in tears the next, I feel like we must be doing something right. And, at about 5:30 today, it'll all be over. After fourteen performances and countless hours of rehearsals spanning the course of seven months, I'm really pleased to have been a part of Angels In America Parts One and Two. At the end of Part One, we all knew we'd be back together to do Part Two. We all knew it wasn't over. I don't think it's quite set in for myself or anyone else that today is it, there is no Part Three... no one seems to have that sense of finality yet.
But that's what tonight's party is for... to say goodbye to each other in drunken, ill-conceived ways that we'll regret tomorrow morning.
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07:55 pm
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For the record
Cutting your hand = discomfort.
Getting jalapeno and onion juice in the cut = intense pain.
Burning the entire hand, cut and all = THERE IS NO GOD
In other news, the chili I made was damned tasty.
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06:29 am
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Get out of my head
I've had nothing but Angels In America dreams all weekend. Because thinking about it every waking moment wasn't enough, apparently.
Anyway, I have three days off from the play. Minus my classes today and Wednesday morning, that's three days in which I can spend time with friends. Unfortunately, I am way broke, so hanging out will have to be a free activity.
So I probably should spend some of that three days looking for a job.
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11:00 am
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Last night
Almost flawless. Practically perfect in every way. I was pleased, the cast was pleased, the crew was pleased, the director was out-of-his-mind stoked.
The audience was dead. No response to anything. Until the curtain call, anyway, when there was a lot of cheering and clapping and whistling. I don't understand audiences.
Sunday audiences are always a little subdued, so I'm not expecting anything different today. But I am pretty stoked about the post-show bonfire at the beach.
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01:06 pm
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There are no words
Wait... yes there are. Let's try some of these:
1. Thanks to the crew putting out the wrong set, we skipped an ENTIRE FUCKING SCENE.
2. Lights and sound both had problems
3. The projector didn't work right
4. Actors missed lines... not just a couple here and there or some flubbed dialogue, but huge chunks of the script and that included important lines that I needed to hear
5. Many props and sets weren't in the right place onstage, if they wound up onstage at all
I don't think I've ever seen an opening night go so horribly, horribly wrong. The upside? I have a fantastic set of actors who are on their toes and the people running lights and sound know what they're doing and my assistant stage manager backstage is fantastic at following orders, even if the rest of the crew isn't. So, as a result of all those things, the audience had no idea that anything had ever gone wrong and they loved the show... standing ovation.
But that was the most psychologically exhausting theatrical experience I've ever been a part of. I just keep thinking I dreamed it. But the show must go on, so here's hoping tonight goes better.
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08:04 am
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Another opening of another show
AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Run away, run away!
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02:29 pm
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Best. Shirt. Ever.
http://store.hijinksensue.com/product/the-holodeck-is-for-porn-t-shirt
Thank you, Wil Wheaton.
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12:12 am
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Brainstorming
I was thinking about my impending production of "Closer" on my way home from rehearsal for "Angels In America" (why I was making plans for another show during the most stressful part of this one, I'll never know) and I thought of something.
"Closer" featuring a soundtrack comprised entirely of Tom Waits songs, just to make the play more wrist-slittingly depressing than it already is.
Hells yeah.
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06:33 am
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Tech Week
F. M. L.
The end.
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