End of March Project...

... albeit early. Why? Because my computer is broke-y and has to be sent away to figure out what's wrong with it. At no small price either. Monetary or otherwise.

So that means while I might or might not be able to take pictures during those days, I won't get to upload them until a week or so later. Depending on the rehearsal schedule. Eeek.

Speaking of rehearsal, someone made a video of our set in action, and I'm going to share it with you because actions truly speak louder than words. DA, thank you so VERY much for letting me share this. I don't know if you even read this blog, but just in case, thank you.



Don't necessarily listen with your speakers on. It's all about the visuals. That's our amazing set in our rehearsal room. Love it. I am excited to work on this show, but I'd also very much like to have an out-of-body experience so I might watch it from the audience as well. I so very rarely say that of shows I'm on. And the singing? Just about as stupendous as the set, if not more so. Principals and chorus alike. And we've only rehearsed two days so far.

See you in a week or so.

Oldie But Goodie

Seven days left in the March Project. Today's super-long day meant no time or drive to take pictures. Though, I really want to take a picture, or really, a video, of our set in action. It's pretty amazing.

Today's photo is an oldie but a goodie:



What story does this have? This was taken while I was in LA, bowling with a friend or friends. (Don't remember which time it was that I took it). I just happened to look over while waiting for my turn and there those balls were. All rainbow-y and colorful.

I think I'll always be a sucker for rainbows... one of my girly traits, I suppose. That and spiders... EWWW! LK joins me on that. I can't even look at a spider in a box at the Museum of Natural Science.

It's off to bed after a VERY long day and an unexpected awakening at 4:45am. The debate is whether I get up at my 'normal' time in order to work out or sleep in. Decisions, decisions.

Museum of Natural Science

We were going to go to the beach since the rain that had been predicted seemed to be not making an appearance. However, one of our party had an obligation at 6pm so that made our post-Easter Brunch departure a very short trip (considering we lose 2 hours in driving, at least.)

Instead, we decided to head to Hermann Park (which was a MADHOUSE - no surprise there). We had planned on stopping in at the Museum of Natural Science and ended up spending the entire afternoon there.

We started with the butterfly house where we watched one about to emerge from his cocoon, and some of his newly-emerged cousins dry out. Then we entered the uber-humid butterfly house and tried to snap pictures of the fast-moving residents. I really liked the butterflies that had gorgeous blue or purple on their wings, but they mostly sat around with their wings together, hiding the gorgeousness. Still, I think I got some fair shots:

Next, we visited the gem and mineral exhibit, specifically the gem vault which is home to some AMAZING gemstones:













As for jewelry that I wear, I'm not one for flash and huge stones and overly ornate; however, I can appreciate the gorgeousness and the sheer enormity of these stones!

Tomorrow will be a long day... and tonight's disappearing fast. I've still got much more to do!

Eeyore

A brief post, because the head still wants to explode from the amount of information accumulated in it on the show. Will have to post a picture someday of my score because as someone at work say, "it looks like Rainbow Brite threw up in/on my book."

Terribly phrased, but it really does. Frightening. But hopefully it will have me well-prepared for this show.

A few colleagues and I went to USITT's Stage Expo to walk around before work today. It was interesting, but not as interesting to us as it would have been if we were high school students in search of a college or a college student in search of a grad school. Still, we tried on some amazingly light and nifty headsets.

However, I saw the best thing ever today. It really just made me smile.



This absolutely made my day. I adore Eeyore, and he just looks amazingly cute in a headset. Doesn't he?

Snoopy. Eeyore. Winnie-the-Pooh. Favorite cartoon characters ever.

Good Week

It's been a good week, although, I've been so social this week, that my sleep is suffering from it! Ah well, that's what days off are for, right?

Today, after a 9am-7pm day of prep (but man, did I get stuff accomplished - and my head feels less like it wants to explode), I texted a friend of mine to see what he was up to. "Steak dinner," he says. I think, "Well, I haven't seen him in ages and steak sounded yummy." So I met him and a few of his colleagues and students for a truly stupendous steak dinner. I now know where to go to splurge for GOOD steak.

It was definitely good times and a great end to the week. Reminiscing and sharing great stories from college and hearing stories from others.

The picture of the day comes from the Chihuly (!) chandelier in the Hilton Americas where a lot of USITT folk are staying:



Tomorrow, I hit up the Stage Expo to see what's new in the theatre word and to hopefully snag some cool swag!

Missing Home

I'm missing home a bit... so tonight's entry is brief. And picture-based.

Bllssed out Tom, relaxing in his favorite way:



She looks like she's ready to pounce, but its just because of how her tail is set against the cushions:



And together:



Sorry for the puppy overload. Believe me, I've got more where they came from. They're pretty darn photogenic.

Reminiscing

Tonight was a trip back in time. I met up with a classmate of mine from IU. He was a MFA in lighting design when I was an undergrad in stage management. We met up for dinner (we went to Blue Fish House) and then called up a colleague of ours from there to see what he was up to. Turns out he and his entire project were at a very good Mexican place called Ninfa's. Yum. I said "Great, we'll join you for drinks- because Ninfa's has fabulous margaritas!" When we arrived, it was a whole table full of stage managers (students and professionals) and I knew TWO of them! One of my colleagues from LA was there - we had planned to meet for coffee but it was great seeing her tonight. It was so much fun - telling and hearing all sorts of stories about people I knew and people I didn't.

Tonight was fun which totally made up for the paperwork making my head want to explode at work. Sometimes a lot of energy is spent trying to figure out how to best get the information out there. That's 85% of the battle, then it's a matter of inputting it and keeping it current. Today was definitely a head exploding day.

Tomorrow, it's more studying and then another USITT evening. Wheee!!

To keep 'somewhat' in tune with the March Project, here's a picture that I was considering for a header for the blog. It was taken at IU:



Unfortunately/fortunately, the dinner ran later than I had planned and the work I brought home simply didn't get done. Ah well. Tomorrow's another day!