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Sorry that I’ve been too busy lately to write much. Marisol is running at the studio theatre at PSU next week, Thursday thru Saturday (I think that’s right anyway…). I’ve been pretty tied up doing the sound design/board op stuff for it as we prepare for full tech rehearsals. I have to make up for lost ground due to Alice in Wonderland (don’t ask). Anyway, sound for this show is shaping up to be quite a spot of all right, and so far the cast has been happy with it. It’s just a time suck, as usual. I stand by the theory that I could go for a shorter year if it meant each day could have a couple more hours to them. Be sure to stop by if you get the chance, it’s a short show. I think once this wraps, I’m going to take a longish break from theatre, and get back to writing (as well as finding someone to produce Walking).

It’s a good thing I’m not actually in it though. My voice is apparently taking a vacation from my body at the moment. I feel fine though otherwise, which I’m hoping isn’t a bad sign. I say that only because of that super crappy throat infection I had a couple years ago that was similar. Like swallowing molten shards of glass. I’m keeping an eye on it, so far there isn’t anything resembling that former pain, so it might just be random sore throat. But I sure do sound funny.

I finished Yakuza Moon last week. It was all right. You could tell it had been translated (some of the language was awkward, and it was far from without typographical errors). It wasn’t quite what I had expected. Very “young lady overcoming adversity,” not so much “young lady fighting the dark shadow of the Yakuza boss father.” It is, however, a fast read, which makes up for some of the lack of details. I just expected a little more information about the skeletons in the closet her family had or something like that. It was just more personal than I expected. But, it was also her first (and so far only?) book. I suspect future work will be a little thicker around the middle, hopefully. I’m probably coming across as very “don’t bother reading this book,” though, and I don’t want to give that impression. It wasn’t what I expected, but it was still a fine read. And it’s short enough that even if you don’t like it, you aren’t out much time.

Jamaica we have a bobsled team!

So, I now take my first step forward in the world of t3h intarweb. I completed my first video blog last night and got it uploaded. I apologize for it being a little long and lacking of fancy bells and whistles. Once the musical is done, I’ll put some more effort into my After Effecting in them. I’ll try to do one every couple weeks. Let me know what you think! Enjoy!

By the way, the pop machine at work gave me another free drink yesterday. That’s 4.

Man do I have the worst headache right now. I got out of the shower and almost felt like I was gonna puke it’s so bad…just how I wanted to start the day out.

Well, I spent Friday and Saturday out with the Arma forensics team at 1/2A State Champs. They did not terribly. Had a 6th and an 8th place. Not bad for a team that does it just as a club after school. Had a guy tell me that if he had been on a judges panel with me, he would have tried to get me barred from judging because of my style. I laughed.

We hit the Mosely Street Melodrama Friday night, which was pretty friggin’ nifty. Saw Jaws, the Musical. Use your imagination. Then they did a musical review after that. They had an exercise scene during that I laughed my ass off at. Overall a pretty good time I found out that Angie is taking a teachig job in Lamar, and so they are going to need a forensics coach for next year, and she and the kids want me to do it. I am considering. It’s just an after school thing, so I could probably manage it. But PSU is also going to be looking for a forensics coach at the college too.� Another role I could easily take on I think. The question is a matter of time.

I was also given the opportunity to be the Tech Director for Godspell at the Liberty Theatre in Ft. Scott, or any other tech position I’d want basically. But driving to Ft. Scott every day….I dunno. Barb wants me to be stage manager for The Music Man, and I have a feeling the two shows are going to overlap. I almost feel like it might be best for me to just lay off the theatre stuff for a while and work on my plays. I got another idea I outlined out and would like to start writing. I’m always afraid of spreading myself too thin lately.