Peter and the starcatcher

well, Today I went to work at 2am, and I got off work at 10pm,

since they added me to the run of Peter and the Starcatcher, its the story leading up to the events in Peter Pan.

but it was a long day, and the week will also be long.

I had one show tonight, two tomorrow, one friday, two saturday, and two sunday.

At least it is a funny show.

a pretty good idea

when I set up Google Chrome on this laptop, I set it so my blog page, and NaNoWriMo, and my gmail all come up.

which is great.

things I am likely to procrastinate into no doing, suddenly too easy to not do.

it makes the updates more mundane though, so, you will have to live with that.

Today on my list

CLEAN MY ROOM

and some other stuff.

so far I have spent 40 minutes looking at the Chinook Book coupons on my phone. Win.

I am mostly healed from my cold, which is about the right timing, 9 days, mom always said.

I have er get to work tonight at 2am, some Load in at the Moore Theater, afterwards I think I will go use my coupon that will expire on Thursday... see, it was worth it, the scanning the coupons to find the one that was expiring.

moping in Seattle

had a few whiny moments today,
can't decide if I'm depressed or grieving... maybe both... maybe just the weather.

but I bought some fancy bath bombs, that will work, right.

It doesn't help that my shoulder hurts.

But, while I haven't figured out my built in camera.

I have uploaded a creative writing program, and windows office (sorry dad, I should have sent my copy to you, but it never occurred to me, anyway, as soon as I can meet up with my friend, you will have microsoft office too, maybe fancier than my 2010.)

I wrote about 1/2 page on my novel, and the character list for the scifi web/play series whose working title is Space Puffs.

and I have made chili.

I also have made contact with the future birthday girl.

I have not cleaned my room.

lameness

I can't figure out how to use the webcamera on my new laptop.

its very irritating,

like the cat currently begging for my attention, so she can sit on my hand.

which makes it very hard to type, I would show you but I cant figure out how to turn the camera on.

sigh.

new strategy

So,

with this new laptop, I set up google chrome to open the blog page, so far it has made me write blog posts, but then I"m excited about it all at the moment.

This will probably pass.

I tried all sorts of things to make my camera work, but I can't figure it out.  Most perplexing is quite a few forums have the question asked, then it sort of apparently resolves itself.... So I don't know. If I cant figure it out by Friday, I think I'll take it to the computer place and ask them if they can either show me, or if we can figure it out.

You see, I want to join the future and learn to Skype... that might be fun... though I guess I can use face to face on the iphone...?566666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

mm, cat.

anyway.  I have a few things planned for the day, but I need to get started, tha'ts the hardest part, right?

But, I need to

1. clean for an hour
1 1/2. start crockpot chili
2. go to the Office
3. Check my email
4. go to the library
5. visit the new yarn store
6. Call Megan
7. write audition stuff
8. clean for an hour
9. I really should decide what I want to write for NoNaWriMo

I wish there was a camera on this computer so the world would see how this cat is sitting on me, but oh well.

things I need to do today

the main things I need to do today are:

1. Take a bath
2. Clean my room
3. write a resume
4. vacuum
5. write audition annoucenments for facebook
6. set up event for Megan's birthday
7. write response to auditioners
8. download open office
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Sorry, that last post was Trixie, by the way, its another day in Fogtopia (people are talking about Stephen King novels to discribe this fog) And my Wrist hurts for no reason, I am tempted to go to a doctor for it, where they will say, we obviously can't see anything wrong with it, so why did you come in? argh! I hate western medicine.
9. See if Mel is going to this party tonight
10. go to the library
11. buy spanx camisole?
12. learn how to use strike through

13. braise a beef heart
14. go to farmers market
15. get baking powder

old ghosts

So, I suspect its the changing of the seasons, but I've been a little down lately.  I just lost a bit of this, so I am not sure how fresh the next paragraph will be... yikes.

A combination of low motivation, and unmet expectations, have made me whiny, and mad at myself, but also, I'm not sure what exactly brought this on, but it seems I have to go back and revisit every issue I have ever had with my childhood, and general self esteem. Its awesome.

But I whined about this a bit earlier, and then erased it, so you don't have to read it now, but it might be because I have been helping a friend deal with her divorce from someone who is dealing with addiction, and is selfish and manipulative. Plus, my friend is very codependent and well, I've been there, and its rough.

Now, enough about that, I am updating this on my new laptop. I got it from the cheap laptop place, and I think its going to be great. I might not actually need a laptop, but its going to be useful in the next month, for sure, as I try to write a play or two for my friend's new theatre, and I am applying for a job as an assistant to the business rep in my local.  We have had some difficulty in the recent past with the workload of our business rep, and since he is leaving in January, we would like to help him out and try to make the job not too onerous on the next guy.  I have been asked personally by our president to apply, so, I'll give it a shot. I might also apply for a props assistant job, but that hasn't been posted yet.

Its strange, but I might be a little sad because I need to start thinking of myself as a grown up, I tend to think of myself as a kid, and I think of women one of two years older as being much older than I, and women ten years younger as being my peers, I think this might be a disservice to myself somehow.

Anyway, I also signed up for NaNoWriMo... but I'll tell you more about that next month.

New theatre newsletter

(From a theatre I'm helping to start)

Hello my Friends,

As you already know, Christina and I are starting “our” own Theatre Company here in Tacoma!

We are calling the project “Working Class Theatre NW”.

This is our purpose statement:

WCTNW produces relevant, thought-provoking theatre for a wider audience. By expanding the boundaries of a normal theater going experience, our artists challenge you to askWHY. Anyone can make theatre. Everyone should have the knowledge and access to participate in theatre. Theatre is a tool for everyone to share their stories and learn from the experiences of others. 

We produce shows that matter, by artists who care, for a reasonable price.

Here is why we are excited!

We are planning out a season of 5 shows and each of those shows is geared toward the working class of Tacoma.  We are planning our Season opening in March!  But for the mean time we have to do some fundraising and get some buzz out.  November is “ART at work” month in Tacoma, in which the city advertises arts awareness throughout its municipal network.  We thought this would be a great time to let Tacoma know what we are planning for the future.  And through our partnership / sponsorship with “Spaceworks!” the timing is right!

Things are moving forward quickly as we have found a space (for free!) for the month of November.  We have been given access to the large courtroom on top of the Old Historic Post Office in Downtown Tacoma.  At this time we are planning a lot of stuff, most of which is full readings of the shows we have picked out for our season.  So, almost every Friday and Saturday Night in November we will have a Full read and capped off with a large Gala / Party at the end of the month.  So here goes…

 

TtFriday, Nov. 8 = Full read of "Zoo Story"
Saturday, Nov. 9 = Full read of "Enron"
Sunday, Nov. 10 = Kickstarter Interviews with cast members and Directors
Friday, Nov. 15 = Full read of "Life in the Theatre"
Saturday, Nov. 16 = Full read of TBD
Sunday, Nov. 17 = Full read of "Sunset Limited"
Friday, Nov. 22 = Full read of "School for Lies"
Saturday, Nov.23 = Full read of "Tracers"

Friday, Nov. 29 = "Going Postal on Black Friday” Gala and Party

One of the main reasons for all of this is not only to create buzz, but to use as material for our Kickstarter Campaign!  We will be filming all of the readings and collecting interviews of cast and directors.

The “Going Postal on Black Friday” Gala is going to be the MAIN Event.  We want this to be an event that is the big fundraiser for the month.  We want to present prepared scenes from each one of our shows, kind of like a telethon / auction.  Present 5 minutes of one our shows, and then auction a few things off. So on and so on…  So I’m looking for 2 five minute scenes from each show. We also want to show video of the interviews and readings earlier in the month.  We still have a lot to plan out for this, but I just want to give you an idea of what we are expecting to pull off.

You are some the most talented people I know.  I am so excited and honored to be able to solicit your help and expertise!  I want you to know that throughout this email I have said “we”.  That is not Christina and I, it really means “WE” the greater pool of theatre enthusiasts, at this place, in this time. With your help, we can provide an exciting and sustainable Theater Going experience for many years to come.

I would love to get you all in one room together and talk over details and logistics. I am open all weekend if we could get together Oct.18 – 20 anytime.  I will buy beer!

Please give me a call with any questions.

 Thank you so much!

Tim

 

I want to leave you with this:

 Our mission is to provide and encourage, a quality, inexpensive, Theatre experience that is grounded in the diverse culture of Tacoma.  Working Class Theatre NW builds community through productions of theatre that are socially conscious and relevant to the issues of working class peoples today.

Our theatre is accessible to people of all backgrounds in order to increase participation in theater arts and promote the shared values of empathy and social Justice.

 

 

4 months since my last confession.

I don't know how I think I can write fiction, if I can't update my blog.

Anyway, I ran spotlight this summer for Stu for Silverton, worked a little, thought about moving, took my older cats to the vet, and generally did not update my blog. 

My friend Christina decided to get a space from Spaceoworks in Tacoma, to make into a theatre, I've decided to write some plays, because, seriously, how hard can it be?

I am moving from the shitty apartment, in December, the current estimate, but this might change, don't worry my friends, I am more put out by the delay than you. But it will happen! 

My older cats are both 13 this year, and while generally healthy, they are getting older, this makes me sad. I didn't take them to the vet for that reason though but because I am going to be moving in with some dogs, and they will have more exposure to the various cat viruses, an I felt a booster wouldn't be the worst idea. Now one cat has to have special kidney diet, and the other gets a supplement for the cat Herpes. Which means they all get these things. Yay! 

I am fixing to write, in a writing team, a late night sci-fi show, which will be strongly feminist, but in a different way, I'm just flopping the male to female character ratios, and making all the characters in positions of leadership be female. At one point, if there comes a time that I have more than one male character in an episode, I might have them just talk about just women. As a response to the movie scale out there about female characters in movies, who never talk to other women about anything other than men, and sex.... I can't remember I what it's called exactly. I also want to make "don't be such a boy" be the same insult as "don't be such a girl" ( I often look back on my ER trip when I tore my ACL, and because I was no longer crying, and was cowboying up, they thought it was just a sprain, you know because girls are crybabies) Anyway. 

I also might want to try and write a play by myself, because a title some of us came up with, tickles me. Ambiguity and the Oxford Comma, as sort of a drawing room farce, or maybe something Pinteresque? I'll have to read more plays.

Randomly,

I make excellent French onion soup now, and I am super Excited for Thanksgivunakkah, the first day of Hanukkah falls on Thanksgiving, for the first time ever! So, latkes in turkey gravy, amount other things. I may have described myself as an Atheiest Buddhist who celebrate Jewish holidays and Christmas. Or maybe it was in my head. 

As always, I vow to be better about posting.