Urgh, I feel bad for neglecting this thing for nearly three weeks now, but things have just been insanely busy for me between work, improv and Fiddler rehearsal.
Improvise Your Own Adventure had its closing, and has now been replaced by a new show that looks incredibly cool to me but I thankfully had the wisdom not undertake. My Theatresports team went on for two successful weekends and then was beaten last weekend, and just last night I was placed on a new team that beat the previous one. So I’m managing to stay active in the circuit there. Last night was a very good improv night for me on the whole… in addition to being on a generally kickass team for Theatresports, I also had a show at SecondStory where I got to do a very fun Shakespeare scene with Greg Stackhouse. The downside is that I’ve been coughing up a lung all week long and have now begun to lose my voice, which is really bad news as I’ve still got a lot of activities on the docket for these next couple of days that require me to be booming and projecting.
Work is a madhouse… we are on an extraordinarily tight schedule and are still unable to finalize some fundamental aspects of the design due to legal and contractual considerations. I am confident it will all work out but am certain it will have taken its toll on me by the time we ship the product. Maybe I should start planning my vacation sooner rather than later.
I saw an extremely good price on a Garmin Nuvi 855T and decided to splurge on it, as the iPhone is decent for directions but doesn’t have as powerful a GPS antenna and is difficult to use while driving. Plus I can download a Doctor Emmett L. Brown voice for it, which is just all kinds of awesome.
Fiddler continues to progress. It’s been a long rehearsal process already and we don’t go up until the 5th of June, but it still manages to feel like we have less time than we need. I really need to work on my song, but I can’t with my voice like this…
Must get more sleep. Must get healthier again. Must force myself to take more time off from my life to let those things happen…
Dan.
Tags: fiddler, health, improv, secondstory, theatre, toys, work