what fabulous thing did you do for your career today

My friend Avi had a talk with one of the theatre dance teachers at Steps - who told her - she should ask herself "what fabulous thing did you do for your career today."  I like that saying.  Though, sometimes it is hard to know WHAT you CAN be doing for your career, aside from practicing and auditioning.

Alena and I got a rather frustrating blow to our showcase plans.  The theatre we were looking at and waiting on to give us a performance date said they can't house us at all.  What is really frustrating about this is, we have been in contact with them for nearly three months!  Why couldn't they have told us sooner.  No matter, we are looking at other theatres and now hoping for an October date  Avi and Kat are in on it too - helping with the logistics. Hopefully we shall have an exact date within the next two weeks.

Additionally - since I do actually have this theatre company Idiom/Quixotic sitting around doing nothing, we decided to make it do something.  We will meet every Sunday with bits of plays we wrote and devised and workshop them - with the goal to mount SOMETHING - whether a bare bones staged reading or a fully realized production - every two months.  

I booked my ticket to Orlando!  Wahoo!  I'm going to audition for the Show Palace Theatre - which is doing a season I think Id be good in - shows such as Fiddler on the Roof and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.  Plus - I'd qualify as "local."  They like local. I am also excited about seeing my friends Mark and Kristen.  I've hardly seen Kristen at all since high school!  She has been married and is apparently getting divorced on Friday!  Wow!  A lot can happen in eight or nine or ten years.  Wow - ten years...shudder.  I'm old.  It will be great to see them both. I'm gonna go to Disney with Mark - he works there in the Finding Nemo show - so I'll get to see him perform - and hopefully ride on the teacups!  Dinner with Kristen on Wednesday!  Exciting!  A nice getaway - of course - I just had a getaway - but hey - let's have another!  LOL!  Technically it's business - I'm just trying to take the pressure off.

I've been sick, but I've been making the most of my time on the sofa.  I sorted my tax debacle.  It is scary how messed up their paperwork can get.  My friend Greg pointed out "these are the people we want in charge of our healthcare."  When one puts it that way - yes - I do want to think twice about socialized healthcare.  Hrmmmm...  I've written to many director begging them to be their assistant director.  Hopefully someone will respond to something.  Letters rarely seem to work, but you gotta try.  I mean, one of the directors is currently in Minnesota, so the chances of me mauling them are slim.  Gotta do what you gotta do.

So that's about all here.  Nothing too exciting.  Getting ready for national cheesecake day! Wahoo!