2009, the Highlights
Things I did this year:
- Took THACO to PAX 2009 and Origins Game Fair. Discovered I have a touch of agoraphobia.
- Directed and co-wrote the closing ceremonies video for CONvergence. Wrote the description “they are suddenly surrounded by Amazons in fur bikinis.” Everyone thought it was a great idea, and my good friend insisted on playing one.
- Performed in a show written by my good friend Ari Hoptman, also my return as a performer to the Fringe Festival.
- Started a new theater company with another good friend. Returned to the BLB for the first time in a decade. Sold out several shows.
- Committed to writing three shows in the new year.
Thanksgiving
Sharon.
My family.
Being an American, and having some idea of what that means, and what that gives me.
Doing theatre again.
Writing.
Friendships.
Some small sense of maturity.
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Lying here in the dark, listening to Lovage and wondering if we’re getting too old for our neighborhood, or if it’s just the warm weather driving the neighbors crazy.
Take me to the other side
I am now on vacation. My first real vacation in a long time. I took lots of time off over the summer, and for very fun projects: traveling to conventions to screen THACO, going to Vegas for filming, the Fringe festival (wait, I didn’t take time off for that), but those were all very much not relaxing. Even the screenings were just experiments in how far I could push my latent agoraphobia.
So, now, here I am, with an actual week off. I’ve told myself I’m going to write, and perhaps more importantly, Le Shaz has told me that I need to get out of the house (and out from underfoot) so I don’t drive her crazy while she tries to finish her book.
“Character,” it has been said, “is what you are when you think no one is watching.” I have two different shows I’m committed to writing, and I need to meet with my film partners to figure out our next project. When I come out on the other side, it’ll be interesting to see what I have to show for it.
Things on my desk
Pens, paper, Firewire cable adapter. Tools of the trade.
Basic instructions for FCP 7. One of my yearly goals is to be certified.
Program for the first show of a company put together by friends of mine.
Postcard for the second show of the company I co-founded. Two shows in two months.
2010 Fringe application.
An open letter to my downstairs neighbor
Dude,
TURN OFF THE BASS AND GO TO FUCKING BED.
I have the hearing range of an eighty year old and I can fucking hear your music.
You’re as old as me! Go to bed!