Since I last posted, I went out to California and Oregon, returned home, got back to school to welcome new freshman and train for soccer, and started the new/last school year at college. With all my shit going on for this last year of school, I found myself too busy to realistically stay healthy and consequently took a break from soccer so I could maintain sanity. A lot of my time was invested in the theatre, as usual. I just got done with an amazing production of You Can't Take It With You in which I played the role of Penny. It was a huge and valuable experience - I learned a lot about ensemble work, comedy, life and myself. The night of our last dress rehearsal, we learned we got ourselves a new president. The play went up last weekend, coinciding with the 21st anniversary of my birth. My whole family was together for a family member's birthday for the first time in over five years. It was really nice to have them near, even just for a short while.
Currently I'm working more on my prep work for my senior project, Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis, which I'll be performing as a one-woman show in late February or early March 2009. I'll be working closely with some good friends and teachers experimenting with solo performance. Also, I'm doing some reading and research on happiness, suicide, mental illness, and creativity. It's an interesting process. Other goings-on in my life include: a small one-act called Post-Its going up in early December, classes in preparation for a trip to London late this December, thoughts on travel in France and Germany post-London, and general procrastination in various departments of my life. Oh, and I'm reading a good bit of Sartre right now.
I haven't done nearly as much photography, writing letters, baking, or napping as I would like to, but I anticipate those re-entering my life sometime in the near future. I watched The Shawshank Redemption tonight for the first time and was blown away. Great story, incredible movie - well written, well acted, everything well done.
This has evolved into a random assortment of rabble, but so it goes. I think I will go to bed. I took two long naps in the past two days and they felt wonderful, although a bit disorienting, so off I go to the land of sleep. Sweet dreams, y'all. Sleep well, be well.
