January 31, 2008
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1 Any Hairspray fans out there?
2 I watched it for the first time last night.
3 Can you imagine?
4 It was just so bad it was good.
5 Anyway, enjoyed it.
6 Moving on: This is the time of year last year that I was getting around an hour of sleep a night. I'm getting better. It's like closer to four this year.
7 Fortunately, years of long hours at YB trained me for all of this.
8 The fun thing is that this past week when I haven't been in the gym at basketball games or wrestlng matches, I've been in the Theatre.
9 We have four different things going in there in the next week, including SF Shakes Twelfth NIght on Friday morning, a VSU Fashion Show Friday night, an evening of One-Acts on Saturday night, and a Talent Show next week...
10 None of which matters except that I've been spending hours upon hours in the Theatre once again, and it feels so comfortable it's almost uncanny.
11 Same lighting unit as the one at YB, and ETC express, and just sitting at a light booth doing cues once again is just wonderful.
12 Plus there's another teacher at the school who LOVES doing lights, working tech all day, putting music on, and lighting down sets at the end of a long tech day. We sat in the Theatre last night staring at the set and exchanging war stories, which were remarkably similar.
13 "Ever have people screaming at you to turn the lights on, then off, then different colors?" "Ever have groups come in who know absolutely nothing about show biz but think they know everything?" "Ever gotten zapped?" "Nah, only once, but it wasn't that bad..."
14 But sitting staring down at the stage and watching the lights change and blend and create a canvas without any real strokes.
15 Different strokes for different folks.
16 Anyway, just checking in on the old DN Department.
17 And with that, I sign off.
18 Peace.
~H~
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