late again
Been going to bed late. Watching Laker games. At least they make them interesting… They lost this one though after coming from 17 down to send it into overtime. I’m still coming down from the emotional roller-coaster. Since I don’t have a TV in Toronto it’s a real treat for me to see my favorite team play.
The reading went well. Enjoyable to be sure. Well it should have been enjoyable. Ian assures me that it went well. Thing is that it didn’t sound the way it did in my head, and since the actors weren’t familiar with the script at all the mis-reads really, really hurt. I spent the evening with my head down wincing at every fumble like I was being hit in the chest. I’m far too sensitive a writer. (If you have read my rants vs. Excalibur you kind of knew that already).
Other than organizing the readings of the plays I have been keeping a very low profile since I’ve been here though. Pretty much only hanging out with my best friend and my immediate family. Last year when I came back for Christmas I went out of my way to call a whole bunch of friends to let them know I was here, and despite being here for a month with nothing really to do (I think I had one essay) none of them made time for me. What is a guy to do?
It’s the 18th though. And my grad school deadline looms. Now that I’m really settling in with the applications, I see that I made this a hell of a lot harder than it needed to be. I could have had these things done months ago… Basically all I need is a statement of intent. THATS ALL. What was I thinking? Truth be told, I was being anal. I wanted to rewrite a paper etc that I didn’t need to do for that writing sample and the anxiety from that really messed me up. Now I have two days to get it done. Let’s see what I can do.
Later people. Merry Christmas!
December 18th, 2006 at 3:22 am
good luck with your applications! I find applications to be stressful.
And when you said your play would be on the 20th, you don’t possibly mean the 20th as in … Wednesday? Do you?
December 18th, 2006 at 3:28 am
Yes, Wednesday. But it is simply a reading. Don’t think of it as a full play. This is much less stress. But as the prelude to a rewrite and an opportunity for lots of people to tell me where my writing went wrong, it will be a bit stressful.
December 18th, 2006 at 3:11 pm
see I thought you meant that the play was going to be PERFORMED on Wednesday!
Good luck with that! It must be exciting that there is this interest in your work, even if it might be a little stressful.