I Did It!!

Look at me! I went one whole day without blogging! Baby steps...

I'm pretty sure we had a show Saturday night - I don't really remember it because it seems like it was a really long time ago. I do know Amber and Nathan were there. Yesterday's show was full of surprises - Larry and MaryLee came and sat front row, so I spotted them about three-quarters of the way through the first act. (Tiny theatre, can't really help noticing the first two rows...) This leads to my first happy of the day - Larry really didn't want to see the show because he's had bad Mancha experiences, but he seemed to genuinely enjoy our production. One of those highly valued opinions I was waiting for. Another happy - Jen M. and Mike pulled their trademark surprise appearance. (Jen M.: worked with me at the Court, left about six months ago - she was a total kindred spirit for me here, and she rocks. Mike's her husband.) I didn't even recognize her! AND she brought me a bag of clothes that she didn't want or couldn't wear anymore, some of which still had tags on them. (Since leaving, she appears to be doing a lot of shopping.)

We had another fun night at Bill and Tracy's - Gerard went this time, and he's fun, albeit a snorer. And, apparently, a snuggler. Which would not be so bad if he hadn't been sharing the sleep sofa with Eric. Sure makes for a funny story, though.

McKenzi, besides being a rockin' little chica, is a Girl Scout. And I just ordered twelve (yes, TWELVE) boxes of Thin Minutes and Peanut Butter Patties. Hey, this only comes around like once a year for me - Girl Scout cookie season is one of the reasons I bought a deep freezer for the garage in the first place.

There was a big cast to-do at Thai Lotus after Sunday's show, then I hung out for a bit with Travis and puttered over to the theatre to watch Nunsense auditions at Moonlight. Surprise, Marcie was there, and she seemed to do really well. (I would have known she was planning on going if she was still blogging.....ahem....) I can't do the show, which kills - surgery and all that - but I have been told by Chris and Eric (who's assistant directing) that I'll be auditioning tomorrow just for the hell of it. I think Eric and I will attempt to blow them away with "As Long As You're Mine". Another lovely moment last night was hanging out in the car after auditions and singing with Eric. As much as La Mancha showcases his voice, I think he sounds best when he's just chilling out and singing for himself. It's nice when you kind of realize again for the first time how talented a friend is - like the first time Kyle got up and sang "Impossible Dream" when I'd heard him sing 100 times, but it was like it was the first time I'd ever heard him. Eric can do the same thing to me.

Yesterday's show was the most physically demanding yet - or "Yesterday, I got my ass kicked hard." I dropped a heavy pewter chalice on the top of my foot, and judging by the difficulty in movement, I believe I may have a hairline crack in the bone. And I'm seriously considering just having my right pinky toe amputated and get it out of the way, because something happens to make me bleed profusely almost every show now. But I refuse to wear any kind of shoes...she just wouldn't be wearing shoes.

Jen B.'s happy yesterday was the blooming rose bushes outside the restaurant. I thought that was a spectacular happy.

This is amusing - the Judge just dropped by to ask if I saw the 60 Minutes interview with Hillary Swank last night. (Dammit!) He knows I like her - so he was telling me about the interview and said that after watching her for about ten minutes, he started thinking she really looked like me. Again, flattering...I'm starting to look like a LOT of people. The amusing thing to me is that if you line all these people up - Natasha Henstridge, Idina Menzel, Hillary Swank - they don't resemble each other at ALL. I'm just always glad when I'm likened to someone attractive, because like I was saying to Eric last night, for all my posturing and false confidence, I consider myself only relatively attractive, not even bordering on particularly pretty. Ahh, surgery, come hither and eradicate my ridiculous chin!

Finally, please send a lot of good karma toward Jeff and Miss Sally - I had the good fortune of meeting her a while back and she's one of the last people I would want to see in any kind of pain.