Part 2 - Outburst

I have a tendency to make long stories longer. Maybe it's my love and talent for story telling. Maybe it's because there is sometimes a certain amount of emotion that needs to come out through a story. I didn't mean to share the story about blowing up at Patricia to many people, but I told it to Christine when she spent the night on my couch last Saturday, with glass of wne in hand, and she was completely engaged.

To make a long story short, we did complete our presentation with no great hoopla. We sat around one of the long 7 feet tables with our laptops open -- talking, playing music and making a strawberry shortcake. I beat the cream, Patricia washed and cut the strawberries and Zac, in usual fashion, sat their like a lump answering questions and followed instructions. He did slice the pound cake and help put the strawberries on the cake. He also gave me a clean plate to serve each piece of the dessert to our classmates. But still -- lump.

The class watched us proscenium style. I hoped that the class would walk around us, but Patricia started setting seats out on one side of us. As Lynne said it was like watching through a fish bowl. All was peaceful until Jade broke the 4th wall and asked if I needed any help. It was completely disorientating to hear it and then the rest of the class was more verbal. Mostly about making lip smacking sounds in anticipation of eating the cake.

It's now Thursday -- a week later -- and Patricia and I have shared a few emails and been cordial in class, but we have not talked about the incident. There is a sense of dread as we move into our final project. A group piece on identity created by all 9 of us. Yikes! Needless to say we are dreading this. When I spoke with Nancy in rehearsal last night (she came in to watch and do some figure sketches) she said she just wanted to get through this quarter without killing anyone. I am in the same boat.

I am back to a messy apartment and things are trucking along in both rehearsals. I did watch an episode of Grey's Anatomy online last night instead of going to sleep. I hope I didn't make a grave error. We all know that if that is the case, it will not be the last. I do need lots of energy today. And the coffee trick is starting to wear thin. But I hope to be productive enough this morning to allow me to take a break and grab lunch with Tony before CORE.

For those keeping track at home, here's my updated to-do list:

MUST HAPPEN TODAY:
-- finish choreography for They Way We Get By for tonight's Measure for Measure rehearsal
-- memorize Scenes 13 for tonight's Nest rehearsal
-- swing by costume shop so they can get one last measurement for my almost completed corset

AND THE LIST IN GENERAL:
-- observe someone either live or on film with languid qualities
-- read After the War by Philip Kan Gotanda for CORE class
-- schedule time with Mindy Cooper to talk about performing in Oklahoma next year
-- work on Helen monologue for Movement on Monday
-- continue learning lines for NEST
-- schedule brow waxing
--send CV to Barbara for her to push the case to allow me to teach DRA 141 next year
-- schedule dada participation and funding meetings
-- watch Final Cut Pro video for Acting class in prep to edit my movie