The first step is to try to feel more like a functioning human being and less like a feral world-hating curmudgeon, so I'm working on that.
The daily dog walk at the end of the work day is helpful for me, but also is just doing any single thing that needs doing. I hung up some pictures yesterday and MAN DID THAT FEEL GOOD TO DO SOMETHING! Today I went through a stack of envelopes that have been on my desk for MONTHS! I knew there were no bills or urgent items in there. I tossed more than half of it and put the rest where they need to go. SOMETHING DONE! Tonight my plan is to cook a couple of things.
You folks know what is great? I wandered up to my neighborhood sidewalk sale on Saturday and ran into msbelle and we got to shop together.
True facts! It was like how things were supposed to be when I moved here. Happy fun times.
Rose, who just turned 8, which doesn't seem possible.
In fact, she just turned 9! The Eddie Izzard story was from a couple of months ago.
You folks know what is great? I wandered up to my neighborhood sidewalk sale on Saturday and ran into msbelle and we got to shop together.
Fan-fucking-tastic!
I remember when we ran into Sumi on the streets of Chicago: "Are you....Buffistas?"
not the dog
My sister's dog Gina loved coffee. Portland hipster dog, liked to hand out at Stumptown and drink out of any cups that were left unguarded and in reach
Aw, lisah and msbelle!
"Historically" doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence!
Indeed! The conversation was about garbage people, so.
You folks know what is great? I wandered up to my neighborhood sidewalk sale on Saturday and ran into msbelle and we got to shop together.
That IS great!
In fact, she just turned 9!
Oh wow.
Timelies all!
So far, this week has been rather busy at work. Lots of patient samples to process, including a good number of samples we didn't know were coming.
My biggest reference faux pas involved a student actor (who ended up being the star of the musical Bat Out Of Hell). For some reason the designer of that particular show alway made me talk to this actor about difficult things (like how to tuck his penis, which I actually had to google and was quite embarrassing). So the designer custom made a hair piece to match his hair. The problem is that the picture he used was from the summer and his hair was much lighter. So we bought a wig. It was not great, so it was my job to give him a choice, but really to convince him to dye his hair. So I presented it, and he said something like “This is a really hard choice”. And to lighten the mood, I said “yeah, it is a real Sophie’s Choice”. And he said “What’s a Sophie’s Choice?” And I wanted the ground to eat me.
I also think it is sort of weird that I have had so many awkward, embarrassing and weird moments with pretty much the only successful professional actor to ever come out of the program. I can think of at least seven more. He did sort of imprint on me like some sort of baby bird, and I was pretty much his personal dresser for four years, which I never really did for anyone else. But despite having conversations about his penis, showering him (we don’t have a shower, so when actors either need to be cleaned or wet we had to rig up a hose pool bucket situation) I still feel the most embarrassed about the inappropriate Sophie’s Choice joke.
