These entries are almost episodic- sometimes two to a day, sometimes two days without something. I have decided I write in this because writing has been, and likely always will be one of my passions.
The closing night for "Waiting to Dance" was last night, easily the best performed to date. After the play, Makari, GalaxyJ, KareBear, and I went to the cast dressing room to confront Hemenway. But not in a bad way either. I gave a short little speech (in front of the whole cast) how her play has touched every person I knew who has gone to see the play. I then presented to her a frame, which contained a ticket to each night of the play, the program signed by the cast and stage crew, and a cast picture. She cried on the spot and it was all I could do to hold her and simply smile. This play was everything to her. Her script, her characters, her invention "back in 1994," she said when she created the character of Grace Thompson. And now she had a solid way to remember everything about it. It made all the running around worth it.
Waiting to Dance Written by Erica Hemenway Directed by Loryn Hatten
November 8th, 9th, 10th 8:00:00 PM At the Music Hall
"Waiting To Dance" is an existentialist drama about five women who have been placed in Purgatory for crimes they committed while still alive. Introduced as the villains awaiting their judgement they are: The Temptress, The Corruptor, The Murderer, The Adulteress and The Slut. It is a piece about connection, separation, denial and self-perceptions.
Starring: Justin Azevedo, Jillian Bagley, Christine Beck, Erica Hemenway, Briana Krank, and Michelle Reynolds
Tickets on Sale at the Door. General Admission $7, Student Admission $5 * For disABILITY accommodations, please contact Estrella Esparza via email at Estrella_Esparza@csumb.edu
So that was last night. And now it is Sunday morning. In all honesty, I have been dreading 11-11 for quite some time now. I think it has to do with Kelp Kraze from last year. Sure there were good things, such as hanging out with the Anime Club and stuff like that, but what I fear most is remembering that night. The day of four ones is always going to be remembered by me as the catalyst for major change in my life. It marks Kelp Kraze freshman year, and it marks the beginning of the complete destruction of my relationship with Firefly. (Yes, even though we are not the greatest of friends, I have every intention of protecting her identity.) We had a large fight, and the relationship slammed to a halt at about 9:30 or so at night. Fink was in the room when it happened, she saw how it progressed, and she forcefully pulled me away from my computer in the aftermath thereof. I don't know if I ever completely got over Firefly, I sometimes wonder if I ever will. We haven't talked since April, and she seems as distant as any other random person on the Internet by now. But today marks that day.
Today also marks an anniversary of another sort. This is the 3-year anniversary of my webpage, now in its 4th revision. I have had one cheesy frame-based one with MIDI, like all people begin with who think all the bells and whistles are cool and then I had an only semi-crappy frame-based page that used this brand new thing called "rollovers". My third page was the one I had for almost a year, the slate grey stone with steel blue colors that existed before Firefly and I broke up, but only barely. That page was me at the time, all the way through the end of freshman year and summer. When this year came along, I needed to change - yearned for it. So I picked up my mouse, and began creating. This page is going to be what I am now. Outgoing, professional, calm, distinct, unique, proud of who I am, and not trying to blend into the shadows.
In response to "Cycle":