tired. whew.
wow. so tired.
been very busy. many 5 point days.
play is progressing well. my cast is pretty damn awesome. it's hard work, but will be ultimately VERY rewarding. we open pretty soon. yikes. I have unlimited comps to previews.
Coraline has a gig at Club Waziema on September 11th in the city. short set from 8 - 9pm. very patriotic. twill be fun. special novelty acts.
saw joan rivers show at magic. wow. VERY funny. and very moving. surprisingly so. i recommend it - if you can get a ticket....
did a reading this past weekend of a children's musical. 'Dream Sheep'. About the sheep that are supposed to help you get to sleep. it was so freaking cute. i realized that i have never really worked with kids before. they really do say the darndest things. wow. and they can actually be rather cute when they are calmed down. I played Mrs. Blibbins the Sleep Inspector. She's british and a little crazy and wants to have all the sheep come work in her petting zoo. see - good stuff.....really good stuff. :)
did a trapeze making workshop over the last couple days. it's almost done! just some more sewing to do.... it's pretty freaking awesome to actually MAKE your own trapeze. Well - the bar was pre-made. but we learned how to splice rope and all kinds of good stuff.
ok. i'm so tired that i can't really make thoughts.
dave has lots of photos from our trip on his site if you are interested. just go to merple.com and click the squiggly thing that says photos.
oh - we also finished the 7th Harry Potter book and are almost done with Deadwood. it's hard to have these things end. they provide really excellent escape. :)
goodnight!
posted by arweena @ 11:14 PM
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Okay, I was going to ask before when AMD used this expression, and I forgot-- but now it has popped up again so I have to ask. What does "5 point day" mean? I can infer its meaning from the context, so I guess what I'm really asking is why it's called a "5 point day."
a "fill-in-the-blank" point day is all about how many places and people you have to be/get to in one day. therefore a good example of a 5 point day is: 1) 9am - go to the dentist; 2) 9:30 - 12noon - go to work; 3)12:30pm - 6:30pm - show rehearsal; 4) 7pm - audition; 5) 8 - 9:30pm - reading rehearsal
this is a good example because you not only have a lot of places to be, but for many of them you need to have changes of clothes or additional items (scripts, make-up, do prep-work, etc.) which just adds to the insanity since you have to pack for it ALL in the morning before you leave. and then you need to eat at some point too....
and then finally you do get to go home, which technically could be a 6th point, but I don't usually count it. ;)
so, yes - that's a 5 point day. they are really, really exhausting when there are too many of them in a row, or if one of them suddenly turns into a 7 point day. ugh.
today i am super pleased to have a 3 point day. still a long, 14 hour day, but at least not SO much running around.... :)
Oh, wow... I think I have been having five-point days for many years now, and never had an expression to use to call attention to how hard I was working! Cool! Now I do :-)
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