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Theatrical Tuesday - In Slow Motion

Tuesday

I keep thinking about and forgetting a topic I want to talk about on Tuesday. I've been doing it for several weeks now and it's so annoying! It feels as though the thoughts have been shoved behind a barrier in my mind that I can't see, but only feel is there.

Having a cold has given me time to slow down and refocus some of my energy. I've found Facebook more annoying than usual and logged out for the day. I'm exploring other options for connecting with like-minded people whose goals align with my own. I started today out extremely frustrated and am ending it in the opposite state.

The first draft of my one act play has been written and was submitted yesterday. It's an office-based melodrama that touches on a number of societal ills and uses office noises in a musical way. I'm pretty psyched about it! It's not as long as my teacher wanted, but there will be a couple more times during the semester to add to it and make it better.

Sometimes it's not about getting something written quickly. That's hard for me to accept. I'm usually working at a fast pace. What this year has been teaching me is that our work needs to go through a lot of stages before it can be its best, so it's not crucial to get it perfect on the first pass.

My TV series partner and I were supposed to be mock pitching for our show, but between my cold and her ultra packed week, I requested a move to next week. I've never been one for sharing my germs if I can help it.

I'll be working on a movie set this weekend as part of wardrobe. I'm hoping to learn a lot and maybe they'll have good tips for my sewing. It's mostly outdoor work, so I'm really hoping I'm feeling better by then. I also hope I can stay warm, so I don't get sicker.

Today, I've slowly added to my feature film script and got a load of laundry done. Every time I tried to do more, I had a sneeze fit or my nose would run.

And that's how life's river flows today.
R~
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