scripts?

Saw 3 summerwork shows on saturday - I'm realizing that I'm just not that interested in _plays_ . the barker for example: a writer I like a lot, very good performances and direction, and yet it didn't really do it for me. I wanted to see the performers in another way, to see their responses to the material. The idea of just doing a script is a mystery to me at this point.

another few great chats / lunch with a's friend.

a and i are looking at her production schedule and trying to make it work with our other interests...

it's a daunting looking that far ahead when I don't have any of the resources I need for the fall. or an idea what the show will look like... have to get on and cast the thing, then start...

also, and pressingly, have to find a place to live - the 2 I've looked at were no good... depressing and small - may have increase the amount of money I'm willing to spend.

that's better

sleep really helps.

feel again like something resembling a human being.

a lovely morning conversation with a friend of A's who's staying here for the weekend. A creator and dancer (with Meg Stuart's Damaged Goods among others) - talked about the work, about the frustrations at "the state of canadian theatre and dance"... which while on the whole very dire, I'm feeling a little better about these days - there's actually some folks I'm excited about, and maybe a small community can be formed...

Am going to see 3 summerworks shows today - the possibilities, the blue mouth inc show and the Volcano companies newest. also lots of hanging around hoping to run into people I know who might know of apartments.

The realities of the move have yet to sink in. When I say "here" in conversation I still mean H. I suppose that's not surpising.

Need to arrange to get stuff to this apartment from the back of the car.

arrived

ok... made it.
am still vwery tired, even though I slept for 4 hours after arriving at A's.

The drive was long. Mostly able to function as the DJ / awake guy, though did sleep some.
H to mid NB was great weather, lovely conditions - then we hit a rain storm that made us pull off the road for an hour, whcih was okay since we needed to eat.
From there to M it was a little rough going, but here we are.

now what?

waiting

so everything's packed - the house is cleaned. Just need to see if everything fits in the car. We're running a bit behind schedule, but should get into T in the morning.

The place I was going to move into isn't going to work - they gave it to a friend... which is unfortunate, they seemed nice (i'm sure they are, and plan to drink with them this weekend) - i'm not too stressed about finding a place... the job on the other hand.

Got my cheque (direct deposit really) for the week- is $1000 worth a week of near homicidal rage? i'm not sure, but it'll come in handy.

I was reading Chris Lloyd's letters to the PM - he has been writing the PM for years now - way before blogs and what he has that I'm badly missing, is someone who he writing to.

I'm big on specificity at the moment - in art, in life... and this is lacking a bit.

I think I should read some more blogs - try and make mine less boring.

One last pass...
Next from T

joining leaving

so i've jumped on the blog bandwagon.

i'm constantly failing at keeping journals, diaries etc... i have countless half filled notebooks. i make no promises that this will be any different - nor that i will tell anyone about it...

I leave for T thursday morning - which is a big enough move to warrent a blog start. the move is something I have very dialectical feelings about - on the one side it is a horribly tacky cliche to move from H to T. Especially as someone who works in theatre - the instant assumption is that I think I'm too big for H and am going to try and "make it" in T. on the other, there is an artistic infrastructure in T that just doesn't exist here, and more work that I'd like to see.

I didn't have a great time the last time I lived in T - actually, that's a lie... very often I had a very good time - lots of drinking and partying with the people who worked at SC (where I bartended, waited tables etc) but got very little theatre made and took no part in the theatre community. When I came to H I was able to work (write, direct) - but now I'm going to T because I cannot work in H - or, more percisely, there are two people who I want to work with who both live in T and I (or the company) don't have the money to bring them to H for 3 months, so i'm going to T.

there's an introduction. I don't know why people would read this...

going to return my dad and step moms OED - very disappointing, finish my taxes and have a little good bye dinner.