How it came up I don’t remember, but as we crossed the marble walkway connecting two of the casino kingdoms, my cousin Greg turned to me and said in his nasal, affectionate tone, that this trip, these words we spoke even now were blossoming into a series of stories. Excitement and Significance fades into the past, but stories can give them life ( Read more... )

It is set to go off in four weeks. Story to follow ( Read more... )

He had stayed up all night with the falling snow, and now in the bleak day with the salted and melting streets and the rusty shovels swirling dust and clumps into the air, he too, had lost hold of his quiet peace, now given way to shapeless chaos. Earlier, in the darkness, it had been peaceful watching the drifts lock together in midair and drop ( Read more... )

Quite a jolly 'oliday, this was. Pure middleschool fun. After a three hour coaching session at Covington, I called Katie Rupe and we went to see the Berkshire musical Once Upon a Mattress. It was Wonderful. I'd forgotten how much I like that show and the production was shockingly good. They have a new director and the staging, scenery and costumes ( Read more... )

Damn! I feel grand. I can't decide if this glow is worthy of descending a staircase or not, Oh Hell! I'll do it anyways. Hit it Boys ( Read more... )

How can I know my Mind--
I haven't the words.
Not a string of ten
words to hold onto.

You.

Speak.

We are all lying in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
-Oscar Wilde

Yes. It's just a little cloudy tonight.

Well, I've just returned from my audition and about twenty-six hours spent with Forest, who I stayed with. I think the audition went well, though one can never tell. Forest told me something that I was not aware of. Something that sent me sputtering and stuttering for quite a while. I am amazed at the tenacity of that boy. I still do not know how I ( Read more... )

In ten minutes it will be Thursday. In ten minutes my audition will be TOMORROW! Holy Guacamole ( Read more... )

I am in deep panic and preparation mode, as it is Monday and my audition for the University of Michigan School of Music’s Theatre Department is FRIDAY. My monologues aren’t even close to being what I want, or even being good. So Tonight ( Read more... )