the past three weeks
alright, i guess it is about time to catch up on my life seeing as how a LOT has happened.
we all know i quit my job at the Summerfield Suites by Wyndham/Chamberlain West Hollywood. the next day (and by day i mean 2am) i hopped into Master Red and took off to Phoenix, yet again. you might ask why i continually go back there. to which i would reply "there is an addictive chemical in the dry hot air and the intense sun that i have been exposed to. therefore, AZ is kindof like my dealer and i am the junkie that can't get enough". make sense? good. continuing. that morning, approximately 20 minutes after i arrived, i got my hair cut and streaked red by mir's stylist. i love my hair. love love love love. then i fell asleep.
that night i went to my first rehearsal for Cunt, Meg's capstone project. i basically got to watch the whole thing to get a feel for it. it was intensely good. i was thrown from this emotion to that emotion and then back again. some of it had me clenching my fists and holding back the supreme desire to beat the crap out of people, some of it had me laughing my face off, and some of it had me holding back tears of sympathy and despair. (and meg, this is not my way of trying to get into your pants, by the by) i figured out exactly what my role in the production was and we took it from there.
the next morning mir and i took her bike and her mom's bike and rode to bruegger's for bagels. we hung out by the pool for the better part of the day and had a blast. i met james, mir's boyfriend, who is wiked cool and from england. that night after rehearsal virginia's car refused to start and so we pushed it through the sidewalks of the ASU campus and parked it in the Gammage lot. now that might not seem all that exciting, but it was damn funny to me.
the next day (that would be thursday) i don't quite remember, i got to hang out with famecity and that night we had dinner with laura at this place called saboodis (sp?). ojala came by and hung out with us as well and then i ran to rehearsal.
on friday Cunt opened. the actual title was "the girl in the boat". and it went fantastic! there was an awesome turnout and everyone did fantastic. it made me really proud to have been let into their crew. after the show i went with jess to meet up with laura at a concert that was happening at borders. and then it was off to Hot Pink to dance it up proper with some of the castmates and blubomr and mir. I HAD A BLAST! it was so much fun! i hadn't danced in so long and it was such a cool place!
the next night there was an even bigger turnout for the show and it went just as well if not better. there was this moment during a particularly intense scene were all the ladies shouted "this is unacceptible!!!" in response to rape and molestation, and it was fucking amazing.
after the show i went to the cast party and then jess and dero and i went back to her place to watch Pirates and i crashed.
Easter Sunday was awesome!!! i met with jess and laura for the tastiest Easter brunch ever and i got not one, but TWO easter baskets!!! how freakin cool is that!!! we gorged and drank mimosas and then did shots of whiskey (as per a family tradition that laura has) and got pretty tipsy and passed out in laura's bed. i then went to Easter dinner at mir's house and gorged yet again. i had planned on heading back to LA that night, but the ensuing food coma i fell into just wasn't condusive to 5.5 hours of driving. so i went home, took a nap and then met up with beth. we went to king tuts for some hookah and then met up with dero, his david, and g-lopez at peaks. that day also happened to be ojala's birthday and so he came for a bit and we bought him a beer. it was a perfectly chill night. i said goodbye to everybody and went over to laura's for a bit before heading home. the next morning i packed my things and procrastinated and procrastinated some more, and didn't actually leave for LA until after 10pm after a dinner of Arby's with jess. and that was the end of that.
and then
i slept a long time that tuesday and then busied myself with tying up loose ends and packing because on wednesday Chaz came into town. which meant that Thursday was DISNEYLAND!!!! we were there for two days with the two day park hopper pass and we got to see California Adventure as well. one thing that was killing us the whole time (well two things) were the heat and the freakin strollers. it was re-good-god-damn-diculous. the amount of small stroller ridden children who were distinctely NOT enjoying themselves was really sad. and we kept asking eachother "why?". why would you subject your child to this? it's hot, it's crowded, they're crying, your're yelling. where is the fun??? other than that, we had a blast. we got hats instead of ears this time, chaz had a peter pan cap with a red feather and i got a captain hook had with a white one. and we saw soco in the snow white show. he was the skunk. we also got to see Raven Simone (from the Cosby Show). and i got to hug Hercules AND Prince Philip. and chaz got to meet the Incredibles.
and then
on Sunday we finished packing away my life and bolted out of LA. (side note - to everybody that i didn't get to see, especially pauly, i am really really really sorry. i was really really REALLY busy trying to get everything situated before i left. again, i'm REALLY SORRY.) we stopped only for gas and food at one-of-a-kind mom and pop diners (which are the highlights to any roadtrip). about 8 or 9 hours later, we arrived at the rathole. for those who don't know, the rathole is the nickname of the singlewide trailer that is "company housing". i have lived there a few times before. needless to say, i'm moving into a new apartment tomorrow. but it is gorgeous here. and i'm happy. and it's gorgeous. the river is low and the lake is down almost 200 ft. there are parts of the lake that are being uncovered for the first time since the dam went up and it's amazing! i realize this probably doesn't make much sense to anyone. my bad. but life is good. and for the next six months, i don't have to worry about where it's going.
we all know i quit my job at the Summerfield Suites by Wyndham/Chamberlain West Hollywood. the next day (and by day i mean 2am) i hopped into Master Red and took off to Phoenix, yet again. you might ask why i continually go back there. to which i would reply "there is an addictive chemical in the dry hot air and the intense sun that i have been exposed to. therefore, AZ is kindof like my dealer and i am the junkie that can't get enough". make sense? good. continuing. that morning, approximately 20 minutes after i arrived, i got my hair cut and streaked red by mir's stylist. i love my hair. love love love love. then i fell asleep.
that night i went to my first rehearsal for Cunt, Meg's capstone project. i basically got to watch the whole thing to get a feel for it. it was intensely good. i was thrown from this emotion to that emotion and then back again. some of it had me clenching my fists and holding back the supreme desire to beat the crap out of people, some of it had me laughing my face off, and some of it had me holding back tears of sympathy and despair. (and meg, this is not my way of trying to get into your pants, by the by) i figured out exactly what my role in the production was and we took it from there.
the next morning mir and i took her bike and her mom's bike and rode to bruegger's for bagels. we hung out by the pool for the better part of the day and had a blast. i met james, mir's boyfriend, who is wiked cool and from england. that night after rehearsal virginia's car refused to start and so we pushed it through the sidewalks of the ASU campus and parked it in the Gammage lot. now that might not seem all that exciting, but it was damn funny to me.
the next day (that would be thursday) i don't quite remember, i got to hang out with famecity and that night we had dinner with laura at this place called saboodis (sp?). ojala came by and hung out with us as well and then i ran to rehearsal.
on friday Cunt opened. the actual title was "the girl in the boat". and it went fantastic! there was an awesome turnout and everyone did fantastic. it made me really proud to have been let into their crew. after the show i went with jess to meet up with laura at a concert that was happening at borders. and then it was off to Hot Pink to dance it up proper with some of the castmates and blubomr and mir. I HAD A BLAST! it was so much fun! i hadn't danced in so long and it was such a cool place!
the next night there was an even bigger turnout for the show and it went just as well if not better. there was this moment during a particularly intense scene were all the ladies shouted "this is unacceptible!!!" in response to rape and molestation, and it was fucking amazing.
after the show i went to the cast party and then jess and dero and i went back to her place to watch Pirates and i crashed.
Easter Sunday was awesome!!! i met with jess and laura for the tastiest Easter brunch ever and i got not one, but TWO easter baskets!!! how freakin cool is that!!! we gorged and drank mimosas and then did shots of whiskey (as per a family tradition that laura has) and got pretty tipsy and passed out in laura's bed. i then went to Easter dinner at mir's house and gorged yet again. i had planned on heading back to LA that night, but the ensuing food coma i fell into just wasn't condusive to 5.5 hours of driving. so i went home, took a nap and then met up with beth. we went to king tuts for some hookah and then met up with dero, his david, and g-lopez at peaks. that day also happened to be ojala's birthday and so he came for a bit and we bought him a beer. it was a perfectly chill night. i said goodbye to everybody and went over to laura's for a bit before heading home. the next morning i packed my things and procrastinated and procrastinated some more, and didn't actually leave for LA until after 10pm after a dinner of Arby's with jess. and that was the end of that.
and then
i slept a long time that tuesday and then busied myself with tying up loose ends and packing because on wednesday Chaz came into town. which meant that Thursday was DISNEYLAND!!!! we were there for two days with the two day park hopper pass and we got to see California Adventure as well. one thing that was killing us the whole time (well two things) were the heat and the freakin strollers. it was re-good-god-damn-diculous. the amount of small stroller ridden children who were distinctely NOT enjoying themselves was really sad. and we kept asking eachother "why?". why would you subject your child to this? it's hot, it's crowded, they're crying, your're yelling. where is the fun??? other than that, we had a blast. we got hats instead of ears this time, chaz had a peter pan cap with a red feather and i got a captain hook had with a white one. and we saw soco in the snow white show. he was the skunk. we also got to see Raven Simone (from the Cosby Show). and i got to hug Hercules AND Prince Philip. and chaz got to meet the Incredibles.
and then
on Sunday we finished packing away my life and bolted out of LA. (side note - to everybody that i didn't get to see, especially pauly, i am really really really sorry. i was really really REALLY busy trying to get everything situated before i left. again, i'm REALLY SORRY.) we stopped only for gas and food at one-of-a-kind mom and pop diners (which are the highlights to any roadtrip). about 8 or 9 hours later, we arrived at the rathole. for those who don't know, the rathole is the nickname of the singlewide trailer that is "company housing". i have lived there a few times before. needless to say, i'm moving into a new apartment tomorrow. but it is gorgeous here. and i'm happy. and it's gorgeous. the river is low and the lake is down almost 200 ft. there are parts of the lake that are being uncovered for the first time since the dam went up and it's amazing! i realize this probably doesn't make much sense to anyone. my bad. but life is good. and for the next six months, i don't have to worry about where it's going.