Brief blog

There’s one of those catchy t-shirt/mug phrases that goes something like “of I the things I’ve lost it’s my mind I miss the most.” As of late I keep thinking of that phrase, but instead of mind, I use free time. It just feels like it’s all gone. The play really knocked me for a loop; so much so, that I’ve still be reluctant to write about it. Since then work has really heated up. That’s only been compounded by the fact that during the play and immediately after I wasn’t performing up to my usual level. So I feel like I’ve got a lot to make up for.

But probably the biggest thing is that I’ve been realizing that I’ve been taking a lot of people for granted and I feel really bad about that. And trying to find the time to even think about how to fix that situation seems to be beyond me right now.

But while things might seem bleak, there’s a lot of good going on too. Works, while crazy, has been pretty good. Things with Drea have been great. I’ve been making real martial arts progress. And Ben and Jerry’s keeps turning out great flavors. I highly recommend:

Apple Crumble ™

Brown Sugar Ice Cream with Cinnamon Streusel, Apples & a Caramel Swirl

Brown Sugar Ice Cream! How cool is that???!!

a momentary interruption

the play opened last night. Have a lot to write about it. But that will have to wait until after next Wednesday. Why, I don’t want to discuss it prior to the cast & crew debrief. But I will say that we were pleasantly surprised to see we had 25 people there last night.

one more, one more thing

i did see the “call me out to blog” comments. I will respond to those before the end of the year. Who knows I might even put up a new survey…. nah, better not go that far!

one other thing

on a personal martial arts success note, I finally got kip ups down (when you roll backwards and then spring to your feet). I still have to use my hands right now, but if I actually start exercising again I should have my stomach muscles in shape enough to do it without hands in a couple months. Considering this is something I’ve struggled doing for quite a while I’m really psyched!

so where am i/what the heck has happened to me?

well most of it can be summed up in a single word: play. Actually there’s more to it than that, but the small summer theatre project has grown. And grown, and grown. And with it my role has increased. Originally I was simply supposed to be consulting on it & giving general artistic feedback. But that’s out the window and my days are spent at work (which has also heated up), from work heading to the theatre and then getting home pretty late. Oh and on Mondays and Wednesdays I squeeze Kung Fu in there some how. Oy.

So I unfortunately have had to give up a ton of things for a short period of time and blogging is one of them. Expect that I’ll be sorta back to normal by August 4 (the end of the play). Sorry bout this. And the worst part is I have lots of stuff to write about.