Long time, no post.

I have been seriously neglecting my blogging duties as a writer and performer who also makes the occasional foray into criticism.

Bad Ms. Bea, Bad!

So, it’s been a great few weeks. We finished up our run at National Pasttime, which was totally, completely fun. The show was very tight by the end, my fellow performers were amazing, and the space, well, it was interesting being there. I really loved the double-level-ness of the set, which allowed for us to play with taking burlesque up and down stairs. And I also loved the vintage feel in there and the fact that it’s definitely haunted. Crazy times, crazy times.

In other news, we’re having a meeting this week of our “ensemble” (such as it is) to determine the next show. I can’t say too much yet, but I’m really excited about it. It’s gonna big big, kittens. Big. I’m also psyched because I just booked myself for a huge Halloween show. I’m working on a new piece for it and it’s gonna be cool. I’m excited to work on something new and start pulling together a big costume and props. Awesomeness.

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Today, man, it’s one of the gorgeous days that makes you super happy to live in the Midwest. I always love the beginning of fall slash end of summer time when it’s nice and cool, but still pleasantly sunny and perfect. It’s just one of those days. I’m psyched to go teach my class and then run errands in such gorgeous weather. Makes me happy to leave the house.

Tonight, if the weather holds out with it’s gorgeousness, me and T are going to go see this performance piece at Navy Pier. It looks AMAZING. It’s called Water Fools (Fous de Bassin) and it’s a French company’s staging of a performance that’s on the lake. I’m not quite sure how that works, but it’s being described as “Cirque de Soliel on the sea”. Cool.

All right. Since I forgot completely to post a video for Video Friday, here goes. This week, I found the “literal video” phenome on YouTube. It’s when someone remakes a video with new lyrics to the song to reflect the whack crap that is going on in the video itself. It’s hilarious and for your viewing pleasure, here is “Total Eclipse of the Heart“.