Final Push: Feeling Grateful Again
I’ve been spending the last week feeling grateful. I guess it’s probably this time of year that does it to me–the holidays don’t make me depressed like some people, they just make me want to reconnect with my friends and reach out to people and appreciate them. I blame my mom. She always stressed that the holidays were really a time to pull your family & friends close and celebrate the madness that they were/are.
Sidenote/reminder to self: Call your Aunt Betsi.
I was talking to my therapist (yeah, yeah, back in therapy. My therapist is an effing genius) the other day and we were discussing the concept of bringing your “best self” to things that you’re doing. It was a good concept for me to remember. I can get really stressed out and feel overloaded, but when I am mindful of the best self idea, it all seems easier.
Speaking of easy, the other night was fun. I took a night off from preparing for this show and had dinner with E and Aunty Onion. It was so great to see them. I hadn’t spent any time with E for the last two months. She made “breakfast for dinner” and we all caught up. (Sidenote about the potatoes that she made–Oh man, I woke up craving them yesterday AM and I still feel like if I had them for breakfast today, I might not be able to get them into my mouth fast enough. So delicious.) After that, I made a bad decision to go out with my friends the “Partybaughs” and drink a lot of beer and do Mary-Oke. (Karaoke at Mary’s Attic). It was fun, but regrettable yesterday at work and rehearsal.
I-Tunes note (from putting music with the word “highway” on shuffle–I was listening to tracks from E’s brother’s old radio show Forgotten Highway): A really weird remixed version of “Ventura Highway” just popped on. It is amazing and strange. I’ve been working on getting all of T’s CDs loaded into my I-Tunes and this is from that effort. It reminds me of the remix that my friend MarMar made of Dust in the Wind a few years back. Alligator lizards in the air. Word.
And speaking of rehearsals–Last night’s rehearsal was so great–It’s nice to finally see the show getting into performance shape. There’s still a lot to do, but I have no doubts now about the fact that we will launch an adorable and funny holiday show next week. It’s a really charming piece with just enough weird thrown in to keep it interesting. I’m really proud of it and I’m extremely jazzed about the talented people I am working with. (Back to the grateful feeling) From the scriptwriter who churned out hilarious dialogue in what seemed like a half-second to the spot-on physical comedy of Special K and the Fairy Craigster to the crack team of sexy stagehands and the relieving, calming presence of Finchy…It’s all wondrous and fantastic.
All right, I have to get back to the never-ending whirlwind I call my life. I will leave you with the lyrics that I wrote last night (in about five minutes. Praise the sweet baby jesus for my ability to crank crap out when I have to) for our finale. It’s a parody song to the tune of “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing”.
Hark! The Fairy Craigster sings!
Special K learned lots of things
About herself and Christmas spirit
Holidays here, no need to fear (it).
Joyful all performers rise
sing K’s triumph of surprise
That she found herself today
In the Fairy Craigster way
Hark! The Fairy Craigster sings!
Special K learned lots of things!
Have lovely weekends, kittens. See you tomorrow night at Mary’s Attic and a week from today (GULP) at the Theatre Building.
November 20, 2009 6:51 am 
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