Again, we reach the official day off, and unlike the previous two seventh day activities,there is not a single cinematic wonder for me to behold. Now, one would think that I may venture forward into Bean Town to find some equally rousing activity. Wrong. I have done absolutely nothing with this given day. In fact the entire day, has been spent thinking about my personal attention span,(and the attention span of a frog...DON'T ASK...apparently all they do is look forward and smile....long story..not breaking the RULE.) and my disgusting addiction to the screen that lies before me. How enslaved can one be. It is quite sad I suppose. I am just utterly bored. I am in constant mental bedlam. Not willing to spend my much needed rent money, or do something that is even remotely active. In my defense, I took a short walk, which was lovely.
I have been thinking about my overseas travels today, by that I mean the ones that I have not done, but am aching to do. Thank you US$ for deciding to be inferior just as I come of age to want to travel. Thank you indeed. Yay America, my home sweet home, which becomes harder to leave as years progress...but that's ok, I mean after all we have Disney, and Mcdonalds, so what more would any upstanding American need....ohh that's right, NASCAR.
Tomorrow is the work photo shoot, which I may or may not be used in. Alas.
I want to get on the road, I need movement, busyness, anything but days, locked away in this annex apartment.
Today I awoke with the joy of one phrase. "I don't have to be a Frog today." As much as I love said frog, after doing a little too much in the up/down jump department, my joints were feeling it. I am grateful that our artistic director called me on it, as I would have let it go until as she predicted "lost my joints by October." Regardless, I slept in and then took a rousing Orange Line T to the Boston Commons AMC Mega-Plex of Fury. I got my popcorn, and my COCA-COLA CLASSIC (I only drink real soda at the movies.) and sat down to enjoy Hamlet 2. Then after the hilarity that was said film, embarked on my second feature Tropic Thunder. Tom Cruise getting jiggy with it, almost, just almost beats out the wonderful Robert Downey Jr. Then I figured my movie time was up and preceded to exit, only to almost plow face first into my SM for Encore. He was going to see The House Bunny, and with a counterpart at my side I took my triple feature with stride.
I have decided that I am a movie glutton....and I'm ok with this.
Well, as lame and as short as that may be, I am off to peruse Wikipedia like the big nerd I am. Tomorrow it's back to work.....work......work.......hard work....FROG IT UP!!!!
So, for the sake of current events, I am yet again going to break my "No Theatre Blog" rule.
As mentioned I am here in Boston for rehearsing for a national tour. I understudied another tour by the same company during the spring season, and as some may know, had both good and bad times. Production value with this company is top notch. Personalities got a little out of hand first time around, and as I meet my new cast of (dare I say...) peeps, I wonder what will happen.
Cast.
SM...He's the boss, and good or bad, I am not going to write a damn thing about my boss on a public blog.
Electrician...Unknown at this point.
Understudy/House Manager/ Sound.
Having held this job, I have the most respect for what this guy is going to have to do. He is honestly the hardest working guy on tour. From the second we are up in the morning he will be working. He seems to be a really wonderful guy. (Granted, everyone seems wonderful at first.) Very funny with a really sharp sense of humor, that is going to be very refreshing on tour.
Actor #1 (Mature Character Male.)
Very nice as well, has a love of funny t-shirts, and zingers, again a welcome form of humor in what can quickly become a humorless world. I really love when an older actor (he's really not that old.) can not come off as snide to a younger cast mate. I am so thankful, and he has major props for that.
Actor #2 (Leading Man)
We had to wait a little bit for this guy, due to an unforeseen illness on one of our sister tours. We were all a little on edge as to whether or not he would throw off the dynamic that had started to build. Again, a really sharp, and genuinely talented individual. I love any guy who can jump into a situation fast, and just do the job that needs to be done. Kudos my friend, Kudos to you. I accidentally hit him in the face today while "frogging" it up. I really enjoy doing "Frog" with him, and I look forward to working "The Tell Tale Heart."
Actress #1 (Engenue...is that spelled correctly...those damn French.)
Supremely talented, and a wonderful girl to act with. (or try to, depending on how fast you have to move because blocking is set in stone...tradition is tradition I guess) The Necklace is by far my fav. story due to the acting we get to do. I (as the Larger Framed Young Character Male) never get a leading-man type role. Not that Bernard is super-leading, but it's as close as I get and I am happy to play off her very heart-wrenching story. Said Engenue really does a wonderful job, and has some odd obsession similarities with myself. All in all I think we will get along famously.
Actress #2 (Leading Lady/Character)
From New Mexico, I feel like she is from a different world, and that in no way is a slight. to meet someone who seems to be free, used to larger places, and with a more open state of mind. I am from the staunch North-East, and I think having more of a West Coast/Desert flavor on tour will be good for us all. This girl has assloads of lines to learn and is really taking it with stride, and working so hard to get her stuff down...Honestly, she needs like 3 hands to do some of the stuff required of her.
Well, I suppose that is all for now, I will give a run down of the shows at a later date.
I am now writing from the city of Boston, where I am rehearsing for my next gig. I found a song today that I had not heard in a while. Here are the lyrics.
Been spending so much time underground I guess my eyes adjusted To the lack of light I got Covered in darkness Covered in darkness
I have been waiting Always waiting for something new Happiness has always ended In the blink of an eye There was no one attending No one attending
It doesn't really matter where it all began All I know I got covered in darkness Covered in darkness Ever wonder why I never really truly connect Although my eyes are open I can hold your gaze But I am never connected Never connected
I am famous for my generosity They say I am the kindest But it is easier to Give than receive love Give than receive love
It doesn't really matter where it all began All I know I was covered in darkness Covered in darkness
Turning pages over Run away to nowhere And it's hard to take control When your enemy's old and afraid of you You'll discover that the monster you were running from Is the monster in you
Better to hold on to love Better to hold on to love Change will come
It doesn't really matter where it all began All I know I was covered in darkness Covered in darkness
It doesn't really matter where it all began Cuz all I know I was lost I was lost No, no
It doesn't really matter where it all began no no All I know I was lost I feel lost Lost No...
I think the last time I heard this song, I was starting to feel like this. I remember being in Walt Disney World. I decided to go with the family and not take a friend along. This was a mistake. Being 20 in Disney with your family is not what I would call exciting. My brother is far younger than I, thus the age gap makes such events a little rough. (At least it did at the time, I think at this point we would have a kick ass time.) Anyway. I remember starting to fall into this very stagnant, and blah mood, that in some ways has been an underlying force for me for some time. It really had no founding in the people around me. Something I created on my own. I think it important to have some darkness in one's life: How else will we see our light?
I think things are balancing out. Taking better care of myself. Working. For now things are swell.
Here I am at The Shawnee Playhouse working. Far too close to home, but alas, Rent money. (for a few weeks away from the city...odd.) Work is fine, but seeings that I so blatantly broke my "No Theatre Blog" rule I shall steer away from any such chatter. I am here. There isn't much to say. I am in a room that holds more memories then I would like to bear. Cast House Memories.
Learning who I am. Learning who other people are. Watching some of the most talented people I had ever seen. Learning from them while giving them light.
Corny, yea. True yea.
How I wish I had been more open that first year to everything. Alas, we learn.
