16 July
O God, o God.
I went to SAG this morning, and there was a sign on the door saying that the Film Society was sold out. The website was right. I trudged out, all sad and low. This year is a little better than last, as Cynthia sent in hers on time and likely got in, so I can borrow her card when she can't go, which was about 2/3rds of the time two years ago.
When I got to work, I wrote the following email to SAG:
I have been participating in the Film Society for many years, until last year when you sold out early. I had planned on paying early this year so as not to get shut out again, but I never received the application in the mail, and only found out that the deadline was at hand on Thursday. I went to the office this morning, the first day that you could do a walk-in, but it was already sold out again.
I am very upset that I am going to miss it for another year, especially since I would have paid early had my application arrived, but I was wondering something. Since this is the second year in a row that you have sold out early, and presumably this is going to be the way it is from now on, selling out faster and faster every year and disappointing more and more members, are you considering expanding the program? Adding another day? Or perhaps a second screening room for overflow like they have at the Motion Picture Academy in Los Angeles? I know that they own that building, and it is different when you are renting space, but I am wondering if any steps are being taken to allow more members to join the Film Society in the future. Or even this year, but I am not holding my breath about that one, I know that it is probably too late to do anything about that. There is certainly the demand, I'm sure you would fill up no matter how many people you allow in.
Here's hoping I don't miss out on the 2003-2004 season!
So, work work work, worry worry worry. I could barely keep my mind on what I was doing, all I could think of was what terrible things could occur during my tech.
I sent an email to Columbine fairly recently bragging about how I never worry or dwell on things that I cannot change, because why bother? What good does it do? Well, I can only imagine when I wrote that, I had not directed for a while, because that is what directing is, worrying about things that, when it comes right down to it, you haven't any goddamn control over.
The tech did not so much suck, but it wasn't exactly what one was looking for in a tech. However, since we don't open for three days, it wasn't a disaster. The funny part is, though, that it is an hour long play and I gave notes for an hour and a half. Mostly, my notes were spent making fun of the actors, imitating wrong things that they had done. They all laughed their asses off, so it was actually one of the more jovial note-sessions that I have ever attended.
There wasn't anything really wrong with the show, I mostly just want to raise the energy, speed it up, and utilize the space more, as we rehearsed so much in small apartments that they spent most of the play huddled in the centre as though they were surrounded by force-fields.
The kid was the real problem. I need to draw a veil over the experience, though, or I will start bleeding from the eyes.
And, because I forgot to include these yesterday, here are the drawings that I did for Sister Mary.
"First God created the earth, near the earth is the sun, also nearby is the moon..."
"Outside the universe, where we go after death, are heaven, hell and purgatory. Heaven is where we live in eternal bliss with our Lord Jesus Christ. Hell is where we are eternally deprived of the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, and thus are miserable. There are also unspeakable physical torments that we will nonetheless speak of later. Purgatory is where we go if we have not been perfect in our lives. You can expect to be in purgatory for anywhere from 300 years to 700 billion years, which may sound like a long time, but remember that in terms of eternity, 700 billion years does come to an end. All things come to an end except our Lord Jesus Christ."
"There is also limbo, where unbaptized babies went before the Ecumenical Council. unbaptized babies who died after the Ecumenical Council go to purgatory, where presumably someone baptizes them and they go to heaven. unbaptized babies who died before the Ecumenical Council remain in limbo. Limbo isn't so bad, it's just that it isn't heaven and you never get to leave there."
Today's
horoscope:
Money is spent on food, simple pleasures, and security today. You may save or carefully think over any purchases.
One year ago today:
It's a learning experience. I fucking hate learning experiences.
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