Almost 39! Nearly there! Not far now, Hlao-roo, not far now.

So yesterday I was babysitting the kids, picking them up from vacation Bible camp, where the Pastor always flirts with me, and then taking them into the city to drop off with Fran and then have my audition for my last Doll's House actor.

Or that was the general idea, except that we ended up on the van at an absolute standstill, since the tunnel was closed. Or it had been closed and it just opened again...something. Anyway, there was no movement. For a very very long time.

When it looked as though I wasn't going to get there, even though I had 45 minutes, I called Kelly to give her the info. And twenty minutes later I was able to call back and confirm that we had gone about ten yards in that time, and she would have to do the audition herself. That I'd trust her judgement, as we have similar taste.

By the time I actually got off the van (it was too long a walk with two little kids to get out of the van and go home, and besides, they were having the treat of going out to dinner with their father), the audition was over and Kelly said that she'd rather not cast him. Damn. I do wish that I'd seen him myself, but she had a strong enough reaction (apparently he had a much different take on the role than we do) that I went with her decision without hesitation.

Which means that we have to cast this role still. Dammit.

I came home after dumping the children and asked Le if I could audition this other non-company member, if two actors out of seven not being in the company would be okay by him (Peter Rabbit isn't in the company), but there was this guy whom I had had in mind from the start--a wonderful actor whom I thought would be great. Le said okay, if I wanted to, but that he was way too old.

After a little more discussion between him and Kelly, I realized that my vision of the character was much older than anyone else's. I really saw Dr. Rank as being around 60-65, and everyone else saw him as being early-to-mid-50's. It amazed me that my view could be so different, and then Le wrote:

"Kymm, it probably has something to do with the fact you were raised by an older father. I was too and so I have to watch as I relate differently to age sometimes. It's actually a good thing."

I thought that that was a really good insight, one that I never would have thought of. Nora is an adult and Dr. Rank is a bit of a father-figure, so I automatically thought of 60's, since when my father was in his mid-50's, I was six years old.

Anyway, I sure hope that one of the people we are auditioning next week, no matter what their age, will be the right one. I want casting to be finished.

Today's horoscope:
You're usually more careful, but right now you're too eager to please. Professional or social embarrassment isn't worth the risk. You'll have many opportunities to redeem yourself next week.

One year ago today:
Usually the moon is about as big as the nail on your little finger, right? Maybe as big as the pad on your thumb. This moon was as big as my fist, and I am not exaggerating one bit, it looked like the huge false moon in A.I.

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