Better today. I have decided that it's a game, just seeing how damn long he's going to take to contact me. It's starting to get funny.

Also, I feel certain enough about our relationship that it cannot possibly fall apart over such a small thing. He will call me or email me, I will find out what is wrong, we will move on. I'm not going to pretend that nothing happened, I am going to make certain that he knows how much he hurt me, but I am not going to punish him.

Last night was the first read through for Blackberry Frost, my new show that I am directing.

Fran is in the cast, two of the actresses from Pie Supper and one of the actors from Venus (part one and two of the trilogy that Blackberry is part three of), Liz from Orpheus, two actresses that I've never worked with before, and an actor that I didn't want to cast.

Tommy is the retarded character, the character that Dustye played years ago to perfection, the part that Ronnie just played in Pie Supper, well but not quite right. Dustye was young and hot and sexy, but also had the sweetness and simplicity that the character needed.

Well, Le decided to cast John. And I thought, he's crazy. Le realized that John was exactly like the real person that Tommy was based on, and he wanted him to play the part. Again, crazy was what I thought he was. Well, last night after I got home, the first thing that I did was email Le and tell him that he was completely right.

John couldn't be physically less like Dustye, but the second he opened his mouth, I knew that he not only could do it, but will be brilliant and will shock the shit out of everyone.

Out of the seven people in the show, I won't have to tell three of them ever to do a single thing, they are so on-track right from the start (Charlotte and Brad, one of the Pie Supper actresses and the Venus actor, and John), a couple that I need to steer in the right direction but are off to a good start, and a couple that I will decide about later.

Which is good, since the set and prop problems are going to be legion.

Today's horoscope:
There are more distractions today. Although you won't post any losses, your huge lead is narrowing. Loved ones want to know that you're taking care of yourself. Tomorrow they'll get the attention they deserve.

One year ago today:
"Valley Salome" I whispered to Omar as she rolled her eyes and whined "Give me the head of Iokanaan!"

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