just in brief...thinking positive

OK, so mostly this is for Jackie. No big promises on wit this evening, as spirits have been at a new low in the recent weeks of high stress due to thesis work, tedious rehearsals, difficulty finding work, and subsequent empty pockets. I don't know who else is even reading this thing, except that TJ posted it on his facebook so people could learn about the culture of our weekly karaoke experiences. Not much to report that's necessarily good, so I will talk about a couple of things that are keeping me smiling anyway.

1) Counting Crows is putting out a new album: Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings, due March 23, 2008. Two new songs are available to download free from their website. Matthew says that Skinny Duritz (that's right, he's hot again...though I still would've married the man even in his biggest days, I would've just suggested less cheeseburgers and beer and tried to promote more "physically active" activities in which to drown his endless sorrows) isn't depressing enough. But that's just fine with me. I've got enough depressing Duritz to listen to for years, and that's not what I need to hear right now anyway, so there.


2. Slings and Arrows. It's fantastic. Anyone who's ever been in the theatre NEEDS to see it. Anyone who just appreciates great writing and wonderful acting would probably enjoy it too. It's a Canadian TV show about a fictional Canadian Shakespeare Festival. Starring Paul Gross and Rachel McAdams and lots of other folks I didn't know b/c they were Canucks, but now I know Paul Gross and see him in my dreams at night. Yeah, tall, curly black hair and huge blue eyes, amazingly talented, I'm in love with him, go figure. I am sad that there are only three seasons, but happy that I'm still only on the second DVD of the first season. I'm rationing it out so I won't run out of episodes too soon. That and if I allowed to watch it as much as I wanted, I might give up on my thesis altogether. Just kidding, Mama.

3. Preparing and sending mailings to (hopeful) prospective employer theatre companies feeds my Type A need for structure. There's always something theraputic about putting together packages that contain a cover letter, a headshot, a resume, a review, a paper clip, my return mailing label on the front, handwriting the address, and affixing three stamps in the top right corner of the manila envelope. I've been doing a lot of that the last few days, and in fact I'm gonna get back to it now, on the laptop, while watching some more of this guy on my TV. Seriously. Come on. Look at the eyes.

4. Also, I've been eating a lot of Hamburger Helper. This goes back to the empty pockets thing, but I've actually been enjoying it. Blast from the past, perhaps, I used to love this mess when I was 7 years old. It's not really a good thing, per se, I'm pretty sure that there is next to no nutritional value in it...I am feeling a serious fruit and vegetable deficiency in my life b/c I can't really afford them, but I have to admit it, it's delicious.