Whoa there Buddy!

Gotta go to bed now.  Been decompressing from today and from tonight's performance, in which I successfully broke a wine bottle, whilst it was in my purse, during my quick change, after which I could no longer use my purse in the remaining 4 scenes (including the entire 2nd act) of the play.  Said wine bottle then seeped throughout the entire purse, which contained my book of Elizabeth Bishop poetry and Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye," neither of which I am happy to have disfigured with a 2006 Beaujolais.

I am officially a part-time temporary employee at CSU Stanislaus (my alma mater), filling in for the now-retired Department Secretary for the Theatre Department.  Pray for me for the next two months, as I (and the faculty) are hoping this will segue into me securing the full-time position in the 2010/2011 school year -- which would mean "hello savings account, it's time to start using you to budget for my Master's Degree."

New York, New York!

Just filed my federal taxes, and barring a calamity, I'll be getting a healthy refund -- which will allow me to finally return to the city for a much-needed visit!!  The dates I'm looking at are spring break -- the week of April 5-9 -- and I am ridiculously excited!!!!!!!

I have been loving being back here, being with Jack, being able to be a support for my mom, returning to theatre with full force, enjoying a slower pace of life -- but I MISS NEW YORK AND ALL MY FRIENDS.  I can't believe I have yet to hold Mike & Marianne's baby girl, I miss Office/Guitar Hero dates with Courtney, I miss grabbing a beer with Kevin at 1849, I miss that precious little Emelia and her awesome parents, I miss the subway, I miss the Museum of Natural History, I miss things being open until 2am and sometimes 24 hours...  so the city girl in me has been itching and raring for a trip back for some time, but schedules and finances (mostly finances) have prevented it.  But now both of those things are going to line up and I am going to head east!  Pray for good weather.

"Beyond Therapy" 3.5 out of 4 stars!

The Modesto Bee (the central valley's equivalent of the LA Times...our equivalent of the NYT is the San Francisco Chronicle) reviewed last weekend's opening night show and we received 3.5 out of 4 stars -- which is fantastic!  Performances for this weekend are completely sold out and we are filling up seats quickly for next weekend -- this is such a great and awesome ride and I'm just so damn proud to be a part of it and I am already itching to do more onstage work!

You can read the review here.

All I Want For Christmas is A Root Canal...

I really wish I could afford a root canal, or, alternatively, that I had comprehensive dental insurance that would cover the costs of a root canal.  My top right first premolar (next to canine) is incredibly compromised and needs not only to be filled, but needs to have a root canal.  The pain is usually bearable or not-noticeable, but at times I will get headaches stemming from the nerve pain in my tooth.  It's really uncomfortable and makes my right sinus cavity feel like it's being squeezed.  That's what's happening this morning.  That, on top of rehearsals till 10:45pm and getting up at 6:30 every day this week, and the stress of impending opening night...well...it's making this headache even worse and making me feel like a little ball of emotional implosion.  I just might cry.  I mean, not because I'm especially sad, or because I'm really stressed (I mean, the stress is not overwhelming.  It's show stress, after all.) but just because the release would be welcome.

Someone find me a pro bono dentist - STAT!