So here we are over two weeks since my last post. Every morning I wake up and think, “Hey, today’s the day I start exercising! Today’s the day I actually get it into gear.” It never seems to work, however. So I’m publically coming clean on my blog. And if you read this, find some time, some way to ask me, prod me, or push me into actually accomplishing something. I’m tired of being a huge blob, and want to be the hot thing I used to be. (Well, hot it probably a huge exaggeration, but what are you gonna do?)
Work is getting better all the time. I finally realized that I need to make some changes in my life to be able to be happy in all aspects. Work was a big thing. I had come to be somewhat frustrated, but I’m working past that. I’ve finally realized that if I’m going to happy again, I have to make it happen.
I’ve also decided that if I’m going to improve in my writing abilities, I need to write something every day. I want my reviews to become better, and one way to do this is to write on this every day. So that is also my goal. (Feel free to prod me on that, as well.) I won’t promise to be funny or insightful every single post, but I’ll do my best. This one, obviously, isn’t any great shakes.
I have a great opportunity coming up this weekend. I get to review “Spamalot” on Friday and I get to see “Romeo and Juliet” this Saturday. I’ve seen R&J in rehearsal, and it is fun. The young man playing Romeo is now my new most hated person. Have I told you about my most hated person? No? Well, let me enlighten you…
You see, being the measure of perfection that I am, from time to time I run across someone who make me want to puke and/or kill them, for one reason or another. Usually it is someone who is attractive, in good shape, and very talented. Three things that I hate, because it make me seem so much less than I am, if only in my own eyes. And I find that as I get older, there seems to be a lot more of these hateful creatures on this planet every year. This kid is phenomenal! He is good looking, he does accents wonderfully, he is a great actor, and will steal everyone’s hearts as Romeo. I hate him! I’m getting to the point in my life that I am seeing roles go by that I will never have the chance to play in any decent production. And I’m not the kind, balanced personality that can just be happy that there are people that can do it. I want it, and it galls me that I will never achieve it. Not really, but it does grate at times when I decide to let myself feel sorry for myself. I know that I have many roles ahead of me, and that there will be many that I have not even considered that may come up. But it’s never the ones that you can see that gall you, it’s the ones that are past. (Oh, get over it!!!)
So there we are. Go see Romeo and Juliet and join me in hoping this is only the first of a long line a shows in which to hate this young man. I’ll post my review of Spamalot when that gets done.
Today’s quote:
“You can pick out actors by the glazed look that comes into their eyes when the conversation wanders away from themselves.” -- Michael Wilding
