one month at a time

so i've (obviously) been busy with paper thin walls, but the kickstarter project is coming to a close tomorrow (we did it!) so i'll have some breathing room to write in the next couple weeks.

while i was originally thinking of doing another physical challenge for may (yoga?), i think the only responsible thing to do is to just say "theatre" is my skill this month. we're rehearsing monday, wednesday, saturday and sunday so i figured it would be a good exercise to write a postmortem for each rehearsal talking about what we did and any thoughts that eve (the asst. director) and i had during the course of the rehearsal.

there's already a little bit of precedent.

and as such a creator
I have come to such a conclusion
of wrath and fire and pain
of math and violent pain

these are the facts:
the panic that you feel is right
there are a lot of steps ahead
any resistance is fine

can I give this advice?
breathe and
if you can't breathe
then
things aren't getting any better

national poetry month. here's a poem:

hasty, restless
hello

i've been at this for thirty minutes

trying to hello
again and again and again
and again and again and
again and
just trying to hello

hasty, restless
going hoarse from all the
restless

ahem.

i've been at this for thiry minutes
just trying to hello

i mean the marsupials can do it and fuck them i mean really i'm better than that just because they have a pouch doesn't mean they're superior i'm superior and it really ticks me off when those bastards get uppity.

ahem.

hasty, restless
hello

i've been trying to hello
again and again and again
trying to
again and
restless
just trying to hello

hasty, restless,
in your hands
ice cream for all the
restless

unfortunately march was kind of a wash. this was due mostly to a couple of factors: working on two other projects at the same time and not having a well defined goal for the month other than to "get better at playing guitar." i may end up repeating guitar sometime later in the year...

my choice for a skill this month is down to a couple of options. i'm going to make the decision sometime today, so i'll have more on that tomorrow.

and for those of you who haven't yet heard me shout it from the rooftops, my theatre collective just announced our next show called PAPER THIN WALLS, which we'll be performing in june at the viaduct theatre. if you're interested in seeing our work, we're doing a ticket pre-sale through kickstarter, which is an awesome tool that lets people and groups raise money for artsy projects!

we're offering discounted tickets for $12 (or $5 if you want to help us pack the house for the press preview) and if you want to donate more you can get a really cool glimpse of our rehearsal process.

more tomorrow!

a couple of outside projects are gearing up while i plug away at the guitar. i'll be working with simplescott (his book) on a secret project and i'm producing/directing my theatre collective's next show, which i'll be sure to post details for soon. but the rest of this month might be a little quiet!

i started playing guitar in high school after picking up a shitty acoustic from a friend for a modest fee. it was easy enough to teach myself the basics.

here are some stats:

28 days in february
23 days cooking
5 days missed