yeah. so i probably should have done the round up thing earlier, but sucks to that, i'm doing it now!
Cool:
- new friends... tarryn, if anyone said a year ago that we'd be mates, i'd have laughed my ass off at them. steph and cirst, brilliant workmates, awesome friends. jordan, a virtual mate. when we talk i feel like we may just have the same brain.
- old aquaintences making reappearances... vera, i'm so fucking happy that we're FINALLY mates. gerry, you got me through some rough stuff, just with good times and good wine, without even knowing it.
- friends that have stuck around... cath, buzz, justin, garett, dale, terri, dean, tina and a million others. i am so blessed.
- zane. i don't even know what to say here. am smit.
- work. i love my job. i know i've mentioned that once or twice before, but fck, i love it. i love it even more after a promotion!
- shae. save the best for last. the change in this little person has been beyond amazing. she is a joy and a treasure and adored by everyone that meets her.
Not Cool:
- Garyth. how do you get over losing someone who has been a part of your life forever. my baby big brother. i still can't bring myself to delete your number. i miss you more than i can possibly explain. it's not fair that you're gone. but you'll never be forgotten. love you gemini.
- death. 2008 was the year of goodbyes. garyth, paul, danny, mary, grandpa. so many, so sad.
- crime. i think i've said enough about this. i want my fucking car back.
- friends exiting. two people i though would be around when i was a 60-year old gardening book club member have exited stage right. with no re-entrance for the big finale. fuck.
Fucking love this photo:
with one long and very random post...
- where the fck is summer? i'm not one for hot weather, i get sunburn at the drop of a hat, but sheesh, can we at least have 2 sunny days a weeks so i can do the washing and bath the dogs?
- holy shit, i'm a couple of hours away from being the mother of a 2 year old!
- wheeeeeeeee, so excited about running Black Mamba in Cape Town on thursday
- i think i may have overdone the sweet shopping for the party on saturday. oh well, bye bye waistline, hello 2nd spare wheel!!
- hillbillies don't have white floored barns, no matter what musicians may think!
- i'm a lighting geek. i dream about winning the lotto and what lights i'd buy with the money
- last night i got home and my mom was watching one of those mindless call in game shows and i had flashbacks to Requiem for a Dream. hope the fridge doesn't attack mom!
- i love Kevin Smith and can't wait to see Zack and Miri make a Porno
- i feel like i should apologise to my car for swearing at it so much.
- i never feel like i should apologise to taxi's
- i wish Tina would hurry up and phone me
- it really sucks when companies book the theater. they better let us buy drinks on their tab.
- i love the way Shae says worm. and calls me megum
- holy shit, i'm a couple of hours away from being the mother of a 2 year old!
- i kind of miss the life i had before i started full time at the theatre. and the people. having a social life was pretty cool.
- that being said. i love my job. i bitch about it a lot, but i love it
- i'm trying so hard to behave because i'd rather die than hurt you.
- the other you, who was once my everything is no longer that to me. i've kicked that habit, i hope, forever.
- dumbfucks fucking annoy me. especially dumbfucks who don't know how to fucking brush their hair. dumbfucks
- i really really really really NEED a new tattoo.
- like really really.
- i'm so stoked geri lives down here now.
- i should go and get ready for work.
aka: the band is home
I never realise how much i miss the band until they're back. all of a sudden the theatre feels right again!
despite a few very major stumbling blocks, like cast members being overseas or unavailable for bits of the show... or no dialogue script being written whatsoever, the show is looking and sounding fantastic and i'm so excited to be working on it for the next month!
at times like this, despite the sleep deprivation, i remember why i love my job so much and why, even with the obvious advantages, a desk job is simply not ever going to be for me!
or the lack thereof. thanks to my a$$hole boss, i am now officially broke. as in haven't been paid for work i did three weeks ago. i am not amused.
and i think what burns me even more about the situation is that i'm always the one doing the extra work, taking on tasks that aren't mine to do, just so the show happens smoothly and this is the non-payment i get?
well, fck that. from now on i'm only doing what i (occasionally) get paid to do. let someone else do the skivvy work for free. it'll leave me more time to read the classified ads and find a new fcking job.
Is going to be a kick ass show. Everyone should come and watch it. More on that later.
i've had two hours sleep. went to work at 11am yesterday, got home at 5am today. going back to work at 12:30 and prolly working thru the night again. i have bruises everywhere and the skin is peeling off my fingers from cleaning sheeting with thinners for 4 hours. i can't speak coherently and i have never had bigger bags under my eyes.
but i still fucking LOVE my job and would not trade it in for anything.
was reading through some of my old posts (hell, i'm probably the only one that reads them anyway!) and found this:
One more month of work for me at the Heritage which means one more month i can spend dodging the real world and hiding from corporate life in the surreal place that is theater.
well, that was july last year. i'm STILL hiding out at the heritage, avoiding the real world like one would a nasty flesh eating virus!
and here's why:
because i like it. no board meetings, no lame ass team building that every one fucking hates anyway and working with the most amazing people that are like a second family to me (and often i like them way more than my real one!)
sure the hours are crap and you have to put up with the odd diva, but really, wouldn't trade it for anything.
song for today:
(for no reason other than how it makes you laugh til you cry)
Tenacious D - Classico
we have teeth. well, i've had mine for quite a while, but the big news is that shae finally has one!
in other news... everyone in the durban area really has to come to the heritage theatre and see black mamba. too much of funny.
other than that... nothing really. bring on pay day. bring on BME and serpy's dbn trip. bring on summoning. most of all... bring on a full nights sleep.
song for today: my chemical romance - famous last words
Goodbye Michael Naiker and hello Black Mamba!!
One more month of work for me at the Heritage which means one more month i can spend dodging the real world and hiding from corporate life in the surreal place that is theater.
Gods bless the entertainment industry for creating a refuge for all us oddbods!! :-)
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