April Fish

I thought I would be better about this shit with the coming of spring, but seeing as how spring is being fickle and erratic as hell (snow on the first day of spring? WTF, weather? W. T. F.), I guess it's still apropos.

I've been working for about a month now at Trader Joe's, and it's serving me waaaaaay better than FAO ever did. No regrets about that move whatsoever. Discounts on food, pleasant work environment with at least a couple of coworkers I can hold a conversation with, and very few littleuns. And the schedule is already allowing me to do more to pursue acting - working mostly 6pm to 2am shifts, and have been able to get people to switch/cover all significant shifts for auditions and rehearsals.

Did a Sticky, which was fun, and am involved with an upcoming choral performance of Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself," which should be...pleasant to listen to? And also everyone is naked the whole time. Should be a larf.

No projects at the moment which excite and thrill me, which is why the lack of updates. I had an audition today for Chamber Theatre again, and while last time I felt justifiably rejected because my monologue choices were clearly way off the mark, this time I was mentally armed, with monologues I felt were appropriate and well prepared, and this time...still got nothin'. Whatever, I can't say as I really want to go to Boston to prepare to tour for 6-12 graders, but I won't pretend I didn't want to be paid for work.

Going to mail my application in today for an audition for one of the acting fellowship positions at Shakespeare Theater Company in DC. It would be an amazing opportunity, but I can't really expect an audition appointment, either - they're looking for understudies for their season, not so much looking for bright young interns to foster (on the acting side of it, anyway), and I suspect they're going to want to call in people who will fit their types this season, not so much diverse individuals to round out their company. Ah, well. It's between this and stocking the organic bananas, so gotta keep trying, right?

On the other hand, I have been seeing a lot of really excellent art lately and this reminds me why I do what I do to try to do what I want. The Departed on Netflix. Banana Bag and Bodice/Shotgun's Beowulf again and got a student rush ticket last night for Exit the King. Geoffrey Rush is bloody brilliant.