Schmupdates

Since I've been bad about keeping up on current events; here are some highlights; for you...my lovely readers.

Actually worked a 40-hour work week over the past 5 days. Felt good, but also a bit weird. Adjusting to a full week really became difficult. I looked forward to my weekend for the first time in 6 months. So far, so good. I get the feeling that I will be hired on when the time is right and that they will be very open to me taking any time off that I need, for vacations and/or auditions. Should work out well.

I've been very touchy lately. Strange things hit me hard; with no particular reason. I think I'm bipolar (or something). I have moments of strange depression that last about 5 seconds and then they're gone. What sparks them? If I knew, I'm sure I'd be rich. Do we all get those?

Last night's show was fun. Jill made me bust up right before the opening number, and I didn't believe I'd make it through. The conversation went this way...
ME: "I don't think I can do this tonight. I don't have the energy." (something along those lines)
JILL: "Once you get out there, the energy of the crowd will feed you." (something along those lines)
I don't know why I found it that funny (other than the fact that we had about 10 people in the audience), but I had a precious few moments to compose myself before making my first entrance. Damn you Jill!

Thursday night I went to the home of George; our composer/lyricist, to record my part for the cast album. Yes, it's official. I am now a recording artist. I already have calls coming in from Mariah's people, to do some back up work. (Mariah's what came to mind.) It was a super fun experience, and not as awkward as I expected. We all know I'm not a super great singer, but some of my stuff actually sounded palatable, even good. Other parts, not so much. It took about 2 hours to record/fix/re-record. I had a blast and can now say that I am on "Sleeping Ugly-The Musical; The Original Cast Recording" Pretty cool, eh? How do I put that on my resume? Friend Vanessa suggested that I have a section for "Cast Albums".

Another bit of work info. I helped out one of the attorneys on staff by looking through his responses from an ad he placed; for an assistant. To be on the other end of what I've been doing for the past 6 months, was a hoot. In a good and bad way. I got to review cover letters/resumes and general appearance of the replies. I felt a bit high and mighty by being so judgmental, and then a little weird for saying "no", cuz of certain things; like grammatical/spelling errors. They really do count against you. Strange.