I'm feeling better. I'm making bloggy-blogging happen. I'm back on the Squats n Splits n Books train, and building up steam slowly.
I'm so relieved. Missing days was really quite sad for me - I'd been looking forward to this month and these challenges, and it made me SANGRY that was failing (see this post for my real thoughts on personal failure).
Just in time, I'm BACK.
Tomorrow is the Cabaret night, and I'm trying really hard to not be overwhelmed by all the things I'm doing & preparing.
I'm not the only one, either: there is a slew of people running around like headless, confused chickens as we make sure we're prepared to feed and entertain over 100 eager guests. Oh, and seat them. Turns out chairs are important, too. O.o
Imma get back to doing ALL THE THINGS: tonight this includes cutting cheeses, welcoming our buddy Frank to Gwangju, shaving my furry legs, hoping furiously that my costume arrives tomorrow, and attempting to sleep. ...Not in that exact order, either.
TOMORROW'S CABARET!
CARPE DIEM!
SQUATS: I got thru 40 at work!
SPLITS: Did not do!
BOOKS: I read several pages in Dubliners!
WATER: I drank a lot of water! (and tea!)
Today was another day full of not winning at anything but drinking water. No squats, splits, nor books were accomplished today. Instead I...
- bought a clothes dryer off a friend who is leaving (goodbyeeee Amanda and Harry and Stewart!!) which means I am now the luckiest foreigner in Korea.
Proof:
It's hilariously a size-petite dryer, so I can only fit about 1 towel plus 1 sock at a time
- practiced my 3 musical numbers during the 4.5-hr-long Cabaret dress rehearsal
Proof:
Me on the far right as the Hunyak, aka "Uh-uh"
- presided over a productive meeting for the GPP Players over dinner.
Proof: ....oops. I forgot to take a pic of everyone! >:-[
- felt sick during all the above happenings, but managed to get thru them with some semblance of dignity (at least in my head, haha).
But: the best and worst part about today is that it is the wedding day of my cousin Matthew.
Mattcho and his mom, Aunt Marnell (aka, Aunt Marnie, Mommy-Not) lived with us for a while during my childhood, so he's kinda like a 4th little brother. Not so little, though! He's grown up - way, way, WAAAAAY up - and today is the day he marries his college sweetheart, Elizabeth.
I'm so very thrilled for them, but hating really hard that Adam and I aren't there to celebrate their happy day. Our jobs here don't really allow time off for cousin's weddings. :(
So, happy wedding day, Matt and Elizabeth. Here's hoping the fistfuls of cash we're throwing your way at least partly make up for our absences! ;)
You guys, I get to perform onstage this month. :D The GPP is holding a "Cabaret Dessert Night" fundraiser (to pay for the theater space rental for Proof, our upcoming play) on November 22nd, and I'm so stoked about it. I'm in THREE numbers!
I'll be puppet-acting the role of Roxie Hart from "We Both Reached for the Gun", from Chicago, and my hilarious and talented Hubby will be Billy Flynn:
I'm butchering Hungarian as the Hunyak in "The Cell Block Tango", also from Chicago:
And I'm goofing off as Liza's partner Joel Grey in "Money Money" from Cabaret (the movie):
Photos will be posted after the event, but I just wanted you all to join me in my excitement and nervousness. It's happy nervousness, but nonetheless...
As of today, we already have 41 tickets sold out of 100 possible tickets, which is pretty darn good when you consider that each ticket costs about $20. !!!!!!
Carpe diem, seize the stage!
SQUATS: 105, DONE.
SPLITS: 2:30 on each leg
BOOKS: I made good progress in Dubliners today! On story #4, Eveline.
