this was the first night of “paint your wagon” rehearsals. let me just say that the play is a little weird. the leading man, ben, buys a wife from a mormon guy who has two wives who don\u2019t get along so well. and after a while, ben, who has appeared to be pretty darn happy with his purchased wife, ends up selling her to somebody else, but then she runs away with a third guy anyway.<\/p>\n
damn, now i\u2019ve ruined the whole thing for you. please come to the show anyway. it doesn\u2019t open till june 10th, a million years from now, so maybe you\u2019ll have forgotten this strange bit of plot.<\/p>\n
anyway, there\u2019s some really nice music in the show, although it seems that the only song i get to take part in is one about a can of beans. yeah. oh well, i\u2019m mostly looking forward to taking that lovely drive out to new salem and performing (very briefly) on their cool outdoor stage. i plan on going to rehearsals out there early, just so i can walk around a lot.<\/p>\n
my weekend was busy. the race went well. i\u2019m going to write about it for the may edition of the spfld roadrunner\u2019s newsletter. something kind of stupid happened to me (hard as that may be to imagine). but the race itself went pretty well, although i was then pretty tired for the rest of the day. neither jim nor i won the race, but jim ran quite fast, and i think i ran faster than i ever have. as usual, plenty of people kept passing me throughout the race, but in the last few blocks, there was this one tall, very athletic man up ahead of me. some guy on the sidelines kept cheering him on, and i thought, “hey, how about ME?” his cheering compelled me to run faster, and i decided i could pass this very fit man, and i did! i was pretty darn shocked that i managed to beat him. <\/p>\n
I was kind of surly when walking around looking at the stuff going on at the old state capitol, though. tired and dehydrated, and i was most annoyed that none of the millions of food vendors was selling beverages with ice. i just wanted a cold drink with ice. i didn\u2019t think it was too much to ask. but it was. i refused a sip of my niece\u2019s lukewarm diet pepsi.<\/p>\n
the best thing i saw was this collection of abe portraits drawn by schoolkids. some were well done; many were just hilarious. the exhibit is down in the basement of the old state capitol, not very well publicized and i\u2019m afraid most people won\u2019t see it. i think it\u2019s going to be there for a while, though, so you should check it out.<\/p>\n
and tomorrow is the VERY BIG DAY, when we go to the museum dedication. on my way to work today i saw tons of media trucks from all over the place. it should be exciting and interesting and different. and hopefully not just hot and annoying and boring, sitting around for hours waiting for the thing to start. maybe we should bring some cards. they\u2019re not banning cards, as far as i know.<\/p>\n
gee, it seems that wednesday is going to be a letdown, after the hoopla surrounding tomorrow. perhaps it would be a good day to stay in bed.<\/p>\n
which is where i should be right now, as a matter of fact.<\/p>\n
i saw david sedaris last night at sangamon auditorium. he was pretty funny, although i\u2019d read a couple of the things he performed, but he did make them more entertaining because he\u2019s an excellent reader. i think that\u2019s my new goal in life (whoops, did i have an old goal? i\u2019m sure i must have, but i can\u2019t remember what it could be), to be an excellent reader.<\/p>\n
actually, technically, i am in bed already, but i have to lie down and turn out the light and try to CLEAR MY MIND OF ALL THOUGHTS, which is always much much more vexing and difficult than it looks.<\/p>\n
i ran AND swam this morning, and cleaned house for two hours, and washed both of mom and dad\u2019s dogs, so you\u2019d think i\u2019d have no problem sleeping all through the entire night, until morning. but one thing that definitely makes it hard to sleep is knowing that i have to GET UP EARLY. <\/p>\n
but you never know, maybe tonight is the beginning of a new shift in my entire psyche and being, and i\u2019ll sleep through the night and i\u2019ll have an unexpectedly fabulous day tomorrow, nothing horrible or embarrasing will happen to me, no tears will be shed, i won\u2019t fall down or bruise any part of my body (i have a particularly painful bruise and perhaps a chipped bone on my hand today), and no crazy insane thoughts will be racing through my mind every damn second of the day…<\/p>\n
but i\u2019m dreaming too big here. i\u2019d be pretty happy with just sleeping through the night.<\/p>\n
ok then, sweet dreams,<\/p>\n
grace, ever hopeful<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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