close your eyes and i'll kiss you; tomorrow i'll miss you.

so, on a whim, i decided to go see seven pounds tonight. starts off confusing as hell. i played the game, believing that the movie would straighten itself out for me later. i mean, come on, there are WAY stupider people than me. if i was confused, then the movie was doing it on purpose.

anyway, it did straighten itself out. and the story unfolded beautifully. tragically. its a poignant and moving story; you simply must see it.

in other news, i amazed myself today. i had SO many things piled up on my to-do list that i ultimately had to decide to just omit some items. sadly, the first to go was a set for my upcoming performance at ellis. before i continue with my story, let me go ahead and plug this show shamelessly:

my advanced theater class will be presenting
CAFETERIA FOOD FOR THE SOUL: a night of monologues from the adolescent point of view
thursday, january 22nd at 6:30pm.
admission is $1.
for the love of god, please come. i'm terrified that there will not be an audience. it will be less than an hour and should be quite good.

okay, back to the to-do list. well sadly, the first to go was a set for the performance. i only had 2 and a half weeks to design, build, paint, and finish the set for my show. i had a budget of $0 and no help. so i just let it go. but then someone suggested that i go to the scene shop at ellis and putz around just to see what might be back there.

well.

1 three-walled flat, 2 gigantic door frames, about 7 assorted sized boxes, and one chair later, i had artfully assembled a pretty fierce set. went to walmart, bought 2 gallons of white paint and some rollers, and tomorrow i'm painting it all white. i plan to use some cool light effects to transform the scenery, which is why everything will be white. so if anything, come pay a dollar just to see what kind of a set i can make with virtually no resources and no help.

now to figure out how to look fashionable and professional in paint clothes tomorrow. a fun challenge, i must say.