On: making time, making friends and everything in between

Somehow, though I've made a pact with myself to stop running around and to make more room on my schedule for me, I find myself falling back into my old routine running from A to B to across town for C and not having enough sleep, energy, and motivation to do it all. It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have to negotiate and sacrifice to make my schedule work; having to give up the chance at a really awesome possible gig because I've over committed myself to other mundane low paying and convenient jobs. Oi! I suppose it's better to be too busy than to have lots of time and nothing to fill it with, so this lament is short.

Enough of that...



I got a lot done today. I hung lights for Kim Wayans' solo show A Handsome Woman Retreat that's going up at PS122 as part of the Solo Arts Festival. I had the great luck to watch a recorded version of Eric Lockley's Last Laugh, the other solo show that's on the bill with Ms. Wayans. I'm really excited to see that live and I recommend you all to check it out.



I made myself go to an audition this afternoon, for Syren Modern Dance. I'd watched some of the video on their gallery and I thought the company was worthwhile. I didn't expect to impress because the dances are very technical and I haven't been training the way I would like. I also walked in without having warmed up and with a lot on my mind, so I put it in my head early on in the hour that I wouldn't be kept. But, even in my funky mood and not so stellar performance, I got a callback. Hm! More on that on Thursday. I went instrument shopping this afternoon as well. I invited a drummer friend of mine to teach a music for dancers class at the school this weekend. It'll be good to see him :)

In other news...

I need to make myself a more social person. I need to change up my roster of friends, since many of the people who made up my tight little circle are finding other things (jobs, lovers, babies) to be committed to that are apparently more rewarding (or maybe more binding) than my friendship. SO... yea, I need to get out more and stop rolling solo to shit. I mostly need a crisis defuser these days.

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