Just life

My last play closed July 8, which means that I have not been in a show for four months.

(Huh, it feels longer than that.)

I've auditioned for a few, but for various reasons they didn't work out. I have no idea what I'll do next theatre-wise.

And I'm ok with that.

At this point, I'm not even looking at this lovely time as a "break from theatre." Sure, I was tired after my last show, but if a great opportunity had come along (and my ankle had healed more quickly) I would have snatched it. Technically I'm "in between shows" right now, but it doesn't feel that way.

I'm just living my life.

The comments I get when people ask what show I'm involved in and I say I'm not doing one are pretty funny. Actually, a lot of people don't know what to say after that -- my love of performing is the big thing most of my acquaintances know/remember about me and it's fairly easy to talk about. One girl even remarked, "I don't think I've ever known you not to be in a show!" (This tells me she and I apparently don't talk very much. I know I did five plays from summer 2012 through summer 2013, but there were pockets of time when I wasn't in a play.) Then again, I was a little annoyed when a guy I met online asked what my hobbies are outside of theatre. Obviously, that guy hasn't spent much time with theatre folks because when we ARE in a show, it eats up a TON of time; I suddenly felt lame and judged for not also sky diving once a month and drawing in charcoal and having other cool hobbies...but I digress...

I feel pretty lame in general when people ask what I've been up to lately. I say "I'm busy all the time, but not with anything specific." It's true!

I'll say it again: I'm just living life.

It's fun!

Here's a list of some of that non-specific stuff I've been up to:

• Working (granted, I do this year-round)
• Hanging out with family
• Exercising -- I miss taking walks after work before the sun goes down. It's too dark now! :P
• Going to movies
• Staying caught up with my t.v. shows (oddly, a third of the shows I watch are on Thursday -- it takes all weekend to catch up)
• Reading (not as often as I'd like)
• Calling friends on the phone
• Going out to dinner
• Dating (also not as often as I'd like)
• Sleeping in and/or taking naps on weekends :D
• Attending various religious and secular classes
• Going on vacation (it's time I start planning another one)
• Seeing plays
• Seeing (and hearing) concerts
• Making dinner at home
• Trying -- and failing -- not to spend money
• Sitting by myself at home in the evening doing absolutely nothing useful or responsible

In short: all of the activities I neglect when I'm in a show! And you know what? I'm not bored. I'm happy. It's rather nice to have evenings where someone asks if I'm free last-minute and I actually am!

I'll likely do another play in the nearish future, once I find one I'm really excited about and convince them they need me in it. Right now, I'm content to do absolutely everything else.

What have you been up to lately?

P.S. I did not audition for Les Miserables at Hale Centre Theatre this week, simply because I don't love the show enough to risk the (very, very slim) possibility of being cast and then tied up with it for the next 5 months. It HAS been very entertaining to read the experiences my friends have been having, though!

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Happy Friday!