Inventory

Okay, so this is what I did today:

1. Looked up and applied to some internships in DC, New York and Chicago. So now, wherever I spend my summer is completely up in the air--a little spooky to be honest.

2. Did my taxes. In fairness, because I don't have a lot of issues like student loan interest or property taxes or having to pay a nanny, and because any of my potential itemized deductions are way below my standard deduction, doing my taxes is ridiculously easy. But still, they're done, and a good 2 months early, so I go girl.

3. Cleaned and then dirtied the kitchen. I can't help it. A clean kitchen, though it looks great, is just too easy to want to cook in. So I made some fettucine alfredo with spinach and chicken. Tasty, but now I'm logy and don't want to clean again. At some point I'm going to throw in the towel and just go out to eat.

4. Called my company to discuss the status of a reimbursement that they still owe me. It's been 10 months since I initiated the reimbursement process. I'm not kidding.

5. Wrote the arc of my play. --> This is the part I haven't done yet but hope to shortly. It's getting there. I keep saying that, and it's true. But I wish I were actually at the "there" part, not the "getting" part.

By the way, I can't believe I'm moving in six months. It sounds like a long time, and it is in a way when I think about how slow time seems to pass these days (it's winter in Chicago--the fog was so thick today that I woke up and immediately thought someone draped a huge white sheet over my building, I couldn't see outside at all).

But, I so need to focus on getting myself prepped and ready for this move, for this paradigm shift. However, I made great strides yesterday by rooting for the NY Giants to win the Superbowl which, everyone knows, they did in spectacular fashion. I am not a football person. But the spectacle of the last 3 minutes (and to some degree, really, the last 10 minutes of the 4th quarter) was compelling even for someone like me who doesn't know what a "down" is and why people have to advance down the field or any of those other nuances.

I was incredibly happy when the Giants won, like a possessive-fan type of happiness even though I'd only been a fan for maybe a few days. But their win was meaningful to me, which I think tells me that I might possibly potentially be ready to become a New Yorker, even temporarily.

Anyway, someone sent this video around recently and I think it's one of the best things I've ever seen. Every theatrical experience I explore must aspire to be at least partially this amazing. I can only hope.



Acting this good has to have a home on my blog: it's from "The Room", a vanity project by Tommy Wiseau, the black-haired lead who says "I did not" with facial expression usually only seen on hungry babies. Head to YouTube for more clips...you know you want to.