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Jan. 29th, 2004
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Jan. 29th, 2004 07:59 amFinished the last of the blocking last night.
Will be finishing the last bits of choreography tonight and tomorrow night.
And next week, we start reviewing.
I had a bit of frustration with my Nicely-Nicely and my Nathan last night.
I was blocking the scene right before "Oldest Established" with Nicely, Nathan and Benny. It was getting towards the end, and Nicely kept moving when I hadn't told him to. All he could think was "I am over there when we start the song so I need to move over there." And I'd say, "Stop that, get back. I didn't tell you to move." And then he'd move. And finally he said, "But I start over there." "Yes, I know," I say in a very exasperated tone, "and I'll get you there! Now get back over THERE."
Look, I like people who are on top of it enough to correct me when I goof or forget something. But the time to do that would've been when we got to the end of the scene/beginning of the song and he was still in the wrong place. Instead of anticipating. [rolls eyes]
And Nathan says to me towards the end of the night, "Since it's just review next week, I was wondering if I could be gone Monday for my sister's birthday." He got quite the lecture on how offensive saying "just review" was. I pointed out that we have not run any of the scenes since we blocked them - in some cases, weeks ago. That we have review next week, and we need to be running the acts by the end of the week after that because we need to be running the show soon after because then we OPEN. He was looking quite shamefaced by the end of it. I asked him when dinner was. He said 7pm. I said he had to be at rehearsal 5:30-6:30.
If I were the regular drama teacher, these kids would have a completely different work/rehearsal ethic.
You have to make choices. Decide what is a priority.
Of course, I'm a little touchy because it's tough to set up a rehearsal schedule when each night of the week, I have a different set of rotating conflicts. And I'm losing half my chorus guys on Friday night because it's the 16th birthday of one of them and they're going out to dinner. (Why can't anybody do this stuff on a weekend, I ask you??) And on Tuesday night, one of my chorus guys asked if he could miss the next night because his family wanted to go see the Ice Palace. In that case I did ask, "Is there some reason you can't go on Saturday?" Of course, I pointed out last night that I had saved him from being outside in dangerously cold temperatures, so it was for the best. [smirk]
Ah, well. It'll all come together. I'm having a talking-to with my tech guys before rehearsal tonight because I'm concerned about the set. Every set piece I've seen so far has been HUGE. I have no idea what they are thinking.
And I'm stressed about all the other details I need to cover now that the choreography is almost done. The costumes, the props, the set, the publicity. Oh, and the acting!
Well, at least I have movies and socializing to look forward to this weekend!
Will be finishing the last bits of choreography tonight and tomorrow night.
And next week, we start reviewing.
I had a bit of frustration with my Nicely-Nicely and my Nathan last night.
I was blocking the scene right before "Oldest Established" with Nicely, Nathan and Benny. It was getting towards the end, and Nicely kept moving when I hadn't told him to. All he could think was "I am over there when we start the song so I need to move over there." And I'd say, "Stop that, get back. I didn't tell you to move." And then he'd move. And finally he said, "But I start over there." "Yes, I know," I say in a very exasperated tone, "and I'll get you there! Now get back over THERE."
Look, I like people who are on top of it enough to correct me when I goof or forget something. But the time to do that would've been when we got to the end of the scene/beginning of the song and he was still in the wrong place. Instead of anticipating. [rolls eyes]
And Nathan says to me towards the end of the night, "Since it's just review next week, I was wondering if I could be gone Monday for my sister's birthday." He got quite the lecture on how offensive saying "just review" was. I pointed out that we have not run any of the scenes since we blocked them - in some cases, weeks ago. That we have review next week, and we need to be running the acts by the end of the week after that because we need to be running the show soon after because then we OPEN. He was looking quite shamefaced by the end of it. I asked him when dinner was. He said 7pm. I said he had to be at rehearsal 5:30-6:30.
If I were the regular drama teacher, these kids would have a completely different work/rehearsal ethic.
You have to make choices. Decide what is a priority.
Of course, I'm a little touchy because it's tough to set up a rehearsal schedule when each night of the week, I have a different set of rotating conflicts. And I'm losing half my chorus guys on Friday night because it's the 16th birthday of one of them and they're going out to dinner. (Why can't anybody do this stuff on a weekend, I ask you??) And on Tuesday night, one of my chorus guys asked if he could miss the next night because his family wanted to go see the Ice Palace. In that case I did ask, "Is there some reason you can't go on Saturday?" Of course, I pointed out last night that I had saved him from being outside in dangerously cold temperatures, so it was for the best. [smirk]
Ah, well. It'll all come together. I'm having a talking-to with my tech guys before rehearsal tonight because I'm concerned about the set. Every set piece I've seen so far has been HUGE. I have no idea what they are thinking.
And I'm stressed about all the other details I need to cover now that the choreography is almost done. The costumes, the props, the set, the publicity. Oh, and the acting!
Well, at least I have movies and socializing to look forward to this weekend!
Obligatory Observation about the Cold
Jan. 29th, 2004 08:11 amBeautifully apt description: "Hoth Cold". I barely made it past the first marker this morning.
My scarf was nearly immobile just from walking to the car.
My butt is still warming up nearly 40 minutes after getting to work.
The scary part was how cold my fingertips were. And then I put them in my coat pockets and I noticed they didn't seem as cold. Except there was no way that simply putting them in my coat pockets was that much warmer, so that meant they were starting to lose feeling. Yike!
And of course, it hurt to breathe.
After years of living here, I can make a rough guess of the winter temperature by walking outside and taking a deep breath. Does it hurt? How much? Do I start coughing? Ah, probably about 15 below with at least another 10 degrees of windchill.
Thought on the bus this morning:
Deep winter cold might be akin to a woman experiencing labor. In both cases, once the torture is past, you don't really have a memory of what it felt like. You remember it was bad, but you don't have a sense memory of it. A survival mechanism for the species in the case of childbirth (what woman who could remember in agonizing detail would ever give birth twice?). And the sole reason for the settling of Minnesota in the other.
But I'll tell ya, coming to work on a morning like this makes me feel pretty butch.
My scarf was nearly immobile just from walking to the car.
My butt is still warming up nearly 40 minutes after getting to work.
The scary part was how cold my fingertips were. And then I put them in my coat pockets and I noticed they didn't seem as cold. Except there was no way that simply putting them in my coat pockets was that much warmer, so that meant they were starting to lose feeling. Yike!
And of course, it hurt to breathe.
After years of living here, I can make a rough guess of the winter temperature by walking outside and taking a deep breath. Does it hurt? How much? Do I start coughing? Ah, probably about 15 below with at least another 10 degrees of windchill.
Thought on the bus this morning:
Deep winter cold might be akin to a woman experiencing labor. In both cases, once the torture is past, you don't really have a memory of what it felt like. You remember it was bad, but you don't have a sense memory of it. A survival mechanism for the species in the case of childbirth (what woman who could remember in agonizing detail would ever give birth twice?). And the sole reason for the settling of Minnesota in the other.
But I'll tell ya, coming to work on a morning like this makes me feel pretty butch.
Help? Advice?
Jan. 29th, 2004 08:39 amI got the following email. Obviously, I placed no such order.
Is this clever spam?
I could go check all my credit cards and keep an eye on them.
I could call and "cancel my order" but I'm leery of any contact with them.
I have to admit, as relatively savvy as I am, I am at a loss on this one.
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has been successfully completed.
Sales order number: 3445096-01.04
Customer' Number: 1333027
Amount charged: $149.95
Time of charge:
Product ordered: 1 Month Child Porn Unlimited Online Access.
Customer' Email: windelina@excite.com
Please note, that refunds are not available for this type of transactions.
Your credit card was charged by (Link: www.darkprofits.com,)www.darkprofits.com, it will appear on
your next credit card's statement.
Kings regards,
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underages@darkprofits.com
You can also cancel your order by phone:
call us +1 877 479 7378
Addenda:
Oh, good. It seems to be a spam/scam. I assumed as much (hence my not replying), but was just worried enough (and creeped out enough) to wonder.
Is this clever spam?
I could go check all my credit cards and keep an eye on them.
I could call and "cancel my order" but I'm leery of any contact with them.
I have to admit, as relatively savvy as I am, I am at a loss on this one.
Dear customer,
We are glad to inform you, that your DarkProfits.com Sales Order
has been successfully completed.
Sales order number: 3445096-01.04
Customer' Number: 1333027
Amount charged: $149.95
Time of charge:
Product ordered: 1 Month Child Porn Unlimited Online Access.
Customer' Email: windelina@excite.com
Please note, that refunds are not available for this type of transactions.
Your credit card was charged by (Link: www.darkprofits.com,)www.darkprofits.com, it will appear on
your next credit card's statement.
Kings regards,
DarkProfits.com Sales Department.
underages@darkprofits.com
You can also cancel your order by phone:
call us +1 877 479 7378
Addenda:
Oh, good. It seems to be a spam/scam. I assumed as much (hence my not replying), but was just worried enough (and creeped out enough) to wonder.
