Drip, drip, drip...
By which I mean the weather, not me. :) It's been raining non-stop, I kid you not, since Monday, and the weather has only increased in intensity over the past two days. I had to drive 45 minutes to replace a tail light someone cracked, only to discover I had ordered the WRONG light (sigh), and it was in insidiously heavy rain, with only no gas in the car (not THAT the lack of gas was the weather's fault). I have to return on Wednesday to have the correct light replaced, and fortunately the perpetrator was honest enough to leave a note letting me know she had hit my bumper (she parks in the same driveway as I do), so she will pay the $180 (phew). Also on the good news money front, I finally paid off my overdraft protection loan (HAPPY DANCING). It had gotten up as high as $4600, and now has a ZERO balance. This is a VERY big deal for me, because I've now paid off two items--my car (November) and this--so I'm on my way toward ridding myself of debt, one step at a time. I continue to work, pro bono, with Jon, my financial planner (of sorts), the NICEST guy in the world, and that keeps me on track. I am certain I would be spending out of control, as I used to do, without his assitance, but because I have my bills all paid online or through direct deposit (except rent and renter's insurance), I can keep a watchful eye on my spending. Jon keeps me honest, and since I need to be accountable, I am far more careful than I used to be.
On a similar topic, I have been eat bingeing ridiculously over the past few months, and it HAS to stop. While I am not fat, my clothes are becoming quite tight, and I've had it. I fear I will have nothing to wear this summer, and I'm visiting my sister in Florida in less than a month. I also feel totally out of control. So my therapist came up with the idea that I write down EVERY SINGLE THING that I eat in a small notebook--this started Thursday--and already it has helped. If I were to, say, pop a munchkin (tempting today at the car dealer), I would have to write it down, and no friggin' way am I doing that. So I'm being attentive, and it's already helping. No snacking (with the exception of microwave popcorn) allowed, and I MEAN it. I don't know if I can keep this up forever--maybe I will have to--but I will for the immediate future, and this, in conjunction with my working out (still five days a week, with two days off), should pay off fairly quickly, considering HOW MUCH I've been eating lately. I'm only 5'1" (kind of ;-)), and I just can't eat as much as taller people (which is to say nearly everyone), so I have to accept it. I love, love to eat, and it is always such a relief in stessful times, but I just can't do it anymore, b/c I have to report it, and I don't want to, frankly. While I would love to just cut out eating pretty much altogether--I've done that in the past, and it worked, but only for a while, and of course I was more obsessive than ever while doing so, because I was HUNGRY all the time--I can't do it (God, I wish I could), so I have to do it the old-fashioned way: in moderation (I'm not so great with moderation, but I'm trying to). Anyway, I'll keep you, er, posted.
In other news, I have not received any acceptances since last I wrote, though I was rejected from a local theatre company's festival in Somerville. This irks me no end because they didn't have the courtesy to let me know, particularly when they do know me through Debbie, who directed a play for them last year (not that they bothered writing to her, either), nor did they answer my inquiry. I think it's inconsiderate at best, and I have no intention of auditioning for their festival, which I did last year, or seeing their show. Should I bad mouth them? Definitely not, at least not publicly, and that's why I'm not mentioning their name here But it's just inconsiderate and perhaps irresponsible of them to ignore me and others, and I don't intend to give them a dollar of my hard-earned money or a minute of time, since they didn't do the same for me. I am very excited about the "Five" festival, OTOH. I have done quite a bit of publicity for it, and even got through to the editor at Bay Windows in the South End, who said he would help out and pass it along to the editor at the South End News (the Devanaughn, the performance space, is in the South End). Very exciting! Since I've never had a play performed (just staged, which is cool, but different), I cannot wait, and I want EVERYONE to come! And I get to go to the TCAN Festival that same weekend, and there is a playwright talk back the first night of the festival--how cool is that? :) So this makes me feel better about the theatres/festivals who have said no or will (I assume) in the next month. Of course, it's possible that I will receive an acceptance or two, but I'm not holding my breath.
I did pretty much finish "Control," my hair play, and brought it to my Write-On playwrighting group this past Monday, and they liked it quite a bit, which made me feel quite happy. While I think the target audience is pretty limited, you never know, so I will hold onto it and see if any place might find it of interest. I haven't done any original writing lately--too busy and too unfocused (lots of ushering and the like)--but after Commencement next weekend, I hope to have some time free, and I am going to have an entire week in July to devote to working on my new one-act (or even...gasp...full-length play!). It's been quite eye opening reading full-length plays for a local festival. Most of them, I'm sorry to say, have sucked, far weaker than most 10-minute plays I've read or seen. I realize how hard it is to write a full-length play--I mean, I haven't yet!--but really, people, is it that difficult to realize if your work is that weak? Haven't you shown it to anyone and received feedback? Some of the plays have been mediocre, but a few were just pathetic, and I cannot for the life of me fathom how someone might think it was paying the $15 fee to submit it. Perhaps s/he thought s/he would get lucky. Sorry, ain't gonna happen, at least not on my watch. But it will be interesting to see what gets chosen to be staged. I'm on my last two plays and then I'm getting back to reading and watching DVDs (I still have two in my apartment that I rented at least two weeks ago; good thing I don't have to pay overdue fees!).
And that's about it for now. The acceptance still kick ass, the rejections hurt like hell, particularly when they are for local theatres, and I can't quite figure out why some plays get chosen and others (like mine and Debbie's, in some cases) do not. It's so damned subjective, but that's how it is. In the meantime, I just wish it would stop RAINING. I have to go out again (and take the subway this time) to see "Caroline, or Change," and normally I would be really excited about it, but not in this horrid weather. BTW, for more info on the Five Festival, go to www.arlingtonplayers.com. Yippie! :)
On a similar topic, I have been eat bingeing ridiculously over the past few months, and it HAS to stop. While I am not fat, my clothes are becoming quite tight, and I've had it. I fear I will have nothing to wear this summer, and I'm visiting my sister in Florida in less than a month. I also feel totally out of control. So my therapist came up with the idea that I write down EVERY SINGLE THING that I eat in a small notebook--this started Thursday--and already it has helped. If I were to, say, pop a munchkin (tempting today at the car dealer), I would have to write it down, and no friggin' way am I doing that. So I'm being attentive, and it's already helping. No snacking (with the exception of microwave popcorn) allowed, and I MEAN it. I don't know if I can keep this up forever--maybe I will have to--but I will for the immediate future, and this, in conjunction with my working out (still five days a week, with two days off), should pay off fairly quickly, considering HOW MUCH I've been eating lately. I'm only 5'1" (kind of ;-)), and I just can't eat as much as taller people (which is to say nearly everyone), so I have to accept it. I love, love to eat, and it is always such a relief in stessful times, but I just can't do it anymore, b/c I have to report it, and I don't want to, frankly. While I would love to just cut out eating pretty much altogether--I've done that in the past, and it worked, but only for a while, and of course I was more obsessive than ever while doing so, because I was HUNGRY all the time--I can't do it (God, I wish I could), so I have to do it the old-fashioned way: in moderation (I'm not so great with moderation, but I'm trying to). Anyway, I'll keep you, er, posted.
In other news, I have not received any acceptances since last I wrote, though I was rejected from a local theatre company's festival in Somerville. This irks me no end because they didn't have the courtesy to let me know, particularly when they do know me through Debbie, who directed a play for them last year (not that they bothered writing to her, either), nor did they answer my inquiry. I think it's inconsiderate at best, and I have no intention of auditioning for their festival, which I did last year, or seeing their show. Should I bad mouth them? Definitely not, at least not publicly, and that's why I'm not mentioning their name here But it's just inconsiderate and perhaps irresponsible of them to ignore me and others, and I don't intend to give them a dollar of my hard-earned money or a minute of time, since they didn't do the same for me. I am very excited about the "Five" festival, OTOH. I have done quite a bit of publicity for it, and even got through to the editor at Bay Windows in the South End, who said he would help out and pass it along to the editor at the South End News (the Devanaughn, the performance space, is in the South End). Very exciting! Since I've never had a play performed (just staged, which is cool, but different), I cannot wait, and I want EVERYONE to come! And I get to go to the TCAN Festival that same weekend, and there is a playwright talk back the first night of the festival--how cool is that? :) So this makes me feel better about the theatres/festivals who have said no or will (I assume) in the next month. Of course, it's possible that I will receive an acceptance or two, but I'm not holding my breath.
I did pretty much finish "Control," my hair play, and brought it to my Write-On playwrighting group this past Monday, and they liked it quite a bit, which made me feel quite happy. While I think the target audience is pretty limited, you never know, so I will hold onto it and see if any place might find it of interest. I haven't done any original writing lately--too busy and too unfocused (lots of ushering and the like)--but after Commencement next weekend, I hope to have some time free, and I am going to have an entire week in July to devote to working on my new one-act (or even...gasp...full-length play!). It's been quite eye opening reading full-length plays for a local festival. Most of them, I'm sorry to say, have sucked, far weaker than most 10-minute plays I've read or seen. I realize how hard it is to write a full-length play--I mean, I haven't yet!--but really, people, is it that difficult to realize if your work is that weak? Haven't you shown it to anyone and received feedback? Some of the plays have been mediocre, but a few were just pathetic, and I cannot for the life of me fathom how someone might think it was paying the $15 fee to submit it. Perhaps s/he thought s/he would get lucky. Sorry, ain't gonna happen, at least not on my watch. But it will be interesting to see what gets chosen to be staged. I'm on my last two plays and then I'm getting back to reading and watching DVDs (I still have two in my apartment that I rented at least two weeks ago; good thing I don't have to pay overdue fees!).
And that's about it for now. The acceptance still kick ass, the rejections hurt like hell, particularly when they are for local theatres, and I can't quite figure out why some plays get chosen and others (like mine and Debbie's, in some cases) do not. It's so damned subjective, but that's how it is. In the meantime, I just wish it would stop RAINING. I have to go out again (and take the subway this time) to see "Caroline, or Change," and normally I would be really excited about it, but not in this horrid weather. BTW, for more info on the Five Festival, go to www.arlingtonplayers.com. Yippie! :)
posted by Sue B at 6:19 AM
1 Comments:
Ugh. I like rainy weather when I don't have to be out in it. Unfortunately most days I do have to be out in it. And with the heavy storms we get here, I'd muuuuch rather be inside watching it all come down.
Good job on the debt reduction. I still have one credit card I'm working very hard on paying off. Probably this time next year it'll be paid off. Unless gas keeps going up... $3 a gallon is just too much.
Would love to chat on AIM, Yahoo! Messenger or MSN Messenger sometime, or that old-fashioned phone thingy...
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