Life in the business of Acting

Saturday… Ah Saturday in the city during Memorial Day weekend. It’s really a feeling I can’t fully describe and now I’m going to proceed to do exactly that. It feels like a weight has been lifted from the city. There are literally millions of people who flee the city on this weekend. It seems as though they’ve taken a lot of their baggage with them, the hustle and bustle, and impatience. It really feels lighter, calmer in the city. I love the big weekends, you get the streets back to yourself. You can stroll even and you’re not dodging half as many people as usual.

It hasn’t been an uneventful day for all the lighter, calmer talk I’m boasting. I have had snafus with my director and our schedule concerning a play I am starring in and producing. I seem to have had communication problems etc left and right. I am one of those people who believe things happen for a reason and all that jazz. For the most part I’ve been able to clear up some confusion, create boundaries that I thought were clear. Also get clear on what I want and don’t want in my life. I don’t think conflict is always bad. In fact I think it can be a wonderful catalyst for change and getting clear on your intentions.

It just got me to thinking about Memorial Day weekend and not so much about the original meaning of the holiday but rather memories. Like what was I doing last year? Who was I doing it with? Why? For all the roller coaster ride of emotions I’ve been on today I know I would not want to within a ten foot pole of where I was last year. I would rather be where I was today, having conflicts about the play, walking along the water learning lines, at home where I am right now sweating to death because I haven’t put in my air conditioner yet and its stifling outside.

I am really quite happy and also very hot, as in body temperature not necessarily in terms of sexiness although I’d like to think so. I gotta go to sleep now I have to meet with the director and some of my scene partners and I’m going to go in early to have a talk… Anyway I’ll keep you posted on the events of the weekend. Ciao.