What a mess...
... I feel. Haven't been sleeping well due to an eternal battle I fight over the past 2 nights. No no nothing to do with Space Marines or Orks or Eldar. Nor singing nor scary movies nor business. It's the hot/cold inside/outside war, against that age-old nemesis, the blanket. Or doona (Aussie for duvet), in this case. Too hot inside, too cold outside. Have you ever had that feeling you wanted to rip your own skin off 'cos it was so irritating? No? Nevermind then. Bleh.
See what happens when we get too much time off. We've had the past 2 days off - no rehearsals whatsoever. Suddenly, there was time. We had NO idea what to do with it. Balls man. Suddenly there wasn't anything knocking me out at the end of the day. I used to tease some ex-colleagues about having an inflexible routine and not having the time to try new things out. Now I see how doing less is more. Having only 2 things to focus on (work and rehearsals) has really improved my concentration on both. Not having time to do anything else has really improved the status of my wallet, too. Yes, my life will fall apart after the show's done. The solution? Make sure the show NEVER ends! Muahahaha...
Speaking about the show, it seems that the last 2 Saturdays have already been fully booked. Loverly. We'd been practising at Pentas 1 (our actual performance venue) over the past week, with most of the set. Awwwwwesome Dawesome. It's been such a great experience, esp as it's some way before the show yet. Working with the actual mics, and the band, and the set, and the lights (sometimes), and the backstage crew. Coolness.
Update since the press conference: an article came out in the Weekend Mail interviewing Douglas, Tony and Colin. A few bloggers have covered it as well. Check it out here and here. And the 2nd blogger (Nazrul) also took some videos with a digital camera. Check out the edited version and the raw footage of one of our songs, 'KL in a Nutshell'. So far so happening. To think that it looks so fabulous even in such a dinky little camera. We were also a little under-prepared in the costume department. Okay okay and in the practice department as well.
Watched a movie called The Dorm (yes we're in an era of HORRIBLE names for movies), made by the same dude as Shutter. Let me start by telling you that The Dorm is NOT a horror movie. It does feature ghosts (of course - this guy is quite the master with them), but the story itself is quite heartwarming and nice. A bit slow at parts, but you'll leave feeling good. Shutter, on the other hand... if you haven't seen it, and do watch horrors, you MUST WATCH IT. Great story, and brilliantly executed. It'll scare the shit out of you. Unless you're like my mother, who laughed at Ju-On and finds The Ring quite boring.
Just finished the 2nd season of Lost, with the expected WTF ending. M's recently finished her Nip/Tuck as well. Man, that show is RIDICULOUS. I think it's awesome that they show the actual operations (the 2 protagonists are plastic surgeons), but some of their plots are just... mad. Mental. Absolutely gila-fied. Mind you, Lost's a bit like that too. So yes, the zeitgeist for TV series is mad mad stories. At least their names are clever.
I've given up on Blogger for Word. I'm actually quite happy typing into blogger.com, and I don't open Word every day (while I do open Firefox every day). BTW if you don't know what Firefox is, wake up! It's the most kick-ass browser available today, and thrashes the shit out of Internet Explorer (and there's a LOT of shit there). Seriously. Try it for a few sessions and you'll never go back.
Time to makan. I'm going for an audition today at KLPAC (where else), for a play called "Ah Steve", showing in December. It'll be for the part of a doctor and should be interesting. I believe that it's written by one of my fellow actors, and it's directed by Faridah.
Wish me luck.
PS - BTW if you're interested in helping out or even adopting some dogs, check this out.
See what happens when we get too much time off. We've had the past 2 days off - no rehearsals whatsoever. Suddenly, there was time. We had NO idea what to do with it. Balls man. Suddenly there wasn't anything knocking me out at the end of the day. I used to tease some ex-colleagues about having an inflexible routine and not having the time to try new things out. Now I see how doing less is more. Having only 2 things to focus on (work and rehearsals) has really improved my concentration on both. Not having time to do anything else has really improved the status of my wallet, too. Yes, my life will fall apart after the show's done. The solution? Make sure the show NEVER ends! Muahahaha...
Speaking about the show, it seems that the last 2 Saturdays have already been fully booked. Loverly. We'd been practising at Pentas 1 (our actual performance venue) over the past week, with most of the set. Awwwwwesome Dawesome. It's been such a great experience, esp as it's some way before the show yet. Working with the actual mics, and the band, and the set, and the lights (sometimes), and the backstage crew. Coolness.
Update since the press conference: an article came out in the Weekend Mail interviewing Douglas, Tony and Colin. A few bloggers have covered it as well. Check it out here and here. And the 2nd blogger (Nazrul) also took some videos with a digital camera. Check out the edited version and the raw footage of one of our songs, 'KL in a Nutshell'. So far so happening. To think that it looks so fabulous even in such a dinky little camera. We were also a little under-prepared in the costume department. Okay okay and in the practice department as well.
Watched a movie called The Dorm (yes we're in an era of HORRIBLE names for movies), made by the same dude as Shutter. Let me start by telling you that The Dorm is NOT a horror movie. It does feature ghosts (of course - this guy is quite the master with them), but the story itself is quite heartwarming and nice. A bit slow at parts, but you'll leave feeling good. Shutter, on the other hand... if you haven't seen it, and do watch horrors, you MUST WATCH IT. Great story, and brilliantly executed. It'll scare the shit out of you. Unless you're like my mother, who laughed at Ju-On and finds The Ring quite boring.
Just finished the 2nd season of Lost, with the expected WTF ending. M's recently finished her Nip/Tuck as well. Man, that show is RIDICULOUS. I think it's awesome that they show the actual operations (the 2 protagonists are plastic surgeons), but some of their plots are just... mad. Mental. Absolutely gila-fied. Mind you, Lost's a bit like that too. So yes, the zeitgeist for TV series is mad mad stories. At least their names are clever.
I've given up on Blogger for Word. I'm actually quite happy typing into blogger.com, and I don't open Word every day (while I do open Firefox every day). BTW if you don't know what Firefox is, wake up! It's the most kick-ass browser available today, and thrashes the shit out of Internet Explorer (and there's a LOT of shit there). Seriously. Try it for a few sessions and you'll never go back.
Time to makan. I'm going for an audition today at KLPAC (where else), for a play called "Ah Steve", showing in December. It'll be for the part of a doctor and should be interesting. I believe that it's written by one of my fellow actors, and it's directed by Faridah.
Wish me luck.
PS - BTW if you're interested in helping out or even adopting some dogs, check this out.
posted by Jo at 3:04 pm
2 Comments:
Dude if you're using firefox, check out Performancing for Firefox. It's an awesome extention that helps you blog into blogger or other blogs easily through firefox.
I love Nip/Tuck. "Beauty is a curse to the world".
heh heh... Nip Tuck. It is the ridiculousness of the entire thing that makes it exciting... By the way, the doona has been replaced by the Aussie- Country Road Blanket and all is well with Mr Grumps now.
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