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Jan. 23rd, 2006 08:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bookzombieI realise that I haven't been posting much in the last week or so. It's a mixture of busyness and mood. So a quick summary of the last week or so:
1. Rehearsals. I've made the mistake of telling lots of people that I haven't enjoyed rehearsing a show so much for years. So I get rewarded with a bit of a rotten week. We have been setting the end of the first act, a big chorus number ('I Got Rhythm'). For some reason the choreographer has decided to treat it as a women's chorus number and for about 3 out of 5 minutes the men (all 6 of us) are stood at the back of the stage doing nothing. Not only is this boring and annoying (I was told I would have the chance to do some tap during this number) but it also doesn't make sense for this point in the plot. By this time in the story we have established that the men can dance (after 'Slap that Bass') and to have them then reverting to standing watching the women dancing is just silly. Joe, the director, is also annoyed so hopefully something will be sorted. Anyway, I've been promised a tap solo in a later song (which I also have to choreograph, gulp!).
2. I've been on a two day 'Communications Skills' course, which was in part a revision of earlier courses, but also had some interesting new thoughts. I actually came away from it with a genuine Action Plan! What was nice was that there were only 4 of us (down to 3 on the second day) which helped discussion.
3. We went to the christening of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pennski's oldest friend's baby on Saturday. This was a Catholic service which was, for a good (ex)Protestant like myself, a bit odd in places.
4. I succumbed to bidding for something on eBay for the very first time - a 1970s meccano set. I didn't win, but it was a curious experience.
Other than that, the usual spending too much time watching television (including first DVD of the anime Full Metal Alchemist which is rather good), writing a review for Vector, reading and generally slobbing around. I'm still trying to shift the mild winter depression I've been suffering from since the New Year. It's not debilitating, just enough that if it comes to a choice of slobbing around or posting to LJ (or anything else constructive!), slobbing around seems to be winning at the moment.
1. Rehearsals. I've made the mistake of telling lots of people that I haven't enjoyed rehearsing a show so much for years. So I get rewarded with a bit of a rotten week. We have been setting the end of the first act, a big chorus number ('I Got Rhythm'). For some reason the choreographer has decided to treat it as a women's chorus number and for about 3 out of 5 minutes the men (all 6 of us) are stood at the back of the stage doing nothing. Not only is this boring and annoying (I was told I would have the chance to do some tap during this number) but it also doesn't make sense for this point in the plot. By this time in the story we have established that the men can dance (after 'Slap that Bass') and to have them then reverting to standing watching the women dancing is just silly. Joe, the director, is also annoyed so hopefully something will be sorted. Anyway, I've been promised a tap solo in a later song (which I also have to choreograph, gulp!).
2. I've been on a two day 'Communications Skills' course, which was in part a revision of earlier courses, but also had some interesting new thoughts. I actually came away from it with a genuine Action Plan! What was nice was that there were only 4 of us (down to 3 on the second day) which helped discussion.
3. We went to the christening of
pennski's oldest friend's baby on Saturday. This was a Catholic service which was, for a good (ex)Protestant like myself, a bit odd in places.4. I succumbed to bidding for something on eBay for the very first time - a 1970s meccano set. I didn't win, but it was a curious experience.
Other than that, the usual spending too much time watching television (including first DVD of the anime Full Metal Alchemist which is rather good), writing a review for Vector, reading and generally slobbing around. I'm still trying to shift the mild winter depression I've been suffering from since the New Year. It's not debilitating, just enough that if it comes to a choice of slobbing around or posting to LJ (or anything else constructive!), slobbing around seems to be winning at the moment.
