Don't post quite regularly anymore, do I?

It's tough to find time lately, lots of time on the bus and the rest of the time mostly on stage or in hotel hot tubs. Tough life.

So, today we're in New Haven CT - three days of shows here. Thus far we've hit Interlochen MI, Cedar Falls IA, Parkersburg WV, um... Peoria IL... er... uh... Well, I think that's it so far. I don't even know where we go next right now, and I don't have to. Life is good.

Until I think that I'm not yet sure what I'm doing next. I usually don't let it slide so long, but this year has been, to be very kind, strange. Thus the search only recently began.
Saw Punchdrunk Love, and it made me very happy. Saw the new Bond film, it made me want to go home and watch a better one. It was fine, all except for the absolute worst Bond theme in the history of Bond. Cavemen played better Bond themes on rocks before they discovered Bond. Or themes. Or music.

Madonna, you reek of desperation, and yet what you seem to aspire to isn't worthy of the effort.

Since of course Madonna regularly reads my website, I often post advice to her.

So, any news from the real world?

I have been meaning to post for a week. Yesterday, Saturday, we did our preview performance in Omaha. Monday we'll get on the bus. Our first show is in, I think, Michigan on Tuesday. After that don't ask me. Check the itinerary, my tour is the East Coast leg. For some reason we are the "Sunburn" cast, or as we refer to it the "Tastes like burning" company of Xmas Carol.

Things have continued to go very well. It's a big show, and even our tech rehearsals went, with only one exception, flawlessly. Well organized, well run, and they take care of you. What more can you ask for?

Now to start thinking about January.

It's like relaxing into a pool of fresh, clean, warm water.

Without any exaggeration, I had forgotten what it was really like to work in my chosen profession. Nothing I have done in the past year and a half has been up to par, and after only the first day of working here at NTC my memory is refreshed and I remember what it is I love about my work.

The bitterness has washed away and I am myself again. I had so totally lost touch with myself during my time in Virginia; lost perspective because there is no national reach in that community. Here I am again and back in touch - people here know people I know, have worked with people I worked with. They're professionals. The worst of them is better than most. I have to work to keep up.

Let's not get out of hand - it isn't a cakewalk, it is work. It's actually not all that hard. But man oh man ... How can I make this make sense?

How about this analogy: Let's say for most of my working life, I was eating well. Steak, lobster, and many varied delicacies from all quarters. Then, about a year and a half ago, a little more, I was suddenly confined to eating only Cheerios, no sugar. Nothing but Cheerios. Six months pass, and I'm pretty used to Cheerios. A year goes by, and anything but Cheerios are but a legend to my people... Then, finally, when I find my way out of that cereal debaucle, I taste real food again. Imagine how great it would taste.

That's how I feel right now.

Are my comments even coming up? I don't get to my e-mail or a computer on a daily basis right now. E-mail and let me know if you would, or leave a comment or something if they are. They aren't right now, I know... Don't know if the server is down again or if enetation is totally gone.

Happy.