you know what's fun? wrapping your right wrist in an ace bandage and attempting to do any of the following:

a.) type with any method other than hunt-and-peck
b.) drive a stick shift
c.) switch the buttons on your mouse and use it left-handed

for anyone wondering "why the ace bandage, deafgirl?" it's because my right wrist still hurts (and there is now new-and-improved-swelling-action) and so, in a last ditch effort in the name of self-healing, i've wrapped it and am attempting to use it as little as possible. if it still hurts on monday, i plan to bite the bullet and go to the doctor with my grown up health insurance. if it's carpal tunnel, you'll see me on the news, going ballistic with some kind of automatic weaponry.

yesterday i felt all professional.. i drove into chicago (all by myself, mom!) to take a meeting with my director for noises off. he likes what i've done, and is excited about working with me. how cool is that?

today is not as exciting, i get to go to work and vacuum.

wednesday i went to see pirates of the carribbean... what a cool movie!! i wasn't sure what to expect when i went, but it really turned out to be way better than i thought. it's just a fun movie. it's not all plot development character analysis structure and deep insights, it's cool fx and just a whole lot of fun, in the same way the ride is just sittin in the boat, watchin all the pirates be nasty and fun. i've decided that i'm quitting my job as a scenic designer and becoming a pirate.
who's with me????

shout outs, o shout outs.. wherefore art thou, shout outs?

you know how you learn something new every day? today i learned that i can shuffle when i play mp3 discs in my dvd player!!

over the weekend we went to steppenwolf to see homebody/kabul which is truly a great piece of theatre. it's about afghanistan in 1998, and was written by tony kushner. he also wrote angels in america. don't know if you can hot tix there, but if you can afford it you should go see the show. it's 3 1/2 hrs long but it really flies and there are two intermissions to help. and, ray kurut is in it!

after the show we went across the street to an afghan restaurant, called the kabul house, for dinner. afghan food is weird. i filled up on pitas mostly but gamely tried everything that came out of the kitchen except for the lamb stew and the eggplant. the lamb kebob was good and there was this chicken rice thing that was pretty tasty too. i fly home for a week on sat, aug 2nd, and my brother in law wants to go out for ethiopian..

work is still sucking, we're still searching for an artistic director and a td, and a props master for that matter... i talked to a guy today that faxed his resume in for the td position, and he looks really good. sounded really interested on the phone too, we're hooking back up on thursday for any additional questions/concerns. i really hope he takes the job. he sounds like he really has his shit together and he'll make me be better at my job, as much as i might curse him for it. still working on noises off, it's hard.

in other news, um...... i got some new vans for my feet and a gel wrist rest for my keyboard. my right wrist doesn't feel any better, and i'm really hoping it's not some crazy carpal tunnel action... i don't spend my life behind the keyboard and i'm left handed!?!

that's all i got.