life today.
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Um, I’m exhausted.
It’s hard work being that girl in the picture. Seven shows a week now, starting tonight.
Well, tonight was our first preview, anyway. And I have to admit that while I was putting on my makeup, I was pretty excited. To dance and sing and act and be on a stage again.
Okay, I was really excited.
There’s just something beautiful about bringing a story to life. Yes, even a story about murder and intrigue and sex and scandal. Even that. Because there’s satire and humor mixed all up in it and if you can see it, then you realize how ridiculous we all can be and it aides in giving us what’s called a reality check.
Oh, and here’s Ian. Well, and me. We dance together in All That Jazz. He’s fabulous; I’m lucky.
And also, I have a friend who tells me that he has a friend he wants me to meet. Yeah, like, meet meet. “Sure, I’ll meet him,” I said, “But, I’ll probably be, like, really weird when I do.”
“You are really weird, Jess,” so that’s perfect. Just be yourself,” he reassured me.
Ha, okay.
And because the internet allows us all to be layman stalkers, I found my friend’s friend’s (confusing enough for you?) resume online. It’s eleven pages. He’s brilliant. Like, PHD’s out the wazoo from ivy league schools brilliant.
“Mom, what am I even gonna say to this guy?” I asked while I, you know, just happened upon his resume after I may or may not have been conducting a google search that included his name.
“Well, he can’t know about everything…” she mused, though an eleven page resume would indicate otherwise. “Like, he probably doesn’t know much about deliverances.”
That’s the kind of advice you get when your mother’s a minister, I guess. To go on a blind date-type situation with a bonafide genius and talk to him about demonic spirits getting cast out of people. Awesome. Can I hear SECOND DATE?
Yeah, probably not.
“Or…dance, mom. He probably doesn’t know a lot about dancing.”
Which, let’s face it, is probably a bit safer of a subject than real-life Exorcist scenarios.
life today.
in Loved Ones, there are pictures here
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My toes are somewhat burnt, but that’s entirely okay.
Because, see, this happened.
And as long as that kind of stuff happens, then what’s a few burnt toes, really?
images. words. cause it IS a blog.
in I Lift My Eyes Up, Performance, photography, Thoughts and Feelings
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These *images are from the piece I recently choreographed, Sariel. Strong. Together. Held. Surrounded. Weak. Broken. Sustained. Carried. Lost. Resilient. Humbled. Bereft. Grasping. No longer empty handed. Found. How can a person be all of those things? How can we burst at the seams with how we feel and still eat sandwiches because, by the [...]
