Happy Father's day

Well I'm dreadful at ever sending cards or presents for Father's Day or Mother's Day and although I always remember what everybody's birthday is, sometimes I fret for so long about what to get somebody that they get their birthday present a couple months after the event. So anyway today my Dad gets a phone call and this post.

I wish I had a few better pictures of us together because in this picture I look a little distracted but believe me I am at this point I am actually very grateful that my daddy helped me get through Alice in Wonderland. I wasn't exactly brave about all of these rides as a little kid especially since I had been living in the boonies and this was one of my first experiences with amusement park rides... This trip was definatley my little sister's first trip to Disneyland (she was still crawling and Mom held her while Dad rode all of the rides with me).

My dad is the best. He's always been there for us, he's supportive and always makes my sis and me feel like we are truly loved. What more can I say? I totally lucked out with parents and I'm very grateful for that, even if I don't send them Hallmark cards.

Dad, I'm sorry but you're not getting; a tie, a golf bag, a gun rack, or cologne this year. I love you!

random post

Only five more days of Claritin left in my medicine cabinet... I must buy more... the pollen count is Horrid this year... it's the end of the world. Oh well.

Monday! (the "weekend")

So today was my day off and I decided to play tourist. I took the N- train all the way to the ocean on the far side of San Francisco. I've never seen SF's beach so I thought today would be a good day for it.


The beach was wicked windy (as the Bostonians would say). Posted at the entraces of the beach were these signs and others that read; "dangerous surf". No kidding! It was like a storm coming in and so much sand was blowing that sitting to read a book was not an option.

While walking the beach I did find a few dead seagulls (not pictured) a dead crab (big), dead jellyfish (my bare feet avoided them) and some cool plants that had been blown out of where ever they were growing...also dead




Then I saw this cool metal-looking windmill and let myself get blown back in away from the sea... this windmill is apparently a San Francisco landmark (I have never heard of) that was "lovingly restored" back when Diane Feinstine was SF's mayor (something else I learned today)...


Then I just walked back half the distance of Golden Gate Park through parts I've never seen before... enjoyed new music on my ipod and about the time my sandals were making it a little too cold to be out in San Francisco I took the train back...







Good way to spend the day off.

What do Teachers Make?

At one point in my life I would have wanted to take this guy's class... now I want to take him out for a beer. Hot!

Art @ the Brunz

While I wait for laundry to finish I decided to make use of my time by taking pictures of the sculptures on display this year. They all have titles but I didn't look them up so perhaps we should just make some titles up. My only hope is that none of these are titled "untitled" which to me says "I need to pay my rent and have no true reason for creating this thing other than to sell it..."
So here goes;
This first piece we shall call; The fall of the flame

Ah yes and here is; pencil shaving #4

This one is actually one of my favorites. Every angle has something new and interesting to meditate on. I am naming it;
The Labyrinth


here is a detail shot of the wood that this piece is made of

They're watching Us

The Infinate Debt

Dancing With Hector

Not sure about the twine balls... maybe they should be untitled... or if we're ambitious;
Horatio

Kenneth

Work was bloody today...

It was a cold and foggy night

Tonight the fog set in and blew across the stage and through the house while coyotes howled like mad from the hills. It's odd how the mist can feel colder than snow at times. The mucus in your nose does not freeze when you inhale like it sometimes does in the winter... but the cold wind somehow cuts deeper. I was fortunate enough to be under the deck and in my down coat for most of rehearsal today... but I hold special sympathy for two of our actors who are nearly naked (one gets underwear and the other gets a sheet... brr!) on stage. The weather in London tomorrow is supposed to be between 44 and 56 degrees fahrenheit, with a possibility of rain... so perhaps we are simply giving the audience a more realistic Elizabethan theater experience... however Shakespeare's actors would have been wearing heavy Elizabethan garments, no sexy little bias cut dresses or near-full male nudity.

Tech week is here

Ahh it's now 1:45 in the morning and I just got home from work. Tonight was first tech but there were no costumes so I was sitting in the green room waiting for the day to end. Tomorrow however will be more eventful. I must get up early to volunteer at the library, then I will zoom over to the apple store where an apple "genius" will look at my computer with the busted speakers and say "oh we can't fix this here we must send it in" and alas I will be without my computer for a while :( Then I shall head over to the shop where I will wrestle the clothes away from the shop (they're a tad behind) and haul them up to the theater. My day tomorrow will end even later... actors don't get out of costume until 1am, then we have a production meeting and do laundry... chances are that I will not be home until 2:30 tomorrow (or rather Saturday). Oh well, such is tech week.

cop out

I was brought to my knees by pollen today. Now I am flying high on Claritin AND Sudafed, therefore I do not feel very insightful or witty at the moment. Instead I just wanted to share this lovely sign that ODC had posted in their studio.

wardrobe clean up

Thus far I've painted and put in all the major furniture... the season is gearing up at the old Shakespeare festival.

greetings from the wilderness

Hey all, still on vacation. Went to Catalina, left the day before it caught fire (it wasn't me). Now hanging out in Idyllwild and trying to enjoy the art of doing "nothing"... stay tuned for the gripping tale of the trip to Catalina... pictures too if my friend (who had the waterproof casing) gets me the photo CD.
*Peace*

Weather and local interest...

It is spring... and thankfully a decongestant has recently been created that allows me to breathe and stay consious at the same time. Thank You Claritin. The marina is covered with this beautiful red clover that I've only ever seen up here in Northern California. It's beautiful.

As for the bridge situation; It wasn't utter disaster. Traffic has been kinda bad but it seems like everybody decided to take BART. All of the BART lots are full as are the surrounding neighborhoods... meanwhile the traffic on the way to SF has been light and there has been ample parking in the city... by "ample" I mean up to two free meters on almost every block! On Monday BART was free... I took a picture but have been too lazy to upload it onto my computer. The good news today is that the bottom level of the damaged freeway was "warped" but won't need to be replaced... it may open up before July. Yay.