Haven't posted anything since mid-day Wednesday, so here's what all has happened:
Wednesday Evening
Cowboy Mouth kicks so much ass, its almost illegal. I had dinner with my friends David, Lynda, and Erik at Chez Jose, and then Erik and I went to the show. An hour and a half after we get there, they finally take the stage. In that time, my friend Multi-Bob shows up, and my friend Chris (who I hadn't talked to in a while, so I hadn't actually invited him) happened to be there with one of his friends, so we all watched the show together, although Erik had to leave after only 20 minutes.
The show itself was awesome. Two full hours, which is a major test of endurance (both for the band and for the audience). They're so energetic, it's insane. The show ended with Fred (the drummer/lead singer) inviting the opening band up on stage, as well as a friend of theirs on guitar (which meant there were ten people up there), while Fred walked around on the bar, singing/talking at us. That whole jam had to last 15 minutes or so... so very, very cool. I ended up talking to Sis for well over an hour after the show, which was good too.
Thursday
We had a damn good audience for Cherry Orchard, especially considering the fact that it was a Thursday show, which usually has crappy audiences. Nothing special, although I did get a super-cool gift from Sis and Holly: a framed pic of them at the beach, which is where they were earlier in the week (they were driving back on my birthday), a birthday card, and a funny glass mug illustrating the male brain. Its so accurate, its scary. :)
Friday
Uh... to be honest, I don't remember much about Friday.
Oh wait, yeah, we had the cast party for Cherry Orchard on Friday! Good times, good times... I found out that I'm the Twister champion in the cast, even beating my sister, and that I can dance a little too much like Shakira if I want to. :)
Saturday
The last day of the show. We had a rehearsal at 1 for the understudy, since one of the actresses couldn't make it. That meant that I was stuck in Nashville for the entire day, since it wasn't worth it to drive back to the 'boro just to drive back to Nashville, and then drive back to Murfreesboro again. As a result, I was back at the theatre at 4, and the show didn't start until 7:30. Since I had the keys to the theatre, it was cool; I just tossed a couple of new CDs on the CD player and laid down on the bed that was on stage and relaxed. It was great. :)
We had a huge thunderstorm that day, too, which knocked out the lights; they fought with them for over half an hour before finally getting everything working. Ugh. We had a huge audience that night, too.
We had to strike the set Saturday evening, though; that was a lot of work. I didn't get done until 2, and I called Sis on the way home, and ended up talking to her for yet another hour. I swear, we're making up for lost time when it comes to our chats...
Sunday
I got to sleep late. Hell yes.
I had a read-through for the new show I'm in, though, at 3, so I couldn't relax all day. I like the show, and especially my character; I get to have two different girls fall in love with me, everyone talks about how great I am, I have only a few lines, and I'm barely on stage, but I'm still integral to the show. It's great. :)
The only thing that I'm upset about is that Sis couldn't get a part in the show. She talked to the director a little too late; he'd already cast the role. That sucks; I was really looking forward to working with her again. The role she was up for was the young ward (who is one of the two women who fall in love with me), so we would have gotten to act together; our chemistry kicks ass in real life, so I'm sure it would have translated very well. Oh well, life goes on.
--
Anyway, that wraps it up. This has been a much longer entry than I was planning on writing. :)
Posted by Eric at March 21, 2004 09:59 PM