1.17.02 – NYC or bust
found out today that the theatre is sending me to NYC for sure later this winter to rehearse a play there. happy me! 3 weeks of work in NYC means 3 less weeks of work in buffalo. and it seems that everyone and their dog is convening in and around new york these days, so I will have a considerably more interesting social life than i have here. also found out that the theatre will probably ask me to stay on for an additional 3 weeks in april to run a show. hmm. was wanting to get the hell out of here as soon as possible, but i know me, and i know it will be hard to turn down work if it is offered.
went out for drinks after work with justice (actor), dave and sarah (wardobe) and dave’s boyfriend ben. sarah thinks justice wants her bod, which is a distinct possibility. after a drink at this irish pub, the guys all wanted to go to Vinny’s to look at the beautiful boys and girls. Vinny’s is a dive bar near the theater that is famous for not carding. thursdays are “frat night” and everyone in the place is about 18. sarah and i were bored and sketched out, so we left the guys behind and she drove me home. sarah has threatened to set me up with her friend roland, who is “a vegetarian, sweet poet-boy who works at the olive garden.” he’s still in college, tho. probably too young, in that case. but i do like the olive garden…and poets…
am home now, eating eggs and tomato soup for dinner. must sleep soon, hannah is going to drag my ass out of bed to go to the gym at like 9 am, and then i have to go grocery shopping for food for the show; twice a week i have to buy a cart full of stuff like microwave fried chicken, frozen apple pies, canned fruit, cornbread and cake mixes that i then cook and serve on stage for the big dinner scene. it’s my own personal nightmare: standing in the checkout line to purchase a stack of apple pies, cakes and fried chicken, convinced that everyone is looking at me and thinking, “you eat that crap?” you can grow up and get smarter and healthier, but it’s hard to leave the neuroses of the teenage years behind completely.