6.5.01

please join me in a moment of silence, in honor of National Open Mouth Insert Foot Day, which I celebrated with gusto today. and when i wasn’t accidentally insulting people, i was dropping stuff, knocking things over (and entire bucket of dirty mop water at the theatre, a chair onto this guy at the coffee shop, etc), and generally getting in the way. perhaps it was just Jen Has Two Left Feet Day. according to family legend, as a baby there was nothing i enjoyed more than trying to fit all of my toes into my own mouth. i’m pleased to report that i’m still flexible enough to at least get the big toe to my mouth. i’m sure this will come in handy when i run away and join the circus.

i spent the evening out at the theatre, helping out with the Two Gents tech. while i was sitting in the lawn of the amphitheatre, drinking a corona (okay, normally tech isn’t really like this, it’s just that it wasn’t my show that was teching, so i was only there to help out, and there was beer left over from some donor event) and watching the sun set in the cottonwood trees above the stage, it occurred to be that i might have the best job in the world. the long summer evenings and desert sunsets in idaho go unparalleled as far as i’m concerned – the sky is enormous in a way that is indescribable – you have to stand beneath it and see the sun create shadows and highlights and depth in the clouds that streak across the sky for miles and miles in the clear air. low on the horizon, the sun lights up the foothills and makes them glow pink, and sparkles on the deep green of the trees along the river. the theatre is set along the boise river, about 5 miles out of town, tucked up against the foothills of the rocky mountains. as it darkens, swallows sail low over the stage, and deer (and the occasional skunk) wander out of the river bottom to visit back stage. this picture doesn’t really do it justice, because you can’t see any of the trees that border the theatre on two sides, but it gives the general impression.