big willie shakespeare's the man

tonight i'm tired, but feeling productive. i got through revisions on 3 short stories today, and have actually done everything i need to for the night, so i can go to bed at a "reasonable" hour for a change (i.e. before 5am) and be out the door by 7.30am for shakespeare tomorrow. some real sleep would be nice before facing the kiddies. lower risk of manslaughter that way.
as much as i love my shakespeare gig, i'm not sure how i do it, since i'm clearly not a morning person and definitely not a small-talk-with-the-teacher-person. when we get to schools, some teachers seem to prefer chatting about our 'actor' lives (which i hate passionately, especially early in the morning) over actors' fight call (yes, this is a generalisation, and i agree, not all teachers are so oblivious) and either scare the kids into non-participation (under the guise of discpline), or consider our performance+workshop a free period and sit back, refusing to do anything to help control 'disruptive elements' (again, i ackowledge the generalisation).
besides which, in the wake of 9/11, more and more d.c. area schools require visitor sign-in, which means we have to go to the office, which frankly, brings back too many un-fond memories of my own school days. i don't need to be anywhere near a principal's office. i done my time. but i adore the gig, so i guess it must be the students- it being shakespeare doesn't hurt either- i can't lie, it's a fun show with a fun cast, and it's cool to watch young people get excited about this dude. it's time his work was made more accessible.
anyway, this is a night for brevity. or tomorrow morning, instead of being the witty kate wielding rapier+dagger (taming of the shrew) i might find myself delivering something more like "my flocks feed not, my ewes breed not, my rams speed not, all is amiss...", wielding nothing but lukewarm coffee+donut. and contrary to what one might think after seeing us make some student perform romeo's death monolgue as darth vader or a cheerleader, that's just not in the curriculum this season.
walk good.

ps: i do, however, take exception to romeo+juliet, for while it is a fine play due to their (mostly his) fabulous friends (mercutio wins), the title characters are among the lamest i've come across anywhere. and having been juliet several times, i'd like to take this opportunity to say that she needs to get a grip, and her romeo needs to grow some balls. for 2people to be so whipped before they do it, is ridiculous. i have to keep reminding myself that they're only teenagers to stop myself from rushing juliet into suicide to put us all out of her personality-less misery.

pps: i actually got one of my few religion-conscious friends to read the erotic story i gave the link for, and she survived it! i'm thrilled to continue to contribute to the corruption of ayanna!

ppps: on a personal note, it's kinda lame having this long stretch of 20-toes-weather without the 2nd 10toes nearby more often. i'd sleep more if they were. but i suppose if i wanna continue being a kept woman, i can't complain about him working...

pppps: i still have curly hair!