Which was frustrating. As I had several shifts at the childrens museum I had to get covered. Less money. I'm already poor, for god sakes! I had a nightmare that my voice was gone forever and that I would have to tell my friend Kyler I couldn't do Twelfth Night. Then I had to quit all of my jobs that involved acting. Then I realized I wouldn't be able to do any shows. ever. It was alarming, but it really made me remember that I do love acting. I wouldn't know what to do without it.
I wound up puttering about like a pathetic creature for a couple of days. Whispering in a creepy voice. Making me only really want to say things I really needed to say. At some point we had a meeting for Rough Week. Since I had to whisper, everyone else lowered their voices without realizing it. It ended up making us all quiet, respectful, thoughtful. It was actually kind of great.
Then on Friday, my dog walking boss called me. She got into some kind of accident and I still have no idea what the details are. She's okay, she's out of commission for a week or so, but it meant that I had to dog sit Roxy all weekend. Roxy is an eight month old golden retriever. She and Maestro adored each other and played non stop. She stayed with us all weekend while I slowly regained my voice. I really loved having Roxy over, it made me want to get another dog eventually. I just love having animals in the house.
One day of recovery was spent splitting my time between watching the original Star Wars Trilogy and playing Call of Duty. The other was spent with my awesome cousin, Ben. He was in town and he taught me how to play online poker and I showed him the joys of Words with Friends. When Joe got home from work he made us midnight steaks. It was glorious.
Monday I went on a whirlwind trip to New York City. We went to a Moth Story Slam in Brooklyn. We got to see some of my favorite people in the world. I wish I could see them more often. They really inspire me as an actor and they make me feel full.
The Story Slam was fantastic. The theme was Danger! and we heard stories about:
hunting geoducks, growing up Jewish, teaching in Philadelphia, childhood fights, raising ducklings, wedding pranks, and belgian brawls.
The story that won was brilliant. It was about a young woman faced with eating a plate full of raw pig skin prepared for her by her Honduran host mother. She told it with such honesty and boldness.
There was one man who had clearly made his story up and was doing some sort of sub par stand up act. He was the only one that was truly disappointing.
I want to be a good live story teller. I feel like I have some really fantastic stories, but I'm not the best at telling them. That's something to strive for, I think. I really do love listening to people's stories! It tells you so much about them.
After the Moth we headed back to Kyler's apartment. Devoured pizza. Went on a midnight walk to Central Park. Played Maryland Family Fun Game into the wee hours of the morning. The rules of Maryland Family Fun Game are as follows:
Everybody writes down 3 or 4 things on slips of paper. It can be ANYTHING. A quote, song lyric, random string of words, a single word, a list, random sentence, absolutely anything.
Then you split into two or three teams depending on how many people are playing. We had two teams of three.
Everybody puts their slips of paper into a hat. Then one person from a team is selected to go up first. They have two minutes. They take a slip of paper out of the hat and they can say or do anything to get their teammates to say the words on the slip. The only rule is you can't say any words that are on the paper and you can't say "rhymes with _____".
When that team runs out of time the next team goes. They keep switching back and forth until all the slips in the hat are gone. Then Round 2 starts. Round 2 is essentially just charades. Same deal, each team gets two minutes to act out slips from the hat until they are all gone.
Then Round 3. Round 3 you can only say one word or use one gesture to get your team to say the exact things on the slip.
It's a blast! At the end of each round you count up how many slips your team earned and that's how many points you get.
We played until about 3 in the morning. Then we watched Cash Cab and The Dog Whisperer until we fell asleep.
Yesterday I came home. On the bus ride home Joe sent me this:
Our animals love watching Joe poop.
I always love coming back to Boston. It just feels right. I stupidly forgot my dog walking keys even though I had to go straight to work from the bus station, but Joe met me and brought them. He's pretty swell. We ended that day with wine, slings and arrows, and fetch with our pup.
Now I'm back and finally healthy!! Tonight I'm going to an open dress of an opera my roommate assistant stage managed for.
Ah! And I got to have coffee from the Sugar Bowl today. I LOVE THAT PLACE.
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