It's the sixth day of September and I haven't updated yet. I would like to say that I'm really busy but that's not entirely the case. I've had rehearsals for the children's shows everyday since last Friday. It's pretty impressive; in one two weeks I've memorized two shows and a bit of the accompanying classroom workshops. I'm enjoying it. I wish this could be my real job. I get up at 9am. Go to rehearsal at 10. I play until about 2pm, when we take lunch. Then I come back around 3pm and play until 5ish. It is a lot of work and really tiring, but it's better than any other job I've had, or at least I enjoy it better. I actually look forward to going to work. I'm sure after the 50th performance of the show I'll be tired of the show, but even the most boring day doing the play will be better than the best day at the coffee shop.
Aside from the rehearsals my life has been relatively mundane. I still haven't found a roommate. I guess it would help if I actually looked for one. I dread putting an ad in the paper or *gasp* Craigslist.
I did see Who Killed The Electric Car? over the weekend. It was a really interesting documentary. Apparently in 1996 California passed a "Zero Emissions Mandate" that stated by 2006 10% of cars in California had to be zero emissions vehicles. Seeing that California was such a large market, GM and other car corporations hustled to make an electric car, and they actually did it. Then a bunch of groups (including oil and car companies) sued the state to have the mandate overturned. They won. By 2004 you could get a bigger tax break for driving a Hummer than you could an electric car. Since all the electric cars on the market were leased, once the lease had expired, GM repossessed the cars and proceeded to crush them. It made me sad. This however just breaks the surface. The film goes into more depth about the subject. The documentary was probably a bit partial to the electric car, but upon viewing you can't overlook the corporate greed, misinformation, and backwards thinking that brought about the demise of the electric car. Thank god for hybrids. Check it out sometime if you get a chance.
Today as I was riding my bike, a group of kids threw rocks at me. Pre-teen defiance I guess. Not one of their projectiles hit me however. After depleting their supply of pebbles they positioned themselves like they were tough guys daring me to come back and fight them. I said, "Y'all need to work on your aim" and pedaled on. Little punks, they'll never have a career in baseball.
The one thing that scares me is these are probably the same kids I'll have to deal in a couple of weeks when we do the show at the middle school.
Aside from the rehearsals my life has been relatively mundane. I still haven't found a roommate. I guess it would help if I actually looked for one. I dread putting an ad in the paper or *gasp* Craigslist.
I did see Who Killed The Electric Car? over the weekend. It was a really interesting documentary. Apparently in 1996 California passed a "Zero Emissions Mandate" that stated by 2006 10% of cars in California had to be zero emissions vehicles. Seeing that California was such a large market, GM and other car corporations hustled to make an electric car, and they actually did it. Then a bunch of groups (including oil and car companies) sued the state to have the mandate overturned. They won. By 2004 you could get a bigger tax break for driving a Hummer than you could an electric car. Since all the electric cars on the market were leased, once the lease had expired, GM repossessed the cars and proceeded to crush them. It made me sad. This however just breaks the surface. The film goes into more depth about the subject. The documentary was probably a bit partial to the electric car, but upon viewing you can't overlook the corporate greed, misinformation, and backwards thinking that brought about the demise of the electric car. Thank god for hybrids. Check it out sometime if you get a chance.
Today as I was riding my bike, a group of kids threw rocks at me. Pre-teen defiance I guess. Not one of their projectiles hit me however. After depleting their supply of pebbles they positioned themselves like they were tough guys daring me to come back and fight them. I said, "Y'all need to work on your aim" and pedaled on. Little punks, they'll never have a career in baseball.
The one thing that scares me is these are probably the same kids I'll have to deal in a couple of weeks when we do the show at the middle school.
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I wish we could be your roommates!
xo
it wasn't attached to a person. it was just in a big bag, with other parts of what used to be a person. the professor called it "charlie"