Just a thought before I go...

[my_daroga]

...ok I'm not going anywhere. But I wanted to pop in and just bang away a bit about all the stuff coming up in my life. Because it's kind of a lot? And it's... always. A lot. I seem to get caught up in stuff on a regular basis to the point where I can't figure out where my free time went, only it's entirely obvious when you look at the evidence.

So, coming up:

--It's super busy at work, given that salmon are returning and my job is to educate people about said salmon
--A play called Death Tax in which I have a small but really juicy part, opening in October
--A talk at Left Coast Sherlockian Symposium about what constitutes a Holmesian performance. Also in October, the week before the above play. So I guess I better write that.
--A few panels at GeekGirlCon in November, about online roleplaying and the importance of geeky play.
--KiSCon, I think, though I haven't heard back yet about whether they want my panel ideas? Anyway, last weekend of October.
--Planning for next year's Hello Earth show, which needs to begin now
--A film class in four parts I am doing for SIFF next March, called "Monstrous Marriage" about Beauty and the Beast, Phantom of the Opera, and our continuing obsession with the Beast/Bluebeard narrative.


Things I'm also into/want to be doing:
--Podcasts! I'm on one, want to do my own
--Roller skating/aerials/archery/fencing all the things
--writing, I'd like to be writing
--cosplay
--check in tomorrow there will be a new thing

I'm really bad at regulating myself, too. At realizing I need to slow down. I'm getting better at that, at taking time for myself, but honestly? I'm just usually dismayed that I haven't more time.

Comments

[jjhunter]

I am always so delighted to hear from you! That film class sounds amazing, what podcast are you on now? AERIALS???!? (awesome!) Tell me more about Death Tax? :D

...what does constitute a Holemesian performance, anyway.

[my_daroga]

Hello! So many questions. Okay, so, my podcast is 24 Flames per Second, which I talked my way onto a few years ago and have now done a bunch of.

Death Tax is a trip, it's about a woman in a nursing home who is convinced her daughter wants her dead so she can collect the inheritance before the estate tax laws change. In reality, the daughter knows that the money is a barrier to their relationship, and is actually trying to take herself out of the will, but when the older woman recruits her nurse to "protect" her, things escalate. I play the daughter, and I basically have this emotional breakdown where all my feelings about mom come out... at the nurse (who won't let me see my mother). It's the sort of scene you feel you have to like, take a nap after.

Honestly, I am not sure what constitutes a Holmesian performance but I am trying to formulate a discussion that isn't about who our favorites are or who we like or why YOU'RE WRONG but more about... what about a given performance "says" Holmes? What techniques does an actor employ to convey, say, alertness? Intelligence? Lethargy? I am not sure I've seen anyone tackle it in quite this way so we shall see how the talk goes in a week!

How are you?

[jjhunter]

[Several months later]

I've subscribed to your podcast - looking forward to listening to you roast the Labyrinth this weekend!

That sounds like an intense play. Probably not one I will pick for the next iteration of play reading dinner party group, but an interesting premise - will keep an eye out for performances to attend.

What is quintessential Holmes? Is it turtles all the way down??? How did the talk go?

Right now I'm alternating between happy the sun is coming back and missing Stulti terribly; one more month to go before she comes home. (Not sure if you heard the news about her mom - I can IM you the details if you haven't.)