A letter of apology to my friends.
Hey gang.
It's been a while. Like, seriously. I haven't seen a LOT of you in a long, long time. Please know that I am not ignoring, avoiding, or ditching you in any way. It's been quite a busy month.
Working at my bar has become quite busy in the past month. With his lovely weather now upon us, work has become increasingly busy. 2 patios, serving and bartending, I'm the one pouring your beers and ordering you that round of shots. You have no idea how much I wish I was the one taking that shot with you, rather than the one pouring it. And trust me, watching you sip cider on the rooftop patio while I'm stuck behind the wood seriously blows.
Along with this, rehearsing my show for the Fringe festival has eaten up any other free time I might've had left for sleep and eating. Rehearsals at least 4 times a day, organizing publicity, sets, props, and praying my amazing cast is ready in time and my show isn't running over its 60 minute time limit, I don't have much time left.
This week adds an another task. NXNE. Don't get me wrong, I love what I've been doing with fringe, and I love NXNE, and don't even need sleep. But I must be honest, I miss you guys.
I miss hanging out in the park. I miss grabbing drinks. I miss texts I find at 11am from you guys sent at 4am because I fell asleep mid-text as we were joking about the drunken adventures of the night before. I miss lunch dates, dinner dates, snakes n lattes, baseball games and concerts and dance parties to Whitney Houston.
I miss my friends. Hope you miss me too. I love my life right now, but I can't wait til July 17 when we can really hang out again.
Hang outs in 5 weeks? It's a date.
-janeovision
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Monday, June 11, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Casting success!!
So casting has come and gone. I must say, I am very excited for future rehearsals!!!
My cast and crew is a collection of people that have not only blown me away in auditions, but are also old friends that I have worked with and have been great partners in previous projects. I'll hold off names for now, but I will announce my fantastic Stage Manager, Allye Vice. She is a writer herself, director, stage manager and has toured with other Fringe shows. We worked together in productions in University, and I am thrilled to have her by my side again. She knows how I work and I know how she works, and I am so excited to have someone strong enough to deal with my chaos and create this show!!
We have already done our first read-through this previous weekend, and official rehearsals start this week. This will be my first show focusing on monologues, not so much dialogue and character interaction. This is making me realize the amount of work I have made for myself, but I am excited for my cast and crew, who are excited too, and beyond supportive of the process. They are even helping me with the script (which I asked for!) and helping me workshop certain scenes that need it.
Already I have so much support. From my cast, my SM, my friends, family, even strangers.
Last week I sat down with a guest at work for a beer (they bought me one, so I joined them for a drink haha) and I started talking about the show. He was so excited about it, and he never even met me before. But his incredible enthusiasm about my 20 second blurb blew me away. He was excited. He was excited about me, and about what I've done. He hasn't even seen it, and He was beyond enthusiastic. Having a stranger excited for me was amazing. Having support from strangers is the most terrifying and wonderful thing I've experienced so far.
This is getting big. This is becoming real. And I couldn't be more excited.
-janeovision
My cast and crew is a collection of people that have not only blown me away in auditions, but are also old friends that I have worked with and have been great partners in previous projects. I'll hold off names for now, but I will announce my fantastic Stage Manager, Allye Vice. She is a writer herself, director, stage manager and has toured with other Fringe shows. We worked together in productions in University, and I am thrilled to have her by my side again. She knows how I work and I know how she works, and I am so excited to have someone strong enough to deal with my chaos and create this show!!
We have already done our first read-through this previous weekend, and official rehearsals start this week. This will be my first show focusing on monologues, not so much dialogue and character interaction. This is making me realize the amount of work I have made for myself, but I am excited for my cast and crew, who are excited too, and beyond supportive of the process. They are even helping me with the script (which I asked for!) and helping me workshop certain scenes that need it.
Already I have so much support. From my cast, my SM, my friends, family, even strangers.
Last week I sat down with a guest at work for a beer (they bought me one, so I joined them for a drink haha) and I started talking about the show. He was so excited about it, and he never even met me before. But his incredible enthusiasm about my 20 second blurb blew me away. He was excited. He was excited about me, and about what I've done. He hasn't even seen it, and He was beyond enthusiastic. Having a stranger excited for me was amazing. Having support from strangers is the most terrifying and wonderful thing I've experienced so far.
This is getting big. This is becoming real. And I couldn't be more excited.
-janeovision
Friday, May 4, 2012
My drunk... Blog?
So, long time.
What have I been up to, you ask? Oh, not much. Working, moving, writing a play. Y'know. The usual.
Yup. I have written a play. All those drunken adventures myself, my friends and complete strangers have been on have now been compiled into a 60-ish minute play. All your drunken stories of hookups, screwups, mishaps and adventures have been collected by me and put into theatrical form!!
I started this adventure last summer, writing a scene or two while drinking in the park with friends. I wasn't necessarily planning on making anything big, just wanted to kill some time now that my fringe fest show last year had wrapped up. As I was writing, I kind of liked what I was getting on paper. That's surprising, as my writing is usually crap,, or so said every single one of my profs in university.
So I applied to fringe with a barely written play, with hopes of maybe I'll get in and have something to do. November 28 rolled around and I got the email. I got in.
Well crap. Now I have to write a play.
Since then, I've even collecting stories and putting them on paper. Documenting nights out and the scandals that came with the drink.
4 months later, and a play is written. I have a play that makes sense, and might actually be pretty good!
Today I found out my venue, cast my show, and begin the chaos of putting up a show for the fringe. I'll be using my blog as my venting pad for it, as well as keeping you updated to the happenings of the play and how it's progressing (or not, we'll see lol)
So I have a play. It's a drunk play. It's called, 'My Drunk Play'. Let's see how this pans out.
-janeovision
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What have I been up to, you ask? Oh, not much. Working, moving, writing a play. Y'know. The usual.
Yup. I have written a play. All those drunken adventures myself, my friends and complete strangers have been on have now been compiled into a 60-ish minute play. All your drunken stories of hookups, screwups, mishaps and adventures have been collected by me and put into theatrical form!!
I started this adventure last summer, writing a scene or two while drinking in the park with friends. I wasn't necessarily planning on making anything big, just wanted to kill some time now that my fringe fest show last year had wrapped up. As I was writing, I kind of liked what I was getting on paper. That's surprising, as my writing is usually crap,, or so said every single one of my profs in university.
So I applied to fringe with a barely written play, with hopes of maybe I'll get in and have something to do. November 28 rolled around and I got the email. I got in.
Well crap. Now I have to write a play.
Since then, I've even collecting stories and putting them on paper. Documenting nights out and the scandals that came with the drink.
4 months later, and a play is written. I have a play that makes sense, and might actually be pretty good!
Today I found out my venue, cast my show, and begin the chaos of putting up a show for the fringe. I'll be using my blog as my venting pad for it, as well as keeping you updated to the happenings of the play and how it's progressing (or not, we'll see lol)
So I have a play. It's a drunk play. It's called, 'My Drunk Play'. Let's see how this pans out.
-janeovision
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
New Year, New Post, New Rant.
Ah 2012. welcome to a fresh start!
This year has started with some ups and downs, dealing with the never ending job hunt and the terribly consistent rejection letters and calls, along with the colds and flus that come with cold weather and warm scarves and toques.
This year I'm going to work on a bit o positivity. Towards the end of 2011, I felt like a bit of a downer (and let's be honest, I was) about the world around me and the not-so-fun circumstances that arose in the closing months of the year. Shit hit the fan, negative upon negative seemed to keep stacking and it weighed me down. But I ended the year on a high note with family on a nice vacation and I came back with determination to start fresh and keep trying. I applied for school again, I'm excited about a new theatre project I'll be working on, and I'm looking to the future. Even in this new year, I have already had setbacks, with a potential job falling through, and pretty rough bouts of illness (yea, I was a baby about it) but this is a work in progress and I will keep looking to the future, the good stuff!!
Although I must be clear about this new positive outlook: Just because I'm going to be more positive, doesn't mean I'm not going to vent about the negative out there. Seriously, some of you do some really dumb shit, and I'm going to let you know about it.
If I don't vent this shit out I'm going to explode. I need my balance to keep positive, this is how I'll find it.
-janeovision
This year has started with some ups and downs, dealing with the never ending job hunt and the terribly consistent rejection letters and calls, along with the colds and flus that come with cold weather and warm scarves and toques.
This year I'm going to work on a bit o positivity. Towards the end of 2011, I felt like a bit of a downer (and let's be honest, I was) about the world around me and the not-so-fun circumstances that arose in the closing months of the year. Shit hit the fan, negative upon negative seemed to keep stacking and it weighed me down. But I ended the year on a high note with family on a nice vacation and I came back with determination to start fresh and keep trying. I applied for school again, I'm excited about a new theatre project I'll be working on, and I'm looking to the future. Even in this new year, I have already had setbacks, with a potential job falling through, and pretty rough bouts of illness (yea, I was a baby about it) but this is a work in progress and I will keep looking to the future, the good stuff!!
Although I must be clear about this new positive outlook: Just because I'm going to be more positive, doesn't mean I'm not going to vent about the negative out there. Seriously, some of you do some really dumb shit, and I'm going to let you know about it.
If I don't vent this shit out I'm going to explode. I need my balance to keep positive, this is how I'll find it.
-janeovision
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Toothache. Harumph.
Have you ever had a toothache? The pain filling that one side of your head, throbbing constantly. It puts you in a state of dormancy. Any activity you do causes your heart rate to increase, making the throbbing even worse. Walking, running, bike rides, even standing sucks. It is a big pile of suckiness.
Now I've had my own collection of serious injuries and pain. Broken collarbones, stitches, 2nd degree burns, the usual fun, and I've been strong and able to survive and participate in life with these setbacks. Hell, I went to Canada's Wonderland 3 days after having 4 wisdom teeth pulled. I DROVE THERE FOR GODS SAKE!! However, having tooth pain trumps all of it. It takes over your entire head, makes you unable to speak, eat, be a person. I've been sent home from work, been unable to be social, I can't even be a girl and cry because that just makes the pain worse!
Currently I am medicated just enough to take care of myself and not be paralyzed, but stoned enough that I probably shouldn't operate complicated machinery. I have a root canal booked for Tuesday, and I can't wait for it to be all over.
I'm usually in full-on anxiety mode for the dentist, but the fact that I have become a lump of my former self makes me want this done already. My inability to exist socially, my dependence on prescription drugs just to get out of bed, it's insane and ridiculous! I just want this over and done with and to get back to my life!!
Until then, I am stuck on the couch watching '17 Again' (good god.) thinking of what I can eat that won't double me over in pain. Until then, I will wait patiently until I have this over with and I can talk about something that ISN'T my toothache and my many drug-induced hallucinations.
I'm sure everyone else is excited for this to be over too. I know I'm sick of my own complaining, so I can only imagine how everyone else is dealing with me.
Blurg. So over this. Let it be Tuesday now please.
-janeovision
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Now I've had my own collection of serious injuries and pain. Broken collarbones, stitches, 2nd degree burns, the usual fun, and I've been strong and able to survive and participate in life with these setbacks. Hell, I went to Canada's Wonderland 3 days after having 4 wisdom teeth pulled. I DROVE THERE FOR GODS SAKE!! However, having tooth pain trumps all of it. It takes over your entire head, makes you unable to speak, eat, be a person. I've been sent home from work, been unable to be social, I can't even be a girl and cry because that just makes the pain worse!
Currently I am medicated just enough to take care of myself and not be paralyzed, but stoned enough that I probably shouldn't operate complicated machinery. I have a root canal booked for Tuesday, and I can't wait for it to be all over.
I'm usually in full-on anxiety mode for the dentist, but the fact that I have become a lump of my former self makes me want this done already. My inability to exist socially, my dependence on prescription drugs just to get out of bed, it's insane and ridiculous! I just want this over and done with and to get back to my life!!
Until then, I am stuck on the couch watching '17 Again' (good god.) thinking of what I can eat that won't double me over in pain. Until then, I will wait patiently until I have this over with and I can talk about something that ISN'T my toothache and my many drug-induced hallucinations.
I'm sure everyone else is excited for this to be over too. I know I'm sick of my own complaining, so I can only imagine how everyone else is dealing with me.
Blurg. So over this. Let it be Tuesday now please.
-janeovision
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Woe is me? Pfft. Have a cupcake.
The Internet has been bothering me lately-wait, scratch that- my peers on the Internet have been bothering me lately.
This has been a pretty awesome summer so far. Ups and downs, yes, but overall it's been fun and exciting and full of adventure and good times. However, I've noticed that there have been a few Debbie downers flooding my usual social media. A wave of woe-is-me and I'm-angry-at-the-outside-world, topped off with the proud-asshole types. Frankly, I read these posts (I've started skimming over them for my own sanity) and I want to grab a 2x4 and start swinging.
YOUR LIFE IS NOT THAT HORRIBLE!!
How did emo maintain it's popularity? How was it even popular in the first place?? This behavior of negativity out there is what is sucking all of is dry. Sure, bad days happen. We all have them, and we all post something or other online as a way of therapy and release from the frustration. After all, a monthly data phone bill is usually cheaper than a bi-weekly therapist.
At the same time, though, I like my social media as an outlet for information, sharing news, politics, current events, hell, even the occasional viral video of kitties and guys tripping balls on rainbows in the sky!! I bitch and complain too, but I realize that there are people out there listening. And listening to a crying cat, after a while, makes you want to walk away from the cat forever, or shoot it, just to put it out of it's misery.
One of my (many) theories in life is that you get back what you send out. Send out the good, get back the good. But if you are constantly sending out bad vibes and being a negative Nancy, you have no right to complain about the shit that gets thrown back in your face. If your life is that horrible, find whatever is stirring the pot and change it! Maybe it's the company you keep, maybe it's the lifestyle you lead, maybe it's the environment. Or maybe it's just a bad day. Fact is, there are other days and better days. Take a breath. Look forward to the days to come.
Oh yea, and quit being a bitch and an asshole. That's not a quality to be proud of. It gets old and you'll realize it too late when your friends have become tired of your BS.
Rant ended.
-janeovision
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This has been a pretty awesome summer so far. Ups and downs, yes, but overall it's been fun and exciting and full of adventure and good times. However, I've noticed that there have been a few Debbie downers flooding my usual social media. A wave of woe-is-me and I'm-angry-at-the-outside-world, topped off with the proud-asshole types. Frankly, I read these posts (I've started skimming over them for my own sanity) and I want to grab a 2x4 and start swinging.
YOUR LIFE IS NOT THAT HORRIBLE!!
How did emo maintain it's popularity? How was it even popular in the first place?? This behavior of negativity out there is what is sucking all of is dry. Sure, bad days happen. We all have them, and we all post something or other online as a way of therapy and release from the frustration. After all, a monthly data phone bill is usually cheaper than a bi-weekly therapist.
At the same time, though, I like my social media as an outlet for information, sharing news, politics, current events, hell, even the occasional viral video of kitties and guys tripping balls on rainbows in the sky!! I bitch and complain too, but I realize that there are people out there listening. And listening to a crying cat, after a while, makes you want to walk away from the cat forever, or shoot it, just to put it out of it's misery.
One of my (many) theories in life is that you get back what you send out. Send out the good, get back the good. But if you are constantly sending out bad vibes and being a negative Nancy, you have no right to complain about the shit that gets thrown back in your face. If your life is that horrible, find whatever is stirring the pot and change it! Maybe it's the company you keep, maybe it's the lifestyle you lead, maybe it's the environment. Or maybe it's just a bad day. Fact is, there are other days and better days. Take a breath. Look forward to the days to come.
Oh yea, and quit being a bitch and an asshole. That's not a quality to be proud of. It gets old and you'll realize it too late when your friends have become tired of your BS.
Rant ended.
-janeovision
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