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school started up again this past week. summers used to be longer; we didn't start school till september-- remember? try to remember the kind of sep--... no, i won't go there.
first week of school was not too sweaty. i only had to put on my drill sergeant helmet (do drill sergeants have helmets?) once or twice. though i'm still gradually morphing from summer mode into school mode, i feel like the transition is coming along just fine. i spent a good amount of time this summer in my office getting rid of some filing cabinets that had been useful for the previous teacher and absolutely bogus for me. basically they served as receptacles for detritus. so i got them out of there. rearranged things. put in a rug that joey helped me pick out. organized papers into files. as far as the first week of school, i spent most of my time getting to know the students, asking them questions, learning their names. the advanced students did opening week monologues. i'll see the beginning students do short monologues starting on tuesday. so far, so good.
the two plays i directed have had two weekends of performance now; the last two shows are tomorrow. i am glad that they will be over tomorrow, and at the same time i will be sad to see them be over. during the performances i sit upstairs in the booth of the church theatre running sound and watching the action. i love theatre, i love seeing the actors work, i love seeing the audience, i love making the lights and music change. if i had my way, that's all i'd do-- direct plays and watch them every night. sam, paige, brendan, jordan and anthony have done an excellent job. though some of our audiences have been paltry, people have been very positive and responsive. tonight's production had a large audience. though the air conditioning wasn't working, it didn't seem to bother people too much. we got a good article in the newspaper, which can be viewed here. san antonio, SA, they say, is ready for an arts renaissance. only time will tell.
this morning i brushed my cat and attempted to undo a fur tangle embedded in her chest. i got rid of almost all of it.
i took a few old shirts to goodwill, and bought some candy at the dollar store.