loss of steam

i allowed more than a week to go by without posting, and that's irritating.
SEAGULL auditions start today after school.
i had a long weekend, but managed to not do laundry or the dishes.
i don't feel rested.
i did finish my translation, and i changed the litter box, and i watered the plants.
i saw THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP a second time.
there is so much to be done at work-- one-act play manual to be read, play to be cut, letters to be written, lesson plans to be lesson planned, children to be educated...
last friday i stood backstage during the production of TWELFTH NIGHT and watched the backstage action for a while. quiet, energized movements, careful whispering, preparations, entrances and exits... to me it was so much more interesting to watch them backstage than it was to watch the play. there was so much more going on. it was like the audience was seeing the play version and i was seeing the movie version. i still love theatre, but there's a hidden cinematic element to it that i appreciate more and more. like the backstage scenes in cassavetes' OPENING NIGHT: actors preparing, scenery getting moved, curtains rising, the sounds of the audience, the artificiality of the stage voice juxtaposed with the real whispers of those waiting in the wings. those are the best scenes in that movie.
i looked at the wikipedia entry for georges perec, the author of LIFE: A USER'S MANUAL, which i excerpted in my first entry. this picture is killin' me.