ouchie! i've become one of those sporadic bloggers... the kind i dislike. sorry 'bout that.
our state meet for the one-act play is saturday. we will take a bus to austin on friday morning and spend the day doing fun activities, going to bed early so that we can get up very early on saturday morning, so that we can take our truck full o' schtuff to the loading dock of bass concert hall at 6:30 am to unload all our schtuff. i don't usually say schtuff; it's getting annoying; ok i'll stop. so we'll unload, then have a meeting at 7:30 am with all the other schools, then go away for a couple hours, then come back, have a 50-minute rehearsal on the stage where we'll spike, check light and sound cues, and get somewhat acclimated. then we go away forever and come back at 5 pm, for a 6:30 pm-ish performance.
i got two new 6-foot ficus trees (the old ones were 4-foot) and a new trunk to use for arkadina's luggage. it's an old german trunk i rented from an antique store on hildebrand. today while cutting rope to make a handle for the trunk i gashed my left-hand ring finger deep on the middle knuckle. it wasn't that bad, but because it was on the knuckle it grossed me out, you know that cartilagey feeling. i got a bandage for it. later when i took the bandage off there was tons of dried blood all over my finger and in the bandage. it was carnage incarnate.
i did yoga this morning for the first time in months. i sweated out toxins.
i got enough rest this weekend to make me feel refreshed for the first time in months. i slept out toxins.
i'm excited for state. there are two jillion things they make you remember, but i am determined to enjoy it.
my friend dena has a son who wrote the following poem. i love it.

THE SPACE TRIP, by Ben Geoghegan

I’m going to the
Moon today. It’s going
To take a year.
By the time I
Get back my wife
Will be 30.

I’m going in my
Rocket now.
I hope I
See some aliens.
If I do I’m
Going to run over
Them with my buggy.

If there are no
Aliens I’d rather jump
In the holes.
Next time I’m going
To bring my wife,
And I’ll push her
In the holes.