Suddenly Jumping
On March 23, I ignored all rational thought and natural preservation instincts and went zip-lining. Here I am. Being a dumbass: By dumbass I, of course, mean facing my natural fears and JUMPING from heights of about 30 stories and FALLING along a cable at the rate of 55 miles per hour. I mean, considering … Read more
Theater Overload: High Hopes & Rejections Edition
We’re almost three full months into 2013, and I feel like I’ve been running a theater marathon. And my emotional fuel is running on low. I was thinking I might have a lesson to gain from all the work I’ve already done this year, but I don’t think I’m quite far enough through it to … Read more
Tiny Houses
I was driving down the 605 freeway yesterday. There was a truck in front of me. On the bed of the truck was a tiny house. Not built for any sized person, nor the family dog, unless it were one of the yippy lappy types. It had a tiny door and tiny windows and a … Read more
Becoming Unstuck
I’ve been staring at this blank blog post entry for two hours. I’ve been sitting in perfect silence in my new apartment, my desk and the floor around it still littered with things I have not yet put in their proper places. A package of AA batteries (an off brand, because I didn’t want to … Read more
On Climbing Rocks
I’m hanging twenty or thirty feet in the air, clinging half way up a jagged rock face, feeling the sun blistering the skin on my back where I failed to reapply my SPF 50 sunscreen a third or fourth time. I’m hanging there because I’m thinking. And because I’m thinking, I’m not moving. I’m staring … Read more
