Slammed

If the next two weeks don't kill me, I'll know I can do anything.

Alice character sheets are out. Reactions have been positive so far, though I haven't heard from everyone. Special thanks to Jared for the care he put into casting with me, by which I mean "not letting my tired ass just throw people wherever 'cause I wanted to go sleepy-bye."

I sent out the Oz world bluesheet last night, though with one false start of sending an earlier draft with the same file name that wasn't quite finished. That's fixed now, and hopefully that will tide players over until they get their character sheets. Special thanks to Bernie for helping me with ideas and problems, by which I mean "putting up with my screaming at him for not being able to read my mind and understand my story despite my not having him told it to him."

Paranoia will be casting shortly. We just need a time in our busy schedules when we all can meet. We may have to do it TMA style, and just write down our impressions and compare them. There's a lot of leeway in any given character anyway, so it shouldn't be too hard for players to do what they like with whoever they are.

Jared's parents are coming this weekend. I will at the very least probably being going out to dinner with them and him Friday night. I want to be able to be with them all as often as they want me, but I also need to fit my mountains of work in on my free days.  

I also have a Latin midterm this coming Wednesday. When I'm going to have time to study for this, I have no idea.

I am working very hard not panic. I am hoping to use intense planning and scheduling as a means to control my situation and stay on top of it. I have to write sheets, plan out what needs to be printed, format everything, buy supplies, study for Latin, go out with Jared and his family... all in the next week. 

Midsummer review

So Midsummer got reviewed in the Justice this week, and I have to say it's one of the most fair and accurate reviews I've ever seen in a Brandeis paper. The reviewer didn't criticize a single thing we weren't fairly sure ourselves wasn't a good choice, and she also liked a lot of things. She gave the right kind of review-- didn't let us off on things we legitimately failed on, but also gave credit where credit was due. She was very complimentary to Jared and me; pardon me for showing off, but here's an excerpt of the review regarding the two of us:

"The pairing of Jared Hite '10 and Phoebe Roberts '09 as Oberon and Puck, respectively, prove the most interestingaspect of the play. The two demonstratd their chemistry as Lear and Cordelia/the Fool in HTP's King lear, and in this reprise, Hite's penchant for royal command and Roberts's predilection for the uncanny wisdom of the underling succeeded once again. Roberts did particularly well, delivering Puck's final missive with originality and an appropriate level of creepiness. Perhaps the acting talents of the pair were heightened by the fact that they, out of the entire cast, dealt the best with the movement style required of them. Nevertheless, the odd choice to have Roberts rapidly crawl offstage awkwardly offset her otherwise sinuous and effective movements."

I am vey pleased by that, particularly her comment on how Jared and I work well together, both in Midsummer and Lear. I even feel vindicated by that last, only negative part of her comment on us, because, well-- I called it. Don't believe I didn't know that. :-)