Tonight is for work

Finally Kindness's long-awaited post-bac show has come to fruition. We did our performance in front of his magnificent and meticulously-constructed environment involving suspended tree branches, flowers, nails, hooks, domestic items, and various accoutrements reflecting the life of a little girl. i think he was pleased with it; I had fun doing it, and it was certainly a unique experience for me as an actor and an interesting addition to my creative resume. I've done art before, but I've never been art before. :-) His installation will be in the Dreitzer Gallery in Spingold for the rest of the week if you missed last night. I, sadly, being living art, will not be.

*Yawn* I've gone to bed at a ridiculously early hour (10PM on Monday, 10PM on Tuesday, 9PM yesterday) every night so far this week, and yet I don't feel recharged or well enough rested for having slept so long. I don't feel sick, but I wonder if something's up. I'm hoping the excitement of Festival this weekend will cancel out my early-evening heaviness so I'm not a drag the next couple of nights.

I'd like to go to BSCF tonight and hang with people, but I have to prioritize my chores in preparation for the weekend. I have most of the sheets printed, but none of the cards, and nothing's packed yet. I may even have to buy a few new sets of supplies, like folders and playing cards. I need to put clean sheets on the guest bed for Seamus Reynolds who will be crashing at Elsinore for the weekend. And I have to finish reading the materials for LXHS. I'll only go to BSCF if I've accomplished enough of all of that by the time seven rolls around, but I doubt I will be able to afford it.

I could try to get a bit of work done on my next character sheet assignment for Labor Wars, as we have a meeting next Tuesday. But I won't be working on Monday next due to the need to work a monstrously long day on the following Thursday, so I should at least have all of that day to finish up the sheet. It'll be nice to have a day to recover after what promises to be a packed and possibly sleep-deprived three days.

My All-Clad is nicer

Watching Good Eats today, my favorite cooking show, I noted to my amusement that Alton Brown uses the cheap All-Clad.

Okay, there is no such thing as "cheap All-Clad," gorgeous high-end stainless steel cookware, whether referring to quality or to price. But most of what he uses on his show is from the brushed patina line, which is less expensive to buy than the polished steel variety, which in turn is cheaper than the stainless with the copper core. I'd be willing to bet it works just as well, and probably is easier to keep looking new than the easy-to-discolor polished alternatives. As an owner of the polished steel, I can attest to the pain that it is to scrub the hell out of the stuff with Barkeeper's Friend.

But it amuses me to think that my All-Clad is nicer than my cooking hero's. I'm such a snob. ;-)