Interview for theater company professional apprenticeship program

Today I have an interview for something called a Professional Apprenticeship Program at a Boston theater group called Company One. It's a supposed to be for learning about the workings of and gaining contacts in the professional theater world, and I applied in playwrighting and directing. I sent them a sample of my work and today they want to talk to me.

I'm not sure it's going to work out even if I do get picked. It says in the information that it's nine weeks long and entails about twenty-five hours of work a week. That is... daunting, to say the least, with the schedule I currently have. Right now my job is already twenty-five hours a week, set up that way so I have enough time to do my schoolwork. Sometimes as it is I have a hard time getting everything done. And even if I could manage that much extra work on top of everything else, I'd be afraid the stress would kill me. I have no idea how heavy the workload for this program would really be, or where I'd have to be in order to do it, so maybe it wouldn't be as intense as I imagine. But there would certainly be a chance that I wouldn't have time for anything else, including seeing loved ones. Nine weeks of that might be unbearable. Especially since I have no clue how helpful it might actually be to my progress towards getting to put on plays.

So I'm pretty pessimistic about the thought of this working out. I need to do something to move my career forward, but I'm not sure this is going work. Still, I'll go and see what's what. Got to at least try things, because you never know.

Notes from the weekend

This Easter my mom gave me her slow cooker to take back up with me. She bought it years ago and barely used it; she found most of her recipes came out better in the oven or stove stop so she didn't bother with it. But she thought that with my busy life I might be able to make use of it, so up with me it came. This weekend I decided to try it out and made a boeuf bourginnone, a recipe I make frequently. It wasn't bad, but I didn't have enough time to let it cook for the full five hours it was supposed to take, so it wasn't quite as tender as it should have been. On the stovetop I've made it in three or so, but on days when I can't watch the pot (and can time my presence in the kitchen just right) this could be of use.

Bernie also hosted an Avengers movie marathon leading up to the release of the new movie. Jane was kind enough to organize a group trip to the midnight opening in May, so this was to refresh its predecessors in our minds. I had to come in and out because of other obligations, but it was fun to watch and spend time with the fun people who were present. I hope they all forgive me for my catcalling directed at Chrises Evans and Hemsworth. Avengers apparently has pretty much uniformly good reviews, so I'm very excited. Unfortunately I have to go to rehearsal beforehand, but I'll get out in plenty of time to meet up with everyone a little later, well in advance of showtime.

I learned Singer is holding a sewing machine sale right now. Go here if you'd like to take a look. I am very tempted to purchase that two hundred dollar serger they're offering. That seems a little cheap for a serger, so maybe it's not all that good, and I should practice my regular sewing skills before I worry about how I finish my seams, but still... I kinda want one. I still have two more weeks to think about it, so maybe this would be worth dipping into my savings.

This is the last week before Festival of the Larps and I'm in pretty good shape. Paranoia is packed, thanks to Bernie, Matt, Mac, and Tegan, and The Stand is close to it. I have all my sheets and my costumes are in order. I just need to finish reading all the materials and I am going to be good to go. This promises to be an awesome weekend, and I'm excited to throw myself in. Thanks to our lovely con chair ninja_reportfor putting it all together! Great work, dear!

From FALLEN - Confession with the new priest

This is part of what I wrote for my most recent science fiction and fantasy submission. This is another part of Fallen, this time from the point of view of a young priest named Father Julien Alencon. He is French and gifted with a power he calls "insight," the ability to receive flashes of truth about the natures of people around him. He was chosen to replace the last chaplain at the school of St. Michael's because of his record and his power. This is the beginning of his relationship with Gabriel.

( Confession with the new priest )