Accomplishment chart, 11/8 - 11/14

For the week of 11/8 - 11/14:

Writing
- finished Like a Loss ten-minute play
- wrote 5 Livejournal entries
- wrote 7 daily Hipster Feminist tweets

Theater
- saw Jane Eyre at Dana Hall
- saw 2 performances of Hamlet with Hold Thy Peace
- had one rehearsal for GHOSTSHOW
- submitted Like a Loss for consideration for performance at the Boston Theater Marathon
- submitted Believing in Heroes for consideration for performance at the Boston Theater Marathon
- was offered the role of North End Nora in PMRP's Big Broadcast-Christmas Carol (which I sadly had to turn down)

Larp/Gaming
- cast Paranoia: Research and Dismemberment at SLAW
- read my character packet and game materials for The Other Side of the Glass at SLAW
- stuffed Paranoia: Research and Dismemberment to run at SLAW

Sewing/Costuming
- repaired the side seams of Bertha's dress for Jane Eyre
- ran pre-show costuming arrangements for Jane Eyre
- struck the costumes for Jane Eyre
- assembled a "widow's blacks" costume for crearespero as Mrs. Hawking
- assembled a "supper club maid" costume for nennivian as Mary

Photography
- had a Mrs. Hawking themed photo shoot

Media
- read the poem The Gifts of the Giving Tree by Mallory Ortberg
- watched episodes 3 and 4 of Project Runway All Stars season 3

Website
- posted 1 blog entry
- added Characters section on mrshawking.com
- wrote introductory profiles for Mrs. Hawking, Mary, and Nathaniel for Characters section

Physical
- 2 ballet classes
- 1 hour-long circuit workout
- 30 minutes of weightlifting

Modeling
- had one modeling engagement

Cooking
- made turkey avocado sandwiches
- made Mom's beef stew in the slow cooker

New post on Mrshawking.com --- "What Nathaniel does for a living, and other middle-class folks"

Today's blog post on Mrshawking.com is entirely new, written expressly for the site. It explores how the fact that the Hawkings are a classic example of the Victorian middle class contributes the exploring the theme of social position and rank, which is extremely important to this story. It even contributes to a feminist point! If you'd like to hear some interesting background facts about the characters and see how these facts shape the themes, check out What Nathaniel does for a living, and other middle-class folks!

Why did I write fan fic all of a sudden?

Got a lot of writing done today, which I'm extremely pleased about. I worked on several ten minute plays, and expanded a number of theatrical scenes I've been working on. I'm planning on having some friends read them aloud this coming week, so I'm trying to get them into shape for that.

But, for some reason, as the evening drew on, the mood struck me to work on something else. I actually picked up that fan fiction I started in September of last year, the first one I'd worked on in ages, based on this scene from 31 Plays in 31 Days 2012. It's a short fic where Captain America finally goes and visits Peggy Carter after the events of The Avengers, after a separation of seventy years where he hasn't aged a day. I guess I was inspired to pick it up again when I saw this screenshot of an age-makeup-wearing Hayley Atwell, since I'm very excited that an aged Peggy is supposed to appear in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

Frankly my story is so soppy it's almost embarrassing. And I just pounded it out in a couple of hours just now. And I don't write literary prose very often anymore, having focused instead on plays and screenplays. But it's good to keep my prose muscles in good tone. And hell, any writing I'm doing is better than no writing at all. So I'll take it.

If you care to read my very, very schmoopy Cap fic, I posted it here to my mostly long-disused account on An Archive of Our Own. I may even toss it into the Pit of Voles as well, just for kicks. I guess once a fangirl, always a fangirl.

Now I must hide in shame from my own squishiness.