Tempest Tossed

Last night I went to go see The Tempest with Lovelle, Erwin and other AYLI friends at Independent Shakespeare, which is Erwin's other company that he works with. I know that sentence is grammatically incorrect but I don't feel like exerting the effort to find another way in which to say it and it's the weekend so I think you all know what I mean and we can deal with it.

Let me preface by saying that The Tempest is pretty much my all time favorite Shakespeare play, tied with Julius Caesar and slightly ahead of Midsummer and Richard III. I had very high hopes and for the most part they were realized with a great supporting cast and obviously, it's such a great play it's hard to go wrong. But shit, Miranda was bad. All I've ever wanted to do is play Miranda and this trick last night just assaulted her on every front. She yelled every line. It hurt my soul. Prospero was alright I guess but not as commanding as I'd hoped. Ferdinand, my most favorite male romantic part, was a good actor, but let's just say he was no Zach Appelman or French Fred. He definitely didn't do the log carrying scene shirtless, which is kind of the best part of the play. Le sigh. Definitely worth seeing though, can't wait to see Erwin in Henry V in a couple of weeks.

Start rehearsals on Monday for bobrauschenbergamerica. Still too afraid to try on the skates, though I knowwww I'm going to have to give them a whirl before Monday night. I really am concerned about breaking a wrist this time. It was cute every time I ate shit while practicing the first time around, but I could do some seriously damage this time around.

Case in point, when I finished writing that last sentence I got up to get a water bottle and when I sat down I fell out of the chair and banged my knee on the desk. I will now limp the rest of the day. Le sigh.

I leave you with a touching tribute from the inmates at Ceba Prison in the Phillipines. If you don't know about them, basically it's a prison that teaches their inmates dances to popular music in order to give them exercise and keep them motivated. It's a great idea actually. Famous on youtube now, and their first dance ever was Thriller. When they found out about MJ's death on Thursday they jumped on it to make a tribute dance. It's worth watching the whole thing. It brought a tear to my eye around the 5:50 mark. Don't judge. I'm weepy.