Goodness, it seems like years since I've posted. It was a packed weekend. Saturday, I had my first entire day off. I was so proud of myself for sleeping over 8 hours! Had brunch with some peeps, then took a nap, then a group of us headed to a fairly lame amusement park by a lake, where we proceeded to loll about in the grass for about 7 hours. We sat and drank and ate and played games and snuggled under blankets when it started getting cold. By 10, we were all pretty antsy, but the upside was the 4th of July fireworks seemed like they were RIGHT ABOVE us.
The kids here spend the weekends on trips, so Sunday, I was part of a team that took a bunch to see South Pacific in NYC. We left campus around 9:30, with the hope of parking it in Central Park for lunch before heading to the theater for the 3:00 show. Everything really went off without a hitch, except for the fact that the bus driver seemed to not understand the city at all, and I ended up navigating us from Soho to 65th and Central Park West. I was actually pretty impressed with myself.
S dropped by for part of the afternoon in the park, and I was reminded of my real life for a brief moment, which was great.
The show was...ok. The lighting and scenery were wonderful; the music and singing were obviously lovely, but the acting left a lot to be desired. I was slightly underwhelmed by the entire day, and it's a hard show to see when exhausted, which we all were.
I have no plans tonight, another night off, beyond catching up on some work and getting prepared for the week. This session is nearly half over!
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How disappointing that *South Pacific* was not up to snuff! I am finding that more and more, and am trying not to get discouraged. The acting in the Cal Shakes production *Private Lives* mostly missed the mark: lots of Coward-esque posing and mugging, with zilch underneath. Granted, it was the very first preview, but hey, these are the pros we're talking about here. Is good acting literally a thing of the past, or what?
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