I'm a busy kid

Business.  Busyness.  Bustiness.  Bizarreness.  Bisquickness.

July 2nd seems like ages ago as I launch into august with half force.  I'm still trying to get finances on track from back in June of 2007 and I finally got my computer back, but lost ALL my files on it, so I get to reboot all that crap or whatever.  Lame.  What really sucks is all my writing that I lost on it.  

Apple Computers.  Deemed the most advanced computers among the middle class.  I did my research, they have some of the most ram you can get for your buck.  Two days ago, however, I was sure my computer had cloven feet the way it kept bouncing me back to the opening screen.  How frustrating to be computerless for even a weekend after just dropping fifteen hundred on a computer you carry around with you all the time.  Eeh.  What I have discovered might end up being my favorite thing about them is that throughout their whole life, you can take them into the apple store and the mac doctors will fix up your little guy.  Gave my computer a shot of software this morning, and we were on our way.  

"The future you have tomorrow will be different from the future you have today" ~ a quote from the book Rant by Chuck Palahnuk (sp?)  Quite a quotable book so far.  Looking forward to the rest of it.   This is one thing I can thank my computer for shutting down on me for...I got back to reading all five books I'm into right now.

More to come later, now to softball.

Go Skirt Turtles!

Lisa

Thanks for reading.

Unproductive Netty

So today was a little unproductive in the ways of personal work. Boo.

I'm looking forward to Andy Brynildson's roast on Monday. I'm not sure that I can make it in person, but I'm finding my own ways of being there for sure. If late, than late. And drunk.

I have got three apartments that I am going to email to Davey (as he is in Chicago/Millwaukee now) and see about getting him to go look at them. My resume's are not coming along as well as I had hoped, however, I do have headshots tomorrow morning that I'm looking forward to a great deal! Yippee! Headshots! And they'll be great, I've got a friend of mine that's doing them. She's done a number of other friends of mine, and she's great. I'll let you know how they turn out.

Listening to improv groups practice is sometimes excrutiating. I want to be there with them, creating. I want to be improvising right now. Not sitting behind concessions and blogging. It's relaxing (somewhat) yes, but I'm too interested in getting better as an improviser. Or if not doing it, than at least watching. I like watching too.

Ok, that's enough for today. Just wait for Friday's big essay, it'll be just fine.

Thanks for your time.

Lis

TCIF WEEKEND MADNESS...and the withdrawl that ensues

Wow. Twin Cities Improv Festival. Wow.

So many talented performers. More importantly, so many great people.

I was completely inspired by the fun, fantastic events of this weekend. I could try to recap them, but I feel it would stain the memory or somehow formalize it into something less magical than what I have in my mind. That's very dramatic, I realize, but seriously, it was a blast. I guess all I can say if you don't know what I'm talking about is you shoulda been there, and the good news for you is there's one next year.

So, I have been thinking a lot lately about how the format of my blog is going to be laid out, you almost have to have a point to your blog for it to be interesting anymore. Some point of focus and though improv seems like it should be pointed enough, I want to put a freaking dilated lens on this bitch so I'm thinkin every friday will be essay day. Throughout the week, I'm going to write a two or three page essay on some topic. Probably most often it will be improv related, but sometimes it will not be, maybe sometimes it will be about other things I love, like corals, which will all be gone by 2050 (so you'd better get off your ass and get down to the great barrier reef to see those, srsly). Though this may seem boring, it will not be. It will be interesting. And if nothing else, we all get to learn a little something along the way.

Alright, so Dave is in Milwaukee/Chicago area. He said he's going to do some apartment hunting for us this weekend. I hope to god he finds something. Anything. It'd be nice to have something nailed down soon so that I can get rid of that feeling of scared. I've been keeping myself busy enough that I don't stress out about chicago yet, but I'm sure mid-august when everything slows down a little I'll be a little nutso about it.

So this weeks essay topic is going to be:

Compare and Contrast The Harold, Cat's Cradle, and The Long Form Montage

By Friday I'll have a solid essay for you.

Thanks for reading!
Lis