Plays and flames

On Thursday Isabel and I went and saw Spring Awakening - it was just as amazing as on the 2nd, when I saw it with Dan. It was also fun to see the actors relaxing a bit more, taking longer pauses for applause and enjoying their moments.
We sat behind Stephen Root and a group of his friends. Wow, this guy is nice. I went up to him during intermission and told him how sad I was to see that he had been killed the week before on True Blood. We spent a couple minutes talking afterwards. I've met actors both in my current job and when I worked at the Music Center and there are plenty of asses out there - Stephen is not one of them. It was also really neat to just see a guy really dig his wife/girlfriend. I remember being really impressed with Tom Hanks and his wife too. They just like each other.
So it's a Saturday. I'm in the office that is filling up with smoke from the fires that are just 10 miles away from us in Newhall. The sky is darkening and a brown layer of haze is all I can see, I can barely make out the mountains that earlier today I was able to see without any problem.
It's also way too hot. It's miserable inside and out. It's almost 90 in the office today and warmer outside. I don't like this weather in September and I REALLY don't like in mid November. We're less than two weeks till Thanksgiving and I look like a fool wearing a light weight sweater.

Just amazing...

There is nothing like seeing a play that astounds and transforms you. I feel euphoric right now; the sadness in knowing that for 14 months of looking forward to Spring Awakening to arrive is now in the past, hasn't hit.
The performance was amazing. I had been listening to the soundtrack for almost a year and last December we saw the original play and now I know where the songs go to fit the 1888 play.
The only real change was the rape scene. They removed it to make the protagonist likable, the rest of the musical was the same, if not identical.
Besides seeing the best musical in years (besides Ave Q), Halloween was... well. Odd. First, I have to say that years ago I worked at Vroman's and I was fired (1 of 2 times in my life) by this horrible person. A few years ago at my friend Truett's party, this person was there and again, on Friday I was at my friend Mason and Isabelle's house and she was there. It seems that I have a witch and I get to see her at random Halloween parties. Oh well. I ignored her and had a decent time, but when I walked in... Wow, so glad I'm more mature.

I also saw some pics of me. Wow. Not good and no excuse. I went to the gym yesterday and Dan was sad that I didn't take him and asked that I go with him today. Well the problem with waiting for Dan is that we never go. I have to just ignore his requests and go. I can't wait anymore.

I did decide to upload my favorite pic from Halloween, I'm kissing my dear friend Kat, who while not looking like Frida Kahlo on a good day, is one of the most amazing artists. Earlier this year they moved up to Eugene so in July a group of us will be crashing at their house so I can take everyone to the Oregon Country fair that I went with my friend Jake a few years ago.