Hello all,
So the 4th of July holiday is quickly approaching, you can almost smell it in the air. The scent of super sized beef deals at the local super chain grocery, and the stale yet electric smoke scent that is gunpowder in the air. I say that “in Boston at least” this holiday begins 3 weeks before the actual day. Fireworks jump and sprout like flowers throughout the intercity suburbs blasting light and sound into the midnight air… It is an interesting sound which i am sure would be fearful in any other setting. The sirens from the police are a constant hum in the air as they illusively try to put a stop to the merriment. Bang the roomates look at each other, “was that a gunshot” someone says, “no this time it was a fire work”… “We celebrate the independence of our country by blowing up a small portion of it.”
Soon the decision will come, which type of light do i want to be surrounded in. Should i bask in a field by the charles river all day surrounded by friends and sunlight, waiting for a classical concert and fireworks display? Should I trek up the coast of Maine to Blue Hill to see a homemade display and taste fresh shellfish? Or should i go home, and enjoy one of the largest bonfires this side of burning man?
I will let you know what choice i make later. Right now I am faced with the task of reading and cueing my script for Grease, and making magic sheets. Magic sheets are little maps that let me know what lights are coming from what direction. Essential papers which help dull the mental chatter of numbers in my head. I love that fact that math is not my strong suit, but when i am thinking about channel numbers and voltage drops i can remember and do anything quickly and with accuracy.
I am looking forward to this job in particular because. This is my first large company job, I had a budget, and I am working in repertory. This basically means that i had to make a lot of choices to both constrain and free my creativity and the final design. Repertory means that 3 shows run a day, and that we swap the shows out after each one completes. The lighting rig is fixed, so i had to come up with a pallet that i felt would work for Grease, Cabaret, and West Side Story.
All of this being said I think I have successfully achieved the tasks at hand, and I am excited to see what it will actually look like in the air.. I find this out of the 5th.
The cat is next to me in bed, he is under both blankets, and nuzzled against my left leg, as i sit proped up on pillows trying to understand this thing called the internet and networking. NET-web: construct or form a web, as if by weaving. WORK-exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; “I will work hard to improve my grades”; “she worked hard for . Interesting one must exert quite a large amount of force to ripple the pond. We both may take a little cat nap, as I count the days remaining before my feet stop hanging off the edge.
So remember be safe and well on this long weekend. I will continue to post, but if we dont speak till then, have fun… AND DON’T FORGET TO HAND JIVE!!!!
Namaste
Mikey