Dakota

We had some people over for Halloween Friday. A good time was had by all. I drank a lot.

On Saturday, in lieu of going to Rocky Horror, Genevieve, Michael, Danielle, an unconscious Jordana, and I watched the Carou/Lansbury Sweeney Todd on DVD, played Apples to Apples, and drank a lot.

Saw Macbeth by ATC on Sunday. For every scene between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, I kept thinking of Riff Raff and Magenta. I am lame.

Night 3 was far, far superior to night 2. This was evident to me being in a really great mood after the show, and fully pleased with 2 of the 3 shows we did in total. Next year, Halloween is on a Tuesday, so we'll probably have the Saturday and Tuesday shows, which sounds a whole lot... better.

It's November 1st, which means it's Willow's birthday today. And it's also Jake's birthday.

I sold off two more Lil Attila comics, which will probably be the full tally. In the two weeks, I conned Randi, Jordana, Richy, Sarah, and Christian into buying them. Since Katie was sick, I gave her a free copy. I'll hang onto the extra's for now, in case anyone eventually wants one. I still have computer files.

The actual show seemed to go pretty well. Working with Katie was great, and while I bega the show completely not in the mood to play Brad (after going off-the-wall for Frank and Rocky the nights previous, Brad seemed so much the straight-man), I ended up enjoying it all, and having fun, and I think throwing in a good performance.

The preshow went off I think the best it ever did. It was "Coin-Operated Boy" by the Dresden Dolls. It was a black-and-white reinterpretation of lab scene (essentially) with Genevieve as a Germanic matron version of Frank. Sarah and Danielle were pretty much direct-from-the-film Columbia and Magenta, respectively. I was Rocky, and the title character of the song. I wore my white shorts and had black suspenders and a bowler hat on. The audience responded well, Matt taped it, and I'm just very happy with it.

As awful, overcast, underehearsed, and ill-received as "This is Halloween" was (and, well, it was), "Coin-Operated" was that much better. "This is Halloween" was just so grand in it being bad, and it was no fault of the performers; I knew after the first night that it sucked and we had to go through two additional nights with that very clear. "Coin-Operated" however seemed to be the favorite part of the show for a lot of people, and I was flattered and ecstatic with the compliments I received. It was completely a group effort, and everyone did a fabulous job. I will have to get to mastering it and sending it to the Dolls and see if it gets on their website. 'Cause, gee, that'd be nifty.

This week will be the recovery time til Saturday, which is not all that far away.

The first of the three shows went by last night. I think it was a fabulous show. After a haphazard preshow rehearsal, I was left a little weary. We oversold, and Jamie, jamie'sKristen, and the rest of their friends however did not get to stay. Despite that they got their tickets the day before, they didn't get seats and they left. Matt and I were really upset about this, as I'm sure they were. They all got dressed up, too.

The fact that we oversold was a concern. And I hate when we do. I'm all for a huge crowd and every seat filled, but "standing room only" is not a good time had. It's impossible to manage. What usually takes about six minutes to have everyone in the theatre took roughly twenty minutes to ensure those who were getting seats, had them. Stress-levels raised, and the Sarah, Genevieve, Danielle, and myself struggled to get ready in time for our places-cue, "Fraggle Rock."

As for the preshow, it went incredibly well. Granted I nearly choked on a prop, but the audience was responsive and excited. It calmed my nerves completely and made me look forward to the rest of the show. Since the "orchestra pit" was filled, I played to that audience the entire time... My most frequent annoyance with the Bellevue is how far away the audience is. I love when I can see them.

Since it was Day Light's Savings Time, we got home at an insane hour but "gained" an hour. Stupid farmers. I've never bought into the "gain" and "lose" an hour concept.

...But in any case, we get to do it all again tonight. Except the Day Light Saving's Time. And I'm Rocky. With Sarah as Frank, and Dani as Janet! Yaay! This promises to be a good show.

Meanwhile, Matthew and Jamie are hopefully going to make up for last night-- they're going to a Halloween-themed party at the gay club Spirit. I'm trying to keep busy from being envious. After all, I am going to one of the biggest parties in a Rocky Horror year.