Nothing substantial to report in this blog post, just that this was what seemed to me like a fairly fantastic weekend. Part of that maybe was because it was the first weekend I've had in what feels like months (having checked my calendar, that's confirmed) where I didn't have to be at a theatre or on a movie set for a rehearsal, performance, or shoot. Mind you, those are all fantastic things and I'm very grateful that my life has been so chock full of acting opportunities... but it was nice just to spend a weekend away from all that, doing things I enjoy with people I love and care about.
So let's see! Recap time! Friday was Interim Writers, you know that was fantastic, although I guess it could kind of be considered a rehearsal/performance for my purposes it was pure pleasure and something I would have been at regardless of my having read in it. Yesterday (Saturday), I went with my parents and girlfriend to the Museum of Fine Arts as part of what was apparently a mad dash to see the naked Degas pictures. My parents were unimpressed, and I'm not crazy about the new lay out of the MFA or how they blocked out all the windows in the all the old wings that were so pretty with their natural light (*cough* the old better than the new ones American/Modern Art wings*cough*) but I got something out of the Degas. I would have kind of liked to come back on my own on Monday when it was less crowded but oh wait, it closed today, ces la vie. We also saw the Aphrodite pieces, and a very nice exhibit on Japanese and Korean teaware and pottery, which was actually quite beautiful. It's kind of strange to think how everything around us, my Ikea mattress I'm sitting on, the computer I'm typing into, is so completely mass produced. Then going to the MFA and seeing these exquisite objects of clay and metal and porcelain so were so pain-stakingly hand made. Some of them having survived for thousands of years! Wow! Will anything being made today still be of value in a thousand or even two hundred years? I certainly won't know, because I'll be dead! Hahaha! Anyway...
Today I had the pleasure of meeting Adia's new friends she made via CVS before she quit. All of them are young women in their early and mid twenties (just like Adia!), two of them are graduating students at Mass College of Pharmacy, one is a Georgian (the European country, not the state) medical student. They are all very nice. Adia had made plans for the five of us to go to Taza Chocolate in Somerville and take their factory tour. Apparently, this was written up recently in one of the local papers and received a negative review, but being such a food geek and having watched Good Eats since it first came on (that's right, I was into Alton Brown waaaaaaay before you even were aware of Food Network), I enjoyed it throughly. Also, there was lots of chocolate to sampled. Good stuff!
After that, I did technically have a rehearsal for my improv troupe, but it's been so long since I was able to rehearse, being all busy with Vanya and the holidays and then being out of town, that felt really good and I thought it went quite well. We are working on a long form for *fingers crossed* if we get into Geek Week at Improv Boston. Even if that doesn't happen, we'll have a cool new form for our shows. Exciting!
This evening, instead of actually watching the Superbowl, I followed my old friend (like seriously old friend, we go back to when I was a Sophmore in high school) Vinny's house to play board games, drink and eat snacks while the game was on in the back ground. Oh wait what happened? The guys in blue lost? OK I know the Patriot's lost, I used to kind of care about Football I admit but that was a long time ago. Anyway, a great time was had by all, Adia made chocolate covered pop corn balls (they were a huge hit) AND she won at Mall of Horror, which surprised me until I remembered how smart she is.
All in all, great weekend! And wow, your great too, for reading to the end of this insignificant post.
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