Bleah.

Not a good day.

For some reason, I’ve had trouble sleeping for the past couple of weeks. It’s almost like I’m sleeping shallow, if that makes any sense…my deep sleep isn’t as deep as it should be, and when I come up into light sleep, I wake up. The result: Waking up like clockwork, every 3 1/2 hours or so. Not fun.

Add to that a bunch of backlogged Adamant Entertainment product that needs my editorial and layout attention….but I can’t seem to make headway, because every time I start working on something, I get a strong desire to work on one of the novels I’m writing (which is great…except it’s the Adamant stuff that pays the bills).

So…vaugely disconnected, blah, ill-at-ease, etc. Not sure what to do about it, either.

Bleah.

Not a good day.

For some reason, I’ve had trouble sleeping for the past couple of weeks. It’s almost like I’m sleeping shallow, if that makes any sense…my deep sleep isn’t as deep as it should be, and when I come up into light sleep, I wake up. The result: Waking up like clockwork, every 3 1/2 hours or so. Not fun.

Add to that a bunch of backlogged Adamant Entertainment product that needs my editorial and layout attention….but I can’t seem to make headway, because every time I start working on something, I get a strong desire to work on one of the novels I’m writing (which is great…except it’s the Adamant stuff that pays the bills).

So…vaugely disconnected, blah, ill-at-ease, etc. Not sure what to do about it, either.

KCRF Second Weekend: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

The Good:

The Bad:

  • Pathetic crowds. Worst I’ve seen. I didn’t get an official tally from Front Gate, but I’d be surprised if we saw 3,000 people per day. The lanes were empty, and we even had to cancel a show on Saturday (the 1:20 on the Robin Hood stage) due to ZERO patrons in the area.
  • The people that were there were really low-energy, which made it difficult to really “pop” during the performances. It really made the patrons who were excited and participatory stand out, though, which was neat.
  • The cast is still losing people every weekend.

The Ugly:

  • Getting lectured by one of the Stone Church Clique in the lanes for using the word “Maestro-bation” in a coversation with another performer. “In Sooth”, she warned, “We will not use that word again, for it is ill-willed.” No, dumbass. It is a bit of friendly teasing of somebody I’ve known for years, for a tendency that he himself admits (committing “actorbation” ). If I was going to be “ill willed”, I would’ve said something about how his tendency to craft scenarios and characters almost entirely for the amusement of his friends is a big part of what is making this festival a pale shadow of what it once was. Now fuck off and go back to being a princess of an imaginary country. (Yeah, it pissed me off, but I was so stunned that she’d break character for such bullshit that I let it go by without responding.)
  • Watching the E.D. publicly criticize “Get Shrewed” in Morning Meeting for cancelling one of their performances on Saturday. Huh….let’s see: Get Shrewed, Chess Match, Robin Hood Scenario, Swill Pond fight, The Jolly Rogers and Fight Direction for scenario….yeah, it’s a really smart idea to piss off people who are responsible for a huge chunk of your entertainment. I don’t know what the hell he was thinking.

Here’s hoping for an upswing in attendence, and more energetic patrons!