(Untitled)- October 29, 2006 120 days until...http://cdeemer.blogspot.com/2006/10/120-days-until.html (Untitled)- October 29, 2006 Beavers & nutria, or why Corvallis is having a party tonight Walking the dog late this afternoon in one of the area's many sprawling parks, we encountered a nutria along the lake. Not that we knew what it was -- but a knowledgeable local informed us. To us it looked like a cross between a beaver and a possum.Which seemed appropriate because I'd just watched the Beavers refuse to play possum against the USC Trojans, hanging on to win 33-31 in a huge upset (after giving up a 33-10 lead with a tad.http://cdeemer.blogspot.com/2006/10/beavers-nutria-or-why-corvallis-is.html (Untitled)- October 28, 2006 Shuffling the deckDoing a little mental housekeeping, I realize I have over-extended myself, which is a bad habit of mine. Too many projects going on at once and in the wrong priority. Now that Sally is back in gear, it is front burner but right behind it I'm now leapfrogging the new libretto. This one will be a ton of work, and I'm not close to being ready to write since there's so much research still to do. I best get started on it if I expect to do this, and I'm thinking of it as a major...http://cdeemer.blogspot.com/2006/10/shuffling-deck-doing-little-mental.html (Untitled)- October 28, 2006 Chasing the writer's tail Seems like I spent the entire afternoon on various writerly chores, errands and grunt work. Trips to the supply store, the post office. Stuffing envelopes, licking stamps. Keeping the books for tax purposes later. Glad the weekend is ahead and expecting to get some writing done.http://cdeemer.blogspot.com/2006/10/chasing-writers-tail-seems-like-i.html (Untitled)- October 28, 2006 Many birthdays ago Of all affection known to man or beast;of all the ways we relate each to each,to talk, embrace and cry, and try to teachthe other who we are: the very feastof love, without which at the very leastwould life be insecure and at such riskthat death might well win out; the soft kissof love the mother gives her child, her breastthe suckled nourishment of all she knows -this is love that cannot be more pure.Male lovers in their quest of love bestowromance as often illness as its...http://cdeemer.blogspot.com/2006/10/many-birthdays-ago-of-all-affection.html (Untitled)- October 27, 2006 Faust Letter from the Portland Opera:FAUST MOVES INTO THE THEATERIn 'production' language, last night was" Faust's" 'run-through'. It's apivotal event in a production's journey from concept to stage. Themoment, after weeks and weeks of rehearsals, rehearsals in the morning,rehearsals in the afternoon, and rehearsals in the evening, after allthose weeks, the moment to run it completely through without a stop. It'sthe first real look at what we've got. And, if last night's run-throughwas any.http://cdeemer.blogspot.com/2006/10/faust-letter-from-portland-opera-faust.html (Untitled)- October 27, 2006 After the dance What a delightful birthday yesterday! Better than I recall in years. I usually have pretty low-key birthdays -- and this one was as well, no big party or anything, but I had an unusual number of surprises. The day ended with a good scene workshop in class. We workshopped about six or seven scenes, and the writers and students learned much. They could see and hear the improvements after we took out the chain saw and made the scenes more efficient and dramatic. Then to dinner. I...http://cdeemer.blogspot.com/2006/10/after-dance-what-delightful-birthday.html (Untitled)- October 26, 2006 More WeillBrecht videoCompliments of the nurse.Whiskey BarDer Bilbao Songhttp://cdeemer.blogspot.com/2006/10/more-weillbrecht-video-compliments-of.html (Untitled)- October 26, 2006 Birthday dinner Our birthday dinner tradition is to go to Todai, a Japanese buffet that offers a freebie on your birthday. It's a huge place with huge selections, and it's hard not to pig out. Fortunately we never go there except on one of our birthdays (our regular buffet pigout place is Chinese at about 13 the cost).So, a couple hours of workshopping scenes in class and I'll be ready to pig out.http://cdeemer.blogspot.com/2006/10/birthday-dinner-our-birthday-dinner.html (Untitled)- October 26, 2006 Office hours celebration I wrote a new chapter on Sally in my office today! It's been a while. Maybe I can get back on track now. I know what's coming in the next chapter. One foot after the other and all that. This middle section may be the trickiest because it all takes place at a small college on Maryland's Eastern Shore in 1968 when the marriage falls apart. Pacing this right is critical. Well, I've taken the first step at last. Onward. (A new chapter is my birthday present to myself.)http://cdeemer.blogspot.com/2006/10/office-hours-celebration-i-wrote-new.html |