Audio Chimera podcast episodes #64 and #65 are about Lost Toys. Well, that’s not actually true; #64 is more about a lost possibility of a career that, on this later-in-life reflection, never was a real possibility at all. I would have made a terrible auto mechanic. Even an early aptitude test said I scored lowContinue reading “What About Those Lost Toys?”
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Play Post Mortem
How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? This post may not quite answer the prompt, but I’ll pretend I’m a politician and answer the question I want to. I’ve often linked my theatre production process to the scientific method. I’d come up with a hypothesis, which is my directorialContinue reading “Play Post Mortem”
Audio Chimera Season 6!
I had some time to record the first three episodes of Season 6 of Audio Chimera: For these first three, I have returned to the scripted format that I used in past seasons. But, as luck would have it, I had an allergy attack earlier in the day. So if I don’t sound like I’mContinue reading “Audio Chimera Season 6!”
Life Fertilizer
What experiences in life helped you grow the most? I chose the title above because sometimes life gives you you-know-what (a four letter word for fertilizer, that is), but it changes a person’s direction and helps them grow. As. Mephistopheles says in Goethe’s Faust, “I am a part of the power which eternally wills evilContinue reading “Life Fertilizer”
My Job…
Do you enjoy your job? I always said, “I love my work but hate my job.” Teaching theatre and directing shows, working with students—this was my life’s work. But navigating the job, which included committee work, assessment (which, I always quipped, “begins with asses”), filling out endless reports (do I really need to do Sarbanes-OxleyContinue reading “My Job…”
Most Ambitious DIY
Describe the most ambitious DIY project you’ve ever taken on. I think, after years of refinishing furniture and building and staining bookshelves, my most ambitious DIY project would be creating a costume for a Steampunk Grim Reaper. I started with the base being an Australian drover’s coat, and added a skirt lol mask fronted byContinue reading “Most Ambitious DIY”
Trump and Covid
If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why? Unprecedented—the use of which exploded when we encountered trump and covid.
Gift? Maybe
Share one of the best gifts you’ve ever received. I’m not sure this precisely qualifies but I distinctly recall the day the departmental secretary called and said my dissertation had been accepted by the graduate division. The real gift? Calling my Dr. Schrum as she congratulated me.
Me, Myself, and Aliens
Often, people have asked me: what is it with you and aliens? If you check out this webpage you might think I claim to have been abducted. This is totally untrue— I don’t think I was ever abducted by aliens. BUT! I love conspiracy theories…or at least I did until the whole QAnon nonsense triedContinue reading “Me, Myself, and Aliens”
Make Me A Video Star!
As my longtime friend and collaborator Jeremy dePrisco would say: LINAP. It means, “Like I need another project.” But of course I have one! It’s not an extraneous one, and fits nicely into the mission of creating a new theatre/performance company; I’ll be writing more about that in future blog posts. The new project isContinue reading “Make Me A Video Star!”
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