The Yuri's Night race is
The Yuri's Night race is coming together at the last minute, as usual. Next year I hope to pass off organizing duties to someone else and take a year off. We shall see, though. Once it comes around, I'll probably want to do it again, forgetting how it stresses me out and how I procrastinate.
Last night I had to throw together a t-shirt design:
If you don't like it, please don't tell me, because I can't change it now! And no suggestive comments about its shape, immature people. It's a rocket. That's how they're shaped!
Last night Jen and I went to see Beauty and the Beast. It ended up being just the two of us after everyone else bailed, but we had a good time. I know I've seen the show before, but I can't remember where. Atlanta, maybe? Wherever it was, I saw the traveling cast, and I have to say that it was better than the TUTS version we saw last night. Oh, last night's was ok, just a little unpolished in spots. And the stage was covered with glow-in-the-dark tape. Guess they couldn't memorize their marks very well.
Tonight we leave for Tahoe!
I can't believe I'm going on vacation again already. (Sarah shakes head sheepishly.) It turns out that I have no idea how to pack for a skiing vacation, in which I will apparently be skiing, and skiing for multiple days, and needing clothes to handle all the skiing. Did I mention we're skiing? I don't know how to ski. Maybe this afternoon I'll just re-pack, and put in nothing but lounging-around-drinking-hot-chocolate-by-the-fire clothes. That could be a nice way to spend my "skiing" vacation.
After reading yesterday about my plan to start getting to work earlier, my dad called me this morning at 8:10 to test me -- to see if I was at work. I was pulling into the parking lot when the phone rang. Boo yeah! I win this round, Daddy-o.
Nah, packing for skiing is always hard. You have to pack for a really wide range of weather -- anything from frigid to spring (which I have skiied in a t-shirt before). Plus you have to have evening clothes because obviously you can't go out to dinner all gross from skiing (though I have done it before). And everything is big and fluffy and stuffed and heavy, so it takes up enormous amounts of volume. You know me, I love to pack "light" but this far I haven't found a way to do it for skiing...
The tape on the floor bothered me too. I thought I was seeing it because I was up in the gallery and I'm usually in the orchestra. And of course the national touring company will always be better than what is essentially a local troupe, but my students enjoyed it nonetheless.
Your rocket remark reminds me of class today. I had to talk about the word "we" and I said it several times in a row until the two bass boys broken into laughter. It's funny the way the mind runs ... not that my mind ran that way of course when I saw your rocket.
i'm not even going to comment on the shape of your rocket, but that rendering of yuri is so cute!!!
I think it looks great! Another fine creation, in addition to all of the HRB work that you've done for us!
Sarah,
I hope you are celebrating your birthday appropriately. Have fun skiing and we will see you soon.