The Plan

• I tend to get irritated by the smug, pseudo-clever attitude that leads to the idiot/awesome dichotomy. It goes like this: somebody tries something nutty, and if they succeed then they’re awesome. If they die, they’re an idiot. That’s stupid. The end result shouldn’t be taken as an indicator of the person and their intention when they make the attempt. It buys into the whole idea that the point of life is to avoid death as long as possible, which is also stupid. Sometimes (like with Steve Irwin), people will make the argument that it’s idiotic if you have kids. Listen: bad things happen to parents all the time. Kids too, for that matter. That can’t be a reason to not do things. I bring this up because I talk to a lot of people who don’t listen. I can explain what I’m doing, and the fact that it’s a choice, until I’m blue in the face. They can see that I’m happier, healthier and busier - and they don’t get it. I know that if I get mugged or murdered, these people will be the ones saying “Well, he shouldn’t have been in his car.” Let me spell it out: If you think that, you are retarded. I know what I’m on about, and I know that bad things can happen. If a bad thing happens to me, know that this was still the right thing for me to do.
• On Saturday, I attempted Yoga for the first time in something like five years, through Carla and her friend Crystal. I had a conversation with Erica about it beforehand. Her take is that people in Hollywood do yoga because they want to be Madonna. I said it’s just one more thing to do at the gym. Well, this wasn’t Madonna yoga, but it sure as hell wasn’t gym yoga. I signed up with Bally’s on Friday and have been hitting it with an intensity I hope lasts, and nothing (NOTHING) I could do there comes close to how grueling the yoga session was. I can’t exactly say if I liked it or not, but I would do it again in a heartbeat.

• Auditions for Westward Expansion were yesterday. This is the Alliance show that will follow Dancing With the Bad Man, which opens next weekend. Westward is another original piece, written and directed by Cecil Castelleucci - who is linked on the sidebar. The audition was fun; a lot of new members came out, and the format was such that they got to meet each other and see each other work, which can only be good for the company. Also, I felt like I did pretty well, and that’s the really important thing. Me me me.
• The next time that fawn shows up, I may need to use a knife.

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