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29th December, 2010. 5:33 pm. Wow - hello all

Long time no post.  Really, I had entirely forgotten about LJ until a post i got.  So..  I thought I would log on an read up on my friends.  :)  So yea... :)

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17th February, 2009. 9:30 am. Walk of Shame

Decided - when one has to do the walk of shame - one should have *at least* had good reason to do so - instead of their roomie accedntly locking them out of the house...

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8th February, 2009. 12:26 am. Pretentiousness

So, for those who don't know, my roomie here in VA is an undergrad.  And sometimes, when i listen to her and her friends, I can't help but think how very different we are.

For instance, this evening, when i came home from a play, she was sitting on the front porch, with her boyfriend, her two best friends, and their boyfriends.  So, here's what you have to know about Staunton.  Mary Baldwin is an all girls school, meaning that the boys don't live here.   SO anyway, the girls and boys are sitting on our front porch, drinking wine, smoking cigs, and just generally being a typical college students.  Except then I realized, (and this isn't a judgement call one way or the other, it just is a statement of fact) that when my friends and I did that sort of think, we smoked out cigerettes, thinking we looked elegent, and spoke of theatre and art and what plays we wanted to do, or were working on, or had just seen.  But the point was, it was always about the art.  (I think that's one of the reasons why i'm so miserable here.  Because it's not about the art anymore.)


my roomie and her friends are all about thier other half.  What I mean by that is that they wanted to get together tonight bc everyone is in town and they wanted to play at being adult couples for a night. 

so i got to thinking, how much it reveals about a person to know what their pretensiouess was when they were young, or still do, whatever.   Do there's my question - what was your prention?  and how do you think that represnts you know?

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16th December, 2008. 10:56 pm. My B-day!!!

Ok, for the like 3 of you that aren't on another socail networking tool of mine...

My B-day is Dec 22, and I'm celebrating at The Harp, in Houston - on Richmond at Woodhead.  from 9p-2a.  If you live in Houston, you should come - cause I say so, and it will be my b-day :)  

love,
     me 

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10th December, 2008. 12:40 am. go here for some yummies!!!

feel free to pass it on!


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1st December, 2008. 10:47 pm. Life descions, mulled wine, peace and freedom


So yesterday I spent a cold, rainy, lazy afternoon under a fuzzy santa blanket and drinking mulled wine while doing some pretty serious thinking and talking with a good friend. I was *supposed* to be writing a letter of intenet to get into the MFA part of the program I'm currently attending.

Instead, I talked it out, and I'm not going back next year. I'm moving to New York City this summer.

I know, it's crazy. I get that - but I also get that it's what I need to do for myself. I feel very stalled here - in most, if not all aspects of my life.

I've directed one full length show this year, and one one-act this summer... anyone who's known me for more than a year wanna tell me when the last year i had that was *that* slow was?

I can't really get the number of TPR students I need to get ahead on my bills, it's just to slow down here.

I miss towns that don't close at 8p.

Let's not even go into my love life... or rather, some of the rather poor descions I have made in the last year, descions of what I thought was ok then.

The thing is, the truth is, I don't think I even knew how much of myself I had lost until this week. And now I've found myself again, and I remember the power of theatre, and the passion and the fire that makes me love it and crave it and yearn for it and not feel complete without it.

And I've made this crazy descions, and I feel lighter, and happy, and more like myself than I have in I dont' know how long. I'm talking like myself and thinking like myself, and being honest with myself and others like myself. One of my ex's with whom I am still friends once told me that the reason he could still be friends with me was bc I told him the truth, always. And somewhere in the last little while, i settled and started accepting things that the girl that I actually am, the one who really knows herself, would never have settled for - and i've stopped settling.

And that starts with NYC. See, I was always a little afraid to go there, bc I was afraid I would love it too much. And I was right. I love the realtiy of it. The feel of the cemenet block after block. The vitality of millions of ppl living their lives. And I love the art.

Part of the reason I could make this descion was a very nice man who sold me some earrings in Bryant Park. He was running my card (before it was stolen ;) ) and making small talk with me and Joe and asked us what we did. I told him I was a director and his first question was "Film or theatre?" I know this sounds crazy, but it was like I let out a breath I hadn't even known I was holding. It was the first time, outside of the small theatre community in Houston, that I hadn't had to explain that I don't want to do film or tv - that there was a difference - and what my job actually was. And something in that moment felt like coming home.

And the more I thought about it, the more I realized that I couldn't write my personal statement, I couldn't interview for my MFA bc I don't want to know. I want to go and live my life and fly or fail or whatever I'm gonna do, but I want to do it. I want to try. No, I HAVE to try. I found my drive again this week - the drive that I used to see so clearly, the one that made my mom say "I always knew I would lose you to theatre, I just wish it wasn't so far away".

I have to go, and I have to this summer, because I think my soul is dying here. I started this endevor because I thougth I loved school - here's what's I've learned:

I don't love school - I love the work. I love the hands down nitty gritty get in and make descions and work with ppl work - make a choice, raise the stakes, take a chance, if you're gonna fail - fail big work. I want that back.

I learned that getting that back is way more important to me than some letters behind my name ever would or could be. I learned that if i go back to school, it will be on my terms, and not anyone elses. No more settling. No more running.

I sat in the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, and watched a musical that is a very real reason I was even able to make it out of bed a few years ago - a musical about taking a stand, changing the world and following your heart.

I'm making my stand, here, now. I'm moving. I"m chaing my world and following my heart. I"m following my siren's song into the great unknown and I couldn't be happier.

So, this also means that I'm gonna need contacts when I get there... who's in?

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1st December, 2008. 7:28 pm. i am single

unadulterated, no strings attached, no cracks in my heart - single for the first time in over a year. i feel GREAT!  also, i tried to cut...  it didn't work - sorry...



 
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freewms (6:08:27 PM): am sorry to hear you'll be leaving. It's been nice having you around.
juliatbwa1 (6:13:44 PM): lol - thanks for saying so, even if i know it's not true :-P
freewms (6:14:00 PM): what do you mean?
freewms (6:14:11 PM): I've enjoyed our friendship, strange and back-and-forth though it's been
juliatbwa1 (6:15:36 PM): sigh, i'm not trying to start a fight, or even a discussion really - i just did a lot of thinking about my life over this break.  what it's been, who's been in it, what i want from it
juliatbwa1 (6:15:59 PM): and to be honest - i let you treat me in ways that i don't let my friends treat me, let alone ppl i'm having sex with
juliatbwa1 (6:16:04 PM): and that's my fault
juliatbwa1 (6:16:07 PM): i know that part
juliatbwa1 (6:16:24 PM): but i'm cleaning up my life, and leaving the ppl there that want to be there
freewms (6:16:28 PM): listen, I really do regret how things ended last year
juliatbwa1 (6:16:29 PM): and i don't think you're actually it
freewms (6:16:39 PM): and I am sorry for that
freewms (6:16:58 PM): and I've been grateful that you haven't written me off entirely
juliatbwa1 (6:17:30 PM): free, you don't get it
juliatbwa1 (6:17:44 PM): when i told you at the begginning of the summer that you don't think of me when i'm not there
juliatbwa1 (6:17:47 PM): that's what i mean
juliatbwa1 (6:17:49 PM): i expect more
juliatbwa1 (6:17:56 PM): from everyone in my life
juliatbwa1 (6:18:01 PM): i'm sorry, but that's the way i feel
freewms (6:18:21 PM): well, I'm not sure what you mean by that
freewms (6:18:41 PM): I mean, I think that I figured out from last year that dating wasn't really going to work for us
freewms (6:18:48 PM): so I don't think of you when you're not there in that way
freewms (6:18:55 PM): but I still value our friendship
juliatbwa1 (6:18:57 PM): that's not what i'm talking about
juliatbwa1 (6:18:59 PM): no you don
freewms (6:19:00 PM): I enjoy our conversations
juliatbwa1 (6:19:00 PM): t
juliatbwa1 (6:19:12 PM): you value our friendships when their is something in it for you
juliatbwa1 (6:19:16 PM): and that's  fine
juliatbwa1 (6:19:19 PM): that's who you are
freewms (6:19:22 PM): well, we all do that
juliatbwa1 (6:19:26 PM): no
juliatbwa1 (6:19:27 PM): we don't
freewms (6:19:29 PM): but we don't do that exclusively
juliatbwa1 (6:19:36 PM): but you do
freewms (6:19:44 PM): there's no such thing as an entirely selfless friendship
juliatbwa1 (6:19:50 PM): i'm not saying ther eis
freewms (6:19:55 PM): and I'm sorry if I've been insufficiently attentive
juliatbwa1 (6:20:00 PM): but there is one inwhich you both care about each others feelings
juliatbwa1 (6:20:04 PM): and you don't care about mine
freewms (6:20:15 PM): I do care, Reesa
freewms (6:20:24 PM): I was unaware that I'd done anything to harm them
freewms (6:20:32 PM): other than the way I handled things last year
juliatbwa1 (6:20:35 PM): free, i'm not mad - truley, i'm not
juliatbwa1 (6:20:39 PM): it's just that
freewms (6:20:40 PM): and if I have, you should clue me in
juliatbwa1 (6:20:41 PM): ...
freewms (6:20:42 PM): somehow
juliatbwa1 (6:20:52 PM): your not the kind of person that i would ever consider a good friend
juliatbwa1 (6:21:03 PM): and i don't knwo how to explain it
freewms (6:21:06 PM): cause one can only be so attentive to feelings that are not immediately apparent
juliatbwa1 (6:21:14 PM): i mean, i have tried before, but it never seems to actually get through to you
juliatbwa1 (6:21:23 PM): and again, that's fine
juliatbwa1 (6:21:25 PM): that's who you are
freewms (6:21:25 PM): well, how so?
juliatbwa1 (6:23:31 PM): really?
freewms (6:23:38 PM): what?
juliatbwa1 (6:23:46 PM): how about - when was the last time you just called me to find out how i was
juliatbwa1 (6:23:47 PM): ?
juliatbwa1 (6:23:52 PM): when sex wasn't on the table
juliatbwa1 (6:24:07 PM): or hell, even texted when i didn't start it
freewms (6:24:23 PM): I dunno, can't I AIM you to ask how things are?
juliatbwa1 (6:24:29 PM): yea
juliatbwa1 (6:24:30 PM): if you did
freewms (6:24:32 PM): well, I do that
juliatbwa1 (6:24:35 PM): no
juliatbwa1 (6:24:43 PM): you start a conversatation about once a month
juliatbwa1 (6:24:45 PM): maybe
juliatbwa1 (6:24:56 PM): it's not a numbers games
juliatbwa1 (6:25:00 PM): it's just the truth
freewms (6:25:51 PM): look, I'm sorry if you want me to check up on you more often than that
freewms (6:26:03 PM): I didn't feel I was being neglectful
freewms (6:26:17 PM): but then, I didn't think we were going to be exceptionally close friends, either
freewms (6:26:23 PM): so I'm sorry if I've wronged you
freewms (6:26:26 PM): but I do care about you
juliatbwa1 (6:26:27 PM): free, that's my point, your not - or rather, you don't know that you are
freewms (6:26:31 PM): and I am sorry to see you leave
freewms (6:26:44 PM): though after this conversation, it seems that it's the best thing
freewms (6:26:46 PM): so I'm also happy for you
juliatbwa1 (6:26:47 PM): free
juliatbwa1 (6:26:50 PM): i'm not mad at you
juliatbwa1 (6:27:01 PM): i was never mad at you, you're jsut you
juliatbwa1 (6:27:04 PM): and i'm me
juliatbwa1 (6:27:15 PM): and i want more from my life, my friends and my nnedfellows
freewms (6:27:17 PM): sorry, I thought you were accusing me of being a bad friend
freewms (6:27:43 PM): and perhaps we shouldn't have slept together again this fall
freewms (6:27:49 PM): since we both knew it wasn't going to go anywhere
juliatbwa1 (6:27:53 PM): no, hthat was fine
freewms (6:27:54 PM): but I did enjoy it
juliatbwa1 (6:27:57 PM): the sex is good
freewms (6:28:02 PM): and it's hard to stay away from that
juliatbwa1 (6:28:06 PM): but again, it was all about you
juliatbwa1 (6:28:11 PM): or at least felt that way\
juliatbwa1 (6:28:23 PM): as the few times i bothered to try to iniate, i was shut down
freewms (6:30:35 PM): they were usually bad times, Reesa
freewms (6:30:37 PM): I apologize
juliatbwa1 (6:32:42 PM): but that's the think
freewms (6:32:42 PM): in any case, I need to run
juliatbwa1 (6:32:48 PM): it's not that they were bad times, that's fine
juliatbwa1 (6:32:56 PM): it's that i had to ask more than once to get a response
freewms (6:33:11 PM): look, Reesa, I'm sorry if I've been neglectful
freewms (6:33:15 PM): I can't claim that I haven't been that
freewms (6:33:35 PM): I can, however, accurately claim that i have a lot going on, between teaching a class and taking 3
freewms (6:33:44 PM): in any case, I do need to run
freewms (6:33:50 PM): so I'll talk to you again soon
juliatbwa1 (6:33:56 PM): k
juliatbwa1 (6:33:59 PM): have a good night
freewms (6:34:05 PM): you too
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26th November, 2008. 6:00 pm. New York Ate My Cell

ok, it didn't - really the cell ate my cell, but this way i get to accomplis 2 things at once

1) I need your digits

2) I'm in NY for turkey day :D

so serisouly - cough 'em up. Comments screened for this one :)

love you!@!!!

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13th November, 2008. 1:02 pm. I caved

an joined Twitter. Hook me up with your name...

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27th October, 2008. 3:49 pm. of course i'm pink :)

you are deeppink
#FF1493

Your dominant hues are red and magenta. You love doing your own thing and going on your own adventures, but there are close friends you know you just can't leave behind. You can influence others on days when you're patient, but most times you just want to go out, have fun, and do your own thing.

Your saturation level is high - you get into life and have a strong personality. Everyone you meet will either love you or hate you - either way, your goal is to get them to change the world with you. You are very hard working and don't have much patience for people without your initiative.

Your outlook on life is very bright. You are sunny and optimistic about life and others find it very encouraging, but remember to tone it down if you sense irritation.
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