8:36 a.m. - 2007-05-24
the relative hotness of being
Lani and I have talked about the plan for the drive. She can drive a manual transmission, so we can share driving duty. This gives her the chance to work lines off book, too! That way we'll *both* be brilliant on opening night. And we can continue to work on synchronizing body language...eek.
We gave a preview to one of the members Saof the theatre's board on Tuesday. We were only working Act One, but Board Lady really liked it. She also directs, and gave some good notes to us. I must say, I like working with a company that works together--as opposed to creates little feifdoms of dysfunctionality. (coughlasttwoIworkedwithcough)
Unfortunately, some of the notes she gave have injected lots of humor. Which is not bad, but I tend to laugh at many things. Given that some of the humor is coming from someone my character is literally unaware of... makes things challenging. Seriously, how am I supposed to *not* react to a man looking at my backside and sounding disappointed? Even thinking back now, I chuckle. Which is ironic, as I am well aware that my rear profile is not what it was in college. The fact disappoints me every time I look in a mirror or see some attractive college-age guy. Nonetheless, YP's delivery of his lines when he first sees my character cause me to laugh. Hopefully that means the audience will laugh.... Still, YP is making my life very difficult!
I told CrushBoy a bit about Lani--she's young (his type) and likes older men (important factor as well). Of course, I know she likes older men because she's mentioned her boyfriend's age. CrushBoy wanted to know if Lani was hot. As though I can answer that fairly!! After marshalling my thoughts, I said, "She was cast as the younger version of me--you do the math." To which he replied, in a very matter-of-fact tone, "Then she's hot. Why didn't you just say so?" At which point I felt compelled to mention that she's not a redhead. That makes her less hot, apparently.... Still, nice to know my hotness is a matter of *fact*--at least to some people. See Peggey. See Peggey's ego grow to gigantic proportions.
I should go work on my lines. That will remedy my swelled ego condition. As will laughing at YP tonight at inappropriate places....
