week one at the mac : act 2 : smooth sailing ahead

so my first official work week is over!  yay!  17.5 more to go.  damn.  i'll make it through.  it will get better.  just gotta get through this first show, then it'll be smooth sailing.  we open on thursday.  we move set in, i believe, tonight.  tonight, however, i plan on making my mics work.  i have 11 total, 3 sennheiser, 8 shure.  i hate shure mics.  love my sennheisers though.  props keep getting added to the show.  just when i thought i was done, i get 3 more added almost every day it seems.  but like i said, i just have to make it through this first show.

let's see, what else.  i, very much unfortunately so, must remove my eyebrow ring.  i've tried to do what i can to keep it, it's just not working.  my body has been rejecting it for a while now, it just never seems to heal.  and i know i'll have a nice scar in remembrance of it.  i am very heartbroken over my loss.  my dad will be happy though.  and since i'm losing my favorite thing that makes people remember me, i will be adding two more.  i'm sticking with the ears though.  i need to grow up some time.  i must be able to find a steady job some place, and lots of places don't accept facial piercings.  although, some places don't accept more than one hole in each ear.  but in my field of work, i should be good.  you're probably wondering what i'm getting pierced.  here's some links.  left ear- rook.  right ear- conch.  the slight loss a little bit of hearing is frightening though.  i'll ponder than piercing for a while, maybe change it to something else.

oh how i have not missed summer stock.  all these different personalities under one roof for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  i've already discovered that i do not like some of these people, our personalities clash.  others get on my nerves, but are tolerable.  and i am so glad i'm at a better point in my life this year, as opposed to last summer.  i think there maybe 5-7 straight guys in all of the company (cast included).  too many people attacking them because they're lonely.  i'm not.  i have a bed to go home to.  i plan on staying with the boy until i find a place of my own in austin.  we're getting to know each other while being a part.  our relationship has not been normal since the night we met.  (and please note, by relationship i mean friend based, nothing more.)  i stayed with him a couple of times last time i visited the capitol.  and he's not there half the week anyway.  it'll be interesting.  already is, but it might go to sh*t when i get there.  or it could be amazing and i might not need a place of my own.  who knows.  all i know is (1) summer stock housing is preparing me to stay for an extended period of time with a boy.  i live with 3 guys and 1 girl right now.  (2) and i'm not looking for anything but friends while in ny.  (3) and he is waiting for me to get back. 

next topic of business.  i love being told by people that they couldn't do what i do (theatrical sound engineer).  mind you, not just by anyone, by sound engineers in the music field.  they tell me that they couldn't handle it.  i don't know why, it's not that difficult.  but if i can make it in theatre, i can accomplish my dream.  i can be a sound engineer in music.  i can tour.  i can do what i've wanted ever since i got into this.  that is the coolest thing to me.  hopefully my work in theatre will help me get a job in music.  i won't know for another few months though.  first have to get through this summer here at the mac.  then it's smooth sailing back to texas.