First of all, can I get a "Hell Yeah!" that McRibs are back? I was hoping that the Farewell II tour last year was just like the Eagles and Rolling Stones, only more affordable. A few years ago, when the McRib took its longest hiatus to date (it was for about 3 long years), I signed an online petition even though I don't believe those things work. It made me feel empowered nonetheless. I always worry that it won't come back. It's funny how people that love them share the same fear as me, but those that don't share the love always roll their eyes and smugly assure me that it's never going away forever. Whatever. I worry because I love. They haven't an inkling of the love and joy a McRib brings me, so of course I'm going to worry. You never know when it's going to come back; there's no predictable cycle; and these farewell rumors don't help the sitch at all.
Anyway, so, it's that time of the semester when there's no time for sleep, laundry, or cooking regular meals. The house just goes to hell and I hate that. I like order, I like clean clothes, and I covet sleep.
WARNING: Some general bitchery ahead, but also some good news and major hair news ahead.
I just got done doing another week of house managing (read: 12 hour plus days with the last 9 hours being back to back with classes, meetings, and the shows, which means I don't get to eat and I have to reapply make-up because I have to look "evening theatre dressy/classy," and be nice to the general public cuz it's a good idea to starve a girl, put her in heels*, and then make her be nice to the general public at end of the day and that's before we even get to go home and do 5-8 hours of homework). I'm still trying to recover from the two days in a row that I got no sleep at all because I had no other choice if I was gonna get my homework done. By the time I got done, it was time to shower and go to school and do the same thing all over again.
*I ended up only doing the heels thing once and then decided to take a page from Ellen DeGeneres.
Have you ever been so run down and tired that even after finally getting a good night's sleep you still feel tired after waking up? That's how I feel right now. It's like I can't not be tired. My body is literally rejecting this schedule.
All I have to do from here on out is write 2 15 page papers, a 7 page paper (woo-hoo for short papers!!), complete a teacher's portfolio, and stay on top of 101 stuff. And that actually is a break, because the endless stream of production meetings and house managing is over for the semester. I can actually focus on my papers and projects without all these other things taking precdence.
Good News: It's likely that my last semester here I'll be teaching theatre history. My supervisor/mentor is going on sabattical. It's a 300 level, majors only course as opposed to the 100 level, non-major class I teach now. This is especially awesome because it was this very class at this very institution that made me want to become a theatre history professor. To actually get to teach that class here at SIU is something that would be so meaningful.
In Hair news: I cut my medium length, dyed blonde, straight-ironed hair back to my natural brunette shade and went super short. It gives me an extra half hour every day. If you google image Natalie Portman and Winona Ryder then you'll get an idea of what my hair looks like. I've even had a couple of people walk right past me without knowing me at first. It is a major change and I love it. So fun to get the reactions because it is way different from what I had.
Monday, December 3, 2007
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