DeMizio's Journal

on the closing of a show...

The Cast and Crew of Footloose, La Salle Masque November 2002
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ephemeral
\E*phem"er*al\, a. 1. Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal;
as, an ephemeral flower.  2. Short-lived; existing or continuing for a short time only. 
``Ephemeral popularity.'' --V. Knox.
Sentences not of ephemeral, but of eternal, efficacy. --Sir J. Stephen.

"What I Did For Love"
Kiss today goodbye, 
The sweetness and the sorrow. 
Wish me luck, the same to you, 
But I can't regret 
What I did for love, what I did for love. 

Look, my eyes are dry. 

The gift was ours to borrow. 

It's as if we always knew, 

And I won't forget what I did for love, 

What I did for love. 

Gone, 

Love is never gone.

As we travel on, 

Love's what we'll remember. 

Kiss today goodbye, 

And point me t'ward tomorrow. 

We did what we had to do.

Won't forget, can't regret 

What I did for love. 

"Just remember: It's only community theatre until it offends someone... then it's ART!" -- Scott R. Bloom

"...allow me to explain about the theatre business.
The natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on
the road to imminent disaster."
-- Shakespeare in Love

It's over.

The role that I originally didn't want, and then grew to love is over. The show that I walked into with optimism that grew to loathing (at the incredible innanity of the script and dialogue) and then finally ending with an acknowledgment that, hey, maybe the show isn't as bad as it all seems.

It was an incredible run: I've never seen the theater as full as it was, coming VERY close to a sellout last night. I've also never felt as helpless and distant from a cast and crew during a run as I did: one can direct in rehearsal, but its generally frowned upon to yell at people flubbing lines during an actual run.

I had so much fun that I can't describe in words...met so many interesting people...I think I learned some stuff as well too, or at least I hope I did.

It was a fantastic success.

and I can't believe that its over.

(OK: Side note. I have about 10 megabytes of images from the show that I'm trying to put somewhere that people can get them...FTP problems and server issues have kept this from not happening yet. So, keep an eye here, I'll post the links here when they get done. If anyone can't wait, IM me and I'll send the directory to you that way.)

Classes are going surprisingly well. Prof. Kling gave me an extension on a paper until this Tuesday, which bailed me out tremendously. After this week, I believe that the majority of the semester is over work wise. Theres a presentation that my group has to give on Tuesday to Brother Mike's class, which has to get done at some point, but shouldn't be a big problem. We're discussing my story tomorrow in workshop in Fiction Writing, for which I have absolutely no nervousness right now.

I have so much work to do this week, but then it will all be done.

Thanksgiving can't come fast enough...

This is for you Brian:

That's Brian and Lauren. They're my biggest fans. Brian has even put up a site parodying mine. BLOG IT!