What Started Out as Just News Turns Into a Rant.
10 April 2003-6:07 p.m.
Look we got ,press!
Yay. Only one more night to go. We open tomorrow. It's going to be good. Anyone in town that reads this should come see the show. Check out the link for all the pertinent information.
All week, when I couldn't go to bed when I wanted I told myself just wait until Thursday, you can sleep in on Thursday. I was all excited last night. We'd finish at 10or so, then set lights for a couple of hours, in bed by midnight or one and then I could sleep until noon if I wanted to. Yeah that didn't happen. The person who was supposed to show up at 9:30 to do the lights, didn't. Nor was her there at 10:30 or 11:30. So we called for help. Help came in the form of Mike. Unfortunately that meant I had to get up and be at the theatre at 9:30 this morning. *sigh* There went my morning. To say that the person who left us in the lurch is on my short list of people I'm not fond of is an understatement.
So I found myself sitting in a light booth this morning feeling somewhat less than gruntled, while looking at pools of light for hours. But Mike is wonderful. He did a good job, he didn't fuss at my lack of knowledge, and he got up and was there. He did it and for that I love him.
I'm looking forward to Monday. On Monday I have to do nothing. I'm off work because I work Saturday. The show will be over and struck. maybe I'll pick up the two scripts that are sitting on my desk at home waiting to be read.
So a little update on that light thing. I'm so mad I'm shaking. turns out the first guy, the one that didn't show. Yeah well he showed up this afternoon. When nobody was there. And we didn't leave a note saying we'd done the lights already. We didn't think we had to. AND HE MOVED THEM!!!!!!!! The fucker moved my lights. I know he didn't know but I don't care. Perhaps if he had let us know he was planing on coming in at 3 today. What the hell did he think we were going to do? We open tomorrow, did he think we were just going to sit around and hope he showed up?!! No damn it!. I'm pissed. Those were my lights. Yeah they were following Beth's plan but I was the one who made the decisions. Mike and I were the ones who worked on them. And I thought they looked damn good. I was proud of them. I wanted to give Beth something to be happy with. Something about this week that could go right. I'm not going to be there until 9 tonight. I wanted her to be able to go through the light cues and like them. The only thing we'd have to do to them would be change out a couple of gels. Beth says the guy said he'll be back to "fix" it at 8:30. Do you think I want to see this man? After a week of about four to five hours of sleep and long days of both work and play stuff, I give up my chance to get sleep. I work hard to do something I can be proud of, and this man has messed it up and now I have to go and make nice to the bastard! Let's all see if I can keep my temper tonight. He damn well better show up. I asked things like what did he do. Beth said well he filled out the wash a little better. Oh would that be where you wanted the wash on the center and the sides darker? I guess because I don't have that now. Well you did. I have to stop now. I've got to calm down so that when I see him later I don't explode. Yelling isn't going to win me brownie points and this is someone I have to work with.