Looking Back/Looking Forward
Last post of the year...
A good year. Sometimes I was busier than I would have liked and sometimes I was less busy than I would have liked. It all evens out in the end. I leave 2012 excited for what is on the horizon in 2013 and knowing that with my two major projects that the first five months will be very busy. I am working hard this week to schedule, schedule, schedule so that Spelling Bee and From Cradle to Stage are organized ahead of time and not on the fly.
After those are done, I am not sure. Finally Sauces is investigating BYOVs for Fringe, but if we don't get those then we will move to Plan B. Just have to figure out what Plan B is... I have some ideas. The other Fringe project definitely has a Plan B that we just need to decide on details for. So, you see... busy.
The country is in a weird place right now. Idle No More has replaced Occupy as the latest rallying movement. It seems to be more organized and have more focus, but like Occupy, I still have trouble connecting with it. It's hard to have 6-10% of the country's population telling you that they want to dictate what is best. Isn't that why we have elections? I still don't understand if this bill (C-45) and others violate the agreements in place, why there is not a legal way to prevent it. And I do not personally connect to round dances and hunger strikes and train stoppages. Part of it is a cultural disconnection (I'm not even big on my own cultural rituals so imagine how someone else's won't grab me) and part of it is my respect for following the rules. I'm a rule follower and I know I'd've been so ticked off to have been on that train. The cynical me always thinks it's really all about money - not the environment - but I always think that economics are always the fuel behind any push. I'll keep reading. It's hard to sort through the rhetoric. It's better than Occupy was for information dissemination, but still hard. It's also hard to respect some of those pushing Idle No More when they use words like Evil, Douchebag and Racist to describe anyone who does not agree with them. For a movement that preaches that it is open to all it has some very vocal supporters who seem very antagonistic and closed off. Sigh. Anyhow, I will welcome links that help explain the situation better, but please stay away from rhetoric. I'm a facts and figures person.
Anyhow, I felt more grown-up this year than ever before. Actually this was the first year in my life where I actually felt OLD. I am 45, how come it took so long to hit? I don't know. But I felt it. I felt a real shift in how I felt about myself and other things. There were many times when I lost patience with childishness and incompetence. I felt like an old man... I hope this passes... I think it's part of me still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up and realizing that I have to figure it out fast if I want to get it done. Maybe this year...
Goals for the Year:
1) Submit a play to APC and cross my fingers
2) Submit scripts to at least 10 competitions
3) Finish first draft of Pitchfork
4) Finish second draft of The Easy Road
5) Finish Fourth draft of Little Monsters
6) Go to or be involved in at least 50 Theatrical Events
Dream Goals for the Year:
1) Take the boys to Disneyland/Disneyworld
2) Visit Toronto
3) Visit Havasu
Let's see what happens.
A good year. Sometimes I was busier than I would have liked and sometimes I was less busy than I would have liked. It all evens out in the end. I leave 2012 excited for what is on the horizon in 2013 and knowing that with my two major projects that the first five months will be very busy. I am working hard this week to schedule, schedule, schedule so that Spelling Bee and From Cradle to Stage are organized ahead of time and not on the fly.
After those are done, I am not sure. Finally Sauces is investigating BYOVs for Fringe, but if we don't get those then we will move to Plan B. Just have to figure out what Plan B is... I have some ideas. The other Fringe project definitely has a Plan B that we just need to decide on details for. So, you see... busy.
The country is in a weird place right now. Idle No More has replaced Occupy as the latest rallying movement. It seems to be more organized and have more focus, but like Occupy, I still have trouble connecting with it. It's hard to have 6-10% of the country's population telling you that they want to dictate what is best. Isn't that why we have elections? I still don't understand if this bill (C-45) and others violate the agreements in place, why there is not a legal way to prevent it. And I do not personally connect to round dances and hunger strikes and train stoppages. Part of it is a cultural disconnection (I'm not even big on my own cultural rituals so imagine how someone else's won't grab me) and part of it is my respect for following the rules. I'm a rule follower and I know I'd've been so ticked off to have been on that train. The cynical me always thinks it's really all about money - not the environment - but I always think that economics are always the fuel behind any push. I'll keep reading. It's hard to sort through the rhetoric. It's better than Occupy was for information dissemination, but still hard. It's also hard to respect some of those pushing Idle No More when they use words like Evil, Douchebag and Racist to describe anyone who does not agree with them. For a movement that preaches that it is open to all it has some very vocal supporters who seem very antagonistic and closed off. Sigh. Anyhow, I will welcome links that help explain the situation better, but please stay away from rhetoric. I'm a facts and figures person.
Anyhow, I felt more grown-up this year than ever before. Actually this was the first year in my life where I actually felt OLD. I am 45, how come it took so long to hit? I don't know. But I felt it. I felt a real shift in how I felt about myself and other things. There were many times when I lost patience with childishness and incompetence. I felt like an old man... I hope this passes... I think it's part of me still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up and realizing that I have to figure it out fast if I want to get it done. Maybe this year...
Goals for the Year:
1) Submit a play to APC and cross my fingers
2) Submit scripts to at least 10 competitions
3) Finish first draft of Pitchfork
4) Finish second draft of The Easy Road
5) Finish Fourth draft of Little Monsters
6) Go to or be involved in at least 50 Theatrical Events
Dream Goals for the Year:
1) Take the boys to Disneyland/Disneyworld
2) Visit Toronto
3) Visit Havasu
Let's see what happens.
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