Black in Action

This post's soundtrack is...

 

Long time no post and so forth! That song, by the by, is by The Negro Problem, one of my favorite bands. I've recently gone into their discography a bit more and found gems like that. RIGHT? Yeah.

So, UPDATES. It's difficult to remember everything that's happened since the previous post (and, frankly, it's been a LOT.) I'll hit you with a few.

Wrapped up the season a few months ago. Fun stuff, as usual. Put The Basement Company up at the Linen Building. Taught a 6 week clowning course dealie at a charter school, co-wrote a childrens' play with some buddies and had a public reading. I think things are pretty promising as far as that goes. Filmed a short with some AWESOME local filmmakers. Currently performing in a horror-themed puppet show that my buddy wrote.

Whew...yeah, so there's that!

Outside of stage stuff, it's been...well it's been a bit of a rollercoaster. As you may have noticed, the general theme of many of these entries has been about trying to change things about myself. In that introspection, I've examined a lot of aspects of myself that I've been ignoring for a long time. Things like my tendency toward panic, my propensity to go along with anything people say with little discretion, and the notion that I'm probably going to die before I hit 30. I KNOW. I'm not saying these are well-founded or even based entirely in reality, but these ideas (and many other self-destructive 'truths') have been a part of me for a ridiculously long time. So much so that I barely notice myself leaning toward those thoughts until it's too late. At least that's how it was for a very long time. I bought into my mythology of unworthiness because I thought that's how I was supposed to feel. It also tended to make people more comfortable when I adopted that attitude.

OR SO I THOUGHT.

Turns out it just attracted me to people who were willing to go along with it. And I obliged. Happily!

So now comes the hard part of...well...basically eschewing some deeply-ingrained survival instincts.

No big, right? Let's give it a shot.

BE GOOD, CATS!

Lurve,

Dak

BULLET POOOOINTS!

• If you're not listening to Azealia Banks, you're doing yourself a disservice.
• Went to Ashland to see some OSF shows! Animal Crackers and Troilus And Cressida were incredible. Medea Macbeth Cinderella missed the mark, but was still interesting to watch.
• I'm teaching at a Childrens' Hospital now, too! Woo!
• Also I'm back at the Pretty Good-Smelling Lady Store.
• The last book I actually finished was no longer than 200 pages. I'm going to read some more.
• NaNoWriMo, yeah? YEAH? YEAH!??