January 30th, 2008 (Insomnia Before the Breakdown)

Jan 30, 2008

I am very, very tired right now, but I cannot sleep. It's no surprising though. I get like this a lot when I stressed, and boy have I been stressed recently. Later today is the last day of callbacks for the One Acts at Moorpark College, and I still have to find one more actor for the monologue show I am now the director of. I also have to help two other directors with their final casting, as I am the Assistant Director for both of them, as well as go to three callbacks myself, as I am going to be acting in the One Acts as well as directing. There are nine shows going up this semester, and we did not get nearly as many people auditioning as we hoped to get, so I am going to do my part and help with that burden. There is one part in particular that I want to do, in a play directed by my good friends Kasey and Chadd, entitled 'Disco Before the Breakdown' about relationships and drug abuse (cocaine and heroine). The script is very well written and it is a challenging piece, one which I would be honored to work on and one that would challenge me as actor in ways that I haven't been challenged before.

Alright, I am stressed and excited, still not a combination which lends itself well to sleep, but few things that I do nowadays do. Speaking of which, I still have an essay on Advertising, comparing and contrasting different Ads on their various points of contention, that I have to finish by midnight tonight. On top of that I have to catch up on some art homework for my Drawing and Composition class, luckily not due until Thursday, although I will have no time tomorrow to work on it since I have class until 10 PM tomorrow. Busy busy times for me. And no sleep apparently. So, I make myself more black tea and turn myself away from the internet and back to the grindstone attached to my hip.