Why am I awake? NOt a clue. Got back last nite/morning at 330am after getting to work at about 2pm yesterday afternoon. Actually, it feels pretty great. This is the kind of theatre I know. Crunch theatre. We have a deadline to meet for this afternoon...5am...Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Props must be completed. You see, it's unlike off broadway because we're a bunch of non union people so if we want to mess with anything during the rehearsal portion of things, then we have to go get it from the theatre at nite and lug it back to the shop to work on it and then make sure it's back for rehearsal the next day. The props people on the actual run of show are only supposed to maintain the pieces so we cant just say "Okay, so here's half a t.v. stand, you need to finish this."

Last nite was kinda fun becase pretty much by 10pm we were all suffering from delirium. I spent the better part of the day painting and staining furniture so I was sucking in fumes all day. I pretty much did all the work on this 60's entertainment center so that's pretty neat. See, this show was in London and we got all the props back from them but it's become apparent that they didnt really care what decade the show was set in and they just threw a bunch of furniture as is onto the set. So we're busy making it all look 60's. We even bought some 60's speaker cover material which was pretty neat.

Last nite we had me doing lot's of crafty stuff, the asst. re-doing a birthday cake (which turned out BEAUTIFUL I might add), a costumer sewing a lounge pillow back together with new fabric, a carpenter finishing a bed and our boss running around like a chicken with her head cut off, all in our teeny little space. It was entertaining to say the least.

Now I prep myself for going back to the shop today to finish everything. We made sure that today was just slapping everything back together so that's alright. Then I have a board meeting with my fellow spurnies. It should be interesting as well considering I havent seen any of them for about 6 months now and I have no idea what's been going on. Apparently Im supposed to play the voice of reason.

Jam packed day full of hardcore action.

I dont know what came over me but I found a thing of liquid eyeliner in our kitchen. While I was waiting for the coffee to brew I decided to try it out. That stuff is HARD to minipulate. I know look like a goth or alice cooper reject. Good thing I plan on taking a shower. I hope my plan comes to fruition.