one down...
After traveling the US for 5 weeks and having finally landed in Australia almost a week ago I feel a bit embarrassed to admit this is the first real blog from the traveling Cuban...and yet there is no denying it, I mean just look around.
Yep, admittedly tardy on the blogging. But you see the pressure was on, though ofcourse I am aware it is only in my head, that doesn't make the loud yelling feel any less deafening, and those who have heard me yell would agree, it's a scary voice in and out. But now 6 weeks have passed and I feel biting the bullet is the only way. If I waited much longer it would feel like a house built that sat empty for a year, uninhabitable. So off we go!
The traveling in the States came to a wonderful close in San Fransisco, staying with the wonderfully hillarious Lizz and Coire ( or "Couarrrr" as James would say), which came after the relaxing Arkansas, the exhausting Miami and the invigorating NYC. All in all a proper adieu to our homeland I think, and now we are upside down and learning to walk with all the blood having rushed to our heads. Heehee....the first of many bad "Down Under" jokes so get prepared.
Thoughts and Realizations from the US tour: I can eat more catfish in a sitting than James. My grandmother is still now and will always be funnier and cooler than me. Chicago officially feels like home, and so does living with Christine who we now both miss horribly. I can live out of a pack much more successfully than I lived out of a closet. If you really want to, you can make seitan anywhere. NY is quieter than you'd think. San Fransisco is colder than I expected. You can't miss Ranch Dressing if you never had it to begin with. Conservatroy kids will find eachother and gather in madness and merriment anywhere there is beer. Evan still makes the best mix 'tapes' in the world.
Auditions for the project begin tonight and I feel really good. The group of wonderfully talented people already signed on is really exciting. Meetings and dates for painting have already started to be made and now all we need is those final two performers to know what our life for the next 2 months will be. I feel good about numbers and am also excited to say that along with piano playing Nick we are looking at 2 accordianists and a cellist for the music and general sound of the show. If I can have the sweet sound of the accordian in everything I do for the rest of my life I will be a happier woman for it truly.
James and I are living in a huge tent on lucy's back balcony and I have to say it feels very lovely and Bedouin-esque which makes me feel very adventurous. It's really quite lovely and I highly recommend this as a solution for long term guests. We get privacy, and don't feel as though we've taken over someone's living space for a pair of months, and you get a funny little Hoover ville out the back door. Everyone wins. Pictures are coming I promise, I am simply getting adjusted and actually haven't taken my camera out much since we arrived just to let my brain and the jet lag adjust to the new surroundings and such. But they will be up soon and I promise to post as soon as they exist.
And now I am off to take a water saver shower (WE'RE IN A DROUGHT FOR CHRISTSAKE!!!).
ciao!
s*
:::head turning right and left quickly until it almost falls off:::
Yep, admittedly tardy on the blogging. But you see the pressure was on, though ofcourse I am aware it is only in my head, that doesn't make the loud yelling feel any less deafening, and those who have heard me yell would agree, it's a scary voice in and out. But now 6 weeks have passed and I feel biting the bullet is the only way. If I waited much longer it would feel like a house built that sat empty for a year, uninhabitable. So off we go!
The traveling in the States came to a wonderful close in San Fransisco, staying with the wonderfully hillarious Lizz and Coire ( or "Couarrrr" as James would say), which came after the relaxing Arkansas, the exhausting Miami and the invigorating NYC. All in all a proper adieu to our homeland I think, and now we are upside down and learning to walk with all the blood having rushed to our heads. Heehee....the first of many bad "Down Under" jokes so get prepared.
Thoughts and Realizations from the US tour: I can eat more catfish in a sitting than James. My grandmother is still now and will always be funnier and cooler than me. Chicago officially feels like home, and so does living with Christine who we now both miss horribly. I can live out of a pack much more successfully than I lived out of a closet. If you really want to, you can make seitan anywhere. NY is quieter than you'd think. San Fransisco is colder than I expected. You can't miss Ranch Dressing if you never had it to begin with. Conservatroy kids will find eachother and gather in madness and merriment anywhere there is beer. Evan still makes the best mix 'tapes' in the world.
Auditions for the project begin tonight and I feel really good. The group of wonderfully talented people already signed on is really exciting. Meetings and dates for painting have already started to be made and now all we need is those final two performers to know what our life for the next 2 months will be. I feel good about numbers and am also excited to say that along with piano playing Nick we are looking at 2 accordianists and a cellist for the music and general sound of the show. If I can have the sweet sound of the accordian in everything I do for the rest of my life I will be a happier woman for it truly.
James and I are living in a huge tent on lucy's back balcony and I have to say it feels very lovely and Bedouin-esque which makes me feel very adventurous. It's really quite lovely and I highly recommend this as a solution for long term guests. We get privacy, and don't feel as though we've taken over someone's living space for a pair of months, and you get a funny little Hoover ville out the back door. Everyone wins. Pictures are coming I promise, I am simply getting adjusted and actually haven't taken my camera out much since we arrived just to let my brain and the jet lag adjust to the new surroundings and such. But they will be up soon and I promise to post as soon as they exist.
And now I am off to take a water saver shower (WE'RE IN A DROUGHT FOR CHRISTSAKE!!!).
ciao!
s*
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