Morning Flashes

It's real early in the morning. Berit and I both got tired and went to bed much earlier than usual, and have both woken up much earlier than usual, even considering bedtime, both of us feeling unwell for different reasons.

So, she's sitting in a bubble bath reading Dashiell Hammett's The Continental Op and I'm given up on either trying to fall back asleep or wake up completely - neither is a go.

And as it's Friday, might as well get the weekly ritual done. Here's a random ten from the iPod this morn:

1. "Celebration on the Planet Mars" - The Raymond Scott Project - Powerhouse volume 1
2. "In Love With Love (remix)" - Debbie Harry - Freestyle's Greatest Beats - Volume 3
3. "Reagan Youth" - Reagan Youth - Youth Anthems For The New Order 12" EP
4. "Things In General" - The Prefects - Are Amateur Wankers
5. "Little Darlin'" - The Diamonds - Back to the 50s 03
6. "Upon Your Leaving" - Paul Revere & The Raiders - Rato's Nostalgia Collection 19
7. "You Cut Up The Clothes" - Mrs. Washington & Co. - MOJO: The Score
8. "The Operative: - Magazine - Scree Rarities 1978 - 1981
9. "Sparks I" - The Who - 09/29/69 Amazing Journey Live at Concertgebouw Amsterdam
10. "Only Darkness Has The Power" - The Mekons - The Mekons Rock'N'Roll

Heck of an odd, all-over-the-place mix. Nice. More good stuff coming up after these, too - The Animals, "House of the Rising Sun." Nice.

Rehearsals continue well. Ambersons is mostly blocked, and looking good. Harder work to come, but we're ahead of where we usually are at this point.

I've had to cancel a couple of rehearsals each of Everything Must Go and Spell - it's got to the point where I have to write script now to move forward with each - which was after a few rehearsals of EMG and only one Spell meeting. Had some breakthroughs in writing Spell yesterday and got quite a few pages done, which I now have to transcribe into the computer from my longhand journal. I have to get Berit to organize and type out her notes from the work we did on both shows with the actors, so I can have it handy and I can send it to them.

No work on Harry in Love since the first reading. More next week on that one.

Just took a couple of photos of Hooker and Moni - unlike usual, used a flash as the room is dim, and got some odd, interesting distortions:

Okay, time for cereal, coffee, and work on Spell . . .