Nothing Is Revealed

The year seems like it should be over, but it's not quite yet.

Androids is over, and was pretty damned successful. Then, the morning after that show closed, and I wasn't acting anymore, I went in to light design Bethlehem or Bust the very funny fight choreography-based retelling of the Three Kings part of the Nativity, a kids' show! (I haven't worked on too many of those)

That show opened on Saturday (I went in to tech it - having done a pre-light the previous day - at 8 am, did a cue-to-cue from 11 am to 1 pm, and it OPENED at 2 pm -- *phew*!) to a VERY happy audience of adults and kids alike, and it looks to be the second show in a row that I've worked on that will sell out most of its performances. Cool.

Tomorrow night, however, I have to go in and actually run the lights for the show, as both of the board ops who will be switching off during the run had unavoidable conflicts come up. Well, there go both of the potential plans I had for tomorrow night . . . and I'm a hair nervous about running it for a house with no practice, but it's a simple show, so there should be no problem. I will be helping out family during the day tomorrow, though, and I'm not fond of having to rush back from Westchester County to run a show in the evening, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

And here's a Random Ten for the week from the 2,533 tracks in an "unheard-as-yet" playlist in the iPod:

1. "That's All Right" - Elvis Presley - The Complete Sun Singles: Volume 1
2. "Woe the Luck" - Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks - Striking It Rich
3. "Romantic Me" - Polyrock - Polyrock
4. "Cyrano de Berger's Back" - X - See How We Are
5. "Rape Me" - Nirvana - In Utero
6. "The Trouble with Boys" - Little Eva - One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost and Found
7. "After The Gold Rush" - Neil Young - Greatest Hits
8. "It's All Right With Me" - Tom Waits - Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute To Cole Porter
9. "Nashira" - Sun Ra - Blue Delight
10. "Fan Mail" - Blondie - Plastic Letters

Here's the video playlist for the above:

Berit kiped a DYMO label-making kit from the "kipple" on the set of Androids, and we spent some time labeling things around the house. This, however, may have been going too far:

Ah, well, off too finally take the air conditioner out of the window, as it's freezing in the bedroom (it hasn't happened yet as all of the props and costumes from the August shows have been piled in front of the AC, and getting to it will be far more difficult than has been worth it -- until today and the COLD). Let's hope I don't make the mess in there even worse...