mini vacay

wednesday night, i left the city for the first time in nearly a year. and where did i go? exotic wayne, nj.

highlights of the adventure included walking down the side of the highway with seth from the willowbrook mall to a ramada we had a vague idea of the directions to and passing a billboard about spaggetti trees. actors obsessed with guitar hero. actually enjoying flight of the conchords with seth, rather than just emailing him the music videos. helping load in and out of a theater. and watching a children's theater show i actually liked.

i was invited to ride along in the van to their next stop in connecticut. so i did, and was initiated into the company through mind and word games. that was probably the best van ride through a snow storm ever...it was even punctuated with chunks of ice and snow falling off the roof of the van and smashing on the hood of the vehicle, scaring the shit out of us. fun, fun. i was told that i fit in like i had been part of the company since the beginning of the tour. that's pretty awesome.

so what do i do when i actually have time off and a place outside of nyc to go? more theater. :)

in my dreams...

i had a weird dream this morning in between the first time i woke up and now. i dreamt that i was on tour with dai and we went in to this supermarket. it's was an interesting space, completely underground in an older building and had lots of big, spacious rooms. at some point i realized they left me behind and i tried to catch up with them, but came to this room that was flooded. i think i was barefoot because i didn't want to walk through the water so i got in this shopping cart and used it almost as a raft. then this guy who worked in the store (complete with the white butchers coat and everything) tried to help me get out, but as we got to the main entrance this huge crowd of celebrities were coming down. it seemed totally reasonable that they'd be having some big party in the grocery store. all i could do was stand to the side, wrapped in a blanket and watch the people go by. i saw drew barrymore, julianne moore, and lucy liu. and while i was standing there waiting, all i could think about was where i could leave postcards for my show so that someone would see them.

i think i need a break or a weekend or something. a day off would be nice.