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Yes, I'm still alive.
Hi folks. Yes, I know I've been gone for a while. Some of you have seen a couple of filtered posts, but a lot of you haven't heard from me since late September. So... sorry. I'll do my best to catch you up.
A lot of the reason I've been so reclusive is that I've been seeing somebody new. His name's Jarod; he's a lighting designer in the Theatre department. Elisa introduced us. I've been enjoying myself immensely, often weirdly smiley for no particular reason, that sort of thing. More on him as things develop, I'm sure. We went to see this completely awesome play on Wednesday night. It was the preview performance of the world premiere of Young Jean Lee's newest play, "The Shipment." In the talkback afterward, she told us that she decides her next project based on the play that she would least like to write, and an African-American identity play seemed totally impossible and crazy for a Korean-American playwright. So she wrote it. And it's stunning. You've still got a chance to see it; there are nightly performances through Sunday. Tickets, here, are 10$-16$, and are totally worth it.
In other news, teaching is going well. I'm enjoying my poetry workshop students, and I'm hoping that they're enjoying being in the class. There are some really amazing poems coming up in there, and I'm honored to be able to work with all of them. It's... well, it's nice to know I enjoy it. I was worried that I wouldn't, and then I'd just be totally at sea. I mean, I've been positing this idea of being a poetry teacher for a long time, of working with other poets to advance their skills and mine, and... what if I had hated it? THEN where would I be? So thank Christ for that.
Went to Florida for Kelly & Dan's wedding, stayed with Amanda's parents. It was great fun; very relaxing. Amanda's mom should be pleased to know that we were treated very hospitably :) And I was so happy to be there for K & D. And, you know, to hang around in the beautiful sunshine of Florida. Woot.
Anyway. Uh... fall is good. I'm looking forward to the colder weather. And hopefully the winter chill will force me to hunker down and write. Must move fingers to keep them warm, and all that :)
A lot of the reason I've been so reclusive is that I've been seeing somebody new. His name's Jarod; he's a lighting designer in the Theatre department. Elisa introduced us. I've been enjoying myself immensely, often weirdly smiley for no particular reason, that sort of thing. More on him as things develop, I'm sure. We went to see this completely awesome play on Wednesday night. It was the preview performance of the world premiere of Young Jean Lee's newest play, "The Shipment." In the talkback afterward, she told us that she decides her next project based on the play that she would least like to write, and an African-American identity play seemed totally impossible and crazy for a Korean-American playwright. So she wrote it. And it's stunning. You've still got a chance to see it; there are nightly performances through Sunday. Tickets, here, are 10$-16$, and are totally worth it.
In other news, teaching is going well. I'm enjoying my poetry workshop students, and I'm hoping that they're enjoying being in the class. There are some really amazing poems coming up in there, and I'm honored to be able to work with all of them. It's... well, it's nice to know I enjoy it. I was worried that I wouldn't, and then I'd just be totally at sea. I mean, I've been positing this idea of being a poetry teacher for a long time, of working with other poets to advance their skills and mine, and... what if I had hated it? THEN where would I be? So thank Christ for that.
Went to Florida for Kelly & Dan's wedding, stayed with Amanda's parents. It was great fun; very relaxing. Amanda's mom should be pleased to know that we were treated very hospitably :) And I was so happy to be there for K & D. And, you know, to hang around in the beautiful sunshine of Florida. Woot.
Anyway. Uh... fall is good. I'm looking forward to the colder weather. And hopefully the winter chill will force me to hunker down and write. Must move fingers to keep them warm, and all that :)