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aamcnamara ([personal profile] aamcnamara) wrote2009-01-17 09:24 pm

in the middle of the night, I go walkin' in my sleep

I appear to have emerged victorious from the morass of essays, papers, and college applications in which I was temporarily submerged. This weekend, which is three days long, has so far done much to recover me. (Books, for one thing. For another, new boots. I usually hate shopping, but I am pleased with these boots.)


My theater class appeared to at least not detest the scenes I put in front of them on Friday, which is a good sign. It's an Icarus telling, twisted and spun through the way that I think about things, and so it both is and is not speculative theater, if I am allowed to make up that awkward phrase. I plan to work on it this weekend, despite the fact that that means sinking myself into his world and not coming out until I feel like I've drowned.

I also want to work on an entirely uncomplicated story. My hope is that the two will balance each other; the Icarus play is exactly the sort of overcomplicated concept that I usually simultaneously delight in and suffer from. Also, it's theater, which I am absolutely certain I am terrible at writing, but I think I have to write it anyway; I've been dancing around the concept since Odyssey, when I was trying to write my slam piece.

We'll see if the theory works, I suppose, though my guess is that if I can figure out the characters in the uncomplicated story, I could at least attempt the balancing act.


Unrelatedly, I've now registered for Wiscon and, apparently, reserved a room to stay in. I'm planning to also register for Fourth Street, but I haven't done that yet. Anyone on here that I can expect to see at either of those places?


Expect more posts to follow, things that I think deserve their own posts, or at any rate will get them.

[identity profile] mrissa.livejournal.com 2009-01-18 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
Fourth Street! Yay!
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[personal profile] aliseadae 2009-01-18 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
Speculative theatre. Hmm. I'm intrigued. And I like the way you think about things.

Hooray Wiscon! I'd love to go to Fourth Street but finding a job will have to happen first and I'll register if said job permits it.

[identity profile] olivia-circe.livejournal.com 2009-01-18 10:35 am (UTC)(link)
Will likely be at Wiscon, pending costs of airfare and my school schedule. But I've only missed Wiscon once in like fifteen years, and am not anxious to do so again. I just wish I could go to Fourth Street. :)