I wish I was joking. It really ran an hour and sixteen minutes. Of course, we started and stopped. I suppose my biggest concern about the show running long is that I'll have to cut something. I don't actually think this is going to happen, just because I think things will pick up speed, but it's a bit of a nightmare of mine. Okay, not nightmare. Just a stupid thought that gets stuck in my head. I have cut a whole hour from a show before, so it's not that I'm not able to take the clippers to my writing and come out with a nifty buzzcut, it's just that this show has me charmed and I don't want to change a thing. Yes, back in love with my show. It happens.

Dana read everyone the riot act about not knowing their lines. I think Wednesday will be better. I mean, we've reached the quota for not great rehearsals and we're...eleven days (I had to count on my fingers) from opening night. It'll happen. Somehow. I have faith in this. It has meat, now. It just needs to gain a few pounds.

Oh, and the soundtrack. Eek. No vocals and blackouts don't last long either. Oooop. I don't know how this is going to go, but I'm nervous. I want to make it good. Of course, Maria, Jeremy and Jocelyn are on board, but it's still a weird thing to do. I haven't made a soundtrack in four or five years. I can't wrap my head around what the end product will look like (I'm actually intentionally trying to surprise myself--I know, it's stupid), so the music part should be interesting. Besides, my music taste is...strange? I don't know. It's not like I'm super into indie-rock or local bands (oooh, that could be cool), so I don't mean strange like that. I mean more like...I don't know if my associations are good.

Basically, I'm nervous about everything. That's the easiest way to put it. But then, I'm always nervous about something. I'm keeping the faith, though. I know opening night will go down like it should.

The photos tonight I really liked, but the settings aren't great. They're a little grainy, but I kind of like the raw quality they have. I was sitting on the other side of the room tonight, so I got different angles.

Click here for photos from rehearsal on January 29, 2007 (Click here for slideshow)