Busy busy busy...

...Mostly in a good way. The weekend was superpacked - Richard II at classic stage company on friday. Michael cumpsty in the title role: i've been a fan since i saw him in my first ever shakespeare in the park, "all's well that ends well," way back when i was first in town. SO good with language, and R2 is a play that gets kind of ignored these days - unfairly, in my opinion. So that was fun (better than his 'hamlet,' in the same space, if you ask me. He seemed to fit the room better this time.)

Then saturday i helped on the jersey side of the beth and peter move - my place is my own again! It's kind of weird still, but i'm definitely psyched, and i know they are psyched too. After loading up the truck i worked on the place for a while (it's going to take a while longer, but i can envision things sooo much better now) then paid a visit to the block party with elizabeth, a friend from the 'boken. Hoped to see soem people i know (a couple and their child), but they weren't there. Then e-beth and i went to chelsea for an art opening. Met up with frank and amanda, some of my best friends, and their kids - one of the artists is amanda's stepmom. It was good stuff, plus it was fun to be there for the frank and e-beth reunion: they went to high school together and haven't seen each other since. THEN, up to the helen hayes for the kiki and herb show. Very much fun, courtesy of a gal i met online. Can't quite figure out what's going on there. We have a good time when we see each other; then just when i think things are good she disappears; then just when i've written her off, she reappears. This has happened like three times. Kinda past caring at this point.

Sunday i went to the gym, did some errands, then headed up to inwood to see beth and pete's new place and watch the tennis finals. Did a couple loads of laundry and met a few of their new neighbors (there was a barbeque going on in the courtyard). Oh, and while i was there, i got a call that i have been cast in one of the shows i tried out for last week! So that's cool. It's at La MaMa on east 4th street. [I don't want to talk about my audition on friday. There has been a very weird trend for me lately where i nail the auditions i don't care so much about, and blow the ones i do. Odd kind of nervousness that isn't my typical trend, and i don't like it.] I'm psyched about the show i'm in, though. I'll write more about that as it progresses. And i had a pretty good audition (for a show i do care about) today; not as good as i'd like, but better that some of my recent experiences.

Yesterday of course was the 5th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks. I can't say a whole lot about that that hasn't been said. Brought up lots of memories, and a lot of people were sharing theirs. Very moving, in (thankfully) a very different way from what we felt five years ago. However much i might disdain the president and his administration's opportunism in the face of such an event, let me add in the same breath that i love this country and this city and its people and their resilience and courage and heroism. I'm not going to use this as a political forum, at least not much, at least not yet. Tony kushner put it brilliantly and simply: 'the great work begins.'

Tonight i'm playing tennis with abner... Should be fun; we shall see.