One More Title Might Do Me In, So…No
Posted by Moose on November 3rd, 2009. Filed under: Daily Happiness.Official fun thing about having an office job one day and the next day not: ALL THIS EXTRA TIME. EXTRA TIME FOR PROJECTS. I do like me some projects. The enthusiasm is occasionally tempered by the sticky black fear regarding things like rent checks and the trembly, ever-so-slight socially-inculcated feeling that I’m not doing my proper civic duty and being a good human being because I don’t have an office job. But I do have job! That job is to track bison through Golden Gate Park for five hours, to discuss the viability of hurling rubber hover sharks from a slingshot, knit iPhone sweaters (see: PROJECT!), observe a quiet yet menacing albino alligator eye the drunk people in search of Weaving Person Most Likely To Drop In For a Snack. These are very important duties, and someone must see to them.
I’ve also returned to theater writing, something I did for years, and I’d forgotten just how much I love it. And how much of a raging perfectionist I am when it comes to luring people into the small theaters of San Francisco. Anyway, I went to see The Creature on Friday, something I highly recommend to everyone in the Bay Area and not just because the playwright is willing to be photographed pouring a pitcher of tequila down his mother-in-law’s throat. It’s a masterful adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, one of my favorite novels. I wrote about it for 7×7 and spent quite a bit of time pondering the title:
The Creature: More Poetry, Fewer Neckbolts!
The Creature: An Eerie Reminder Not to Rip Your Child’s Mate Limb from Limb!
The Creature: Skip Bio 101, Lest the Consequences Be Dire!
The Creature: If You Like Your Family, Don’t Reanimate Corpses!
The play itself is far more elegant than these titles would suggest, hence the many exclamations of “GODDAMNIT!” heard by the small spider on the corner of my desk last night as I pondered. (The spider’s name is Fred. He approves of eight-foot tall monsters. Possibly because they pull attention from his unattractive furriness and draw the average brain away from the need to dispose of innocent fuzzy arachnids.)
Anyway, you should go see it. I’ll be at my desk, pondering random projects.
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November 3rd, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Yay, Amber’s writing about theatre again! I will give her spider more reasons to be glad she’s distracted.
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:40 pm
Sounds fantastic! If only I lived anywhere NEAR San Fran, but alas. However, Hans Gargamel (the incredibly large spider that lives under the corner of the baseboard heater in the bathroom) approves of your choice of muse. Hans and I have an understanding, you see… he (she?) doesn’t bite and/or menace me in the early morning and I don’t squish the ever-loving snot out of him (or her) with a shoe. I may also talk to him in the morning while getting ready. Dont judge.
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Now if only I knew the art of Astral Travel. Darn it! The last good play I saw was Love Letters, and as you may have guessed, I do not have quite the choice of plays to choose from as you do out there.
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:31 pm
The best part about being a stay at home mom (besides the BABY, of course) is how I can be crafty. It’s still not as easy as you might think, but it’s more time than when I worked. If only I could sew with a baby in my lap and not worry about him attaching a finger to my project.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:36 am
Good for you! I am the exact opposite when I go from having an office job to not having one. Which means I do no projects, unless you call watching loads of 90210 re-runs on Soap Net a “project”.
November 6th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
You know, wouldn’t it be nice to split our time… you can go to work for me 50% and I get some of your free time for projects. I haven’t had any projects in ages!
P.S. What happened to your perfect job with the perfect view?