It’s been hard for me to keep up the writing, as I’ve been so busy lately with Rocky Horror. The show is coming along just fine, although I am still dealing with my vocal insecurity. We had our first run last week and it took three evenings to get through a show that’s less than two hours long, but we managed to seal up most of the holes while doing so and hopefully things will start to run smoother as we head toward opening.
I’m still doing improv when I can, but it’s pretty much down to one day a week (usually Saturdays). Once Rocky opens I’ll have more time during the week, but probably won’t be able to do any improv until it closes. (Maybe a couple of Sunday evenings… if I go from my matinée in Burien to the Market Theatre in Seattle.)
AT&T cut off the service to my iPhone the other day due to my outstanding balance. They didn’t have an open call-centre (at least not one that I could reach from the automated system they shaft you to whenever you try to dial out), so I was forced to shell out a doozy of a credit card payment over the phone and wait for them to restore service “within 30 minutes”… after waiting for over an hour I gave up and went to sleep.
The next day I called them on my mercifully reconnected phone and politely explained that I had no problem paying my bill if they would be so kind as to actually start sending them to me. I knew they had my correct address because I had received a piece of mail two days ago – I had assumed it was the bill I’d been waiting for (I was originally going to wait until the weekend to open and pay it), but it turned out to be the notification that they were turning off my phone. When I asked the agent if I would start receiving my bill now, he replied with “definitely”, but when I followed up with if he could tell me why I hadn’t received one yet, he responded that no, he couldn’t. They were accommodating enough and reversed the $36 reconnect charge without a fuss, though. I’m not thrilled, but I still prefer them to Helio.
I have been taking fish oil pills to help protect my voice… after a few weeks it’s supposed to assist in keeping the vocal cords more lubricated. Don’t know if they’re helping or not, but they make me burp, and each burp has the taste of fish, so I don’t think I’ll be keeping up this regimen after the show closes.
*fishburp*
Dan.