CHECKING IN! - Again!..

Hello, everybody!

As with my last post from February 12th, 2013, I am checking in with you all, and letting you know that I have not, in fact, forgotten about "BirdieNumNuMilkshake", and will continue to work on it this summer... Especially because the job prospectus is not as promising as expected.... It was a hectic and outlandishly crazy end to the year, and I was fortunate enough to have a part in Marquette University's Spring Musical Production of "Urinetown" (for those familiar with the production, I played Officer Lockstock.) It was, hands emphatically down then back up, one of the most rewarding experiences of my young life. It felt very professionally done, which was neat and very new. It was tons'o'fun, and despite the hectic time, it was rewarding and I would not change anything about the process.

"Urinetown" on Broadway in 2001

But, because of 'Urinetown', I was more than preoccupied with school & the crazy rehearsal schedule - 6 times a week, 6 hours per rehearsal. It was an entirely new examination of my own psyche and time management skills, and felt like an audit of my priorities. However, as an aside and non-sequitur, you should absolutely go see a production of 'Urinetown' if provided with an opportunity to do so - it is a funny and brilliantly written satire of capitalistic entities, which looks to be especially prevalent in our contemporary society.

My next post - I do promise this time, with only one finger crossed over another, making it not consensual - will be a review/hodgepodge of thoughts about "Dr. Strangelove" (1963) with Peter Sellers. As I have mentioned before, too, I'm placing myself at the mercy of AFI's "100 Years... 100 Movies - 10th Anniversary" list, and as of now, I have seen 61 of the 100, and I hope to have seen at least 80 before the summer is over. I just watched "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966) with Elizabeth Taylor & Robert Burton, and it was... strange-but-good, in a Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" sort of way (for me, at least.)

Until then, have a wonderful rest of your day/week, you guys, and thanks so much for reading! Comments are always more than welcome down below!

--Chris