onward and upward. please, God, don't let the yetis eat me.

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HOLA, COMERADES.

That is not usually how I begin my blog posts, you are probably aware. Honestly, I stole that just now from Amanda F. Palmer, who writes the rawest most exciting Kickstarter Project Updates ever. (Other Kickstarter-ers: take note!)
I am sitting at someone else's kitchen table, in South Chicago, at 7:30 in the evening (which for me, since I have hardly slept since for the last two days, feels like 2 in the morning), and I thought I was tired until I read her post about what she's been up to.

(Oh, and that link is, if you scroll down far enough, quite NSFW.)

I stand corrected. I am far from really, truly tired. I am merely fortitudinally inconvenienced, that's all.


Supershort update of what's been happening, because I can hardly concentrate well enough to make words work:

- My time with NYS&F has come to an end. Excellent people were met, crazy folk were experienced, new things were learned. I had a rare experience with some truly fantastic and brilliant people, and although we were all dog-tired and ready for it to be over by the end, it was an experience I'm really glad I had.

- Also, they threw us a classy party, and I received an OFFICIAL HOODIE. Pics when I am less comatose.

- I took a cab and a train and a train and a train to get here. And the last one tried to deep-freeze us overnight, which is why I have not slept. If I could have gotten to my suitcase and dug all my clothes out and put them on to protect me, I would have.

- Got lost in the transit system immediately upon arriving in Chi-town. (You'd think I'd know the place by now, wouldn't you? If so, you'd be wrong!) This was not exactly fortuitous, but I was too busy carting my body weight in luggage around to worry about it.

- Once I finally arrived, I tried to nap. Which means I sprawled on the (blessedly soft and non-camp) guest bed and freaked out about money. Classic l. e. yar, ladies and gentlemen.

- Tomorrow, I'm off to see some friends, look at an apartment I might be moving into (more on that story to come), meet my new Piccolo Theatre coworkers and see a run-through of the play I'll be working on. And then all next week, I have interviews and followup calls and all manner of busyness to deal with to make this day job happen. Once I am rested, it will be all kinds of exciting! Right now, it's overwhelming and terrifying and I really just want to curl up in a ball and have someone else figure life out for me. I'm sure that's never happened to any of you before.

Good night, friends, and thanks for reading. Onward!