If a tree falls in the forest...

If I give up the actor moniker, what would change....?

Oh, God: Book ???

Today I went to lunch with the Atheists for Human Rights. They had their annual Winter Solstice celebration at Ol' Mexico Restaurant this afternoon, and donated gifts to the students at Amy's school. I have to say it was a goofy few hours.

They had a backroom of the restaurant all to themselves, buffet and live atheist band. Yes, live atheist band. Calling themselves "Age of Reason" they managed to screech out a few folksie cover tunes, such as "Bobby McGee", "Imagine" and "Here Comes the Sun". They were fun. The food was alright for buffet, the margaritas were tasty and the average age of the people there was 60+. Quirky, hippy-dippy folks who raise money for causes and bring notice to all sorts of global religious issues, or non-religious issues. Wherever there's an uneven balance of church and state, the atheists are there.

Unfortunately, we had to leave before their holiday skit "A Cruxifiction Story: Dad, Get Me Out of Here!"

Being a former atheist, I appreciated the candor (the agnostic label has stuck for the last few years). It's the ones who latch onto the ritual of "God Bless Us All" without thought beyond the self (ie. except you Muslims) that seems to be problematic.

Happy Solstice! Longer days ahead...

I've determined that there are three types of people who do temporary work...

1. artists

2. underemployed/transitioning/seasonal folks

3. scary/crazy-ass people



Feel free to mix and match at your convenience!

Long night's journey into....night

It's that time of year again! When you wake up before the sun shows itself, and then leave work in the dead of the darkness. It's depressing, but knowing that it'll get lighter sooner, is the only reason I tolerate Minnesota year after year.

I'm also temping again, which is good for the money, but taking the train into downtown is a long haul weekday mornings. It's tolerable enough, and the data entry that accompanies it will last just long enough before it drives me crazy. Still working on finding that day job.

Funny how life works itself out without killing you. Usually.

I've also been working on a couple of ideas for my puppetry project. Admittedly, it's been a challenge this last week actually doing the writing and reading necessary, for starting temp work again tends to sap my strength, and lately coming home and playing Baldur's Gate is about all I want to do. Just a matter of establishing those habits again. The very idea of performing puppetry makes me happy, it's all of the prep work and construction that scares me.