#21 - And They Call This The Cold Season

I'm sitting here at B-Floor watching rehearsal at eight minutes to nine at night. We're all sweating despite the fans blowing and they say this is the cold season.

The official poster for the play.  Before you laugh, no I did not choose the title.

I finished my second week at the new job and thanks to the new schedule I've been participating in the rehearsals with B-Floor. Participating is a bit of a strong word, maybe it's really just observing and advising.. I've definitely helped in the writing but the majority of the total performance is created by the directors and the company as a whole. Nana rightfully so keeps pushing for a more contiguous story than B-Floor usually puts together. Rather than a series of loosely connected theatrical dance scenes she wants to convey a real story and I'm her main tool in getting that done.

A promo shot I've been working on for the play.

The new job has been a roller-coaster affair. One day I'm certain we're going to accomplish amazing beautiful exciting things and the next I'm convinced we're headed towards failure. It's all a challenge though and I'm thankful that I trust and respect my new boss. I usually work about ten hours a day and though some days I have to be creative for nine of those hours there are other days where I deal almost completely with administrative tasks. Over the next two months I should be cranking out a number of films including but not limited to, a vacation/tourism video, a music video or two, a documentary on the Binumi staff, a comic film short, an EFL lesson for young learners, a couple of business promos, a video book report and the list goes on and on. On some of the films I'm actually the writer and creative force but on others I take on the role of a producer. Needless to say ten hours a day is hardly enough time when you consider I'm also charged with getting an entire years worth of educational curriculum ready for sale by the end of January.

My girlfriend is awesome.  She brought me beer back from Cambodia.

A cute bathroom sign.

 The flooding in the apartment was just as I expected, pissed off girl friend left the faucet running and hit the road while the husband was on a business trip. I'm pretty sure the official story is still that a pipe burst but at the end of the day the damage doesn't affect us so really what do we care...as long as it doesn't happen again.

Can you tell which ones my student drew and which
one I drew?

As one of my final lessons at Wall Street I had to do a directions lesson. I made this city complete with Sam's Bank, Fern's Garden, Murray's Concert Hall, Max Sound, Lia's Studio and so on and so on.

Nana cares quite a lot about Christmas and it just so happens her entire family is going to be in Thailand during the holiday. We are all planning a little island get away and with my new job I'll be able to make it. If I was working at Wall Street still there's no way I could've gotten the time off so she's very happy about the new job. After toiling away at things that are only half worth working at but necessary I finally have a place and a purpose that feels vital.

Adios mi familia, I love you all.

They got me birthday cake at Wall Street.

-Adam