well, i didn't get it.

it's a bummer. the pres of the board of directors of freehold theatre called me on weds night to say that
1) it was a *really tough* decision
2) it came down between me and another person
3) they *really* liked me
4) the other person had 5 years more experience
5) they'd love to hire me in 3 years.

grrrr. i'd love to get experience so i can have exerperience so someone can hire me. i had made up my mind that i would accept and move again (to seattle) if i had gotten the job. but no job. so, it was a sign. not meant to be or something.

in the meantime, i go home and clear my head for 2 weeks. and enjoy the freezing new england winter for the holidays. and tonight i'm going with tracy, caitlin and jesse to see 'white christmas' - the MUSICAL (not the film) in san francisco. hooray! i'm ready for that.

it's beginning to look alot like christmas! (even in oakland)

can't believe i haven't posted more lately! here are some great pics - tracy and caitlin and cait's friend lauren as we suited up to go ICE SCATING!!!!


and two pics of thanksgiving preparation - adam and i were exhausted with our baking duties. seriously. i was so tired. three pies and one torte later, i think we were both ready for a nap.


and THIS is our christmas tree. decorated last night with lots of laughs by myself, tracy, jesse, caitlin and adam. then it fell over. so trace, adam and i "rigged" it up (as lisa burke would say) by wrapping two lines of twine around the trunk and tying them to the wall, to keep it upright. dad would be so proud. unfortunately, adam was left trapped between the tree, the wall, and the cabinet to the right of the tree. he was croaking for help and then decided that if only he could sit down and stick his legs out, someone could grab his ankles and pull him clear of the tree. it worked. and now our tree's upright, and adam is just a little prickly as a result. it was HILARIOUS, though. a good time was had by all.

still waiting to hear about the job i interviewed for in seattle last week. sooooo nervous. so nervous. send me well wishes. i'm missing boston and snow a lot lately (especially when it's 70 degrees and sunny here - like, every day), so can't wait to go home next tuesday, 12/20 (arriving horribly jetlagged on weds 12/21). watch out. i expect to see ALL of my old boston pals. (that means YOU!)

high anxiety.

i'm in seattle this weekend. was flown up by the freehold theatre co (www.freeholdtheatre.org) to interview for their managing director position. interviewed on weds and then maddy and i are going down to portland to see sara rigles' ballet students perform 'the nutcracker'.

in the meantime, i'm seriously anxious about this job. SERIOUSLY ANXIOUS.

damn you, andrew lloyd weber!!!

had the most fun last night with new friend marta and her fiance drew, his friend ian who was visiting from nc, and marta's friend meg. you might remember these folks from last week's sound of music adventure. WELL, we had another adventure last night. i met up with everyone at a thai place in the mission last night, and marta immediately brought up "phantom". Because apparently drew and ian share a deep love of the music of the night. it was hilarious. ian had brought the dvd, and the two were trading lines of song all night long.

i had been super into "phantom" once upon a time. in 7th grade. when mr. anzivino, our music teacher, introduced us to the score in music class. i was obsessed. i had the double cd soundtrack and i saw it for my birthday at the majestic in nyc - my uncle mike got us fabulous tickets. and then, somehow, i was done with andrew lloyed weber. but he is not done with me. because last night i had to listen to practically the entire play belted along the sidewalks of san francisco, and at bar counters across the mission.

among other interesting topics of discussion: marta's stint as a christian puppeteer, which included an informative lesson on the art of puppeteering; a brief conversation about my cable access tv experience; and a heated debate on the definition of the word "species" (for example, if a chihuahua and a wolf met in the woods, and were both in heat, would they get it on, or would they not? if you forced them to, would they produce non-sterile offspring? would it be physically possible for a female chihuahua to get it on with a male wolf? is it a question of physical size, or amorous ambition?) it was a pretty fun discussion.

so, again i hung with some great new friends in san francisco, and yet have a job interview next week in seattle. which makes me nervous and sad and excited and anxious.

after getting home at 3am, i was awoken at 8:30 by caitlin and about 20 of her crazy 7th grade friends screeching and jumping on the trampoline directly outside my bedroom window.