a weekend home in indianapolis preparing for my sister's wedding made my head spin. so many decisions made with clear-headedness and calm, though. impressive. i make no promises that i'll behave in the same manner. it's daunting to think of starting that process.

maybe i'll just shower first.

alright.

here's where i sit. my kitchen table. round, white, new-old. mason jar full of iced coffee. a plant rescued and nurtured back to health, sunglasses, a journal, a phone, fruit, basil flowers in a small vase with water.

here's where i am. my kitchen in brooklyn. crooked, humid, full of color. two fans blow on me, one cat looks at me. the sound of showering, peppered by the occasional chainsaw down below.

here's what's happening. the beginning of the end of a long-short summer, hot, sticky, fast, full of commitments and planning and parties and decisions. i wonder if i can simplify things? i wonder if it's possible to have an actual summer anymore. maybe we should just start calling it "that time of the year that's hotter than the rest of the year."

i don't wish this summer different, but i wish for the next one to be simpler. i like simple.

the future of my avocado plant is uncertain, but i still keep watering it.

oh crap.

i haven't blogged in for-ev-er.

soon, my pretties...soon...

soup's on.

well, well, well...we opened "the soup show!"

i am incredibly proud of our work on this show, not to mention the fact that we made it in just under two months. but hey, that's the neo-futurists for you...tireless workers, endless imaginers, relentless suppliers of ideas. we make theatre like it's our job. because it is.

come see "the soup show." you won't regret it.

hello.

yep. i'm still alive, y'all. and this time, i'm directing.

three incredible lady neos and i are working hard to cook you up something special. it's the first full-length show from the ny neos this year and we're calling it "the soup show." it will be performed at HERE arts center from march 4th-27th and we are super-excited about it.

and now, a list! a list of things that may or may not appear in the show:

• vegetables
• swimming caps
• knife-throwing
• a sequined bust of margaret sanger
  
• an actual hot tub
• hundreds of glass bottles
• a live chicken
• hula hoops
• a cardboard cutout of patrick swayze
• art (both visual and otherwise)

now, i'll leave it to you to decide what you think will actually appear in the show. i will note that one of these items was a prop for my 3rd grade dance recital number. think it over.

also, if you like the twitter and the facebook, feel free to connect with "the soup show" there.

"keeping a spare straw for you*"

*video by ms. erica livingston