Day 3

January 26th 2010

Roll em in a circle of ni^&#r# and watch me break em With the seven, seven-eleven, seven-eleven  Seven even back do' lil Joe. I picked up the cash flow Then we played bones, and I'm yellin domino.

In the words of the great Ice Cube - TODAY WAS A GOOD DAY.  My Birthday!!! 

I was able to fix the whole postcard/brochure situation, had to find a new printer - however its in the mail. Had my usual morning coffee/bagel and then headed to the theater. Dave ( who is in the play and also designing the lights) met me their. He suggested i Tell the cast to come an hour later, b/c they would only be in the way. The light plot i have for the play is literally a 6- 7 hour gig to set up. as most of you know in all my plays I use lighting and music as a character in the play. I guess that's my equivalent to spike Lee frequently placing actors on dollies to achieve a gliding or rotating effect. Its my thing, that sets my work apart from others I guess. So we begin designing the lights - 3 hours in - here comes my actors, and sure enough - they have a billion questions for me. i quickly guided them to the dressing room, whereas we could hear them singing ( Thom, Demetrius, and Lamman swear to God they are the new Temptations) I think not. but you can't tell them that. especially Thom. So we finish at 8pm. And to my surprise - Lamman takes all the actors out to celebrate my birthday. It was a good time at B. Smith's in Manhattan. around ten when i though it was over - a huge red velvet cake ( which is my favorite) was brought out to me as the entire restaurant sang happy birthday. Was real special. I thanked everyone for their dedication to my work, and taking this journey to New York with me. they all begin to say " well time to go home." and i had to immediately stop them . I t was time to rehearse. well we hadn't worked on anything today ( just lights) right? and plus , i needed to knock out some kinks in act 2. so they wobbled full bellies and all to the theater. We worked for a few hours, and then i sent them on their way. Yup. Birthdays are wonderful. That's why i have 2 per year.

See ya in the city

Lay