So Much Shade

The Queen throwing mad shade as she helps Jess open her heart in Savasana.

Sunday began with a call from Jess asking if our morning yoga was still on, just as I was texting her to ask her to shoot me a test text to see if my phone was doing it's weird not-receiving-texts thing again. It was. And we were still on despite losing an hour to daylight savings time since someone (ME) went to bed so gd early on Saturday night... (Phone has fixed itself, BTW)

We did a class together in the morning sun and then met up with her boy--from now on referred to as SSM (first time meeting him!!!!!!!)--for a really great brunch (his treat--major points for SSM). (Verdict: I like him. He is soft spoken, but def good people. Can tell he knows Jess and respects her. Approved.)

Then, I headed back to the Columbus Circle area to do my Funikijam training. Monday I actually got to do some teaching, too. We taught part of the classes trading off sections on Sunday, and then, on Monday, another "agent of jam" and myself joined the creator, Brian, in Queens for a day of teaching six 25-minute classes. During the first two we observed and helped out as Brian led the class, then we co-taught two, and we each taught a class solo to end the day. It actually worked out really well. Unfortunately, because of the (3 train and 90-minute) commute, I am not going to be able to teach at that location, but there are plenty of other classes, locations, and opportunities for me to complete my training and start teaching on my own. The full class is 45-minutes long, though, so I have a bit more material to learn before I feel comfortable going at it solo. The next step is to observe one of the teachers, and then maybe help out teaching a couple of the sections in their class, and then teach on my own.

The program is organized into themes, with different 3 week modules within each theme. This is week 2 in the 3-episode module Shenanigans: An Irish Celebration (because St Paddy's Day) and falls within Trip Around the World theme. Spring's theme is World Garden Party, so I'm gonna try to observe and get some time teaching next week (week 3) within the module I've already started to learn. Each class is set-up in the same general order, so it's just about learning the script for each theme and few changes within the module each week.

Yesterday after training at this temp job, I headed to an audition, that mom has already disapproved of, for Naked Tempest. Yup, it's what you think it is. An all-female nude version of the Tempest to be performed twice in Central Park in the middle of May. Mom's not happy, but the audition went super well. I mean, I have a lot of conflicts (Titus techs and runs at the end of April, which that might be a deal breaker), so we'll see.

I have two other (completely clothed) auditions coming up later this week: an audition for the summer season at a theater upstate and an audition for an outdoor performance of As You Like It. Don't worry, mama, in all likelihood I will spend my summer performing in a show wearing clothing.