The Wandering Mind

Hey, everyone! I'm back! ...Hopefully.

It's been a while, huh? A little over a month... About 5 weeks? Well, let me fill you in with what's been going on. About five weeks ago is when rehearsal for my school's production of Into the Woods really started picking up. As in, there were several days in the past weeks where I would, between class, work at the library, homework and rehearsal, work 16-hour days, at least. Probably an average of two or three of those a week. Hence, there's been little chance to blog. But, the show wrapped up last week (after four fantastic performances, plus two half-shows for local school kids), and now I have time.

Other than the musical, life has been relatively uneventful. (No time for anything else!) I got Rock Band 3 yesterday, and it's exceptional. Oh, and my car window got stuck in the down position after one of my performances one night! THAT was fun. Other than that... Ah. There is one thing that's been going on.

After the final performance on Sunday, I went with some fellow cast members to a recent graduate's house to hang out. In the process, I agreed to join their D&D group. This is no monumental step, since I've been a part of two other role-playing groups in the past. But a few moments ago, something struck me that I'd like to talk about.

We all have ideas about how the future's going to turn out. For example, before I went off to college, I figured I'd join the theatre department and that I'd find a group of people to, if not play D&D, at least hang out and play video games with. Little did I consider that these two groups would be the same. That's not what really caught my fancy, though. I was struck instead with a simple question: Why not? In my experience with theatre people, they're the type to have similar interests to mine. Not all of them, of course, but a disproportionate amount. I'm not sure I have the right answer to my question, but I do have an answer.

When I imagine the future, I like to divide the events I'm predicting into separate strings, only rarely connected with others when necessary. The truth of the matter is, though, everything is connected to something else. I wouldn't have met that person if I hadn't taken that class, and then I wouldn't have met their friend, etc., etc. (Before you start wondering, I'm speaking hypothetically here)

...I'm not sure where I'm going with this. (I haven't done this for a while, OK?) But we'll see how this sounds: No matter how disconnected and alienated you feel because of what you're going through, it's bound to weave into something someday.

Yes? Yes. All right. If you'll excuse me, I have several unimportant things to do.

Three random thoughts:
1. w00tstock 2.10 will be in Dallas this Wednesday, and I'm going to be there! So very excited!
2. I have to strongly recommend Rock Band 3. I know there's been a lot of games coming out lately, but this is a really good one. The keyboard performs like a dream, and I'm actually being challenged by a rhythm game again! It's glorious.
3. I think I've developed an addiction to Sonic's Happy Hour. But, considering the fact that I haven't been drinking much water lately, this will probably help keep me hydrated. Hooray!