Monday, September 03, 2007

 
20:27: when 2007 started, i said it would be a year of pain. i was right. it took about 8 months before things actually picked up a little. the one person who was once all that made me happy became the main source of my unhappiness for a huge chunk of this year. yes, there still is tension between us. and for my friends who think i'm ok now, i'm not. i meant it when i said i'd stay away, so please don't push it.

i turned into mark cohen. those lines that drove me so long ago when i was first introduced to rent became my motto once more:
"don't breathe too deep... don't think all day... dive into work... drive the other way..." work, luckily, has been kind. the people, the environment, moving up or sideways or whatever... all of it has helped me tremendously. work has made my life a circus, but the dejection was still there. i was very, very close to giving up on a lot of things that used to mean everything to me. and just when i was ready to give up on music, i met someone who rekindled my interest in playing and making music. it sounds maudlin, but it's true.

enter: bassist. i met him in a training class that i was co-facilitating. it wasn't until they actually finished training that we got to talking. turns out, he played the bass. we were looking for a bassist. turned out he played jazz bass. bam! there you go. the following weekend, we jammed with the band. kaboom. the sound i had been looking for. the direction we had been needing. i now have a clearer vision of where things are going. THIS is what i wanted. i admit, i was being hopeful when i first asked this guy if he wanted to join, but seeing how things are going and where things could go... i got more than i had hoped for. yes, tinola is alive. or will be, after i'm done with this play. and i am quite happy, albeit a little frightened.

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19:59: working for ech-bach has been such a blast. i never imagined i'd be this happy in this industry. things have been moving so fast, i haven't had time to write about what's been going on and what changes i've been going through at work. suffice to say that all is well, though. still, every now and then i feel like i need to go back to my roots, specially when a show i can't say no to comes along. a dose of atlantis, like i always say. so i filed for a week-long leave from work to do avenue q and be bobby's bitch.
yeah. i kinda miss being bobby's bitch. but not after i felt the bitch slaps the other week, when i took someone with me to rehearsals. i should have seen that coming. dammit.

avenue q... if, like myself, you grew up watching sesame street, the muppet show, fraggle rock and similar shows, and if, like myself, you laugh at people who tend to be overly politically correct or ludicrously uptight or, hell, if you just like laughing at other people, do watch avenue q. onstage from september 7th to the 23rd at rcbc plaza. showtimes are fridays 8pm, saturdays 2pm and 8pm, sundays 3pm. tickets priced at php 500, php 1000, php 1500. splurge a little. i guarantee, it's a fun show.

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