Seattle Bound

[thehefner]

I have booked a flight for Seattle at the end of January. It won't be a long trip, just four days, so I'm hoping to make as much of them as possible. I'll be able to stay with my brother and his wife during that period.

There are three goals in this:

1.) Trying to find a gig to perform THE HEFNER MONOLOGUES for several performances. Additionally, my brother's mother-in-law is a filmmaker, so by planning out these performances, I can also plan out what will be needed to get a professional-quality recording of the show. Worst case scenario, I get a demo reel. Best case, I get a movie/things to put on YouTube. But I can't do this until I get the show polished even more. Work out those kinks, get the transitions up to speed, figure out what the hell is wrong with the first five-ten minutes, and what can be fixed.

I'm determined to make this work, in case you were wondering.

2.) To see Nicola again. She'll be in Port Townsend for the month at an internship at a poetry publishing house, but is very willing to drive over to see me. The next week, she'll be off to teach English in Chile for the next year or so. The lengths I'll go for my oldest crush.

3.) To eat west-coast salmon again and fresh-made donuts at the Pike Place Market. They're worth the plane ticket alone.

But now, I sleep. Between getting new registration and getting a new driver's license (my address is wrong, and besides, I still have the original "provisional" license) I have a looooooooooooong day at the MVA ahead of me.

Comments

[angrylemur.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I think about moving away from the west coast - you know, when it rains like all the time.

But then I think about the fact that I can get fresh west coast salmon any time and I stop thinking about moving and go to the Granville Island Market.

It'd be neat if you could do a show in Seattle - I might be able to make it down, but I'm already taking time off for Christmas, so I dunno. It'd have to be a weekend.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Well, the Seattle shows should ideally be at least three-six months off, at least. The trip in January is just to scout for gigs and establish battle plans. And visit the old crush.

But yes, it definitely would have to be a weekend. Only weekends from now on for Heffie.

[angrylemur.livejournal.com]

Ah, gotcha. And hey, I'm heading down there to visit a crush soon, myself.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

As long as it's not my crush, which would be far too Hefnerian (but hardly the most Hefnerian thing I've ever had happen).

[angrylemur.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha, I highly doubt that.

Given that I tend to handle crushes like this (http://katebeaton.com/Site/Comics_Library/Pages/Conversations_with_a_younger_self.html#4), that scenario actually might work out in your favour, though. Would that be Hefnerian? I know I would be amused, at least.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

I somehow continue to fail to understand this mentality, and yet it's increasingly making a terrifying kind of sense.

It might well be Hefnerian. It could be close enough.

[angrylemur.livejournal.com]

You say that as though anyone understands that mentality.

I wish my last name lent itself that well to a catchy word describing my stories. "Robbinsian" just doesn't have the same ring, alack.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Point.

... Robbinsesque?