During August and September, some of us took a lead climbing course in Hong Kong. I am now a certified Lead Climber with all the gear to prove it. It was nice to get out and do something different for a change and rock climbing carries a certain challenge and satisfaction that I don't get out of my job. We had a great group of people participate as well and from all different departments of the theater. I definitely made some friendships that would not have been made otherwise.
In September, we celebrated ONE YEAR of our opening. In other words, our one year anniversary. Sometimes words escape me and I end up writing stupid things like that. We were treated to a visit by The Man himself, who thanked us for making him look good before jetting off to Beijing to sign a contract on his next project. We also were "invited" to watch a presentation of the past, present, and future projects of the company. One of them being in Wuhan, which is mainland China. Whoever does The Man's story boards and marketing presentations is a genius because it almost made me want to work on that project. And then I remembered it's on the mainland. Cross that one off the to do list. Kung Fu Panda the Tour is going to be pretty cool and I would consider working on that for sure. But it only debuts in Shanghai. It doesn't stay there. Bonus. It is also scheduled to tour North America and Europe and there is some AMAZING technology involved, but this is what happens when The Man partners with DreamWorks and there is a lot of money and crazy ideas floating around. We got some decent swag too. A pretty nice all-weather jacket WITH zip-out fleece lining and it's even got the company logo embroidered on the pocket. Fancy stuff.
Our anniversary party was pretty swank too. We celebrated like three or four times, all of which I would love to show you pictures of, unfortunately, they were on my camera that got stolen at the Atlanta Aquarium. Rubbish. They had food and drink stations everywhere. Slip n Slide, giant pool, water slide, hot tub, band, photo station. They fed us shots when we walked in the door and picked up our party hats. It was all downhill from there. But the best part was, we were all together away from work. We get along really well when there's no work involved. Not to mention free food and free drinks. There was an after party as well, but I didn't quite make it out to that. Good beer and the water slide pretty much ended my night. But I am OK with that.
October was quiet except for the dark. Those are never quiet. We were super super busy for two weeks. We planned and strategerized for at least two or three weeks and then everything went to hell in a hand basket. Like anything else would happen. I think I worked overtime every day. That pay check is going to be sweeeeeeeeeet. My bruise collection was pretty impressive by the end of the two weeks. I love the dark, it's the only time I actually feel like I am working. Most of the rest of the time I feel like I'm just "working".
In the meantime, if anyone knows of a super amazing, old, in good condition house with a lovely/sizeable backyard, a working fireplace, and at least one bathtub in New Orleans, holler at your girl. I'm in the market and I want a house with personality in The City of Personality.
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