Edinburgh: One Week!

All I can say is wow. Wow. Being here seems still to be completely unreal. Norman has been something of a hit, we have had at least 20-30 people in to see our show for the past three days, and it has felt exhilarating. I feel I am also coming along every day with the Norman character. As I get to know the puppet more, he begins to be his own person.
Had a bit of a rough spot, mostly just because I'm juggling a few too many things in the air. After a bit of a breather, and making a list, I've sorted myself out a bit better, and am feeling much less irritated (in general, at the world) and much more confident to keep trying new things. My confidence has been lacking a lot lately, grad school sort of tore me down so that I was afraid of my own ability. I believe I am getting something of my old (and new in some ways) self back. I want to keep trying to make Norman his own man day by day, and watch how he develops.
My least favorite part of the day is flyering and not for the "obvious" reason. I take it personally when someone scowls in my direction. Now look, I know that it's not my fault that these people are being presented with about a thousand flyers a day, however, I'm not forcing the flyers on those who don't want it either.....it just seems to be a stressful, necessary evil...
However, my compatriots here make each day great fun. Dan is going about producing this show like a mad man, up every day on his computer to make this all work. Naomi has given us great notes after every session, and because of her we are getting back some of the magic that we lost in the transition between London and Edinburgh. It's been a bit of a process, but we are all hitting our own stride. Sure some days it won't be there, but once we have it and know how to keep it/get it back, we will be just fine. Lisa and I have bonded a bit, mostly because we share a room, but also because we are on flyering teams together and we try to have fun with it, which makes the time fly by. Max and Ronan fill the day with wit and song....and Amy, Max's wonderful wife, has kept use well fed and smiling for the week.
It's hard to believe that it is passing so quickly. I feel like I've accomplished a lot and nothing at all. Tomorrow, I must finish my second Norman puppet, so that we can have him flyering the streets, he happens to be a great draw, as people want to come up and meet him. In fact, check out broadwaybaby.com for our review and blipfoto.com to see a shout out to Norman!
Okay, so much to do and so little time to do it! Time now to take the contacts out, relax with a bit of a film and then to sleep after doing some editing of Midsummer.
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