george fish

this week i've been writing a play and watching major league baseball.

what?!

i'm writing a play about scientists, and i'm watching sports?

the kate from 1997, who was interested almost exclusively in stephen sondheim and pointe shoes, is looking at the kate from 2009 with mouth agape and brow furrowed.

baseball and scientists? is that a musical?

anyway, as it turns out i'm a yankees fan, with a particular bent toward giving the players funny nicknames. Jorge Posada, for example, is George Fish. 'cause Posada sounds like pescada. which means "fish." George Fish. He likes it.

also, i'm submitting my NYFA grant today. i'm feeling good about it, but i can tell it's going to be the same situation as auditions: for every 100 auditions/grant applications, you get ten callbacks/interviews, and maybe 1 job/grant bucket of money. it's a numbers game. like in baseball when they put up that little graphic-design box with numbers that i can't decipher. RBI... means... Revolutions.... Baseball... Intense?

anyway, this week is another grant app and writing the end of act 1 in the bacteriologist play.

and, i can't believe i'm going to say it, this week means finding out who wins the world series. fingers crossed for the yankees.

what?!