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This is How I Procrastinate

The Four Wombats of the Apocalypse

1. By the end of this week, I will be done with my first year of college. Yikes. When did that happen? Time frightens me sometimes. It feels like just a month ago that I spent my first night at Hampshire-- sitting in my room, unsure of what to do with myself, then hearing music coming from the quad, wandering out and finding one hundred students milling and listening to gypsy jams, accordion, fiddle, guitar. I seem to recall "Wagon Wheel" being a crowd favorite. Still is. And now, I have less than a week left before I am a second year. I feel like the older I get, the faster time moves. All of a sudden, I'll spin around and be home.

2. I shouldn't speak so soon, as I still have to write a ten page research paper on Revelations (that shit is craaaay-zayyy). My favorite characters were definitely the four horsemen of the apocalypse and the Whore of Babylon. Because honestly, just look at 'em-- what's not to like?

3. It has been far too beautiful to do work. Today was sunny and 75 degrees, with a gentle breeze twirling through the new leaves. Now that the sun has set, the pavement is still holding on to the heat of the day. I switched monitoring shifts, so I am working the Wednesday 10pm - 2am shift tonight instead of Friday night. This is awesome because it means my Friday night is free, but unfortunate because I can't be outside enjoying the evening.

4. This evening I watched a one-woman show by Peggy Shaw, one of the pioneers of feminist theatre. It was pretty interesting, and I always appreciate seeing different types of performances, now that I am thinking more seriously about pursuing playwriting. Her play was about the body, as a sort of theatrical map of her body. She incorporated some really fantastic theatrical devices into her show, combining lighting, projected visuals, sound, and live performance. The entire set was just a white projector screen in the center of the stage and a stool. The most unique and interesting moment of the show for me was the ending, when she stripped off her shirt and stood with her chest to the white screen, her back exposed to the audience, and projected different patterns of light across her skin, many of them being microscopically close images of the human body, which switched to the beat of a song. She had a lot of really unique approaches to using theatre as a multi-media experience.

5. The other day, Yahoo News, my favorite ridiculous, unreliable news source, featured an article entitled, "Wombats: A Quieter Alternative to Lawn Mowers." I cannot for the life of me locate the article now; they must have taken it down. But by god was it glorious.

Love,

Genna