Police sketch
So today I got home from work to find a notice stuck in my door that told about the break-ins and what security precautions we should be taking. Nothing I hadn’t already thought of, but I did want to ask exactly what the site manger was going to be doing.
They did put up all the fire escape ladders, so none of them are at ground level and easily accessible.
Not that they’re hard to get at, but they do make a lot of noise when they are pulled down. I also got a 2x4 to put in the door that makes it impossible to open. I can’t say I feel that much safer.
The creepiest part of this notice was the second page. That page is a police composite computerized version of what they think the guy who did the break-ins looked like. Really, really, creepy.
I haven’t slept well in ages.
Tuesdays are way too long for me. I think I’m just worn out by the end of the night and I still have three workdays to get through. I spend so much energy doing all the emoting and choreography that I’m like a dishrag.
I get so worked up, and revved up at rehearsal that I find it hard to sleep when I get home, then I’m wiped out in the morning. So it becomes a two day thing.
I think one of the hardest things about this is that I’m acting all the time when I’m at chorus, and that takes a lot of energy. I don’t just mean acting when I sing, either, I mean in trying to be upbeat and pleasant to the other people in the chorus. I don’t want my mood to drag them down, so I smile and pretend.
It’s exhausting.
School is always tiring. I am finally feeling as if my paperwork is almost under control, although if you were to look at my desk you’d never get that impression. You know the game "Jenga", where the sticks are piled up and you try to take things from the bottom without toppling the structure?
That’s my desk. Books and folders at precarious angles, all in danger of landing on the floor at any moment. Hopefully by the end of the week I’ll be able to send all the paperwork to the designated destinations and will actually have space again.
I have a huge meeting in the morning so I need to see if I can get some sleep.
Listening to: Savage Garden
Reading: The Pilot’s Wife Anita Shreve and Letters from New York Helene Hanff
Weather: 45, sunny
Trivia: What famous French artist's work hung upside down for 47 days before someone realized it? The painting Le Bateau, created by Henri Matisse in 1961, hung upside down at the Museum of Modern Art in New York for over a month before someone noticed and fixed it. One wonders what people made of the improperly hung painting during that period.
Cool word: bedlam [n. BED-lum]
Bedlam describes a noisy lack of order, a scene of confusion. Near synonyms include chaos, pandemonium, hubbub and uproar. Example: "When the referee awarded the penalty kick, complete bedlam broke out among the home team's fans." The word is a corruption of Bethlehem the popular name for the Hospital of St. Mary Bethlehem in London, England, which was used to house the mentally ill. In 1403, the asylum became Britain's first to exclusively serve this purpose. Bedlam is capitalized when used as a noun describing a lunatic asylum. It was also used in the early 16th century to refer to an insane person. Madmen were labeled Tom O'Bedlams. In Shakespeare's King Lear, Edgar disguises himself as a Tom O'Bedlam.
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