Last night, Karen, Alex and I went shopping at Wal-Mart so that Karen and I could get some new clothes. I love shopping for clothes at Wal-Mart. LOVE it. Why, you may ask? BECAUSE I CAN. Because before I lost the extra poundage, the only place I could shop was Casual Male. For what I would have gotten one pair of pants and a shirt for at Casual Male, I got two pair of shorts, a pair of jeans, two button up shirts, two pair of workout shorts, a swimsuit, a belt and a pair of shoes. What’s even better, is that I am down yet another size in my pants and my shirts. Size 40 pants were purchased last night, and I’m wearing XL shirts now. Truly getting into “normal” sizes. For those of you who don’t know, when I started this I was wearing size 60 pants and 4X shirts. And the pants were getting tight.

I haven’t heard anything about Titus Andronicus yet, but I’ve decided that really doesn’t mean a damn thing. The director did contact me yesterday, and asked about the conflicts that I listed on my audition form. I’ve been wondering if that meant I would be cast in one of the minor, multi-character roles. I realized that wouldnt’ be such a bad thing, though. Honestly, I know who I would have cast in the 4 major parts male parts that are not pre cast from the auditons on Monday night, and I wasn’t one of them. “ranney” is already in the show as Aaron, and if David casts the way I would have the other night, he could have one hell of a show on his hands, and it would be a genuine honor to work with those individuals (Brian Shea in particular. I’ve become a really big fan of his work, and would love to see him in the rehearsal process). So, in any case, if David offers me a part I’ll be accepting it gladly. I just hope I have more lines than “Yes, M’lord.” 🙂

This next bit will only make sense to those of you who know what the Bad Girl Swirl is. Please feel free to skip this part if you don’t.

I’m starting to drift from the Swirl again. Yet another Don Juan thread has started, and of course this has brought all of the Don Juan defenders out of the woodwork. I’m sick of them. I’m sick of seeing them be accepted so readily, to be honest. I may sound a bit whiny about it, but it’s not fair. The entire time I’ve been on the swirl, I have respected the fact that it is a bulletin board for women, and that I am a guest on their turf. I have tried to conduct myself accordingly. I have not tried to use it as a dating pool, or as a place to find out how to more easily score with chicks. I guess there’s just a new breed of swirler out there, and I’m from the bad old days when boys weren’t trusted. Whatever. I’m also sick to DEATH of some new Don Juan posting how he’s “defecting” from there every other week, and his thread causing all the Don Juan apologists out of the woodwork to spout yet again about how wonderful their methods are.

It’s a bunch of crap, it’s detracted from what the Swirl was, and it’s made me want to go away. I’ve been pulling back slowly. I might be gone altogether soon. I use Bulletin Boards as a fun place to go, not something I want to go to every day and get sick over. I’ve made a ton of friends from the swirl, and I’m thinking it’s time to cut my losses and walk away.

Ok…that’s done…thanks for the indulgence.