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Awesome Being a girl Drew Sentiment

Cucumber Eyes

I have been known to say that marriage (or co-habitation) is really just an extended slumber party.  The other night, rehearsal went until 9:00 pm.  And then, the stage manager and I taped the spikes onto the stage floor in prep for moving into the theatre the next day.  And then, I drove him home to San Francisco (the second time, and he still did not offer to chip in for gas or toll.  I’m pretty sure he catches rides in order to avoid paying the toll). 

So by the time I get home it’s around 10:30 and it’s too late for dinner, but I haven’t really eaten.  Drew cuts up a cucumber that’s in the fridge and I eat some slices and then I appropriate two slices to put over my eyes and lay on the couch.  Drew comes in and changes the channel on the TV from Frasier to Golden Girls.  “Let’s play a game.  You see if you can guess the show.”

“Golden Girls,” I say immediately.  [Pause]  A male voice says something about politics and everyone laughs.  “Stephen Colbert,” I say.  [Pause]  I hear weird intonations in a female voice and I’m not sure, then I hear the familiar voice of Quagmire.  “Oh, Family Guy, it’s the one where they’re in Lord of the Rings.”  [Pause]  Music and inspecific noises.  “Is this VH1?” I ask. 

“Nope,” he replies. 

“TLC?” 

“Yes!” 

I hear someone say, “One, two, three…”  “17 Kids and Counting?” I take a stab in the dark. 

“Yes!  How did you do that?  Are you looking?”  I cross my heart I’m not.  “But the show is now called 19 Kids and Counting, but this is an old episode so it’s still just 17 kids.”  I promise I’m not peeking.

More inspecific noises and ominous generic background music.  “Is this a Discovery show?”  (I’m thinking about shark attacks here.)  It’s not.  “Law and Order?”

“Yes!”  He practically says “OMG.”

The next one is Will & Grace, I get it immediately based on Rosario’s voice.  I then have a run of bad luck which includes Millionaire Matchmaker (I know I recognize her voice, I just can’t place it, and I’m getting smug, which doesn’t help), Unwrapped (I guess Frasier again based on the theme music) and China Mandarin Intern (which I guessed as “The China Channel,” close enough, right?).  We land on The Tonight Show, which I guess right, and then I get tired of the cucumber slices which keep sliding down whenever I talk or smile.  I take them off and consider eating them but they have mascara bits on them.

So we watch Hugh Jackman be incredibly racist for about 10 minutes (did anyone catch that?) and we never do figure out what he’s supposed to be promoting.  Maybe The Tonight Show just couldn’t get anyone else.

Sometimes after a long day you just have to relax, in inventive ways.  (Also, I’m pretty sure that the cucumber slices totally did work magic on my eyes, just the way they do, well, on TV!)

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"Other people" Being a girl Drew Memoir

The Starbucks Exchange

Last fall, I had this running joke on Facebook about the Starbucks employees having major problems getting the name “Drew” onto my drinks.  By all rights, at some point, I should have just switched to another one of the several thousand names in the world that are easily recognizable and have one spelling.

(Like…”Drew”??)

But I thought it was funny and each day I wanted to see what new perversion the baristas could come up with.

I stopped going to Starbucks to save the money, and for months I drank coffee brewed at work.  A three dollar bottle of generic vanilla creamer could last two weeks.  Such thrift!  My mother would be so proud.  But no one ever wrote on my cups for me. 

Then, after the fiasco with our wall (which is, in fact, finally finished and repainted!) the rental office very thoughtfully gave us a gift card to Starbucks, as a way to say “We are so very sorry about the ridiculous delays, and thank you for your patience.”  I basically grabbed it out of Drew’s hands and ran-not-walked to the nearest Starbucks to rediscover my addiction.  (Not true.  I did wait maturely until the next morning.)

And here is where, can I just say, Starbucks, I missed you.  I have been rediscovering the joys of my morning venti-nonfat-vanilla-latte.  I fear I may be off the wagon.

One morning recently, I gave the young gentleman behind the counter “my” name, and he looked at me thoughtfully for a minute, pen poised, before asking “D-R-U?”  I said with a tight smile, “D-R-E-W.”  And he said, “Oh, right,” and wrote it down. 

“Is that a girl’s name?” he asked.  It was high time for me to have moved down the counter.

“Drew Barrymore,” I offered.

“Right,” he said.  “Is it short for something?”

Should I have said, “It’s not my real name, here, write down my real name, it’s Syche”?  I just said it wasn’t short for anything, grabbed my drink and made a hasty exit, noting the correct spelling on the cup.

Maybe it’s time for me to pick a new name.  Maybe it reads too “clingy girlfriend” that I use Drew’s name.  Maybe I should just give them a number.  What’s the consensus here?

In the meantime, I leave you with today’s cup of fame.  Today, my name is Drak.  Address me accordingly.

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Awesome Beauty Fashion

Impromptu photo shoot!

MTC stores their hats and wigs in the dressing rooms.  A great use of space but much too much of a temptation.  It started innocently enough: trying on a couple hats while waiting for the places call (PS. You can see the other hats in the background! I’m not lying!):

The one that started it all...
My picture text to Drew included the caption "Yeehaw pardner! Hope y'all are russlin up some good grub!"

 Hats were left in the dust however when I realized how much more fun wigs can be. 

Drew’s Helpful Comment: “What’s with these faces you’re making?”

For this one, I texted "Don't I look like Julia Roberts' Tinkerbell?" And Drew helpfully replied, "Kenneth the Page."
Like an au pair, from your nightmares.

Some are less attractive:

Some, I think, are not bad, although other people may disagree:

Drew's Helpful Comment: "That is so trashy." Then silence when I sent him another angle of it.
Drew's Helpful Comment: "Like a stripper." Although other people have said "Rawr!" and "You look like Mandy Moore." Um, LOL?

In the end, though, no matter how awesome it might feel to portray a cartoon character…

…the best look for anyone is the butch mom (a la Kate Gosselin):

Also, I need to get my bangs back.

Pick your favorite!

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Sentiment Theatre

Christmas

For Christmas we went to Lakeport (we drove up on Christmas Eve really late) and spent the first Christmas ever with my parents.  My mom made cinnamon rolls and we ate candy all day.  Then we went to see Sherlock Holmes, but it was basically sold out (Lakeport Cinema 5 what??) but we saw Brittany and her HUSBAND and her dad and her brother.  That was weird.  Then we bought tickets for a later performance and came home and ate more candy.  When we went back to the theatre we got really good seats, and then sat around…and then saw Jacob and his entire family, and Ian Fuller and his dad, and the Andres.

I used to get so annoyed whenever I was in Lakeport and had to go out in public anywhere…because EVERY time you go out, to the store, to the gas station, wherever, you WILL run into someone you know.  But this time it was fun.  And the last time I was there, I hung out with Kirsten and her mom and her brother, and then I went to Alyssa’s house and hung out with her and met her husband…Lakeport is super fun when there are people to hang out with.  So this explains why Drew used to like to come home to Pacifica from Davis – because he could hang out with people.

Then Jacob texted me in the movie and told me to come over to his house and hang out with him and Ted and Ian, but I declined because of my family Christmas time.  Finding balance.

Sunlight

This is the show I’m working on right now at Marin Theatre Company (www.marintheatre.org).  It’s a world premiere and the show is GREAT.  I love the script, I think it’s so well-crafted, and relevant to today’s world.

I am a production assistant (basically a combination of ASM and wardrobe) and yesterday I got told I am “great at being on book.”  That might not sound like a great compliment, but it sort of made my day.  I’m going to be with MTC for the rest of their season so I’m getting really invested in it.  So far I really like all the people, and it’s been a really fun couple weeks in rehearsal.  (And payday is tomorrow, thank God.)

Everyone should come see this show.