And some have greatness thrust upon them

Finished reading Twelfth Night - FINALLY. It took me long enough. I think that had something to do with the fact that every time I'd read it, I'd get the corresponding song from Illyria stuck in my head for whatever scene I was on. Which is why I'm sitting here at work with, "thrust upon, thrust upon, thrust upon, THEM" stuck in my head.

I shouldn't have that problem next week, as I'm going to be tackling Henry V! Hooray! And that will conclude with me NetFlix-ing the Kenneth Branagh film, which I've wanted to see for a million years.

I read about 20 pages of Heartbreaking Work last night. If I don't finish that book soon, my head is going to explode. Seriously, why is it taking me forever to finish a novel that's maybe 300+ pages? Good god.

In my last bit of "reading list" news, I'm about halfway through Unwrap Your Candy, and GUH. Any person of the theatre who hasn't read Unwrap Your Candy and Blast MUST DO SO NOW. I want to produce and direct those shows so desperately. I gave some plays from Blast to Katie Parker and Billy Harley, and now I find myself wanting to do the same with Unwrap. I'm thinking when I finish this, my next assignment for the "contemporary play" category should be Wright's I Am My Own Wife. It was a present from Billy (dad-billy) and Calia like a million years ago, and I never finished it. However, I am madly in love with Doug Wright, so this isn't a fact I am proud of. It must be remedied.

Costume party tonight! Hooray! I shall attempt to go as a cat. Of course, for 22-year-old women, a "cat" isn't so much a representation of the animal as it is tight black clothing and slightly suggestive makeup. It'll be the first time I'll have dressed up in a looooong long time. I'm pretty much just stealing Monica's clothing. And improvising with some of my stuff, since she tore her skirt. Sigh. Whatever.

I am excited, though, because this will be the first party I'll have been to at Carol's since the insane, fantastic, amazing, blissful madness that was the Actus cast party. And it'll be the first costume party I'll have been to since the AFKAP Coming Out Party two a billion years ago when I was a tiny little AFKAP. So I'm very excited to see what kind of twisted characters show up on her doorstep!

In other party news - because I shall be a party animal this weekend - I have decided to make Puttanesca for Anna and Katie and Their Roomies' International Food Fun party. I have nothing to wear that's remotely Italian, but I'll improvise, kind of like I do with the dish. I haven't had it since I made it for the Babies right after I got back from NYC and shamelessly stole the recipe from Garth, so I'm very excited. I'm pretty sure it's the most delicious thing in the world.