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So the play is over, and I deem it to be a success. Namely in the sense that I did not fall down, which was a very vivid and real possibility given that the carpeting of our set was a nightmare and I was wearing heels. Also, I remembered all my lines, which I am so thankful for. God, thanks for doing me a solid on both gravity and memorization.

But now that my stint on the stage is done, I find myself both relieved and sad: I have my life back, but now I no longer get to see my castmates. Who, by the way, I really enjoyed being with. They're a fun group and after our final show we sat at the bar for hours cracking each other up.

But as the play was waning, I began to turn towards my next big time-suck: photography. Wedding Palooza 2009 is just around the corner. It is time to gear up, friends. And because I am an insane person, I signed up for a year-long photo challenge on Flickr. As in one photo everyday for a year.

I did this to push myself a bit, and get my brain into photographer-mode and creative mode and discipline mode. But it's hard because there are some good photographers in this challenge; ones who do nothing BUT photography all day, so they're a lot to live up to. And after 14 days, already I feel a challenge in the sense that it's hard coming up with unique photos every single day.

Some of my favorites so far:



Taken at a quasi-dress rehearsal for Murder!, Liz and Craig's legs.



Liz, at our final dress rehearsal.



I got hired (!) to take photos for the N Crowd. Here poor Kristen is afraid of corners whilst riding a gyroscope.



I initially hated this photo, as I was mad at myself to resorting to cat photos already this early in the challenge. However, Stephanie has pointed out that Dill has some gravitas here. I'll let Stephanie explain it in her own way:

I was looking at your 365 stream, I think...or it could have been 30/30 or some other combination of numbers and you had one of Dill in profile looking like his ass was running for president like, you could put an American flag behind his Dillhead and launch a campaign. VOTE DILL IN 2009. DILL -- HE'S AN UPRIGHT CAT
DILL ...FOR AMERICA

She makes a good point and South Carolina certainly could use a new Senator. Thus, I am launching the Dill for Senate champaign. DILL -- HE MAY PEE IN YOUR CORNER, BUT AT LEAST HE WON'T ACT LIKE A BOORISH ASS DURING A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS.



A self-portrait in which I look terrible, and yet I sort of like this one because it shows just how wiped I was on Friday and how little I cared. It was after our show so I have remnants of my whore-red lipstick, mussed and falling curls, and dead eyes. Check it. Now remind me again why I don't have a boyfriend?



A photo of Kate in the Doc's office, cleaning. I would have tried to get more of the chaos of the office in this picture, only I couldn't fit.

I am also doing a "30/30" challenge on Facebook, which isn't a challenge at all, since I am pulling from my archive. But it's been fun trying to interpret the challenges in different ways.

My life has been really busy and it's going to continue to be so for at least through Wedding Palooza 09. This means that for awhile it might just be photography in these parts. Fair warning.