Escaping The Rabbit Hole...

Once again....far too long of a gap since my last post.
Lest any of you were worried that I had fallen into an alcoholic stupor, never to return - here I am:
on the wagon and ready to tackle 2008 with gusto and fervor! And yes - I got the red wine stains out of the sheets!

Quick updates:
My back is on the mend. After an MRI and several visits to a specialist we have come to learn that I have a slight herniation at L5 and S1. I am told that doing Pilates three times a week will put me well on the path to recovery and I should have few problems in future....Assuming of course, that I am able to commit to pilates 3x/wk. A challenge to be sure, as I am famous for starting things and not following through. ;-)

I am currently in Calgary as I have accepted a sessional position at the University of Calgary teaching Drama 300 (2nd year acting)! Crazy! Not something I ever dreamed I would end up doing...and so am THRILLED to be jumping into the deep end of the unknown. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE teaching. I know that I am a better human being when I teach - and so am grateful for this opportunity.

While in Calgary - I will also be turning my Spiegletent piece, "Blind Date", into a one act. My goal: to improvise with an audience member the entire course of a relationship from Blind Date until "death do us part"....over the course of 55 - 75 mintues. Am I totally insane? Perhaps....Does the thought scare me? INDEED - and so, it's something worth trying!

Also - oddly, this past week I received my first ever "official fan mail". I'm not sure how else to describe it. My agent received a letter from a Navy-man in the states, soon to be shipping out on a submarine, asking if I would be willing to send him an autographed picture for the sub's rec room. WEIRD! I am baffled. My body of work is small, and modest. I am left wondering if perhaps there wasnt' some bet amoungst the sailors to collect the most obscure, unheard of film/TV personalities and coax us into becoming the "Unknown Pin-Up Girls" of their submarine. My God - I am giggling at all of the details: pin-up girl, autographs, Navy-Men....what a delightful cliche!!!

I will leave off there for now....At the very least, I am back in the world of the online-living, and that's something....