— Woke up to feel a chill breeze blowing through my window onto my face. First time this season. A true harbinger of fall. I just bide time through the summer. I can’t stand the summer. Autumn is my season. That dawn breeze yesterday was the first breath of autumn.<\/p>\n
— Did research online for this play I’m working on. It was great. Got a lot done, and made a list of next steps: articles to track down, books to track down … It’s a subject I know nothing about, and also regard with some skepticism – which, of course, I can’t have at all when playing the character. Must believe<\/i>. It’s a prerequisite. In order to believe<\/i>, I have to learn more about it. So it’s fun. I love to learn new stuff. It’s one of the best parts about being an actor. Learning how other people live, what their jobs are, how things work in other communities that you never encounter … so fun.<\/p>\n
— Traveled into Manhattan. God, it was a gorgeous shining day. The city looked like Oz, across the water.<\/p>\n
— Bought these<\/a>. I’m so excited!! A cute young kid, maybe 18 or 19, helped me. He was wonderful – answered all my questions, and I had about 250 of them. His name was Elvis. Elvis: thank you. The sneakers feel amazing on my feet. So let’s hit the road, Sheil-babe!!<\/p>\n — Went to the Barnes & Noble in Union Square to look for a book that I came upon in my research that morning. It was a madhouse. The New Yorker Festival<\/a> is going on right now – and they were hosting a Stephen King reading (argh!! The birthday boy<\/a>!) on the top floor of that particular store. It hadn’t begun yet, but you could feel the anticipation shivering throughout the entire joint. “He” hadn’t shown up yet, but the line on the top floor snaked around through the shelves, people standing there holding piles of his books in their arms, books for him to sign … Just the sight of that gave me a lump in my throat. Especially after writing about him earlier this week. People love him. You could see the excitement and anticipation on their faces. It just GOT to me to see that.<\/p>\n — I had to go to the New Age section to find the book I was looking for. And there it was – 50% off, and only one copy left. Bingo. Mission accomplished.<\/p>\n — Returned to Hoboken, hoping to find a bar that had NESN that wasn’t packed that would be showing the Sox game at 4:30. First bar I tried: No NESN. Second bar I tried: No NESN. I know that Liberty has NESN (that’s where I watched them win the Series <\/a> – hell, I spent 2 weeks of my damn life there last year and the year before) … but when I arrived it was standing room only. All Red Sox fans – hahaha – awesome – I knew most of them <\/a>from watching games throughout the years there – but I didn’t want to stand for possibly three hours. I came home and descended into utter geek-land:<\/p>\n — I listened to the game on the radio, while tracking the action pitch by pitch online. Aweeeeeeesome!! I spoke out loud to my computer screen. I cheered on the batters in crucial moments: “Come on, Papi, come on, Papi …” But … I am shouting at my laptop<\/i>.<\/p>\n — Well, we won. Sheesh. Was a close one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" — Woke up to feel a chill breeze blowing through my window onto my face. First time this season. A true harbinger of fall. I just bide time through the summer. I can’t stand the summer. Autumn is my season. … Continue reading