Monday, September 17, 2007

Requiem for Robert Jordan

Robert Jordan, author of the Wheel of Time series died yesterday, September 16. I wish this was just a rumor, but unfortunately it is true. He had been suffering from Amyloidosis for a while and has seemed to be in great spirits even through it all. He had been posting updates to his blog: DragonMount.

The big question is, what happens to the rest of the Wheel of Time. As fans of WoT may know, RJ was working on the final book in the series. It seems he made provisions on how the book was to be finished if he lost the fight before finishing the book.

Here's a post from one of the fan sites on the answer to that question:
http://www.wotmania.com/wotmessageboard2showmessage.asp?MessageID=68400

RJ was a great author and he and his incredible work will be missed.

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose. The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning.

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Exeunt The Mikado

Every curtain that goes up must eventually come down, and so it goes with The Mikado. I don't think I've worked that hard for anything in a very long time. In the end it was all worth it though.

We had a good opening night followed by two sell-out nights. On Saturday we even had to increase the size of the house to about 350.

Thank you to everyone who came to see it. It was a pleasure to perform it. It was also great that I had so many wonderful people to work with on the show.

Now, with this over, we begin to move forward with making Vox officially a recognized organization and also to plan next year's show. Until next time!

Saturday, September 08, 2007

The Mikado Diet

Well I just stepped on the scale today and since starting the Mikado I have dropped 11 pounds. When started I was 196. Today I'm 185. Woohoo.

Now the difficult part will be keeping up this level of activity. Part of the weight loss I'm sure was the constant dancing, day after day. One thing that will hopefully keep this going is that I'm going to take pilates starting the week after the show, also I can start running again.

I hope to see some of you at the show!

Sunday, September 02, 2007

More on the Mikado

Sorry there haven't been many updates lately. The Mikado has pretty much been taking all my free time lately. Not sure what I was thinking when I set out to Produce and have a prinicple role. :) hehe.

I've linked the poster here and you can find more information about the show on http://users.wpi.edu/~mikado.