Appleton, Wisconsin ..

.. provides very little to do.

so i've been inside almost the entire day

(i snuck out just once to walk the two blocks to starbucks)

and have been relaxing and catching up on internetish stuff.

i literally can't remember the last time i had a day like this.

as it turns out, there is always a silver lining.

always.

where are you? what are you doing?

i like to play a good game of "if i were in.." now and again

where i try to figure out what i'd be doing in some of my favorite places.

as in, if i were in LA..

i would be sitting outside in the sun, drinking some tea

and reading a book.

or sitting in traffic with music blasting driving back

from what would absolutely have been a fantastic audition.

(this is my fantasy, i can say those things).

or, if i were in NYC..

i would have finished auditions for the day

and met friends in the park to lay on various items

because we never remember a blanket

and try not to talk about the business

but end up talking about the business.

we would frolic around town, the neighborhoods changing

and the friends changing but the happiness staying the same.

if i were in NJ..

i would be forcing melynda to go on a walk

and we would go get Rita's ice and sit outside and talk.

definitely not about the business.

we would plan our futures and discuss the past.

if it were cold, i would hide on my couch with my blankets

and wait for my mom to come home to play scrabble.

she would probably win.

but, alas, i am in appleton.

in my hotel room

watching my roommate type away and sporadically burst out in laughter

and listening to my accordionist and violinist practice together next door,

creating music that people pay large amounts of money to hear live.

little known fact: musicians practice wayyyy more than actors. and singers.

combined.

time to head out into the world.

let's see what ya got, appleton.