Desperate Photos and the Overwhelmed Mighty Me.

You know? I've hardly attended to this blog. It was a great idea to start, I think, but the truth is that I jumped into this without knowing a whole lot about what I'm doing. Trial and error. Live and learn. Sink or swim. Hmmm....I'm sensing a theme in my life.

It's 11:20 and I am tired. Tired, tired, tired. And somewhat overwhelmed. And I'm writing this because I've decided to get real with this blog (in the short time we have left before The Lonesome West is up and running and then, well, over).

I wanted this to be a blog about the production process but somehow I got lost and it became this (really) half-assed attempt at drumming up some marketing. But really, how is this blog any different than the Facebook page (which by-the-by probably has done more for our marketing than this has--does anyone even READ this)?

Which brings me to the title of this post. I am overwhelmed and being pulled in far too many directions on this show. Yet I still believe. No. I KNOW that this show will come together just fine and that it will be great. I just wish that could be so without me losing my mind with stress....

Yesterday's rehearsal for example: approximately 30 minutes of precious working-time LOST in a desperate attempt to come up with some kind of promotional photo to send to The Calgary Herald to accompany a print interview I did and then ANOTHER 20 minutes or so trying to figure out why my laptop wouldn't shutdown properly.

The result? This:

Not bad I suppose. But really? I love these guys. They are the heart of this show. And they deserve to be promoted to the maximum. I love watching them work and working with them. And I want everyone else to see them too.

So I'm doing my best with the resources I have.

And now I sleep.