Slacker

That is what I have been as of late. I usually try to update this thing 3 times a week or sometimes every other day. But it's been over a week since I've written anything. It has been a pretty busy week. So... for all 3 people that read this..... here is what's been going on this week in no order what so ever.

Drama in Edinboro

So I found out last weekend that my so called Alpha Psi Omega brothers are not inviting any of the alumni this year to the banquet. Now for those who don't know, APO is a national theater fraternity I joined when I attended college. Every year they have a banquet to honor those who have done plays that year and they invite alumni and past profs to come and meet new people.

However, those in charge this year decided not to invite us this year because:

• The Alumni did not come and see productions this year
• The Alumni have been criticizing what the current members do
• The current members just don't feel comfortable around the alumni.

Now personally I find fault with these reasons because:

• The alumni didn't come because well... all of us are trying to get our lives together
• Several alumni have gotten married this year
• Alumni have been asking why things have changed with little in the way of answers

There are also some issues with professors who didn't like us when we went there. Now that they are in charge they are putting the squeeze on current members not to invite us.

So needless to say, this issues has exploded among the alumni on our message board. Already people have withdrawn donations. I think the squeeze is being put on them.

I guess what I am most disappointed about this situation is how poorly handled it was by the current members of APO. The arrogance and "well we are better than you" attitude shown by them is very insulting. I can't remember the last time I was this insulted. Plus I'm disappointed with how this got out. When I ran things, I kept a tight lid on information. Evil plans were carried out perfectly... not leaked out over the internet.

Kids these days.

Improv!

This week's show went much better then last week's show.... in terms of audience at least. We had 16 instead of zero. However, I've heard that AGAIN people have been turned away from the door. This is really unacceptable. We are already having issues with paying the bills... if people are not being let in to see our show I don't know how we are going to keep the group together.

Well... plus there's a whole range of other issues... but... I don't feel like getting into that.

The Thomas Chronicles

Spurred on by the good review by Mr. Nelson, I've decided to send out some query letters to a variety of literary agents to see if I can get representation for my book. How many did I sent out? The answer: 67. Although I would love to hear back from them next week... the more likelihood of a positive response if it takes them 4 weeks. Some of the agents on the list only except e-mail requests so there is a faster turnaround with them. So here is the current count of responses:

As of 3/11: 4 out of 67