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tour II: OH, Alright is over. I am finally home. It was a most excellent tour in a totally non-heinous bill and ted kind of way. i did three shows and i'd say to of them were really satisfying. the third was good enough but had some issues. on saturday i watched the tape of my thursday show. thursday's show was one of the better ones but i noticed there were times when i was doing nothing or i'd be in a scene and i'd get lost or bogged down in the story. when i was overloaded with ideas or underloaded with what to say, i would shut down briefly and just treat it like a dramatic pause. didn't work in retrospect.
so for saturday's show, i fixed that. i tried to go faster and jump and justify a lot more. it did increase the energy and the pace of the show but i sacrificed a linear story. i wasn't able to use the same characters and keep up one narrative. it was more scattered and flowy, which i was ok with. i just think that one story with lots of characters by one person is more impressive. i'm going to have to figure out how to reconcile the two, go fast and have the story make sense all the way through. tough challenge.

all in all a great tour. i met lots of cool people who are into prov and treat it like an art form which makes me smile. i'm hoping i'll have the chance after friggin' china to get back to all the places i went in march. i had a great time at all the venues and made enough money to get my first 27 foot yacht. i'll be taking it to china but not too fast.

which reminds me of something funny my friend mikey said the other day. "well, when you go to china could you bring me back just some of the tea? that way if anyone ever wants to get all of the tea in china they'll have to go through me."
i told him i would get him some of the tea and put it on a slow boat.

we laughed.
planning may's tour in the next week or so. keep your eyes peeled if you're that dedicated. leave them alone if you're not.

road weary and loving it,
b