Scorpio 15° (November 7)

Ticket sales are low. Oh well. I’m feeling pour-ly. I go for a walk and meet S. on the street. We were thinking of seeing a movie but it’s not feeling right. Surprisingly Stella suggests a lunch out. We speak to our agent about strategy and feel celebratory. Early holiday lunch at La Voile where I have a beer and  snails and steak and wine and a cheese course. Mind you I’ve already had a Pho lunch and Uni dinner out with drinks (yesterday). Get nervous. We actually napped, both of us, after lunch. Had text from folks that they were done early and could they go to restaurant, which was fine. But guess who already ordered a bottle of wine plus oysters (that had come and gone) and some shrimp; ironic as that is always our first order too, but still. The show was actually pretty great.

It’s one of those moments in life where things really have to shift for the better—always up to us—or expect there to be lost. We were contacted by the astro girls and I have to think up some questions based on what they have planned. First, are you still on track timewise or is there a chance this will be pushed back. Or is it coming together and if so who else is on board at this point. What questions (and answers) have already come up in conversation with other participants. Our specific questions are:

The most important thing I can provide myself is somesense of completion. Our day to day is never complete, I realize. But it is quite important to have some sense that enough is enough day to day. I think it is possible to have both things going at once. And I think a little bit of geographical cure can help in this process. I am willing to remain based where I am and continue to give myself increasing time in places of my choice until it becomes so obvious we have to stay put. For the plug in list: Going through DB and doing a bit of “profiling”, at the same time sending good Sparkler candidates the HA offer. I should get a bit of writing down again on that grant.

We primarily calculate attendance in ticket sales. Our many generous sponsors do receive free passes. We increased discounts to showgoers—we doubled our “Sparkler” ticket discount this year—and enjoyed a marked increase in Missionary Sponsors, local businesses whose owners and staff also receive free festival passes. This further augmented audiences beyond what ticket-sales intake might show. All told our shows and events brought hundreds of additional audience members to Afterglow’s attention.

Afterglow promotes Provincetown as a destination for travelers during festival week and all year long. 85% of Afterglow’s audience comes from Off-Cape. Attendees stay in inns and hotels, frequent restaurants, bars, lounges, nightclubs; and partake of the many shops, arts venues  and services. Businesses cite an economic boon during festival—audiences and artists not only eat, drink and shop, but take tours, rent bikes, ride ferries and sample all the town offers. Afterglow advertises town businesses via its website, programs and social media. Festival artists also promote businesses they frequent via Instagram et al. Afterglow’s audience are well-heeled travelers and influencers who spend generously, tip freely, support local commerce and enrich the Provincetown’s economy. The festival has partnered with other non-profits, donating proceeds of its shows to such organizations as The Trevor Project, Camp Lightbulb, the AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod and Helping Our Women (HOW).

To view the original Sabian Symbol themed 2015 Cosmic Blague corresponding to this day: Flashback! The degree pointof the Sabian Symbol will be one degree higher than the one listed for today. The Blague portrays the starting degree of for this day ( 0°,  for instance), as I typically post in the morning, while the Sabian number corresponds to the end point (1°) of that same 0°-1° period. There are 360  degrees spread over 365 or 6 days per year—so they near but not exactly correlate.

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Scorpio 14° (November 6)

Into Boston today, pretty relaxing, dropped a script off in Orleans. We called and the hotel is ready for us. Had a lunch at Pho and then I tried to make some magic but forces didn’t have my back (or maybe they did). Assign photos to ten or so Blagues at a time (after the first year) as I read through. Starting with the astrological year. Make the new one further commentary on the first one that appeared on that day. Copy and paste the old one right there into the new spot with a daily foreward. A Year of Revisiting. Easy Peasy and a good way to save time. Because also in that day, one is continuing to “read through”. I have to float through desires that are more hedonistic and start getting my Eudomonia on. “An idea for a short story.” Anyway we had a client, I called out a name. It didn’t register. Than text later that it did. Dinner at the bar at Uni and another client and partner came in. We are seeing her in two days. I have to get some words on paper for Afterglow grant so I’m hijacking today’s Blague. I did think I saw someone I know go into Pho. I had springs (it won’t be the last time this week) and a noodley broth thing. Some days I feel very Irish.

 Ours is a thoughtfully crafted marketing plan with savvy strategies for public relations and both social media and print promotion. In addition to listing shows and ticket links, the Afterglow Festival website features a concierge service promoting Provincetown’s restaurants and lounges, hotels and inns, shops and services, the arts and events. Our surgical PR-marketing efforts have secured highly visible TV, radio and print coverage. (PBS WGBH, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, others) Besides editorial, broadcast, we utilize promotional events, print posters and postcards, proliferate e-blasts, newsletters, web campaigns, and employ social and other new media. We also use vehicle advertising, and launch successful yearly direct-mail campaigns. We cross-promote with Dixon Place, LaMama and The Public Theater in NYC; and with The American Repertory Theater in Cambridge; and UnCabaret in L.A. Our frequent presence in NYC and Boston, donating time and energy in-kind to Afterglow, has been a large part of our receiving press coverage in those markets, in particular.

 Our focus is always on revisitation and are proud of the fact that many regular festival goers return year on year. In fact there is a community of well-healed supporters who not only donate to the festival, but attend each year (on sponsor passes) and make “Afterglow week” in September their yearly pilgrimage to Provincetown. Eight-five percent of our full audience comes from off-Cape Cod. We print programs touting our sponsors, but fail to afford advertising. Our celebrated branding includes a classy, bold logo, identity and collateral and eye-catching posters. We hope advertising will be a new line of offense; with support from PR, shifting more to the national and international level. The impact of local coverage is arguable, while social media among local people and businesses is impactful. We launched a Playbill-Instagram initiative, via a photoblog led by our participating artists.

We’ve had coverage from the Boston Globe (circulation 232,432 daily) Huffington Post ( 4-11 million readers, daily) New York Magazine (circulation: 600K ); Media targets include The New York Times, (1,150,589 weekday; 1,645,152 Sunday, Online: 30 million/month);); Style.com, the Daily Beast (3-10 million daily);; DailyCandy.com (600,000 daily). Travel, in-flight and arts magazines. Web support includes NYPress.com, BroadwayWorld.com, TheNewYorker.com, Culturebot.com, Vogue.com, www.Out.com, www.Playbill.com Ads would appear in Provincetown Magazine, Provincetown Banner, Cape Cod Times, Boston Globe; Providence Phoenix (80K); Time Out NY (86K); Boston Magazine (92K) , others.         

To view the original Sabian Symbol themed 2015 Cosmic Blague corresponding to this day: Flashback! The degree pointof the Sabian Symbol will be one degree higher than the one listed for today. The Blague portrays the starting degree of for this day ( 0°,  for instance), as I typically post in the morning, while the Sabian number corresponds to the end point (1°) of that same 0°-1° period. There are 360  degrees spread over 365 or 6 days per year—so they near but not exactly correlate.

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Scorpio 13° (November 5)

A very odd night of sleep to be sure with really strange dreams. I’m trying to remember. They were pretty far out. Anyway I made a list of things that need to happen this week: Get bank balances. Get a fix on wardrboe. Think about what to do for end of year donation plea. Create text for the Vaudeville tour. Do final report for the MCC grant. Put together VSB grant. Approve the business cards. Make some sort of reaction to the D+M work. Friend the twenty-summers folk. Write JCM (which I did). Work on audience for Witch Camp. Suss out voice recognition technology. There are many more things to tackle but it will all happen in due time. Write a bit to Peter Davis and also to Tim Blanks. Put together the minutes again for today’s meeting including the beach notes. I do need to work on the consultancy as well. Going to let everyone in the Boston area know about W.C. show for sure. Victim Report.

We went in to Provincetown today to get some errands done. Went to Eastham too to fill out the shopping list. I must absolutely try to focus on what’s working because, as it will turn out this week, there will be agita. I should have known there would be. There are simply some trouble makers in this world and they cannot help but sabotage the way things go. And it comes to the fore that people want to throw things in ones face. I have to work on me and the way people respond to me. I cannot police the world and yet I can’t be constantly rolling over and letting things take on some kind of life that has noplace in this equation. I am going to make sure that this next six weeks works well for me. I will use the month of January to get next year’s projects into play. I’m not trying to fall into magical thinking here but I do need to represent some “capability” here in terms of what is poossible as an ongoing thing. I will have a clear idea about scheduling and also into the money thing and I will make sure to optimize all I can in terms of the products we already have in works.

Afterglow is Provincetown’s Live Performance Arts Festival. No other non-profit arts organization is dedicated to preserving Provincetown’s heritage as an incubator of innovative theater and performance The 9th annual Afterglow takes stage September 9-15, 2019 at the Art House. Afterglow has earned star on the international festival map, bringing to Provincetown engaged audiences from the region, country, and abroad to see our award-winning artists who perform in other festival cities New York, Sydney, London, Berlin, San Francisco, Dublin, Edinburgh. Afterglow dialogues with directors of these festivals world-wide. And even our many sponsors, alone, who visit Provincetown each year for Afterglow, are visitors of means who contribute to our economy. Afterglow’s artists make headlines as social icons and activists; and range from the newly emerging to Grammy-, Tony-, Sundance-, Obie- and Academy- award- winners invirgorating the gentre live performance. Afterglow uniquely presents solo plays, neo cabaret, progressive sketch, performance art, multimedia, dance, electronica, poetic/rap, rock opera, musical comedy and other forms, fostering Provincetown’s reputation as thriving performing arts center not just a commercial/resort entertainment town. Afterglow cultivates local talent—performers, directors, designers, choreographers, composers, playwrights —in festival, and with ancillary productions. The festival launched a “playwright’s initiative” and produces work at major venues/theaters under the “Afterglow of Provincetown” aegis. Afterglow honor Provincetown’s birthright as the birth place of the modern American stage, receiving support and promotion from Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater in NYC, and the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge where Afterglow produces the successful Afterglow-at-Oberon series, now in its fourth season. Works originated at Afterglow have moved Off-Broadway, to London, Los Angeles, Paris and other major cities around the globe.

To view the original Sabian Symbol themed 2015 Cosmic Blague corresponding to this day: Flashback! The degree pointof the Sabian Symbol will be one degree higher than the one listed for today. The Blague portrays the starting degree of for this day ( 0°,  for instance), as I typically post in the morning, while the Sabian number corresponds to the end point (1°) of that same 0°-1° period. There are 360  degrees spread over 365 or 6 days per year—so they near but not exactly correlate.

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Scorpio 12° (November 4)

I sent some information off to Goop. Woke up to a note from Ophira about a seminar-y thing they are doing. It looks interesting. Spoke to Brad about meeting up next week before we head off to NYC. Boy do I ever need new clothes. I have to get my waistline in check once and for all. I have been cooking up a storm, even while I was finishing the book sample. Have yet to hear back from agent but I will. We need to set up a photo shoot for ourselves for December. So it is a busy time and I must not become overloaded. We head to Boston this week to see two clients and put on a show of Witch Camp with Nath Ann and Amber which I hope will be great. I spent a good deal of time today promoting but it isn’t a slam dunk for some reason. I hope that it will be. I am really looking to make some happy connections with folks this year. I will talk to all the core Afterglow people about returning and repair whatever might be. I want to be all love and forgiveness at this juncture I really do. I have to go cook more now…I made a lovely roasted chicken with bok choy. And had some nice Chinon and settled down to watch the rest of Carnival Row as S. wanted to read her book. There is much to do before leaving again on Wednesday and tomorrow is choppy as it is with errands and such. It’s okay. I’m not feeling terribly ambitious. S. did do her report for Wellfleet PD and I’ve sorted out the menu for the next two days. I think we are both feeling overwhelmed. After lunch I was going to check out Catherine The Great but I forgot it airs on Monday evenings, so I’ll see it tomorrow morning. I chucked on more Carnival Row—I know I just said that but I was talking about the evening, now I’ve gone back and am talking about the day. Anyway I didn’t watch any as I was rather overcome with odd fatigue and I might even have fallen asleep. There is a possibility I am finally coming down off major stresses. Who knows. This seems to be a week where things are shaking out. I’m not sure who and what is going to make the cut. All I know is that I have to be more efficient (again) starting next week, but in the meantime I’m enjoying a little respite (although nobody would know I’m taking one from the amount of work I do).

What I’m realizing this week is just how much I actually overdo. I have simply not killed myself this week for the first time in years. And yet I realize how much I end up moving the needle in any case. I’m not starting anything big today. I’ve promoted the show to about five hundred people. But mainly I’ve been letting my inbox become filled. I have major projects, all, to handle and the trick is to list them and then slot them into a scheduling meeting. 1) I am now handling all the Astro-Scapes business—under which umbrella I am a) slowly but surely sending out info to press, taste-makers and the like; and I am heading up the entire would-be jewelry division which will entail meetings with Alice and Tim. S. will need to make those introductions but, meanwhile I have what I need. In effect I’ll be running that business. 2) I have the grant work to do and the subsequent building of that non-profit business. 3) I must also cast an entire new year of festival and series. 4) I must promote the HA books. 5) I will be setting up the consultancy. 6) I am managing the publishing leg of the journey. 7) I will be promoting the Paris consultancy. 8) Performance is on hold for now but we must move the spoon on that score. 9) The jewelry collection.

Other things need doing: Synch my phone (delete photos), go talk to the garage about fixing second car, to shave or not to shave, scheduling procedure, activate new bank card, pack, catuch up on petty cash, put things through laundry, get Cortale to send contract, get word document of the Astro media kit, send info to Ted about Paris. Teeth whitening (you think it strange I have to put that into the schedule? do you have any understanding of what’s on my plate? I am not one to be contented directing plays at a community theater; nor do I wish to pay people to record albums for me that nobody will ever listen to).

To view the original Sabian Symbol themed 2015 Cosmic Blague corresponding to this day: Flashback! The degree pointof the Sabian Symbol will be one degree higher than the one listed for today. The Blague portrays the starting degree of for this day ( 0°,  for instance), as I typically post in the morning, while the Sabian number corresponds to the end point (1°) of that same 0°-1° period. There are 360  degrees spread over 365 or 6 days per year—so they near but not exactly correlate.

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Scorpio 11° (November 3)

I think I should probably focus solely on promoting Witch Camp, wildly. I did touch base with Nath and Amby and I am so looking forward to hanging out a bit with them as well. Yay. I have to find more joy in all of this—that much I know. Abba bloody sinian bloody Voguedarling. I woke up feeling pretty good despite my not sleeping all that much (once again) but my good mood didn’t last long due to the typical kind of conflict one endures. Try as I might I just can’t circle this square any longer and I’m going to give up trying. I’m reading this book called Self Help For Your Nerves, which is a little out of date in that the terms sedatives and shock treatment occur in the text with regularity, but it does give me insight as to why a person (I) can become fritzed out. I’m going to keep to myself today and not go on this planned beach walk. Though much gets delegated to me I still struggle with autonomy. I think people get used to speaking (down) to other people over time and I am in no way going to be able to abide that dynamic moving forward. I am of the mind, actually that we probably shouldn’t do more product at this very juncture on the diffusion side of things—I am not convinced of compatibility of personalities in the mix. And I have a certain frustration with a certain astrological sign (which I understand others do not) and my life has become ridiculously riddled with this particular brand of personage. I cannot believe I’m already feeling so awful today actually. I was set up to be in such a great and productive mood. Got up, did some cleaning, grabbed computer to organize my thoughts and then, within moments, the whole vibe is shot to hell.

I must transcend this feeling and so I am doing so. I am pretty much reaching out individually to every person I know about this upcoming show and I will fill the place I can promise you that. I would like to liaise a bit more with Mark, the man of the hour. He is such a doll, he truly is. I was also thinking about Barneys and Anthony. I feel like he  might be a good fit for our company. Maybe we can have a drink with him downtown. He probably doesn’t drink but you know what I mean. I will talk to S. and shoot him a text. What if he wants to work sort of part time and suss some things out for us. What if he wants to manage production. We don’t know. I need to set up time to talk to Cyle, too. Anyway Facebook sucks as it limits all the ways I try to invite people to events. I should probably do some kind of Mad Mimi but I really can’t be assed. That is the expression. I’m willing to take a little bit of a bath I suppose. I have given many hours to this. The next thing I need do is get some doctor’s appointments booked for December. I will do all those sorts of things on Tuesday.

Tomorrow I’m going to do a chalk-board schedule and make sure I’m hitting my marks as best as I might. I’m a bit frustrated by one of our collaborations at present. Too much time goes by between correspondence and then the party doesn’t quite respond to the question or request being made. I’m kind of feeling like why bother. But I’m going to persevere and just understand that I have no patience and I am a bitch because that’s what always ends up being the upshot. It’s never that I’m a functioning human being whose patience has been worn thin over months of waiting and ineptitude. So I’ll hold my swollen tongue. I used to write poetry, did you know that? Probably not. A poet I know said she got the name for her book from a festival flyer I sent her; and was going to mention us in the acknowledgment but then she didn’t. People mainly don’t follow through on what they say they are going to do. Also, the people I run into the most problems with (I’m sorry to say but it’s true) are those who are in twelve-step programs. How can they work on themselves for an hour or sometimes several every day for years and still be fucking assholes. Case in point that little creepoid D.D. What an asshole. He tried to extort money from us many years ago “pretending” we had a deal in place we didn’t have—he invited over his manager at the time and when that creature walkd in D.D. started play-acting that he was directing us at that very moment. But AA is a cult and especially in the Ptown-NYC world these folks all glom onto one another. Anonymous my ass, too. Because when people speak in meetings about “this festival director” or some such everybody knows it’s me. I’m not saying this has happened I’m just using it as an example. But yeah it’s happened.

To view the original Sabian Symbol themed 2015 Cosmic Blague corresponding to this day: Flashback! The degree pointof the Sabian Symbol will be one degree higher than the one listed for today. The Blague portrays the starting degree of for this day ( 0°,  for instance), as I typically post in the morning, while the Sabian number corresponds to the end point (1°) of that same 0°-1° period. There are 360  degrees spread over 365 or 6 days per year—so they near but not exactly correlate.

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Scorpio 10° (November 2)

It’s a birthday for someone. He who must really not be named. It’s funny: I ended up throwing/giving away a lot of stuff today. That process was made fun actually because unbeknownst to me S. also wanted to tackle her stuff so that worked out great. I have to finish my book today. I’m forcing myself to read more and I forgot that once I amp it up all I want to do is more and more reading. I cannot wait to return to the Manoir Hovey this Spring it really is one of the best places. In the meantime we are going to have some fun promoting the Paris consultancy. That is truly going to be a lot of fun. Tee shirts and Books maybe go together and can be promoted through our website so that we can kill a couple of birds with a couple of stones. I’m taking over the entire Astro-Scapes enterprise. I have asked for memo to Tim and myself; and a memo to Alice and myself. And then one with Marilyn. We had a great chat about all the stationery and such. The designer Elisa really is genius. I think we are surrounding ourselves with a stellar team. We have some good ideas/directions mapped out there too I think. I also think I’m learning we have great business instincts. I forget I’m a business man. Also this trip planning I wrote to JLB:

Hi There. Thought I’d move from text to email where i am not all thumbs.
So it’s November and it looks like we are going to try and stay in Europe when we come over at New Year. We will probably fly on Christmas and drop some of our cases at P+M’s and probably arrange to see them in Suffolk for a few days or not then take the train on the 30th in the morning from King’s Cross to Edinburgh where we can rendezvous with you two and share a ride (and the cost thereof) to Aberfeldy, so we should synchronize ourselves for said rendezvous.

Will be so fun to have that evening together just the four of us. Aberfeldy may never be the same. I am telling you in advance that we are not aiming to win this costume contest. We are probably the least steam-punky people on the planet and as we will have luggage for a couple months with us I think we are going to try and make elements of our current wardrobe “look” steam-punky, but otherwise we are going to keep a low-costume-profile.
So we go to the party where I will attempt to find the food and not drink champagne by the bucketful; dance, dance, dance; Lynne is of the mind that the band will be Duran Duran. I’m thinking they might go more on theme with the steam punk thing, but anyway, dance, dance, dance. Back to hotel. Maybe brunch at Jo’s again who knows. Otherwise we will nurse our heads at the hotel over greasy breakfasts. Then we have that whole day and night to ourselves again. And then we head back to Edinburgh on the 2nd Jan. We have booked a room at Edinburgh Residences for that night just because we won’t want to do train that same day after driving from Aberfeldy. Just saying! We will then take train back to King’s Cross on the 3rd.

Now, we are going to work on our jewelry collection with our designer who lives in London for a week or ten days. Then we will take Eurostar to Paris and leave our larger cases with Dom + Nan then head to Italy because we are FINALLY going to have our honeymoon in Venice 31 years later. So I am going to pick your brain about Venice in January. Please tell me this isn’t too horrible a time of year to go. Coming from New England it will not be cold for us. I know it will be wet and maybe flood-y. But please tell me we will have fun there this time of year???Then the hope is that we have a flat in Paris from around January 22nd for a solid two months. First, we want to avoid New England winter. Second, we need to keep working with our designer so she can come to us in Paris or we can pop back to London on Eurostar once or even twice. Third, we have so many clients (consultancy) who work in fashion and design and live in Europe or Asia so we will get to meet with them in the flesh for a change instead of by Skype.

Then we will head home by March. Meanwhile in that two months (we will have second bedroom) maybe you can come visit us. Or somewhere in all this mix we can come visit you. Or both. In any case that is our general hoped/planned itinerary, all of which hinges on finding the right place in Paris. I think we are close on that score though. Venice thoughts?

To view the original Sabian Symbol themed 2015 Cosmic Blague corresponding to this day: Flashback! The degree pointof the Sabian Symbol will be one degree higher than the one listed for today. The Blague portrays the starting degree of for this day ( 0°,  for instance), as I typically post in the morning, while the Sabian number corresponds to the end point (1°) of that same 0°-1° period. There are 360  degrees spread over 365 or 6 days per year—so they near but not exactly correlate.

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Scorpio 9° (November 1)

Today was weird and kind of fun but basically I didn’t sleep the night before at all (again) so I got as much done as I could in the morning. I touched base with Bryan which was cool. And just did the minimum I ate pumpkin seeds with Braggs as my only lunch and then took a nap and slept through what was meant to be four-way chat with D+N. I binged on a bit of Atypical. I did manage to put together a wee dinner of soup and some leftovers which was pretty yummy and there was a sip of wine each. S. is catching up on one of my binges and in the night I started Carnival Row which I just might be able to get into. The news seems better but then it gets worse. I once again feel like Margaery Tyrell just before the whole place blows, and this is not a great thing to feel. I really needed to get some ya yas out and I hope I did. Because I have to immediately pivot and start getting all the larger picture elements in place, which means there can’t be much playing around at present. I did look at the work D+N did and I have to say: I am quite impressed overall. I like the maker’s mark element, especially when paired with more modern, classic sans seraf logo, but I think the AC would have to be less hammered out, less moyen age, and slightly more sleek and deco meets 70s decay? We also liked the future-y one but would want to shy away from that Moonraker, Jaqueline Susanne kind of look?

In the 70s anything deco one would encounter would likely now be in decay, and that was the best way to experience deco. I think that sort of thing could work. We have to drive through Orleans anyway. So it can wait. I just want these alerts to stop. Trying to figure that out.Also when it comes to Venice I don’t want to go with C + H actually. I just want to be alone there. Don’t want anyone else to color the trip.There is something called the Thello night train from Paris to Venice so, (thought it wasn’t what I was saying, because I was thinking we’d fly round trip to Geneva or Lausanne or wherever to meet C+H but as I say I thought that through and don’t want to be with them on this trip), we could indeed go to Paris early and ask D + N or Susie even to keep our larger bags for a few days (and maybe stay in some hotel in Paris we’ve been wanting to check out) then take a night train to Venice (10 hours) and spring for our own cabin (which would be part of the romance of the thing) and so forth…I think the Thello is something of a scam in the end.

We could also travel by day and break the trip up as Milan is on the way to Venice. I think it would be smart/fun etc to do the traveling in January and then return to Paris and stay put. In March we can go for overnight trips to Brittany or some such but mainly not waste the grace of the Paris apt. I’m just free-styling I’m not sure of any of it to be honest there is so much to do and I feel a bit put off by the fact that I’m the one being delegated to. I have to figure out my own path through all of this. I’m scattered today. I don’t want to feel like this. There should be a solid, streamlined, plan that we are following and I don’t know if we are achieving that right now. I believe much is going to come down to what gets prioritized. Part of me feels I should just call it a day already and it’s still first thing in the morning. That can’t be right. (I took a little breather and I’m back) Feeling like I turned this around and I’m getting my tiny brain around a few things. I sat and wrote out all I have to do in the next two months and it makes my head spin to even think about it; but hey, it will all come right. I am going on a little bit of an ascetic trip, just for fun. I want to be my best self for all that is about to bubble up; and if I just assign myself one major task per day I think that will make a very big difference.

To view the original Sabian Symbol themed 2015 Cosmic Blague corresponding to this day: Flashback! The degree pointof the Sabian Symbol will be one degree higher than the one listed for today. The Blague portrays the starting degree of for this day ( 0°,  for instance), as I typically post in the morning, while the Sabian number corresponds to the end point (1°) of that same 0°-1° period. There are 360  degrees spread over 365 or 6 days per year—so they near but not exactly correlate.

Typos happen. I don’t have a proofreader. And I like to just write, post and go!
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Scorpio 8° (October 31)

So a wild night which I missed. After going upstairs to try to sleep sitting up because I was still so ill, S. had quite an experience. She was asleep and heard banging and loud shouting and screaming, a man’s and woman’s voice respectively. There was a party at the house across the street where a bunch of Jamaicains live—they work at Wicked Oyster whose owner owns the house. I’ll tell you what happened first then what I found out upon waking from S. The man (who was naked) was banging on the door saying I’m going in while his “girlfriend” was screaming for him not to. S. called 911. The dispatcher asked, “is he naked?” which S. thought odd of course, so they had already had a clue about this man and what was going on. Anyway, she grabbed a knife from the kitchen and hid behind the chimney. There wasn’t even time for her to come upstairs to wake me. Meanwhile I did wake up for a second seeing cop car lights outside; and I did hear voices but I thought it was the TV. Anyway it was about a minute or maybe two between calling 911 and the cops arriving. S. did try to peer at the window. The man was indeed naked, he had left his underwear, in fact, on our door step and he completely banged in the entire screen door. If there hadn’t been a deadbolt on that door (which was by S.’s insistence) he would have been able to get in for sure.

Backing up, we had gone for more of a drive yesterday, along scenic route 6A, which felt so very much like when we first moved here twenty one years ago. That’s what I was saying, picking up the thread now. I’m about to digress, though, in any case. I realize I cannot do this business without the support of other people. I need them so very much it is clear. And now I am understanding (and we will in the end keep ou plan to speak to our designers) just how right it was that we made the decision we did to move forward with certain folks in place. It is going to be quite the ride. I am thinking perhaps Trip should have his own company division. That he should be the PR at Wheel for real. That might make everything a little clearer. He could have a have a bunch of related clients. I remind myself that I am going to ask M.T. about the relationship book and what percentage of it can be used in a subsequent book. I honestly feel like diving directly into that for some reason. I can’t exactly explain why. The truth is that I should be deconstructing the Sextrology chapters as I have begun with one of the chapters; and be putting little packages together in preparation for what should be a next deal. And I will do I think once I find out it’s happening. Meanwhile, I’m on my own in the creation of schedules in any case. It looks like we won’t get to a shared conversation on the subject for a couple of weeks. So I’m just going to do me, if you will. Anyway we arrived back to the house in time to unpack and have des verres de vin and delicious cheese and crackers and watch a great doc about Laurel Canyon. And then I made pumpkin ravioli in a sage butter and someone had very little and someone couldn’t stop eating them. Jump cut to me having terrible indigestion—called “inties” around these pahts—and I felt really ill and cranky and went upstairs and slept in the room right above the commotion and yet I heard nothing which is terribly hard to believe, really.

We learned the next morning his name was McCloud and he was apparently on edibles and alcohol and it was actually the folks in the house he lived with who first called the police and that’s why they arrived so quickly they were on their way anyway. And it explains why the first question the dispatcher asked S. was: “is he naked?”. We had appointments we couldn’t move so it was already a full day and the detective was to be coming over in the afternoon for a chat. Some notes we put down into words: Not really someone knocking but threatening to come in with force involved. Girlfriend, whom we learned was strangled and dragged and was missing chunks of hair as a result (I kid you not)  was shouting “No, no don’t” trying to fend him off protecting herself or trying to prevent him from breaking down the door or both. He was in a heightened state of rage. “I’m going in!” Full volume. Loudest voice, S. says, she ever heard in her life. Learned from the landord that A.J. was fellow who phoned the police. There was a domestic incident first apparently he threw up and she was trying to clean him and put him under shower and he freaked out. They were both naked. He was charged with strangulation, disorderly conduct, some other assualty type charge and malicious destruction of property. His landlord and employer K. said he was band news and couldn’t wait to not see him again; he and others were apparently leaving in three days and K. couldn’t wait to see him gone. He also said we should press (as many) charges (as we could). The parenthetical bit was intensely implied.

We are meant to fill out a victim report and I will put that on the to-do list.

To view the original Sabian Symbol themed 2015 Cosmic Blague corresponding to this day: Flashback! The degree pointof the Sabian Symbol will be one degree higher than the one listed for today. The Blague portrays the starting degree of for this day ( 0°,  for instance), as I typically post in the morning, while the Sabian number corresponds to the end point (1°) of that same 0°-1° period. There are 360  degrees spread over 365 or 6 days per year—so they near but not exactly correlate.

Typos happen. I don’t have a proofreader. And I like to just write, post and go!
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Scorpio 7° (October 30)

Up early to make some breakfast and pack a lunch as we go to deposition. The environment wasn’t as dire as I imagined it would be. And we got to sit in on each other’s questioning which was especially good for me since I went second. But we did have some varying recall as is normal being two people being rearended five years ago. L.C. is so much more conservative and such than I remember. He reminds me of one of my father’s friends which makes him quite a throwback. He’s very confident which I liked. The other lawyer seemed really together and pretty and nice and the questions were fairly probing but not overly so. We had toyed with the idea of sitting in on the culprit’s questioning but, as it was, she hadn’t turned up by the time we left, so I’ll be curious to know if she even did at all in the end. Each of our sessions went about ninety minutes and we really needed to get out of there by the time it was over and let L.C. do his thing. Also we can’t be people who are even remotely seen as staring others down. And Whole Foods was nearby. S. got a coffee and we broke out our contraband of turkey bacon sandwiches with the homemade ketchup I made. Then we did a nice big shop and headed along route 28 to what I read was a fresh pasta and cheese shop which turned out to be a total joke. Good thing we b(r)ought back up in the form of pumpkin ravioli. There was a cool coffee shop too which I forget the name of. The day felt like twenty years ago when we had first moved to the Cape. In that time a lot has happened and I think it would be good to understand that. Actually, it is twenty-one years hence and that means three life cycles of sorts. I have a lot of pain and sadness, I will admit; but also some fantastic things have occured over that time, and it is possible to do some clean-up on some scores while letting other things go completely. Nobody is going to help us but us. And I can only be of any help (to myself or others) if I feel that I too am at the top of my game. So, though there will be extinction bursts, I owe it to myself to keep the trajectory moving upward. I will make a list of world allies and seek to polish all those connections; by the same token I will make a list of those with whom relationships have been uneasy and send them well-wishes. I was looking back on the note I sent to J.D. and, on returning one to me, he added S.; so I thought, okay, that will be that. The other J.D. meanwhile has been all over my dream landscape. They were like rival gangs. I brought them together.

The first year in Provincetown, especially, we were sought out by so many of these disembodied tribes, the lines between which, seldom blurring. Now it’s all one giant cluster fuck and, because we don’t want to be part of anyone’s else’s cult, we both seemed to be an easy target for people putting us on the sidelines in their mind–while the point was we were already there by choice. Even with J.D., especially with J.D.: he got so weird when we weren’t available to him every single dang time he returned to his homestead. I admit readily that I had some of the funnest times hanging out in what was once “the gang” of sorts (we even had a name for ourselves: The South) but those sorts of dynamics are never sustainable. We knew it. We also saw the abusive ways J.D. treated his so-called friends, making grown women cry, inspiring tales of his emotional torment of other friends who would stay there. I always said that if one day it happened that we became the object of his vitriole and control that we would be outta there. In the meantime I tried so hard to right size that relationship, but it proved impossible. Because he punished us even for that—slightly taking a step back and having a smaller-dose bond. No. You had to be there all the time he was. This is the same thing with R.L. and the other cult leaders. The other J.D. is different I find and his company is actually to be enjoyed at times. Anyway it is a relationship I do want to nurture; and I plan to do so in the short term. Because it is important. Having friends.

To view the original Sabian Symbol themed 2015 Cosmic Blague corresponding to this day: Flashback! The degree pointof the Sabian Symbol will be one degree higher than the one listed for today. The Blague portrays the starting degree of for this day ( 0°,  for instance), as I typically post in the morning, while the Sabian number corresponds to the end point (1°) of that same 0°-1° period. There are 360  degrees spread over 365 or 6 days per year—so they near but not exactly correlate.

Typos happen. I don’t have a proofreader. And I like to just write, post and go!
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Scorpio 6° (October 29)

I crashed last evening at about six thirty as S. caught up on all the television I’d already seen. Then I woke at midnight and read about eighty pages of a book about Self Help For Your Nerves. Mine are shot and I really needed it. On top of all we did to get the sample in yesterday, we also had a little rehearsal with our lawyer for an upcoming deposition. I am undaunted by that. My main concern is what to wear. Word came from D+N that we will speak on Friday. Which reminds me I need to get Jim all the times we are on Skype this week so we are not disturbed by his carpentry. I’ll make a note to do that in the morning. S. was on ca call by eight thirty. I cleaned and got stuff ready for a dump run a small grocery shopping list together. I made some celery soup, some salmon cakes, a reconstituted stew (S. made some quinoa) and I made a homemade ketchup for tomorrow’s snack/lunch. I made a comprehensive to-do list and then found myself going through upstairs closets. The truth is most of the clothes up there need to be thrown away—and as time goes on I realize I am really quite weird in that I can’t seem to throw very much in the bin. I’m not a hoarder per se but something is going on.

Ted ended up popping over—he brought a Dior book from the exhibit, apparently carting it all the way from London. I need to write to J+I. I also need to get some gummy action going or maybe buy some more oil for myself. I’m finding CBD to be very soothing indeed. We have some good options for Paris now and I think we will be able to book flights and make a plan in the coming days. We need to start working on your costumes for New Year. I really don’t like fancy dress parties at all, but I do like seeing my friends so they are worth the humiliation. Anyway I made a list of things that need to happen this week: Get bank balances. Get a fix on wardrboe. Think about what to do for end of year donation plea. Create text for the Vaudeville tour. Do final report for the MCC grant. Put together VSB grant. Approve the business cards. Make some sort of reaction to the D+M work. Friend the twenty-summers folk. Write JCM (which I did). Work on audience for Witch Camp. Suss out voice recognition technology. There are many more things to tackle but it will all happen in due time. Today I made the decision that I want to be happy. I have hit an emotional rock bottom of sorts (which is better than the other kinds out there) without any spin down other than an internal one. You would never know it. To see me I am the picture of absolute functionality.

I’m just going to talk crap for awhile. I used not to care about, say, present friendships or the like. For instance, back in the day, say, when I was going off to study in Grenoble my junior year abroad, or when I moved to Paris, or when I moved to New York City, I wasn’t so fixated on the dearth of friendship in my life. I didn’t think about it at all; and I actually need not to think about it again. I just need to move forward, not care who does or does not like me, and just act as if I don’t have a care in the world with, or about, anybody. I have long been fascinated at how people in cliques and tribes can actually enjoy seeing the same people day in and day out, getting drunk and stoned and sleeping into the day (this applies to one grouping of individuals in particular) and I finally have the answer: it is a validation that things needn’t change, that they can remain exactly as is, without challenge or question. I am moving on now at this point in my life and I truly couldn’t be happier to do so. I am one big long new moon energy right now. The more I do the more I can do and I intend to do just that. I think I’ve been waiting around for that excited feeling when in fact it is in my power to create it.

To view the original Sabian Symbol themed 2015 Cosmic Blague corresponding to this day: Flashback! The degree pointof the Sabian Symbol will be one degree higher than the one listed for today. The Blague portrays the starting degree of for this day ( 0°,  for instance), as I typically post in the morning, while the Sabian number corresponds to the end point (1°) of that same 0°-1° period. There are 360  degrees spread over 365 or 6 days per year—so they near but not exactly correlate.

Typos happen. I don’t have a proofreader. And I like to just write, post and go!
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