Frankenstein and Getting Out

This weekend was really busy. For the past few months Stephanie and I had been discussing moving in together. We finally decided that I would move in the first weekend in December. However, most of my stuff was to remain in my old apartment and I was to continue paying rent there. This created a buffer just in case things didn't work out.

At the beginning of the month my roommate tells me he is moving out. This creates a problem because next weekend is Gencon and the weekend after that I going to Las Cruces to visit my family for Thanksgiving. This means I had to get everything moved this last weekend.

I rented some storage and moved some book shelves and my dresser to Stephanie's. I then moved my desk and bookshelves to the storage unit. All the loose stuff I am slowly moving by car.

My roommate decided he didn't want any of the furniture or appliances so starting today I have to get rid of those. The entire thing is a pain in the ass and would have been much more conveniant if I could have done it next month.

I did find time to fit in a play entitled "Frankenstein 2.0" which showed at the Sledgehammer Theater in downtown. It was a modern retelling of Frankenstein where Mary Frankenstein creates her monster from seven dead prostitutes after her mother kills herself. The play follows the traditional story in an interesting way.

This could have been a kick ass play and had tons of potential. But instead of trying to tell a coherant story it decided to get over artsy by blasting you with different types of media, from music and sound, to video, special effects and acting that did not mesh well. To make it worse you would go from classical Shakespearean acting and dialogue to a more realistic variety. The character of Mary Shelley could have been completely removed and only served to complicate things even more.

I really wanted to like this play whos individual parts were amazing but when brought together didn't stay together.