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Me, Kyle, and Alan. Brothers.

I have been having deja vu constantly lately. I always take that as a good sign. That my life is on the right track.

I got over being a diva for a moment and decided to do Slaughterhouse-5. And I’m going to kick its ass. YEAH! I’M TOTALLY GONNA BE IN CHARGE OF CUPS AND ICE!

I spent the weekend back in the bay staying with my brother. Saturday we got back to our Scottish roots and went to the Highland Games in Pleasanton. Ate pasties, drank scotch, watched some cabers get tossed, and watched the bag pipes and drum competitions. Trust me if you have not heard 0ver 600 people playing pipes and drums at the same time, you haven’t heard Scotland the Brave done correctly. WALL OF SOUND.

Then I got a call on Sunday morning asking if I wanted to help my friend Josh’s winery at the Livermore Harvest Festival. And get paid. Absolutely. My job for 2 strait days was pouring wine at Concannon Winery, shmoozing with people, and selling wine. I was in my element and I loved it. And I got to drink the whole time! Awesome. The winery is Lavish Laines. Mostly hires veterans and marines. Obviously neither of which I am…. But they like me and I’m going to continue doing some stuff for them. Yay, exciting

I am now back in Sac and in full mode of doing readers theatre. I am asst directing and performing in it. Last weekend in September, I’ll be sure to let you know! oh AND! I am hosting Cafe Noir open mic night this Sunday at 7 at ARC. Woot. full plate what what.

And I have been still working out everyday. whomp.

peace out.

I’ve always been a bad new first kind of guy…

Court did not go my way, and I owe a lot of money…. A LOT OF MONEY. Full story about this whole ordeal soon. Its really quite funny an educational cautionary tale.

But… moving on, good news! Got cast in slaughterhouse 5! Feel good now that I held out for this show. Great right? well…

Here’s the thing, (and yeah I’m gonna bitch for a minute, so if you’re not interested yall can leave devinritchie.com. Directly). I studied for this play so hard. I read the play like 4 times, broke it down, read into characters, I even read the fuckin novel for this show. And I don’t read books. I need to prepare like this for every audition because I apparently don’t have the natural panache others have to just walk in to any audition and get cast on mere talent. But I got cast so what am I bitching about? Well, I’m playing a smaller role than I had hoped for. That’s fine. I really don’t mind doing ensemble roles, especially in a show like this. If you are familiar with Slaughterhouse, I am playing the British soldier named Reggie. The guy who puts on a production of Cinderella for the other soldiers, and stars as Cinderella. …That’s right. Somehow in a play about time travel, war, and the DRESDEN BOMBING I got cast as the ONE man who wears a dress. Yes ladies and gentlemen, the only fag in the play is in drag. I’m a fucking walking talking gay joke. I’m nearly offended. I’m just tired of this gay joke thing. It will be funny and I will do it well. But, ugh. This sort of thing has been happening to me a lot. Its not acting, its a fucking perpetuation of a stereotype. Most my friends got the roles they wanted, bad ass army guys who fight, or characters with real

depth. I’m the fag in the dress. Moreover, the person who got a role I wanted and literally cues my entrance, and has a more pivotal part than I, is the same person who missed his god damn entrance in Philadelphia Story (my last play), leaving me to have to improvise and cover for him. I was a fish out of god damn water in front of an audience. Twice. Yes TWICE. we only performed it seven times. Why we rehearse for 2 months to not even bother going on stage is beyond me. But I guess that’s how to prove yourself as a dedicated actor. So I feel a bit slapped in the face being a gay joke, and being cast under someone who has done this to me on stage. That is my rant. And now its over.

Let’s put 2 and 2 together… I am no longer excited about this play due to casting and the fact that there is 20 people in it. AND I need money BAD. Do I drop the play? For my own sake and sanity and so I can be an adult paying off my fines. Or should I go gay it up and play dress up?

New Subject.

I’m headed to the bay in the morning. Kyle is having me take a train out there and were going to the Scottish Games in Pleasanton tomorrow, and the wine festival in Livermore on Sunday. Good. I need some space and clarity. And thank god Ruth is home tonight, I’m going out for the first time in a while. I have been taking it easy recently. But now its time to go celebrate my Scottish roots and wine taste. Watch pipers and get food from Clan McKintosh. Cant wait.

I dunno what to do I’m all lost and confused yall.

peace.