The musical is nearly finished - I’ll be glad when it is, since it’s been a wearing experience; I’ve think I’ve been coming across as antisocial to the actors (who are, for the most part, very uninhibited - Jenny the pianist made a relevant comment: “they’re all so fucking touchy-feely”) and things are a little tense for me around them. No such problems with the other musicians though.

There were some reviews of Brain in the local media, and they were mixed: SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, Oakland Tribune, and the Berkeley Daily Planet. These probably haven’t helped with the audience size, which I would guess has hovered around 30-40 per show. However I’d have to say that I generally agree with the criticisms brought up in the Chronicle and Examiner reviews.

Mom and Da Yi Ma (”Big Aunt”, her older sister) dropped in on Tuesday morning, her friends the Hsus from Newfoundland dropped in that evening (they were here for a school reunion), they all crashed overnight in the living room, and then they were gone by Wednesday morning with a rented car on their way to Las Vegas. At least my relatives know how to have fun.

Went to Taekwondo practice for the first time in over a month on Tuesday. Legs felt like rubber bands afterwards. Yeah!