“I just get tired of sitting around and watching TV.”
Last night at Amadeus rehearsal I was talking with Kristin, my props designer, about her work on the show as an escape from her couch.
I could easily relate to her feelings, it’s really hard to find me home alone on a Saturday night. Even when I convince myself I need to stay in, I find myself with an urge to be social on the weekend.
Maybe it’s weekdays spent in an office by day and on a stage by night. Maybe it’s the fact I easily get lonely or perhaps the fact I get restless and ADD over any attempts to spend a night in doing actual productive things. I originally wanted to write blog posts for the week Saturday night- but instead I found myself calling up Carolyn for a night out in Adams Morgan. Despite the loss of personal productivity, I found the night a success. I visited my pal JP who was working at a bar and ran into Maxie who was out celebrating Lexa’s birthday. I woke up the next day with clothes strewn about the floor and a pain in my knee.
I also woke-up with two thoughts:
1. I don’t know if I can really do anything productive on a Saturday night- I think I have to resign myself to the fact Saturdays are for going out and being with friends.
2. Maxie is a really good wingman.
One of the things I miss about college is how often you are surrounded by your friends. In real life it is a bit harder to do. Life is hard to balance between work, theatre, blogging, friends and other things you need to do. Sometimes I feel like I need to just go through an anti-social stage and shut myself in, just so I can concentrate on getting things done. However there are some nights I just want to go out and be with my friends.
I am prone to cabin fever. It explains why I will go out in the middle of a blizzard. It explains why I enjoy blogging in the middle of a coffee shop. It explains why I am terribly lonely sometimes.
Maybe this is just another part of my Quarter Life Crisis.
Maybe I just need to get into a Bad Romance.
Do you get cabin fever? Also do you think Lady Gaga is hot? I don’t know how but that song is now stuck in my head and I’m still on the fence if I think she’s hot or not. It’s hard to tell when she often looks like this:
And when I wanted to see her without make-up I found this:
but Perez Hilton has some old photos of Lady Gaga before she became famous:
Maybe I’ll just keep continuing on finding that bad romance.
Related posts:
“I originally wanted to write blog posts for the week Saturday night-” …Does this mean you normally write all your week’s posts at once and then schedule them to be posted later in the week?
I also agree with you that Real Life challenges us how to balance our social and work lives. Personally, I kind of hate it when I realize I have nothing to do on any given night. (Unless there is something on TV i want to watch. Sad how the TV can control us.)
Now for the cheesy thought: sometimes I think that a night at home alone, wouldn’t be nearly as painful, if I had a boyfriend to share it with. But generally I try to make the most of each and every night and have fun and not mope around.
On a side note, I think Lady Gag looks best in the last photo you posted of her.
Dazey´s last blog ..Unexpected Inspiration
[Reply]
i loved lady gaga pre-platinum hair and uber-weird costumes: http://alntv.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/lady-gaga.jpg. either way though, she has a rockin’ body and i think she rocks.
and yes, maxie is an awesome wingwoman. i blame the tequila.
flipflopsintherain´s last blog ..maybe now i’ll make it to the front page of google for ‘awesome short person in flip flops’
[Reply]
Patrick Reply:
January 13th, 2010 at 1:18 am
Agreed. Her body doesn’t appear to have any dispute- people appear to disagree on her face.
[Reply]
Well, I now have “Bad Romance” stuck in my head, but I’m okay with that. Also, there are some days (mostly Sundays) that I love nothing more than curling up on the couch and watching bad TV. It’s not necessarily on my own, but it’s not exactly going out and being social.
And it’s definitely not productive.
Liebchen´s last blog ..My laminated top five – a la Friends
[Reply]
Patrick Reply:
January 13th, 2010 at 1:19 am
I think Sundays are always meant to be lazy, I could nap all day on Sundays.
[Reply]
I try to, I collect post ideas during the week and I will often spend time on the weekend to create a few posts that go up throughout the week. I prefer this rather than blogging on a daily basis. I like to get it all done at once so I can concentrate on other things.
I don’t let TV control me- I hardly ever watch TV live, resorting to Hulu and websites to catch shows after they originally air- when I am free to watch them.
Your thought is kinda cheesy but it’s exactly what I think as well.
I’m still on the fence on if I think Lady Gaga is hot.
[Reply]
OK, so I wanted to share my first thought with you “What does a flesh-eating disease have to do with Lady Gaga?” Yes, I had a very literal interpretation of your title, for some reason, linking the Cabin Fever movie to Lady Gaga.
Moving on: I actually love to spend my Saturday nights in. I have tons going on during the week and Friday, and really, sometimes I’m all about being a homebody. Usually when I’m stuck with specific people or no yummy food is when I get cabin fever. I’ve had a long conversation once with a delivery guy because it had snowed so much I didn’t want to go out.
I think we go through phases, sometimes we’re super social and itching to get out, and sometimes it’s about staying in…
Emily Jasper´s last blog ..Bring in the Executioner
[Reply]
Patrick Reply:
January 13th, 2010 at 1:20 am
Emily this is why you are my new blog friend. I love it.
See you understand where I’m coming from- I do so much Monday-Friday I should use the weekend to get other things done but I can’t resist sometimes.
Maybe I’ll go through an anti-social phase soon.
[Reply]
Oh wow, I can totally relate. I always feel the need to go out on the weekends.. even when I try not to. And that’s how I got myself into a Bad Romance of my own this summer.. I am just now finding the strength to get out of it, but I think it’s only a matter of time before I throw myself into another one. I keep going out, it’s inevitable, I’ll meet another saturday night quarter-life crisis kinda guy soon, haha. Oh well.
Lady Gaga, I love her. I think she’s got an amazing body and I adore her music.
Aritza, Goddess of ..´s last blog ..Goddess of .. Snail Mail is the Best Kind of Mail !
[Reply]
Patrick Reply:
January 14th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Are you in a Quarter-Life Crisis too? We should write a bad romance.
[Reply]
Lady Gaga is so bizarre. Seriously, a total alien. It’s weird to see her looking so normal in that last pic! I think she looks a lot better, actually – but I also have a ton of respect for her crazy-devoted work ethic & her crazy-creative ideas. She’s changing pop culture, at least for right now.
I’m a hermit. I can’t stop being a hermit. And whenever I find my bad romance, I’m probably still not going to stop. Maybe I can’t find a romance because I’m a hermit?!
[Reply]
[...] do you do when faced with so many options? I already have enough trouble staying in on any given night, how does one manage so many invites? My first priority was with Adam, with whom [...]
[...] Now it’s stuck in my head. Better that than Lady Gaga right? [...]