God gave me rain today.

This morning started out pretty rough. Just two weeks into school and I have to basically pull an all-nighter. Sick. Well, I sort of dozed for an hour, but it obviously wasn't very rejuvenating. Luckily, I got enough of my work done to scrape by my classes and endless meetings. Actually, the design meetings I worried the most about went very well. I met with my director, technical director, and lighting designer. I made some modifications and the improvements are making me like it much more than I liked it last week.

This weekend will be full of drafting and painting. Scenic design really isn't that difficult when you get ideas that you're pleased with, it just takes a loooong time to draft every piece of scenery, paint elevations, and renderings. I'll should scan some stuff and post it as soon as I get some more finalized versions. I'll work on that.

And, aside from painting my renderings this weekend, I will also be painting for Provo Theatre Company again. I love working there. Don't get me wrong, BYU is great. I love the shop and all of my friends there, but there is nothing like getting off campus into a new space. Mostly, I love the fact that I can paint by myself. I blast whatever music I want on the awesome stereo system and I don't have to keep up some uninteresting conversation with anyone.

And, after careful deliberation, I think that if I could choose between being a designer or a painter for the rest of my life, I would choose to be a painter. I'm having fun designing and will apply to design next year as well, but if I had to choose between the two---it would be painting.

Oh, and the rain today was invigorating. As was the thunder and lightning.