Inciting Incidents

Sam’s ramblings about pretty much everything under the sun.

  • Happy Anniversary (We’ll Make It Happy)

    Happy Anniversary (We’ll Make It Happy)

    Remember, remember. It’s weird, but it’s much easier to remember the negative anniversaries over the positive ones — which is an irony in itself, since the go-to phrase is “happy anniversary”. Not everyone is so lucky. Some people are routinely surrounded by unhappy anniversaries. It’s not an active choice. Even if there are good anniversaries…

  • Ending on a High Note: Carrie the Musical is a Wrap

    Ending on a High Note: Carrie the Musical is a Wrap

    It’s been nearly two months since I joined the team of Carrie: The Musical for tech, and then shows. There have been a lot of bittersweet moments in those last nearly two months regarding this production. I was severed from my social life (lack of weekend availability will do that) but I also got to…

  • An Update!

    It has been an incredibly busy time recently — for those of you who haven’t tried to hang out with me in the past few weeks and failed, I’ll let you know why: I’ve been working like mad as an assistant stage manager for Open Stage’s “Carrie: The Musical”. It’s taken up most of my…

  • It’s Kinda Sorta (Almost) Finished

    It’s Kinda Sorta (Almost) Finished

    It’s finally crunch time. I’m going to publish this damn book if it’s the last thing I do. I’ve talked about The Fields from time to time on this blog, and that’s all it’s ever been… talk. Now I will do. And it’s going to happen in the next two months. That’s as risky of…

  • Burnout

    Burnout is constantly feeling like I’m late to something, even when I’m not, rushing through an activity because I just want to get to the end and “be on time”. Burnout is thinking that I have to get through just a little bit more, hold out a little longer, and then realizing I’m not even…