Today’s self-portrait is of my sleepiness. A doodle done during class, it’s not particularly sophisticated, but it just about captures it:

Given my exhaustion, I don’t have much to say. I spent my evening in good company, taking in a play at Centerstage. It was Thornton Wilder’s The Matchmaker, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. There were so many funny moments and lines worth quoting. I really enjoyed all the actors, especially Pamela Payton-Wright who played the role of Flora Van Huysen, and Caitlin O’Connell, who portrayed Dolly Levi. The cast left me wanting to read the play, and I am not especially a reader of plays.

I think that’s about it from me for the evening. I’m headed out to a retreat this weekend, so I’m not sure what type of time and internet availability I’ll have to post, but I’ll definitely be trying to do some shooting and sketching, at least. I leave you with this quote from The Matchmaker:

“There’s some people who say you shouldn’t have no weaknesses at all… no vices. But, if a man has no vices he’s in great danger of making vices out of his virtues. That’s a spectacle. We’ve all seen ‘em. No, no. Nurse one vice to your bosom. Give it the attention that it deserves and let your virtues spring up modestly around it. I took to whiskey – whiskey took to me. Then I discovered one important rule that I’m going to pass on to you: Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It’s your ‘combination sinners’ that dishonor the vices and bring them into bad repute. There’s nothing worse than for a man to be a drunkard AND a thief. So, now you know why I want to get rid of this money. I want to keep my mind free to do credit to the whiskey that it deserves. And my last word to you is this: One vice at a time.”