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Tuesday, Mar. 13, 2012 4:58 PM

"As a writer, you have control of the words you put on the page. But once that manuscript leaves your hand, you give control to the reader. As a director, you are limited by everything: weather, budget, and egos." - Nicholas Meyer

It's 71 degrees outside right now. 71 degrees! In the middle of March in the state of Kansas! I don't ever remember the weather being like this before. March is usually full of snow or at least so gray outside that its freezing. This warmth... it's like summer outside, except without the humidity. I feel like I'm down in Arizona. We're just missing cacti, palm trees, that sandy earth toned look, and the ever present scent of orange blossoms.

My grandparents used to own a house with an orange tree in the front yard. Every time we visited them, we'd pick the best looking oranges off the tree and make homemade orange juice. That's what I think of everytime I smell orange blossoms or think of Arizona. I can just taste one of those oranges in my mouth right now, and it's been years since I've been down to Arizona. My grandma passed away in 1997 and my grandpa followed the next year, so it's been about 13 years since I've been down there. My goodness, how time flies.

That means I've been out of high school for 16 years this May. That means kids who were born the year I graduated are either sophomores or juniors in high school. Wow. And while that may make it seem like I'm old, I can't help that mentally I still feel young inside. Wisdom and knowledge may grow over the years but my mentality... the personality of my mentality.. is still 18 years old at least.

Wow.. it's 5:30. Short entry today. I need to get back to work here. Ack!