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COURIC: You've cited Alaska's proximity to Russia as part of your foreign policy experience. What did you mean by that?

PALIN: That Alaska has a very narrow maritime border between a foreign country, Russia, and on our other side, the land-- boundary that we have with-- Canada. It-- it's funny that a comment like that was-- kind of made to-- cari-- I don't know, you know? Reporters--

COURIC: Mock?

PALIN: Yeah, mocked, I guess that's the word, yeah.

COURIC: Explain to me why that enhances your foreign policy credentials.

PALIN: Well, it certainly does because our-- our next door neighbors are foreign countries. They're in the state that I am the executive of. And there in Russia--

COURIC: Have you ever been involved with any negotiations, for example, with the Russians?

PALIN: We have trade missions back and forth. We-- we do-- it's very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia as Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where-- where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border. It is-- from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there. They are right next to-- to our state.

last night in hamburg. it was fucking great!

saturday morning

it was a good show. actually, it was quite a nice theatre we played in, so we did not have to make all too weird changes after all. since the lighting was so powerful and so close to us, we were all sweating like hell and missed the evening park breeze (just the scantily clad dancers liked it better, since for the first time, they were not cold). sir aguecheek nearly died of heat stroke, and my costume made me feel like taking a three hour long sauna. the fireworks in the last ensemble number were directly behind us, so the stage manager told us to please not miss our marks, or we would burn a little. good thing we were all soaked, it added to both fun and extra security. one more show tonight, and then off to berlin. drama school class reunion. I will miss the first part of it tonight, joining them tomorrow morning. I do hope they will remember their names when I get there at 9:30 with fresh bagels...

and later that day: off to france. no plans, just making merry on the 14th of july and then onward to brittany. sweet.

shakespeare in the...well... multipurpose hall

the weather is so crap that they changed our location tonight. we are performing indoors, on a much smaller stage with approximately only 30% of our set. this is going to be fun. no, I mean it. there won't be any off-stage space, so everything will be all weird and exciting. I am glad my part is not all too serious, so all possible mistakes and mishaps will give reason to improvise and horse around. just as the great bob ross said: "we don't make mistakes, we call them happy accidents." yay.

ouch!

so, today was the first preview. about one hour before my make up time I tried to buy some ice coffee downtown. it was very hot, the queue at the counter was mega long, and the barrista woman was so fucking slow that I decided to give up and leave coffeeless. next thing I know my head hurts like hell, my nose and teeth as well, and about fifty thousand customers are staring at me in widely amused disbelief. I had run high speed into a glass door and bumped my head good. I remember yelling: "yes, I bumped into the door. look at me, haha, it's all good", and then running away to hide from my shame. me and my bruises made it to the theatre in time, and my make up woman put concealer on my forehead. you want to look pretty when the show must go on. the whole show went well, but I do think I have a slight concussion. I have been nauseous all night and have a bad, bad headache. I don't really remember playing every scene, it is all a little blurry, but the audience seemed to enjoy it, so that's good. now I have 4 days off to recover. yay.

really, how stupid am I?

my day in ten facts

• my toe is blue.
• documentaries about underemployed actors are very scary.
• sleep is important.
• dancing is actually fun.
• sometimes people are sad and that's okay.
• silence is underrated.
• friends are most important.
• trained dancers sweat less.
• polyester must not be dyed.
• life is good.