Saturday evening, I went with Eric, Sonia, and Leonard to the Asolo Theatre, for the inaugural FSU/Asolo 10-Minute Play Festival and Student Film Screening. It was held on Friday and Saturday, but unfortunately play portion was only being… um… shown on Friday night. For the student films (which we did see), basically it looks like the Acting department collaborated with the Film department to produce 6-7 minute shorts. I saw some great and some not as great films, but what I loved about it was that they were all original ideas. Lots of fun. Incidentally my faves were “The Crossing” (for character development), “The House of Lords” (for immersive experience) and “Pin The Tail” (for humor).
Afterwards we hit an almost invisible Ethiopian restaurant/bar, Fly. I know what you’re thinking, and I hate to say it but the plates were pretty skimpy considering they were $10 each (think chicken curry with one tiny drumstick). Sonia kept them honest though, and we ended up getting another drumstick, no charge. The food was very interesting; it seemed like a mix of Indian and Mediterranean styles. They also had a great imported apple beer from Canada for a very reasonable price ($4.50).
The place was dead, though, admittedly, we left at 11pm. Still — it was a Saturday night! Apparently they have a reggae night Thursday that’s quite popular with the students, so one of these nights I might check it have to check it out after Ultimate.
After Fly we circumnavigated St. Armand’s Circle and ended up downing some ice-cream. Chocolate almond. Mmmmmm. The Circle is also where I saw the mannequin pictured above. It rang a bell — specifically, a bell which sounds like Julie’s pictures from Thailand. Hah. How funny is that?
Sunday Lickety Split had a team practice, in which my ankles were killing me. Not sure if it’s shin splints, but boy did it hurt. I’m hoping I’ll be better in time for South Regionals in Orlando this weekend. 16 teams — we’re ranked last, but hey, you never know 🙂
