Time flies

I was IM-ing briefly with Anna today about her school’s production of Bye Bye Birdie, which opens Thursday—she plays Rosie—and about how when I was in the seventh grade, my school put on the show, and I played Albert, Rosie’s love interest. By my calculation, that was in the spring of 1990, launching my theater obsession. (My mom would say “tawag ng tanghalan” or “call of the stage,” which was also the name of a Philippine talent show.) But yeah, 1990 was thirteen years ago. Good lord.