Saturday, April 30, 2011

BEDA Day 30

Well, here it is. The moment of truth.

LAST BEDA POST FOR APRIL WOOOOOOOOO!

Yeah, I don't know why I'm so excited about this, but I did my sappy, heartfelt post last night, so I'm just gonna have fun with this one.

This month in April I:

-Finished two major assignments for Theatre History, and breathed a huge sigh of relief when they were over. Through this I learned that I have the ability to push myself through a tough situation, even when I'd rather be doing ANYTHING else.
-Had my first experience as costume crew for a show. I learned that I loved it. And now I'm dying to be Wardrobe Mistress for a show every semester I have left at Auburn.
-Was cast in my first play of college, and let me tell you, I'm SO excited to start working on that!
-Realized what things in my life truly are and aren't important. Grades in non-theatre classes have unfortunately slipped into the latter category...
-Rediscovered my love of Sudoku. Seriously, I've been playing on my iGoogle for probably the last two weeks straight. It keeps my mind constantly focused, and I love it.
-Figured out that I make a pretty scary zombie, as do some of my friends... =P
-Got to see in my opinion, one of the best films made from a book in a very long time (yes, it does just so happen to be Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1... I'm obsessed, ok??)
-Visited an old teacher and through it was reaffirmed in my belief that I'm right where I ought to be.
-Officially signed up for Lit Day as part of my Rockstar package for LeakyCon. IT'S OFFICIAL. I WILL MEET JOHN GREEN THIS SUMMER. I LITERALLY AM ABOUT TO DIE FROM HAPPINESS.
-Discovered my love of iCal. It's seriously revolutionized my life.
-Fell in love with my friends time and time again as they taught me what it is to be a good actor and, above all, a good human being.

So. I think those are all some pretty important lessons and realizations about myself. What did you learn in the month of April, world?

Thank you so much for being my constant outlet this month. It's gonna be weird not to have to write a blog post at the end of every day anymore, but I'm almost positive that I'll be doing BEDA again in August.

And thus concludes my second BEDA ever. Thanks, internet, for always being there =]

HPRT: 73 days until LeakyCon. Just saying.
Current Book: I really should just finish Anna and the French Kiss so I can give it back to Jennie...
Current Song: Oh crap... I've forgotten the title of it, but it's by Journey, and it was in Tron: Legacy, which I just watched tonight xD
Just looked it up. It's called "Separate Ways" by Journey =]

Friday, April 29, 2011

BEDA Day 29

It's hard to believe how close we are to the end of BEDA. Some really fun and important things have happened this month, and I'm sorry if I've somewhat neglected my posts, or made them short or half-assed them. I guess we might be able to attribute it to me feeling that real life is more important than writing it all down...?

In any case, it's been really nice to return to this blog every day and relive each day as it happens, even if the events were less than pleasant. It's important to reflect on things as they happen, and even later on to gain perspective.

I watched a really important vlog from VEDA this month from Alex Carpenter from the Remus Lupins, and he talked about how just because something is amazing and incredible doesn't mean that it should last forever. Sometimes things that are these awesome experiences are better to remember than try to force to last. He was talking about wizard rock and the Harry Potter fandom, and cons like LeakyCon which is coming up oh so soon. I think I'm referring to school years and college experiences.

I had my last voice lesson of the semester yesterday, and my voice teacher and I were reflecting on the past two years of my life that I've spent at this school and with him. I've made some really important decisions and had some important growth experiences, even in the last four months, that have completely changed my life. If you had told me at the beginning of freshman year that I was going to be in the BFA program, have played Clara Johnson in The Light in the Piazza, and was about to have the most incredible summer ever, I probably would not have believed that any of that was possible.

Really, what it comes down to is confidence. There was just something about the knowledge that we were going to do Piazza that brought something out in me that I almost didn't know I had. I had almost this obsession with getting what I wanted that nothing was going to stand in my way. And that was the chance I needed to show everyone what I am capable of. I just needed one shot to prove that I can do this, that I can live this life, and thanks to Joey, I got it.

I have so much to be thankful for, especially when it comes to this semester. When Piazza ended, I was so depressed. I wanted it to last forever. But now I'm starting to realize that it's more important that it ended, because it taught me that all great things come to an end, and that I can learn from the experiences that I had through it. I grew closer to some amazing people, I figured out some important things about myself, I was moved by beautiful music and a beautiful story every night for almost two months, and I'll never forget any of it. I think I've finally come to a point in my life where I'm starting to realize who I'm going to become as an actor and as a person.

And that's really exciting.

I hope April has brought some great realizations for all of you!

HPRT: Still trying to stay away from the DH Pt. 2 trailer. It's harder every day.
Current Book: N/A
Current Song: N/A

Thursday, April 28, 2011

BEDA Day 28

I've been really wanting to do a picture post all month but I haven't had time to upload all the pictures, but I believe that today is now the day!

These are all the things on my mind:


I took this picture myself from a cool, touristy spot in Paris where it's easy to get amazing pictures of the Eiffel Tower =]


I think that's enough for now! So, I'm gonna go keep watching Bones, and I think tonight I'll try to catch up on either Youtube or TV shows.

Hope your Thursday nights are good!

HPRT: I'm really starting to get freaking excited about LeakyCon!!
Current Book: None at the moment.
Current Song: Resistance by Muse

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

BEDA Day 27

Ha. Wow. Would you look at that? 45 whole minutes with which to write this blog post!

I truly am sorry for how crappy the last couple posts have been. This week has just about killed me, and I honestly just have to get through tomorrow afternoon and I am done with classes. All I'll have are finals. Which, don't get me wrong, are going to suck, but at least classes are officially finished!!

Yesterday was hectic between trying to find time to eat amongst all I had to do. I don't even know if I mentioned the fact that I had my first mandatory audition as a BFA student on Monday, but I did, and it was for the first fall show next semester, called La Bete. I ended up getting a callback, which was last night, so between that and my Theatre History assignment, I was stressing pretty hard last night.

Turns out I got cast in La Bete, too, so we had our first company meeting after classes ended for the day. I'm really excited for this play! I was talking to my friend Garrett, who got cast as well and is in my BFA class, and he said that (referring to our characters) we have just enough lines to make our parts worth the effort, but so few that we can really concentrate on just having fun with the show. Everything about this cast is making me excited =]

Back to Theatre History though... I was lucky for my Godot assignment because of how much work I got done on it on Friday that I only stayed up until 12:30 last night. SO MUCH EARLIER than past Theatre History assignments. I put some last minute touches on it this afternoon and submitted it to Blackboard. It was like someone lifted an enormous weight off my shoulders, to see the other side of that assignment xD

Both my Jazz and Tap outcomes were this week, and I think all dances went really, really well! I have truly loved the dances we've done in my classes this semester, and all were really fun to learn and work on. I really have learned a lot this year, and I'm excited to keep going with my dancing through college.

So now I'm sitting in bed on the eve of my last outcome for the semester (MT Acting) and I'm loading some YouTube to catch up on (I'm SERIOUSLY behind. The amount of videos in my sub box is kind of scaring me...) and I'm pretty sure I'm fighting off some sort of upper respiratory illness but it's not in like, any kind of stage, I can just feel my lungs like, ache every time I breathe out... I'm sure that's not a good sign, but I haven't been sick all semester (*knocksonwood*) so I'm hoping that will continue until after finals and after I get my wisdom teeth out early next month. Being sick for that would SUCK.

I realize even this post wasn't that interesting, but all my creative juices were poured into that awful Godot assignment, so hopefully I'll be feeling more creative as the month draws very nearly to a close. Hard to believe April's almost over!

Hope your Wednesday's were all good!

HPRT: Apparently the trailer for DH Pt. 2 came out today, and I'm avoiding it like the plague. No spoilers, please!
Current Book: It's a play, but La Bete by David Hirson
Current Song: I Won't Say I'm In Love from Hercules (My friend Mallory sang it at the Senior BFA outcome that I went to tonight.)

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

BEDA Day 26 *Angsty post*

Literally too busy to blog. I would post a snippet of my assignment online so you knew what my excuse was, but if I did that, I'd get an F for plagiarizing or something, so I'll just have to wait until after I turn it in. If I do at all. Which I probably won't because by the time it'd be safe for me to do so, no one would care, and I wouldn't care.

Sorry about the sucky post.

HPRT: Deathly Hallows in the stadium = awesome. Pure awesome.
Current Book: Script Analysis for Actors, Directors and Designers by James Thomas
Current Song: None. Too distracting.

Monday, April 25, 2011

BEDA Day 25

REALLY SUPER LATE I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT THIS BLOG. AHH.

So. My day was exhausting. Between class from 9-5, auditions and then watching HP7 on the Jumbotron of our stadium, I'm totally beat. I really should work on my Godot assignment, considering it's due Wednesday, and with any luck I'll be in call backs all tomorrow evening, but I'm just too tired and all I want to do is veg out and catch up on youtube.

Sorry for the lame post. I know I say this every time, or at least I think it, but I'll try to make my blog for tomorrow better.

HPRT: I have now cried through every single viewing of HP7. Always at Dobby. Always. I never cry this much in movies, ever.
Current Book: N/A
Current Song: Caroline by Mike Lombardo

Sunday, April 24, 2011

BEDA Day 24

I'm a terrible person. I always inevitably end up failing BEDA...

I swear I tried to post yesterday, but the internet doesn't work at Kelly's and for whatever reason Chris' iPhone didn't want to let me click inside the text box to type ANYTHING. It hated me! I swear it wasn't my fault!

But you know what? I'm not gonna let it get me down. I'm going to use that bonus post from a while back and claim that as my BEDA Day 23, how about that???

So. Yesterday was filled with the dance show (I went to BOTH performances for Kelly, Sarah Jean and Nancy =] ), shopping with my mother (I got a really adorable dress for my La Bete audition tomorrow, and two super cute shirts which I wore to usher in last night) and real talking until 3 in the morning with Chris and Kelly. It was relaxing and much needed, but it made getting up for church this morning extra difficult, even if the service I attended was an hour later than normal...

Either way, I'm sitting on my bed, in comfy clothes, considering taking a nap, but then realizing that I can't afford one because I need to memorize my monologue for auditions tomorrow. But even saying that I'm hypocritical because I've been catching up on youtube, reading people's blogs and playing Sudoku since I sat down to start memorizing about 3 hours ago. So much for productivity...

In other news, the season for next year has officially been announced. I found it had been printed on the program for Gotta Dance. I was kind of upset about this since last year we received an email in like, February telling us what this years' season was going to be, but that didn't happen this year because everyone was scrambling around to figure out what shows we were gonna do.

Overall... I'm pretty disappointed with our upcoming season. So many of the shows we're doing have super small casts, which isn't fair to all the BFA students and underclassmen who would like to be given a chance, and NO ONE wants to do Cabaret, except for a few random people, and most of the shows just seem extremely random. This years' season was incredible. It was so tight-knit and it flowed really well. We had huge-name shows, too. The Fantasticks, The Light in the Piazza and Hamlet alone were enormous draws, and Machinal and The Birthday Party and Summertime all made really interesting points and represented some really cool movements in theatre. Next season?? It just kind of seems smattered together.

Ah well. In the words of Beckett, "Nothing to be done."

Aw eff, Waiting for Godot has taken over my mind. I suppose for the purposes of getting my Godot assignment done for Theatre History, that's not necessarily a bad thing, but GEEZ it's so annoying. I hate that play.

The semester is thankfully coming to an end in two weeks after all my finals are over, and I legitimately cannot wait. It just sucks that all my finals (ALL OF THEM. ALL 4) are tests. This has never happened to me. I've always had like, a couple final performances and maybe one test, but more likely I had papers. This finals week is gonna kill me. Biology on Monday, World Lit on Tuesday, Theatre History on Wednesday and Musical Theatre Acting on Thursday. EFF. MY. LIFE.

I hope your semesters are less stressful than mine, and I'll see you all tomorrow for more blogging fun =]

HPRT: Last week I received my very own plastic snitch model! It sits on my desk now, but I'm hoping to permanently glue the wings in to the body (they keep falling out) and I would like to engrave "I open at the close" on it, and then put a little hook in it so I could hang it from something. It's adorable!
Current Book: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett. I know it's a play. So sue me.
Current Song: Caroline! by Mike Lombardo

Friday, April 22, 2011

BEDA Day 22

Do any of you believe in ghosts?

Typically I haven't been a believer myself, but there's a certain amount of superstition that surrounds the theatre that causes even skeptics like myself to not only acknowledge the potential of the existence of ghosts, but even defend their presence.

My high school in New York has a ghost living in the vent in the back of house right named James. My friend Jasmine feels the presence of ghosts and stuff, and she used to tell us when James was angry or upset for some reason. It's funny, because even though I don't really believe in ghosts, I never once doubted her authority or the existence of James.

In our theatre here in Auburn, our ghost is Sidney. It's the stage manager's job to always make a peace offering on opening night of every show by leaving candy, usually Peanut M&Ms, in the catwalks. We always joke about how when anything goes wrong during rehearsal or a performance, it's Sidney's fault. "Oh, Sidney must be angry!"

And it's really funny how we defend him and his integrity. Fred, our Production Stage Manager, was outside the costume shop one day close to the end of the school day, when these two people came in to the building. They asked him a whole bunch of questions regarding the building, and somehow they got on the topic of Sidney. They honestly looked at him like he was crazy and proceeded to say that Sidney was a demon, and by allowing him into our theatre we were accepting the devil into our presence.

... O_o

Like, wtf? Why would anyone say that? When I heard that story for the first time, I got so mad!! How DARE anyone abuse the good name of Sidney!

Anyway, I bring this up because today I was in the library all afternoon working on my last Theatre History assignment, and I walked into the bathroom, and as I was about to enter a stall, I heard this ridiculous creaking noise that freaked me the eff out! I wouldn't at all be surprised if the library was haunted, too xD

In any case, I'm watching Fringe and about to hang out with some friends from high school whom I haven't spend a lick of time with all semester/year, so I'm really excited about that. Tell me your ghost stories in the comments if you have any, and I hope you all have wonderful Fridays!

HPRT: These guys from our theatre made their own wands from sticks they picked up, and I found out from my friend I'm hanging out with later that she and her friend did the EXACT SAME THING today. I should totally make my own wand xD
Current Book: N/A
Current Song: Undisclosed Desires by Muse. I've been on a huge Muse kick since yesterday.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

BEDA Day 21

This has to be a quick post since I'm doing this with an hour and a half (less really) to spare of the day on Kelly's computer, but it's getting done!

Today started out with a good jazz class and just a good school day overall with a few hiccups, and then it just started getting worse for no reason. I started letting the little things get to me instead of not stressing about them (because I, obviously, am a natural stresser) and it kind of ruined about 3 hours of my day. Then I went to the preview for the dance show that Kelly and Sarah Jean and a couple of my friends are in and that totally perked me up. The dances they're in are so amazing that even the crapshow that followed couldn't get me down. Now we're off to the cast party, Kelly still in her zombie make up, and we're gonna have fun, despite the crappy occurrences of today.


So there it is =P

Have a good rest of your day!

HPRT: Fun stuff. About Harry Potter. I have nothing xD
Current Book: Don't ask. -Kelly
Current Song: Too Far by Kylie Minogue

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

BEDA Day 20

Well... tonight was gonna be a lot more awesome, then things got postponed. Lame.

I was going to go see Deathly Hallows Pt. 1 at our nationally acclaimed and recognized stadium on the jumbotron (perks of going to a school who won the football National Championship xD), but because there's supposed to be some sort of inclement weather (that doesn't even start until after the movie would be over), they postponed it to Monday.

At first I didn't think that I was going to be able to go, because La Bete auditions are that same night, but I just realized that my audition is at 7:02, and the movie starts at 7:30! I CAN STILL GO. But it should still be shown tonight. Whatever.

Either way, now I get to go to the Bach Contata that my parents put together at my church. I think Ben is coming, too, which is nice, I feel like I never see him anymore. Come to think of it, I feel like I don't see ANYONE anymore. I constantly talk to Sarah Jean about how much I miss her and we are always in agreement that we need to hang out more but this semester is just so ridiculously crazy that no one has time for anything. Literally. I don't know how some people fit it all in. Or how other majors that aren't Theatre even have time to do anything extra curricular. It seems like even when I'm doing things that are extra curricular they're curricular. Because they all still have to do with theatre xD

So the semester is kinda/sorta winding down, not really, since I still have a week left of classes and a couple major things to get done, but I legitimately can't wait for everything that accompanied this semester to be OVER, since the only thing about it I liked has been done for a couple months now (*cough**cough*Piazza*cough*).

Speaking of Piazza, look at how legit this picture is?



In case you were wondering, yes, that our production from this semester and yes, that is me =P

I hope you all have a wonderful night and I'll see you here again tomorrow!

HPRT: Ummm... When I first found out the showing was postponed and I thought I couldn't go, I literally fell to the floor I was so upset. There. That shows you how ridiculous I am xD
Current Book: Same. Still. Forever.
Current Song: Cosmic Love by Florence + The Machine. Kelly posted the video on my wall to cheer me up after I was so devastated.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

BEDA Day 19

It's always refreshing to hear some truly wonderful singing and remember that real musicianship is out there.

I just got back from the Junior recitals of two of my personal friends, both with incredible soprano voices, and both in my mom's studio at Auburn.

While they're still both very young and have things to work on, it was really great to see two people work so hard to get to where they are vocally and musically, and have something really beautiful to show for it. I'm so very proud of both of them, and they looked SMOKIN hot in their dresses as well =P

In other news, my obsession with The Light in the Piazza has hit a new height, and I didn't think that was possible. I finally got my Piazza tshirt from our production earlier this semester, I received digital copies of all our production stills and downloaded them to my computer, and found out that a professional theatre company relatively close (and by relatively I mean less than two hours at the best of times) is doing a production of Piazza at the end of next spring semester. I literally have NO IDEA how I would make it work, since I don't live in the Atlanta area, and I'll be in BFA and hopefully I'll be taking some decent classes, but OMG I CAN HAZ CLARA AGAIN??? Like seriously. I'm considering just doing the audition for funsies.

In any case, I must away now, the bonus disc of Deathly Hallows Pt. 1 is calling my name. Have a good night, everyone =]

HPRT: I'm trying so hard to stay away from Pt. 2 spoilers, but it's so effing hard when they appear EVERYWHERE.
Current Book: This isn't even applicable anymore. I'm not reading.
Current Song: The Light in the Piazza from the show.

Monday, April 18, 2011

BEDA Day 18

I'm just so done with school. I don't want to focus for this last week and a half, and I don't want to study for finals. I just want to get A's and not work for them. Of course, that will NEVER happen, but I'm just so sick of all my classes. Theatre History is sucking the life out of me, MT Acting is getting annoying, I literally don't even care about Biology and World Lit is... well, it's interesting but I'm not doing any of the work because I literally can't stand it.

Finding the motivation to get everything done is proving to be more and more elusive as finals get closer, but I have to. I just have to do it. I don't think I've faced a more challenging semester than this one, and I've just gotta stick it out. Wish me luck?

HPRT: FINALLY got my DVD of Deathly Hallows in the mail. The digital copy is currently downloading as I type =]
Current Book: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Current Song: My Freeze Ray from the Dr. Horrible soundtrack

Sunday, April 17, 2011

BEDA Day 17

Guys. I know you know that I love Harry Potter. But I don't think you quite realize how far this love has gone or how ridiculous it's gotten.

I just watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1 for the first time since it was in theatres over Christmas break, and let me just tell you. I don't care what anyone thinks, it is a brilliant piece of art work as a film, and one of the best book-to-film adaptations out of all the Harry Potter films. I know there are plenty of purists and skeptics and people who hate all the movies, but let me just tell you: If Elizabeth Lester finds almost no complaints with a Harry Potter film, and I myself find almost no complaints with a Harry Potter film, then that is a damn good film.

I don't even mind the additions. The dance in the tent between Harry and Hermione, the Tale of Three Brothers sequence and Hedwig's alternate death. It all just augments the intensity and sincerity of this film. I still don't understand how this masterpiece came from the same director who brought us the blasphemy of The Half-Blood Prince film, but whatever David Yates did with Pt. 1, I'm hoping just as much careful editing and sincerity went into Pt. 2. My pores are radiating with sheer anticipation for July.

Speaking of July, on with the countdown!

LeakyCon: 86 days
Pt. 2: 84 days

DYING. LITERALLY DYING RIGHT NOW.

I'm so excited, everyone. I hope to see a lot of you at LeakyCon, and I'll see you all tomorrow =]

HPRT: Really? Oh fine. Ummm... The Harry Potter Alliance has started to garner some real international attention for their Horcruxes campaign. I'm so proud of them =]
Current Book: Anna and the French Kiss
Current Song: Obliviate from the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1 soundtrack

Saturday, April 16, 2011

BEDA Day 16

Today is my father's birthday, and as such, I must have the obligatory, obnoxious:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

Ok. Now that that's done =]

Sorry for the crap post yesterday, it was so late and I had to be up in so few hours that I just wrote that...

Yesterday was long and hard. I woke up to turn my World Lit paper in, finish "O" in class, and then went to a really long, hard and pointless bio lab... I literally can't wait for this semester to end. I only have one lab left. Hooray!

Then Kelly D and I met up for lunch. We went to Toomer's Corner, which I didn't really know sold food, but it was a cute little deli type place. After that we window shopped downtown in some of the really cute clothes stores before we climbed into her car and headed over to the high school.

We've been trying to plan a Friday for WEEKS to go back to AHS, but we'd never been able to catch a day when our favorite professor was truly free to talk to us for as long as we wanted. However, yesterday finally opened up and we got to see Mr. Tindell!!

We got visitors passes from the front and headed over to the 800 building and it was just increadible to see him again!! I missed him so much. He's an incredible teacher, and I don't think he realizes how many people's lives he touches through literature. It's because of him that I got a 4 on my AP English Literature exam senior year, and I'll forever love him for that.

He asked me and Kelly how life's been going, and seemed genuinely happy for us when we talked about the Theatre and realized how much we love it. It was just so great to see him again.

We also stopped by the new theatre room and saw our former theatre teacher. It was interesting... xD

Then I went home for a little bit before I had to be at the theatre again for Hamlet. Which went smoothly, other than the tornado warning that pushed back curtain... We had to wait in the basement for the warning to lift and the actors could get ready againt. It also seemed to get longer every show we did...

After the show was over, we got everything ready as quickly as we could for the morning and then headed out because:

Houston had a Harry Potter party at his house!! We made butterbeer and watched the first movie (I really hoped we would watch the 7th one that just came out yesterday but Houston didn't want tooooo T_T ) and by the end of the movie it was just me, him and Jennie left. I got so many judgmental looks from everyone because I could literally quote the movie like it was nothing. So worth it!

Either way, I got home at like, 1:15 in the morning.

Then I woke up 6 hours later.

We had a 10am show ON A SATURDAY for Hamlet. Final performance. Unacceptable. But anyway.

This was actually a really great showing today. Things went better than they ever have and all we had to do after the show was costume strike. I was lucky enough to not have to go to strike because I'm not in a production studio and I wasn't in the cast, so I could go home to prepare for my daddy's birthday =]

My mom and I went all over town for last minute shopping and got him some presents and such. Overall I think it was fairly successful =]

Now we're watching Sherlock Holmes. I had hoped we would watch HP7, but honestly, at this point, I'm so exhausted from the week[end] that I'm afraid I would fall asleep and miss everything if we'd watched it tonight. I got him the Blu Ray/DVD combo pack for his birthday, and I pre-ordered my own copy of the same thing almost 2 months ago, but it won't come in the mail until TUESDAY. UNACCEPTABLE.

But anyway. I would like to be done with this post now, so I'll say goodnight to you all. I hope the rest of your weekends treat you well!

HPRT: I WANT TO WATCH HP7. RIGHT NOW. THE FACT THAT I HAVEN'T YET IS KILLING ME.
Current Book: Need I say? It's the same xD
Current Song: Trogdor by Strongbad. I... don't know why.

Friday, April 15, 2011

BEDA Day 15

Too tired to blog. Will fill you in tomorrow.

HPRT: My copy of Deathly Hallows did not, in fact, come in the mail today like I thought it would. Highly disappointed. Day almost ruined.
Current Book: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins. I promise once I have time I'll continue to read.
Current Song: Cosmic Love by Florence + The Machine

Thursday, April 14, 2011

BEDA Day 14

We're in the middle of the show right now, but I have some down time before I have to put some make up on an actor, so here I am, writing my blog before I run out of time!

Today has been overall a good day! I started the day tired. 6:30 comes ridiculously early. But I got to jazz anyway, and it ended up being a great class. We massaged each other's backs to loosen them up before stretching them and it really made a marvelous improvement. I felt so good and loose the rest of the day.

MT Acting was fine, my scene wasn't rehearsed at all, but I'm not worried about it. I sat in the green room and worked on finishing my World Lit paper.

Lunch at Einstein Bagels. Always a fabulous choice.

Work was fun, I started making my friend Tyler's shirt for his dance piece in the dance show. China. Silk. AHHH.

I had a good lesson in which Joey told me that he's really proud of the year, and more specifically the semester I've had. It's always incredible to hear things like that from people you respect.

I found out that I didn't, in fact, fail my biology test from last week. I got an 80. Fabulous!!!

The show was fine, everything ran smoothly during the show, but we had the KCACTF respondent tonight and that literally. Dragged. On. For. Ever. I wanted to shoot myself. We had the most long-winded respondent and the costume crew were just like, why the eff do we even have to be here?? It was awful.

At least I finished my World Lit paper at like, 5 o'clock today, so I don't have to stress about finishing that right now! Now is the time to relax in front of some well-earned Youtube subscriptions and try not to think about how stressful this weekend is gonna be...

Hope your days were wonderful!

HPRT: DEATHLY HALLOWS DVD COMES IN THE MAIL TOMORROW OMG SO EXCITED I WILL BE WATCHING IT NON-STOP THIS WEEKEND.
Current Book: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Current Song: Come Right Out and Say It by Relient K

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

BEDA Day 13

Today has been interesting to say the least.

Started off by watching "O" in World Lit, since we just finished reading Othello. It's ok, but it's kinda strange... during the love scene, Odom (Othello) looks into the mirror that's hanging on the wall and sees Cassio. WEIRD.

Tap was fun, we added on to our Outcome piece and ran it a couple times. It's so warm outside and humid that I was disgusting by the end...

I sang in rep class today, too. Last time all school year, hooray! I sang "A Part of That" from The Last 5 Years, and it went really well. My mom told me after class that I had sung the hell out of the song, which is really weird because it's MY MOM, and she DOESN'T SWEAR. Not often, anyway. And not usually about my singing. It was a great new experience =]

Work was crazy fun today. For whatever reason I'm just really enjoying my job in the costume shop. I never thought I'd like sewing, but I really, really do. It's great to know that I have this awesome skill if I ever need it, and I can do a lot of things on my own now. We're working on shirts for the tap number in the dance show right now. So that's what I worked on.

But the best part was that my boss, Miss Tracy, got all the people on costume crew for Hamlet a pair of small scissors on a ribbon to wear around our necks as a present for opening. Since last night was my night off, I didn't get mine until today when I went in, so it was the nicest surprise EVER. I wore them all day and plan on wearing them tonight during the show. *happiness*

I decided to skip Theatre History and use one of my two free skip days to work on my World Lit paper, since I hadn't read the play or the Script Analysis chapter that was due for today, and I want to be able to go out tomorrow night instead of frenzily working on my paper the night before it's due. Plus, I hadn't used any of my skip days yet all semester, not even during Piazza, so I figured it was about time. I plan on going the rest of the semester, so what of it, right?

In any case, I got about two more pages of it done, so all I need is two paragraphs and I'm DONE. I'm so excited. I can't wait!

So here I am, sitting in the ridiculously FREEZING green room, wrapped in a blanket, trying to feel my toes and writing my blog post before I go change into my blacks. Which really just consists of me changing out of my shorts and into my jazz pants. Whatever. I'm preparing to travel to Denmark tonight, so you'll excuse me if I must dash off now.

I hope all of your Wednesdays were as good and productive as mine!

HPRT: Our sound check song is some crazy Dub-step remix to Hedwig's Theme from the first movie, and it's been playing in the green room for probably the last solid week.
Current Book: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight for World Lit paper.
Current Song: The Exodus from the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1 soundtrack

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

BEDA Day 12

Kelly is playing "Harry Potter is Dead" by Ministry of Magic right now. I seriously want to cry right now. So many emotions swirling around about HP.... *le sigh*

Today has been a freaking awesome day! It started off with a canceled jazz class, which allowed me to sleep in a whole hour and a half extra, which is always a beautiful thing. I actually got to look decent today, as in not in a sports bra and shorts and t-shirt and looking like a slob. I wore jeans and a pretty shirt and my grey cardigan. Hooray for not looking bad!

MT Acting was fun, Bridget and I are so solid on Take Me or Leave Me that it's basically a joke. We're just having fun with it.

I was gonna work on my World Lit paper after that class, but instead Kelly and I went to Einstein Bagels to get lunch. I adore everything bagels with cream cheese. It's the only way to be =P

I'm working on a really gorgeous dress for the dance show at work in the costume shop, made of China silk and white chiffon. It's. So. Freaking. Pretty.

Great voice lesson with Joey, and he paid me a really great compliment today by saying that I've been in such good vocal standing this semester, and that I've figured so many things out that now I'm just singing really consistently. Consistency is a singer's bread and butter, so I'm so, so grateful for him to tell me these things and to have helped to me to figure them out over the past two years. Joey is truly a beautiful soul.

Biology wasn't as bad as I feared because we did not, in fact, get our test grades back, so we're offsetting the bad news for another 2 days. Hooray! AND. We got out of class wayyyy early, so now I'm at Kelly's dorm listening to MoM sing "Don't Leave" and it's beautiful.

So because I'm like, the world's worst blog topic chooser, Kelly thought I should talk about who my favorite Hogwarts professor is (not DADA, because they change so much). Sooooooo:

I honestly do think my favorite Hogwarts professor is Snape. It's so hard not to love him when you think about everything that he sacrifices and is put through growing up. Basically, the whole Prince's Tale chapter in Deathly Hallows is why I adore Snape. Just.... AH. You can just tell that he loved Lily so much and that even though James was horrible to him and they had such a tense dynamic, Snape would do anything for Lily. Some say that his motivations were selfish, that he only did what he did because he wanted Lily back, but... while that may be true, he still wanted to preserve what little of Lily Potter was still on earth, and that meant Harry. It was the love of Lily Potter that saved Snape from becoming a truly despicable human being. The fact that he was able to love anyone or anything shows how he's a stronger character than Voldemort. People tend to lump them together. Not me. Snape is one of the most layered, interesting characters that I've ever had the privilege to read about, and I will forever view him as my favorite Hogwarts professor. Yes, he's a douchebag while they're all at school. Yes, he's unnecessarily cruel to Harry and the others. But he comes through when he is most needed and ultimately sacrifices so much more than any of the other characters to do the right thing.

Ok. Heavy moment gone. RIP Snape, May 2, 1998 <3

I have to go now. I'm going to see Hamlet tonight on my one night off of costume crew. Hooray!!

HPRT: They're showing Deathly Hallows Pt. 1 on the MASSIVE JUMBOTRON in the FREAKING STADIUM next Thursday. I must drag Ben to see it!!
Current Book: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Current Song: Lily by Ministry of Magic


Monday, April 11, 2011

BEDA BONUS POST

Totally just stole this survey thingy from Kelly. It's too interesting! It's about Disney! Come on!

Purple for ones I've seen, green for those I haven't. Stars for ones I own (DVD and VHS. Because I haven't made the switch for all of them yet!).

1) The Lion King*
2) Beauty and the Beast*
3) Tangled*
4) Aladdin*
5) Toy Story
6) The Little Mermaid*
7) Finding Nemo*
8) Toy Story 3
9) Up
10) Song of the South
11) Peter Pan*
12) Robin Hood
13) Mulan*
14) Wall-E*
15) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs*
16) Monsters, Inc.
17) Mary Poppins*
18) Spirited Away*
19) Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl*
20) Lady and the Tramp*
21) Cinderella*
22) The Fox and the Hound*
23) Tru Confessions
24) Sleeping Beauty*
25) Bambi*
26) Ratatouille
27) Fantasia*
28) 101 Dalmatians*
29) Alice in Wonderland
30) Pinocchio*
31) The Jungle Book*
32) Hercules*
33) The Aristocats
34) The Incredibles*
35) Enchanted*
36) Remember the Titans
37) Toby Tyler
38) The Great Mouse Detective*
39) The Parent Trap*
40) Tarzan*
41) Swiss Family Robinson
42) The Princess and the Frog
43) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe*
44) Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
45) The Hunchback of Notre Dame*
46) Miracle
47) Oliver and Company
48) Almost Angels
49) Dumbo
50) The Muppet Christmas Carol*
51) Toy Story 2
52) The Sword in the Stone
53) The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian*
54) Pocahontas*
55) Cars
56) Howl's Moving Castle*
57) Old Yeller
58) Eight Below
59) Ponyo
60) Cool Runnings
61) Tron: Legacy
62) Bolt
63) Lilo and Stitch*
64) Love Leads the Way
65) Bedknobs and Broomsticks
66) A Goofy Movie
67) The Scream Team
68) National Treasure: Book of Secrets*
69) Heavyweights
70) Motocrossed
71) A Bug's Life
72) Newsies
73) National Treasure*
74) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End*
75) Tiger Cruise
76) The Legend of Lobo
77) The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
78) The Rescuers Down Under
79) Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
80) Iron Will
81) The Journey of Natty Gann
82) White Fang
83) Meet the Robinsons
84) The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
85) The Mighty Ducks
86) Holes
87) Treasure Planet
88) Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
89) Pollyanna*
90) Brother Bear
91) Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
92) James and the Giant Peach
93) Sky High
94) Saludos Amigos
95) The Parent Trap (new)*
96) Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie
97) Right on Track
98) Greyfriar's Bobby
99) Sorceror's Apprentice
100) Secretariat

68/100. Not too bad, huh?

BEDA Day 11

5 MONTHS UNTIL I TURN 20.

You know. No big deal or anything. =P

It's interesting how things end up being either better or worse than you expected. Take, for instance, the production of Hamlet I'm working costume crew for right now. When I first found out we were doing Hamlet in the round, with heavy rock music and in only 90 minutes, I kinda freaked out. I'm a bit of a Shakespeare purist, and while it's good to have different interpretations every now and again, I still don't believe in radically changing things. Shakespeare is pretty much perfect the way it is.

So heading into this production, I was nervous. I have a lot of friends in it, and I was excited for them, because Shakespeare is so much fun, Hamlet especially. I was simultaneously excited and apprehensive going into Crew view last week, but I put aside my fears and tried to keep an open mind for the sake of my friends.

Lemme tell you. It was the right choice.

Say what you will about Shakespeare and the person who's directing it and the concept, but I'm gonna tell you, I'm very excited. Working on costume crew with 5 people is allowing one of us to sit out and watch it a night, and my turn to watch is opening night tomorrow. Having seen everyone in costume and make up backstage, I legitimately can't wait to see what I saw last Tuesday put together with all that AND the lights. I'm so proud of my friends who are involved in the show, and even though it's not perfect or ideal Shakespeare, it's absolutely entertainment and it's worth your time, even if you are a purist.

So haters put your insults in your back pocket for one night. Come out and see the show =]

Night, all!

HPRT: I found out that someone danced to Hedwig's Theme from Harry Potter tonight on Dancing With the Stars. Kind of made my life!
Current Book: Beowulf for my World Lit paper
Current Song: Forward Motion by Relient K. It's all over Twitter right now.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

BEDA Day 10

Elizabeth Lester. Is. My. Hero.

She just informed me that Cassondra Clare's City of Fallen Angels, which I have been waiting for for probably over a year now, HAS BEEN RELEASED FOR 5 DAYS AND I DIDN'T KNOW. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?

Either way, I promptly marched myself over to Amazon and bought that baby for only $14. Hardcover. Yeah, that's right!

So that was a momentary distraction from my World Lit paper. I'm trying really hard to not watch Youtube or just stay on fb chat with my dear Emily and get some real work done on this paper, but let me tell you, it's hard. I basically know what I want to say, but forcing myself to put it on the virtual page that Open Office has created via pixels is really challenging. I'd much rather be watching Tangled or reading Anna and the French Kiss or eating dinner NOW because I'm ravenous, but alas, I must discuss why Grendel and Sir Gawain both being cowards means that Middle English readers expected their heros to be less heroic and their monsters to be less monstrous than we do in today's world. At least, that's the point I believe I'm attempting to make... in 5-6 double spaced pages.

The good news is that it's doable. It's gonna be a lot more doable than my last paper for this class, and I have her criticism to work on from the last one so hopefully I'll get an A on this paper and not a B+ like the last one. The question of the moment is, however, if I sluff off now, do I have time during the week to complete this?

Answer: probably not. I'm working Hamlet every night this week, and it's due Friday, so... I'll probably work on it when I'm not changing someone's costume, but tonight is first dress rehearsal, so I will have virtually no downtime tonight. Thus the pre-dinner frenzy to get some work done.

I have no idea why I'm saying any of this on my blog. It's not like it's interesting... Maybe I just need to write down my thoughts as I think them so that it's down somewhere where I can reflect on them and make a final decision. Ultimately I think I'm gonna put my nose to the grind stone. Unfortunately.

First countdown of the year!

Days until Spring Semester ends: 25
Days until LeakyCon2011: 93

HPRT: Queen Rowling is a Trending Tweet on Twitter right now. Kind of in love.
Current Book: Beowulf. Eff.
Current Song: I Will Follow You Into The Dark by Death Cab for Cutie

Saturday, April 9, 2011

BEDA Day 9

I think I've hit that point in the semester when I just don't care anymore.

-I still have 3 full weeks of classes.
-I have the whole run of Hamlet to get through.
-I have a World Lit paper due next Friday.
-I sing in rep class on Wednesday.
-I have a whole other assignment for Theatre History due sometime between now and the end of the semester that she hasn't even assigned to us yet.
-I have my last scene due for Musical Theatre Acting.
-I have at least two outcomes to prepare material for.
-My dad's Birthday is coming up next weekend and I have no ideas for presents.
-I have my first BFA-mandatory show audition the last week of classes for which I am completely unprepared. 30 second comedic pantomime? WHAT?

All of this I have to get done with BEFORE I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT FINALS. And I've hit a wall. I just have no motivation for any of it, except perhaps my last scene for MT Acting because at least I don't really have to worry about that. It's gonna be easy. Bridget and I are solid on it. I'm not worried about that. But everything else... just... how am I gonna work up the motivation to power through everything when I'm over this semester and I'm over all these classes that I'm taking and I don't really get that much time to relax because as soon as the semester's over I'm getting my wisdom teeth out and then starting summer school for two core classes that I'm in NO way excited for?

Hating on the world right now. I'll get through it eventually. Off to Ben's to watch LOTR, hopefully that will cheer me up =]

HPRT: Wishing I was in Miami for the Miami Yule Ball. Wish I could see MoM again.
Current Book: I'm going over Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight for my World Lit paper.
Current Song: World of Warcraft Ruined My Life by ALL CAPS

Friday, April 8, 2011

BEDA Day 8

It's April 8th. WTF?

I honestly have no idea where time goes. It just disappears. I am in some serious need of a Time Turner. For real.

In any case, I'm done with my two classes for the day, turned in my time sheet so I can GET PAID, and now I'm chillaxin in my room killing time before Ben and I go see The Scarlet Pimpernel tonight at Faulkner Dinner Theatre. I'm pretty excited, Ben loves this show, and he used to do shows at Faulkner, so it's gonna be an adventure =]

I'm considering using the lovely alone time in the house to work on a song that I bought last weekend to put in the Pop/Rock section of my audition book, since I literally have none and I don't often listen to the radio, so it's nice to have an option now. It's The Story by Brandi Carlile, which I recently re-discovered after the musical episode of Grey's Anatomy. As lame as that sounds, I remember when it was popular the first time around, and I really liked it then, but after blasting Sara Ramirez's version from my iTunes all week, I've become obsessed with it. After all, anything Sara sings, I can sing!

So I bought the sheet music and printed it off and I'm considering learning the piano part for fun, since, you know, I like to do that sometimes. I genuinely miss playing piano, and last semester, despite its annoyance, Piano Skills was fun. It reminded me that I am, in fact, a musician, and I have some skill at the piano, and I should have developed it further. One of my biggest regrets, as I'm sure I've mentioned on this blog before, is that I didn't continue taking piano lessons in childhood. Something about practicing for it and doing piano recitals made me want to throw up or faint or something. That's why I switched to taking viola lessons, because I never minded practicing that. Either way, I probably should have been an instrumentalist, but instead I'm pursuing this crazy career in acting and singing which I love... I have to many musical interests xD

So perhaps I'll take a break from my computer and do something fun AND constructive. Have a wonderful Friday, everyone, and try to avoid having to choose which seat to take =P

HPRT: LeakyCon is under 100 days away. FREAK OUT TIME!
Current Book: Still Anna and the French Kiss... alas, with my schedule, I'm at a standstill...
Current Song: The Story cover by Sara Ramirez

Thursday, April 7, 2011

BEDA Day 7

Well... today has been... an interesting plethora of emotions...

Jazz was great today. It's really nice to get both a good stretch/toning work out in and then have plenty of time to work on choreography. We got in both dances that we're doing for the outcome at the end of the month, and it was just overall really fun today!

MT Acting was great because it was literally a 10 minutes segment where we went over the music for our scenes. Bridget and I are singing Take Me or Leave Me, and we really only had to go over it one time, we're so solid on it. And since we were done so soon, it allowed me to spend the rest of regular class time studying like a maniac for my Biology test. So I basically studied almost non stop from 9:30 to 1, with a brief like, 20 minute period when I got food, and then the 10 minutes to rehearse.

Work was fun, as usual, but I'd really started to stress about my test, since I literally didn't study for it almost at all this whole week like I'd planned. So when it was time for my voice lesson, Joey was like, I'm not worried about anything you're working on for the rest of the semester, so if you need to go study, you can. Which I was grateful for.

I found Sarah Jean and Tyler outside studying on the park benches that are on the hill right outside the theatre, so I joined them. They'd been using my notes to study, which I'd highlighted and everything, so we sat outside in the gorgeous weather talking about the endocrine, excretory, and reproductive systems... and I was getting more and more nervous because even though I understood the material when we talked about it, I had no idea what he was gonna ask on the test, so I had no way to know what information was more important than the rest. So the three of us and Kelly all made the trek to take the test... and I can't speak for SJP and Tyler, but I know Kelly and I and our friend Malcolm all feel really really bad about it. It was like we studied the information forwards and he asked the questions backwards... so it was really hard to tell what information I needed to recall back to my forebrain to remember... it was insanity.

So Kelly and I were super depressed about that until we got back to her apartment and started watching Youtube with her friend Matt and finally we ended the day with our crazy selves as per usual. We make a little mini road trip to Montgomery to drop Matt off and then belted out Glee and musical soundtracks on the way back. Bones was new tonight, too, for the first time in WEEKS, so today ended well at the very least =]

Now I'm off to shower and sleep early-ish, since this week has been surprisingly really stressful, and I have a big weekend to look forward to!

Night, world =]

HPRT: Kelly and I made at least a couple "Did you get my text?" "Well, you didn't text me back!" jokes from AVPS tonight =P
Current Book: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Current Song: Cosmic Love by Florence + The Machine

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

BEDA Day 6

SO TIRED. SO STRESSED.

I'm also in a fair amount of pain from my Jazz class yesterday xD

Today isn't over yet by a long shot, but it's been a pretty good day over all. World Lit was amusing because my professor dropped the f-bomb when talking about Othello, and every single person in my class except for the people in my group freaked out. One guy even went up to her after class to talk about it, and Jennie and I just looked at each other and were like, really? How old are you? Are you even in college? Are you not used to hearing curse words all the time now?

Tap was fun, mostly because there were a ton of people missing so our class was small. Honestly, smaller dance classes are way better. Not only do you get more personal attention but it's just better space-wise as well.

Rep class and work were fine, but Theatre History was the slowest two hours of my life. They seriously dragged on and on and on and on and it was probably that way because I was unprepared and didn't even have my copy of Mother Courage to use, but it's over now and I don't care anymore. Brecht is stupid.

In any case, I'm catching up on some Youtube, waiting for dinner and procrastinating on studying for my Biology test tomorrow afternoon which I'm fairly certain I'm going to fail. Or maybe get a D. Whatever.

HPRT: Still not sure how I feel about the fact that Daniel Radcliffe is on Broadway... can he even sing?
Current Book: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Current Song: Hey Soul Sister by Train

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

BEDA Day 5

AHHH I HAVE 17 MINUTES!

Today was long, but at least it ended well.

Jazz was brutal on my legs, MT Acting was amusing. Bridget and I are singing "Take Me or Leave Me" from RENT, and we basically just played the entire 2 hours, figuring out what we wanted to do with the scene. I worked some in the Costume shop, had a good voice lesson, wanted to shoot myself in Biology when we weren't singing Disney songs or talking about who our favorite princess/villain was xD

For dinner, Kelly, Jennie, Ben and Kelly's friend Matt and I all went to Marco's Pizza, the one owned by Kelly's second cousin. It was good pizza, I'd never eating there before. But then we went to get Sno Biz for the first time all season, and then it was back to the theatre for Hamlet crew view!!

I was a little apprehensive about Hamlet at first, just because of the fact that it was cut to be 90 minutes and there's a lot of like, heavy metal music playing in it, but I actually can't wait to see what it'll be like with lights and costumes and everything because I think it's gonna be really cool. I'm excited that I get to work on it!

After the run through, a whole bunch of us went to Chill (a FroYo place downtown) and stood outside in the FREEZING-NESS and talked and laughed and had a good time. Now I'm back home, having thawed out in the shower and putting the finishing touched on my freaking Plot chart that's due in Theatre History tomorrow... at least it's basically done and I don't have to worry about it tomorrow =]

Good night, moon.

P.S. Every time I try to type the word "pizza," I always accidentally add the extra "a" which makes it "piazza." I'm pathetic T_T

HPRT: Another memorable moment of Biology today was that we need to start calling whores "Gryffin-whores" and sluts "Raven-sluts." Yup. That's how we spend our review time in Biology xD
Current Book: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Current Song: Let's Go Outside by Luke Conard and Tessa Violet

Monday, April 4, 2011

BEDA Day 4

THEATRE HISTORY MUST DIE.

Ok, now that that is over-with... xD

Do you ever get sick of people not knowing things that they should? So to make up for their lack of knowledge and instead of asking the person who's in charge, they ask you? Yeah.

So... that's kinda how my day went. How about yours? Here's to hoping you had better days than mine!

In any case, there are moments in life when you get some real clarity, and last night may have been one of those moments for me. I was talking to a friend who is very interested in Musical theatre like I am, but is three years younger than I am and hasn't started college yet. She kept talking about how she wanted to double major in theatre and something else that would provide a more secure job after graduation. She said that just a theatre degree wouldn't get her much... Which, you know, kinda made me wonder if that's what's going to happen with me, since that's all I'm getting, is a BFA Musical Theatre... But almost immediately I shoved that thought away.

Yes. Being an actor means you're not going to have job security. In fact, almost no job in the arts is going to be secure. But for whatever reason, maybe I'm dedicated, maybe I'm just crazy, that doesn't dissuade me at all. Yes, I will probably be eating half a packet of ramen for dinner every night. Yes, I will need to get a day job, probably waiting tables and audition my brains out for anything and everything. But that's just how it works. That's what I signed up for when I decided that this was what I wanted to do. There is no doubt in my mind that this is what I want, and it just seemed so silly to me to worry about things like job security. Job security isn't part of the deal in this business, so I just never even worried about it. And it felt really refreshing to know that I was still sure about this life knowing all I know about it. I don't know... I guess having that kind of clarity was unexpected.

Anyway, I recently (by which I mean just now) remembered that I won NaNoWriMo in the fall, and that my prizes still await my redemption!! So I'm downloading my free trial of Scrivener to see if I like it any better than word, and/or well enough to buy it, and I set up my CreateSpace account. Here's to hoping I can finish my novel by June 30th xD

Sorry for the sporadic post... It was kind of all over the place, but then again, I'm kind of all over the place right now! =P

Night, all!

HPRT: A ton of HP stars were in NYC today for the HP Exhibit. SO. JEALOUS.
Current Book: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Current Song: Cosmic Love by Florence + The Machine

Sunday, April 3, 2011

BEDA Day 3

I've always had OCD tendencies, but I've never really been one for hyper-organization. I like a little messy in my life. Usually it is found in the form of a nearly unrecognizable floor in my room. I'm too lazy to fold my clothes so they sit, clean but wrinkly, in the basket. I throw my textbooks all over the place. I don't remember the last time I dusted.

In high school I would always have a neat locker. That was about the extent of my OCD. But as I got into college, I've found that with the institution of the laptop has come a whole new way to take OCD to the next level. The name of that invention?

iCal.

I've always had a planner that I write my assignments in. In high school I used to decorate the cover to whatever show or musical I was obsessed with at the time. I got a planner for college, too, but as this school year has gone on, I've found that I use it less and less, but spend more and more time on my computer. So I tried using a Sticky note on my desktop for Homework assignments. It worked for a while, but as with most things, my fire for that kind of died and I lost track of it.

But then.


I discovered iCal. Let me just show you what my iCal looks like for the month of April. It's kind of disgustingly AMAZING.



I basically am in love with iCal. So much so that I stayed up until 2:30 yesterday morning adding my summer classes and fall classes that I've registered for but HAVEN'T STARTED YET. It's kind of ridiculous how excited I got about it. I made a To-Do list and deleted my Homework Sticky, which I never thought I'd do. I'm just blown away by the fact that I'm so excited for being organized. I should have had this in high school. It would have made my life so much easier xD

In any case, I'll try not to scare you any more with my extreme love of iCal. I'm still working on my effing Plot Chart, but I want to get most of it done before the week starts so I can talk to my professor about the one question I don't understand. But if you look at my iCal picture, the first five To-Do list items are all for Theatre History. Ridiculous.

So I'll just have this random excursion into my academic life be my post. I have a crap load of work to do, as you can probably tell xD

Have wonderful days of BEDA-ing, one and all!

HPRT: I keep getting tweets and youtube videos in my sub box about the screening of Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 and I keep avoiding them like the plague. STOP TRYING TO RUIN THE MOVIE FOR ME.
Current Book: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Current Song: Still The Story by Brandi Carlile, with Sara Ramirez's voice in my head xD

Saturday, April 2, 2011

BEDA Day 2

Do you ever randomly miss movies from your childhood?

I was in our local book/movie/music store, Hastings, tonight, and at the ends of the aisles of movies were sale items. I ran across The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Hercules on DVD, and instantly I lusted after them. Only problem was that they were $14 each, and that's honestly not much of a sale. Then I came across The Pagemaster and The Prince of Egypt, both fabulous movies from my childhood. Those were only $6 each. But being surrounded not only by those films, but also by Mulan, Princess and the Frog, The Emperor's New Groove, The Rescuer's Down Under, and many other old Disney movies got me thinking. I haven't seen most of those movies in years and I truly miss them. It also reminded me that I don't own nearly enough Disney DVDs and that I'll try to build up my collection as I finish college.

But some movies just meant a lot to me when I was younger. The very prevalent ones I demanded that I own immediately, like Mulan and Sleeping Beauty and Tangled. But some of them were lost to me when I got older, like Pete's Dragon and The Great Mouse Detective and The Little Mermaid. So I've decided.

I MUST OWN ALL OF THESE MOVIES.

Goodnight xD

P.S. I ended up buying The Pagemaster and The Prince of Egypt. I look forward to watching the prior tonight before bed =]

HPRT: Apparently some website, as an April Fool's joke, came up with a new show premise called The Aurors to be aired on FX on July 31st. They almost had me going. It looked bad, anyway xD
Current Book: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Current Song: The Story by Brandi Carlile, but the Grey's Anatomy cover sung by Sara Ramirez. She's an effing genius.

Friday, April 1, 2011

BEDA Day 1

Ah what the hell, why not do BEDA? It'll only add to the vast multitude of stressful things I have coming up this month, but who cares?

Hey blog, sorry I neglected you this year. I kind of had a lot to do this semester. Forgive me please?

Anyway, I'm sitting at school, having gotten out of my hour lesson with Joey a little early, just waiting on a friend to work on a scene we have for class, and I'm tired. I realize how mundane and ordinary that saying is. How often do we get up for class and say, "I'm tired." But it seems that I'm not just physically tired or tired of school anymore. I'm tired of the crap that goes on in this place.

Ok... that was slightly emo, but there's just so much drama in a university setting that's so unnecessary and just plain pointless and stupid that it really wears on your nerves after a while. How can people be so ridiculously petty when so much real pain is in the world? How can we sit back and banter about rich, white people problems when the people of Japan and Haiti and New Zealand are in such desperate need? I'm not saying I'm not exempt from moments like this, but there are times when I'm just so appalled at the world and what they choose to care about. Today is one of those times.

In any case, I'm having a fairly stress-free day. I'm choosing to revel in it and take advantage of this time to relax. This weekend will not be filled with much relaxing...

Continue to stay strong, readers. Hopefully tomorrow's post won't be so depressing...

HPRT: I think for once in my life, I don't have one. Perhaps I'll just say "Keep each other safe, and keep faith."
Current Book: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Current Song: California Dorks by Skyway Flyer