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
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
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
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
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
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.
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
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
Saturday, February 5, 2011
I wish I had more time...
I've neglected this blog as of late. Well... as of the new year. I apologize for that, more for myself than for anyone who might stumble upon this blog and read it when I update, because I really do love blogging. But once the New Year hit, my time was fully consumed with callbacks, preparing for the best role of my life, and yet another new semester.
I rang in January 2011 with the parents, with our usual To the Manor Borne marathon. Took two nights to get through, but who cares? Penelope Keith is a genius and I'd gladly watch her any day.
I got a callback email from The Final Battle 2011 a couple days before that, and the deadline was the 10th, so I decided to get it done early so I could concentrate on memorizing music and lines for Piazza. I posted it and sent it a whole week before it was due, and felt so freaking accomplished, it was a great way to launch into my last week of freedom before school started again. Which only felt even better when I got cast a couple weeks later...????
Seriously, how does this happen in my life? It's ridiculous. I got cast as Pansy Parkinson, and I literally couldn't believe it. I got in touch with the girl who played Pansy last summer at Infinitus, Lauren Fairweather, most known for her solo career, fiveawesomegirls fame and being in the wrock band The Moaning Myrtles, because we're friends on Facebook. I told her I was going to be playing Pansy this summer, and she FREAKING WROTE ON MY WALL BACK telling me that she was excited to see me in it! Just. WHAT?? UGH! My life. It is crazy =]
Anyway, I mostly spent the last week of break watching Doctor Who (which I adore and have had absolutely NO time for since school started) and working on The Light in the Piazza. So I was all prepared to go to World Lit first thing at 9am on that Monday. And that's when it happened.
IceStorm2011.
Which didn't end up existing all that much.
The Saturday before classes started, the school announced that all classes and activities on campus were canceled for the 10th because of incoming ice front. It also happened to be the same day as the BCS National Championship, so most people think that because almost nothing happened weather-wise, it was just the University's excuse to cancel classes because of the game. I would buy that if it weren't for the fact that the public schools also completely shut down, as well.
Tuesday ended up being canceled too, so I got an extra two days off, but only in terms of classes. The Sunday before classes started marked the day of the first Piazza rehearsal. All we really did was do a read through/sing through, but right away from that first rehearsal I knew I was in for the ride of my life.
This show has given me a whole new insight into my voice and my acting ability and how my energy works. Lately I've been just exhausted because of my lack of sleep and homework load and fact that I have rehearsal 6 nights a week, but when I'm on stage, when I am Clara, I forget that I'm utterly depleted of energy and it all seems to come back. I don't really understand what that means, but I honestly think it's a sign that this role is changing me. I'm learning so much through her, even if she isn't "normal" and everyone makes fun of me outside of rehearsal because I frequently have "Clara moments." It doesn't matter to me. I'll gladly live with the Clara moments for a few months after Piazza is over because it means that at least for a few weeks, I've truly understood myself. I bring all I have to it every night because I can't see Clara any other way. She wouldn't half-ass something, so I shouldn't either. And working in this way is extremely enlightening, especially since I'm at the core a very lazy person. Well... not when it comes to shows, but in like, everything else I'm lazy xD
Anyway, the point is, Piazza rehearsal is by far the best part of my day, and I look forward to it every night. I don't know what I'm going to do when it ends. Probably cry myself to sleep every night. I wish I were kidding about that xD
The only negative consequence of having rehearsal is that I'm really struggling to get my homework done for my classes. I'm almost taking a full load, I'm at 17 hours, and I'm working 7 hours a week in the costume shop (last week I actually worked 9, because I'm insane). World Literature, Theatre History: Text, Musical Theatre Acting, Biology, Jazz, Tap, voice lessons. I literally spent all Saturday AND Sunday afternoon just working on catching up in World Lit, and I started to get ahead in Theatre History. I have a Biology test on Tuesday and while I don't think that it'll be too difficult, I just have to make sure that I read over my notes and study guide a lot over the next day and a half. I also have a performance in Musical Theatre Acting that day. And a paper for World Lit due on Friday which I have not started and wanted to this weekend. Whoops.
This past couple of weekends have been really fun, however. Two weekends ago, after rehearsal on Friday I went to one of the local bars, Quixotes, for the first time ever with a bunch of people from the Piazza cast. It was nice to get out and be social for once, and I really started to feel like I was making real connections with my cast members. It was a great feeling. The next night we celebrated Jennie's 20th by going out to Olive Garden. It was just me, her and the Kellys, but we ended up running into Garrett's birthday dinner group, because Jennie and Garrett have the same birthday, so that was fun. We then went to get ice cream (despite the frigid temps) and then back to Kelly C's dorm to watch Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century. Hey, no judgements!
Last weekend I... don't... think I did anything on Friday night, but I'm probably wrong about that and I just have a terrible memory. Or the days are running together because with rehearsal I have no real sense of time anymore. Either way, Saturday night, Jennie hosted a Lord of the Rings night at her apartment, and a few people came over, including KDav, Ben and Savannah. We watched Two Towers and slept over and it was a good time =]
This weekend was Kelly Cochran's 21st Birthday!!! I woke up yesterday and went to Kelly's parents house for a lovely birthday brunch, where we had mimosas, pancakes and bacon, and then birthday cake. Kelly was, as always, totally adorable when opening her presents, and even modeled for me her prom dress from a couple years ago. Beautiful!! That night, after a couple location changes, we finally all went over to Quixotes to celebrate. Almost the entire theatre department ended up showing up, although for different reasons, but Kelly seemed to have a ton of fun, so it was totally worth me and Sarah staying until the bar closed with her! We all had a good time.
Today I went to the library with Kelly to get some homework done and to study some for our Biology test, went home, ate a Superbowl dinner that my dad made, got some more homework done, and then went over to Ben's to FINALLY watch Mewtwo Returns, which I've had sitting in my room for a couple weeks. Despite the momentary picture cutouts, it was delightfully lame and adorable, just what Pokemon should be!
Anyway, another long week ahead of me. Let's hope that I can keep up with the work load. Rehearsal will always be my haven, so I don't have to worry about that.
Until we meet again?
HPRT: I registered for LeakyCon2011 because I WAS CAST IN THE FINAL BATTLE AS PANSY PARKINSON. Yes way.
Current Book: Some Script Analysis book for Theatre History.
Current Song: Breathe Again by Sara Bareilles
I rang in January 2011 with the parents, with our usual To the Manor Borne marathon. Took two nights to get through, but who cares? Penelope Keith is a genius and I'd gladly watch her any day.
I got a callback email from The Final Battle 2011 a couple days before that, and the deadline was the 10th, so I decided to get it done early so I could concentrate on memorizing music and lines for Piazza. I posted it and sent it a whole week before it was due, and felt so freaking accomplished, it was a great way to launch into my last week of freedom before school started again. Which only felt even better when I got cast a couple weeks later...????
Seriously, how does this happen in my life? It's ridiculous. I got cast as Pansy Parkinson, and I literally couldn't believe it. I got in touch with the girl who played Pansy last summer at Infinitus, Lauren Fairweather, most known for her solo career, fiveawesomegirls fame and being in the wrock band The Moaning Myrtles, because we're friends on Facebook. I told her I was going to be playing Pansy this summer, and she FREAKING WROTE ON MY WALL BACK telling me that she was excited to see me in it! Just. WHAT?? UGH! My life. It is crazy =]
Anyway, I mostly spent the last week of break watching Doctor Who (which I adore and have had absolutely NO time for since school started) and working on The Light in the Piazza. So I was all prepared to go to World Lit first thing at 9am on that Monday. And that's when it happened.
IceStorm2011.
Which didn't end up existing all that much.
The Saturday before classes started, the school announced that all classes and activities on campus were canceled for the 10th because of incoming ice front. It also happened to be the same day as the BCS National Championship, so most people think that because almost nothing happened weather-wise, it was just the University's excuse to cancel classes because of the game. I would buy that if it weren't for the fact that the public schools also completely shut down, as well.
Tuesday ended up being canceled too, so I got an extra two days off, but only in terms of classes. The Sunday before classes started marked the day of the first Piazza rehearsal. All we really did was do a read through/sing through, but right away from that first rehearsal I knew I was in for the ride of my life.
This show has given me a whole new insight into my voice and my acting ability and how my energy works. Lately I've been just exhausted because of my lack of sleep and homework load and fact that I have rehearsal 6 nights a week, but when I'm on stage, when I am Clara, I forget that I'm utterly depleted of energy and it all seems to come back. I don't really understand what that means, but I honestly think it's a sign that this role is changing me. I'm learning so much through her, even if she isn't "normal" and everyone makes fun of me outside of rehearsal because I frequently have "Clara moments." It doesn't matter to me. I'll gladly live with the Clara moments for a few months after Piazza is over because it means that at least for a few weeks, I've truly understood myself. I bring all I have to it every night because I can't see Clara any other way. She wouldn't half-ass something, so I shouldn't either. And working in this way is extremely enlightening, especially since I'm at the core a very lazy person. Well... not when it comes to shows, but in like, everything else I'm lazy xD
Anyway, the point is, Piazza rehearsal is by far the best part of my day, and I look forward to it every night. I don't know what I'm going to do when it ends. Probably cry myself to sleep every night. I wish I were kidding about that xD
The only negative consequence of having rehearsal is that I'm really struggling to get my homework done for my classes. I'm almost taking a full load, I'm at 17 hours, and I'm working 7 hours a week in the costume shop (last week I actually worked 9, because I'm insane). World Literature, Theatre History: Text, Musical Theatre Acting, Biology, Jazz, Tap, voice lessons. I literally spent all Saturday AND Sunday afternoon just working on catching up in World Lit, and I started to get ahead in Theatre History. I have a Biology test on Tuesday and while I don't think that it'll be too difficult, I just have to make sure that I read over my notes and study guide a lot over the next day and a half. I also have a performance in Musical Theatre Acting that day. And a paper for World Lit due on Friday which I have not started and wanted to this weekend. Whoops.
This past couple of weekends have been really fun, however. Two weekends ago, after rehearsal on Friday I went to one of the local bars, Quixotes, for the first time ever with a bunch of people from the Piazza cast. It was nice to get out and be social for once, and I really started to feel like I was making real connections with my cast members. It was a great feeling. The next night we celebrated Jennie's 20th by going out to Olive Garden. It was just me, her and the Kellys, but we ended up running into Garrett's birthday dinner group, because Jennie and Garrett have the same birthday, so that was fun. We then went to get ice cream (despite the frigid temps) and then back to Kelly C's dorm to watch Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century. Hey, no judgements!
Last weekend I... don't... think I did anything on Friday night, but I'm probably wrong about that and I just have a terrible memory. Or the days are running together because with rehearsal I have no real sense of time anymore. Either way, Saturday night, Jennie hosted a Lord of the Rings night at her apartment, and a few people came over, including KDav, Ben and Savannah. We watched Two Towers and slept over and it was a good time =]
This weekend was Kelly Cochran's 21st Birthday!!! I woke up yesterday and went to Kelly's parents house for a lovely birthday brunch, where we had mimosas, pancakes and bacon, and then birthday cake. Kelly was, as always, totally adorable when opening her presents, and even modeled for me her prom dress from a couple years ago. Beautiful!! That night, after a couple location changes, we finally all went over to Quixotes to celebrate. Almost the entire theatre department ended up showing up, although for different reasons, but Kelly seemed to have a ton of fun, so it was totally worth me and Sarah staying until the bar closed with her! We all had a good time.
Today I went to the library with Kelly to get some homework done and to study some for our Biology test, went home, ate a Superbowl dinner that my dad made, got some more homework done, and then went over to Ben's to FINALLY watch Mewtwo Returns, which I've had sitting in my room for a couple weeks. Despite the momentary picture cutouts, it was delightfully lame and adorable, just what Pokemon should be!
Anyway, another long week ahead of me. Let's hope that I can keep up with the work load. Rehearsal will always be my haven, so I don't have to worry about that.
Until we meet again?
HPRT: I registered for LeakyCon2011 because I WAS CAST IN THE FINAL BATTLE AS PANSY PARKINSON. Yes way.
Current Book: Some Script Analysis book for Theatre History.
Current Song: Breathe Again by Sara Bareilles
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