I'll be honest, I feel as though I have very little to blog these days.
I work pretty much every day, and swim when it's warm. It's about all I'm up to these days.
However, school is just around the corner. That's nice.
I have Math, Spanish, Theatre History, Applied Theatre, and Intro to Directing. I'm determined to pass Math. I have to. I'm so sick of it.
I got my spanish workbook today, and I was pleased to at least recognize a lot of the words in it. I applied to be a tutor on campus for 100 level spanish courses. That'll be nice. I'll be able to set my own hours, and work around school and my other job.
I've been working a lot. That's good. I'm in the middle of working 12 consecutive days. It's about to end, as Back to School season is almost over, and we have a break until Holiday. However we have a ton of new people. This week on our floorset, we have 13 people working. We usually have around five associates doing floorsets.
Sorry this is so disjointed. I'm doing stuff for Through Line (a new campus theatre group at SVSU that I'm treasurer for), talking to Shaelynn, and singing Disney music to her.
Hope you're all well.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
More, more, more.
I know all I seem to write about is theatre these days. I'll admit, outside of work, it's about all I do.
Yesterday we had the first round of auditions for All The Great Books - Abridged. Tomorrow is the second round. I only got to read once for the part I want in the show, but I was told by a friend who's auditioning for another part in the show that I read really well and picked up on the dry humor of the show a little better than some others (imagine that).
Other than that, my roommates for fall and I have been apartment hunting. Where I'm living now is only for the summer, until my new roommates are ready to move. It's proving difficult to find a place for four people to live.
I'm just eager to actually have a home again. I haven't really felt like I've had a home since I moved back from Indianapolis, almost a year ago.
Other than that, just working a lot, and being a bit of a hermit.
Yesterday we had the first round of auditions for All The Great Books - Abridged. Tomorrow is the second round. I only got to read once for the part I want in the show, but I was told by a friend who's auditioning for another part in the show that I read really well and picked up on the dry humor of the show a little better than some others (imagine that).
Other than that, my roommates for fall and I have been apartment hunting. Where I'm living now is only for the summer, until my new roommates are ready to move. It's proving difficult to find a place for four people to live.
I'm just eager to actually have a home again. I haven't really felt like I've had a home since I moved back from Indianapolis, almost a year ago.
Other than that, just working a lot, and being a bit of a hermit.
Friday, May 22, 2009
To clear up confusion...(and a basic update)
The rules again, just as they were originally posted. You all have two days. Good luck.
1. No MEAT or MEAT BY-PRODUCT may be used. This includes the following, but is not limited to: chicken, fish, shell fish, red meat, pork, any broths or stocks made from meat, cooking in the same pan meat has been cooked in without washing it, bacon (yes, that really does count as meat).
2. Animal by-products are okay. They include things like cheese, milk, cream, yogurt, butter, etc... Eggs are okay.
3. Meat substitutes are okay (soy and tofu, though if you've had tofu, you know it's disgusting), and will probably be useful.
4. Your dish needs at least five ingredients (meaning steaming a bowl of broccoli doesn't count).
5. A vegetable tray also doesn't count.
6. Any dish. It's not limited to soups, or anything.
7. No bread bowls.
Basic update time:
I'm working on a show right now called Deathtrap. It's a couple of my friends' senior project, and I'm on the running crew for it (meaning I sit backstage with a headset on and wait to be told to do random things...open and shut a door, get props ready, run on stage and get things off before the next scene). It's a big show with a small cast, and a very small running crew (there are just two of us, one of each side of the stage). It can get stressful, but we have two shows left. The first two nights sold out (last night more than sold out and we ended up having to add chairs during intermission).
I've been working quite a bit, which has been nice. I actually picked up a shift in our Birch Run store yesterday, where is where I'd like to end up eventually, since their associates get a lot more hours regularly than we do in Midland.
I'm Costume Head on another summer show (and another senior project) called Bug. It's the first time I'll be Costume Head, but I'm looking forward to it.
And lastly, I have auditions in a couple weeks for a very funny show called The Great Books - Abridged.
1. No MEAT or MEAT BY-PRODUCT may be used. This includes the following, but is not limited to: chicken, fish, shell fish, red meat, pork, any broths or stocks made from meat, cooking in the same pan meat has been cooked in without washing it, bacon (yes, that really does count as meat).
2. Animal by-products are okay. They include things like cheese, milk, cream, yogurt, butter, etc... Eggs are okay.
3. Meat substitutes are okay (soy and tofu, though if you've had tofu, you know it's disgusting), and will probably be useful.
4. Your dish needs at least five ingredients (meaning steaming a bowl of broccoli doesn't count).
5. A vegetable tray also doesn't count.
6. Any dish. It's not limited to soups, or anything.
7. No bread bowls.
Basic update time:
I'm working on a show right now called Deathtrap. It's a couple of my friends' senior project, and I'm on the running crew for it (meaning I sit backstage with a headset on and wait to be told to do random things...open and shut a door, get props ready, run on stage and get things off before the next scene). It's a big show with a small cast, and a very small running crew (there are just two of us, one of each side of the stage). It can get stressful, but we have two shows left. The first two nights sold out (last night more than sold out and we ended up having to add chairs during intermission).
I've been working quite a bit, which has been nice. I actually picked up a shift in our Birch Run store yesterday, where is where I'd like to end up eventually, since their associates get a lot more hours regularly than we do in Midland.
I'm Costume Head on another summer show (and another senior project) called Bug. It's the first time I'll be Costume Head, but I'm looking forward to it.
And lastly, I have auditions in a couple weeks for a very funny show called The Great Books - Abridged.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Whaaaaaaaa?
No way, I'm posting a blog!
Okay, we'll start from the last one. The show I was in was called Very Nasty Indeed. The reason I never posted show dates and times was because the show never happened. Due to some working differences between the director and the cast, the show was stopped during production.
The main reason: The entire cast quit on the same day. It started with one of the girls, followed by me (I quit in protest of how the first girl was being treated by the director), followed by the other girl (yeah, only three of us).
Things since have been decent. I moved to Old Town Saginaw, with a couple of my friends, for the summer, until my new roommates are ready to move in July or August.
I was cast in another paying show! It's a children's show my theatre advisor wrote, we're performing it at Temple Theatre this week. Just one show, Saginaw schools. I really don't like children's theatre, but the show's not too bad right now. I don't have a lot of lines, just a lot of changing costumes (I play a caveman, a greek chorus member, an aide to Shakespeare, and a student).
I have my classes for fall:
Math 081
Basic Mathematical Skills
Tuesdays/Thursdays - 1:30 PM to 2:20 PM
Thea 255
Introduction to Directing
Wednesdays/Fridays - 10 AM to 11:20 AM
Thea 280
Theatre History II
Mondays/Wednesdays - 1 PM to 2:20 PM
Thea 299
Applied Theatre
Tuesdays - 4 PM to 4:50 PM
Span 212
Intermediate Spanish II
Mondays/Wednesdays - 5 PM to 6:50 PM
My schedule sucks, a lot. I'll deal. I may end up taking one more class, because it's theatre, one I need, and really easy, so it'd boost my GPA. There's literally no homework for the class, so that's definitely quality.
Speaking of GPA, I'm not going to say what it was and what it is (because it's still not great), but I will say, I have raised my GPA almost a whole percent this semester. That's awesome.
Sorry for posting so late. I hope you're all well.
Okay, we'll start from the last one. The show I was in was called Very Nasty Indeed. The reason I never posted show dates and times was because the show never happened. Due to some working differences between the director and the cast, the show was stopped during production.
The main reason: The entire cast quit on the same day. It started with one of the girls, followed by me (I quit in protest of how the first girl was being treated by the director), followed by the other girl (yeah, only three of us).
Things since have been decent. I moved to Old Town Saginaw, with a couple of my friends, for the summer, until my new roommates are ready to move in July or August.
I was cast in another paying show! It's a children's show my theatre advisor wrote, we're performing it at Temple Theatre this week. Just one show, Saginaw schools. I really don't like children's theatre, but the show's not too bad right now. I don't have a lot of lines, just a lot of changing costumes (I play a caveman, a greek chorus member, an aide to Shakespeare, and a student).
I have my classes for fall:
Math 081
Basic Mathematical Skills
Tuesdays/Thursdays - 1:30 PM to 2:20 PM
Thea 255
Introduction to Directing
Wednesdays/Fridays - 10 AM to 11:20 AM
Thea 280
Theatre History II
Mondays/Wednesdays - 1 PM to 2:20 PM
Thea 299
Applied Theatre
Tuesdays - 4 PM to 4:50 PM
Span 212
Intermediate Spanish II
Mondays/Wednesdays - 5 PM to 6:50 PM
My schedule sucks, a lot. I'll deal. I may end up taking one more class, because it's theatre, one I need, and really easy, so it'd boost my GPA. There's literally no homework for the class, so that's definitely quality.
Speaking of GPA, I'm not going to say what it was and what it is (because it's still not great), but I will say, I have raised my GPA almost a whole percent this semester. That's awesome.
Sorry for posting so late. I hope you're all well.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Almost five years later...
I was walking around campus with my friend Jessie today when I got a text asking me if I'd like to be in a show. I went to where they were rehearsing on campus, and read part of the script, and when the director told me it's a major part, but only in half the show, I agreed.
So in a few weeks, after almost five years of not being on stage at all, I'll be in a show called Very Nasty Indeed at Hancock Theatre downtown.
This is exciting for a few reasons.
1. I'm a theatre major. This isn't a university show, but it is theatre.
2. It is paid. The house takes a certain percentage of ticket sales, and the rest is split among the actors in the show (this is particularly awesome this time, as the show only has four actors in it).
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I'll get show dates and times up here as soon as I can.
So in a few weeks, after almost five years of not being on stage at all, I'll be in a show called Very Nasty Indeed at Hancock Theatre downtown.
This is exciting for a few reasons.
1. I'm a theatre major. This isn't a university show, but it is theatre.
2. It is paid. The house takes a certain percentage of ticket sales, and the rest is split among the actors in the show (this is particularly awesome this time, as the show only has four actors in it).
: ]
I'll get show dates and times up here as soon as I can.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
A break? What's a break?
You mean...I don't have to go to class for a week? And have very little homework?
What? What is going on?
Finally. Since September, I've been going constantly. I worked my Christmas break away, and finally, in March, I get a break. I have a week to read, to clean my bedroom (which is really needed), to read, to hang out with my friends, to read, to pick up a few extra hours (which won't happen, since it's spring break, but still, I can hope), and to read.
I bought some new books just for this week. One I've been reading at my friend's house, but he went on tour, so I bought my own copy, when I ran into his girlfriend, who told me he gave her his copy to give to me.
Regardless, I'm glad I own it, it's a good book ("Bluebeard" by Kurt Vonnegut).
Yesterday I hung out with the twins, before I went to work, where we were really slow, so Tony and I sort of folded random shirts, and put clothes back from the fitting rooms, and that was about it.
I'm enjoying this quick chance to breathe.
*EDIT*
I'm going to start claiming on here that AE won't give me more hours. They called half an hour ago and asked me to come in and close tonight.
*END EDIT*
What? What is going on?
Finally. Since September, I've been going constantly. I worked my Christmas break away, and finally, in March, I get a break. I have a week to read, to clean my bedroom (which is really needed), to read, to hang out with my friends, to read, to pick up a few extra hours (which won't happen, since it's spring break, but still, I can hope), and to read.
I bought some new books just for this week. One I've been reading at my friend's house, but he went on tour, so I bought my own copy, when I ran into his girlfriend, who told me he gave her his copy to give to me.
Regardless, I'm glad I own it, it's a good book ("Bluebeard" by Kurt Vonnegut).
Yesterday I hung out with the twins, before I went to work, where we were really slow, so Tony and I sort of folded random shirts, and put clothes back from the fitting rooms, and that was about it.
I'm enjoying this quick chance to breathe.
*EDIT*
I'm going to start claiming on here that AE won't give me more hours. They called half an hour ago and asked me to come in and close tonight.
*END EDIT*
Saturday, March 7, 2009
I steal posts, get used to it.
First off, I will say I am incredibly busy. I do still love my job at American Eagle, so that's a plus. I'm doing hair and make up for Camelot that's coming up in a few weeks. Since my degree is in general theatre, I have to learn all aspects of theatre, and I already know how to do basic stage make up from having to have done my own most of my theatre career.
And now, I stole Shaelynn's post.
Opening Credits
"Right Round" Flo Rida
This song is in no way appropriate to my life.
"You spin my head right round, right round, when you do down, when you go down down." They're talking about strippers on poles. Wonderful.
Waking Up
"Shiksa (Girlfriend)" Say Anything
Ha ha ha.
Again, not really appropriate at all.
"Even if your friends don't understand, no matter what I'll always be your man. Even if you go, you know you'll leave me feeling grand."
First Day at School
"Drops of Jupiter" Train
Ha ha ha ha. These make no sense at all!
"She acts like summer and she walks like rain, reminds me that there's a time to change."
Falling In Love
"Take a Chance" ABBA
Okay, this makes sense. I don't think I need to put any of the lyrics in here for you.
Fight Song
"Handlebars" Flobots
This is getting old, already. I want to stop doing it.
Breaking Up
"Your Song" Alessandro Safina and Ewan McGregor
This is a love song. From Moulin Rouge. It still makes no sense.
Prom
"The Sky" Showbread
Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Best. Prom. Ever.
Mental Breakdown
"Gin and Juice" Hot Rod Circuit
Yeah, fits.
Driving
"Swing Life Away" Rise Against
"I'll show you mine if you show me yours first. Let's compare scars, I'll tell you whose worse."
Flashback
"El Tango De Roxanne" Ewan McGregor, Jacek Koman, and Jose Feliciano
Another Rouge song. Doesn't really fit.
Getting Back Together
"Kryptonite" E-Manuel
Ha ha. This doesn't fit at all.
"At this time I need all my freak hoes to get down on the floor."
Wedding
"Nothin' But a 'G' Thang" The Escape Frame
It's settled, this will be played at my wedding.
Birth of Child
"Now That We're Done" Metro Station
"She's just a friend, you see, you always agree. You know I lie, but you still trust me. And you believed in so much hope, but I'm the one that let you go."
Whaaaaat?
Final Battle
"One Day I'll Fly Away" Nicole Kidman
Not feeling this.
Death Scene
"Hard to Find" Jessi Spreitzer
Yeah, it fits.
"We give up our dreams for our own selfish needs and love gets so hard to find."
Funeral Song
"Gold Digger" Kanye West
Ha ha ha.
End Credits
"Sampsa Meets Kafka"
Ha ha.
This was stupid.
And now, I stole Shaelynn's post.
Opening Credits
"Right Round" Flo Rida
This song is in no way appropriate to my life.
"You spin my head right round, right round, when you do down, when you go down down." They're talking about strippers on poles. Wonderful.
Waking Up
"Shiksa (Girlfriend)" Say Anything
Ha ha ha.
Again, not really appropriate at all.
"Even if your friends don't understand, no matter what I'll always be your man. Even if you go, you know you'll leave me feeling grand."
First Day at School
"Drops of Jupiter" Train
Ha ha ha ha. These make no sense at all!
"She acts like summer and she walks like rain, reminds me that there's a time to change."
Falling In Love
"Take a Chance" ABBA
Okay, this makes sense. I don't think I need to put any of the lyrics in here for you.
Fight Song
"Handlebars" Flobots
This is getting old, already. I want to stop doing it.
Breaking Up
"Your Song" Alessandro Safina and Ewan McGregor
This is a love song. From Moulin Rouge. It still makes no sense.
Prom
"The Sky" Showbread
Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Best. Prom. Ever.
Mental Breakdown
"Gin and Juice" Hot Rod Circuit
Yeah, fits.
Driving
"Swing Life Away" Rise Against
"I'll show you mine if you show me yours first. Let's compare scars, I'll tell you whose worse."
Flashback
"El Tango De Roxanne" Ewan McGregor, Jacek Koman, and Jose Feliciano
Another Rouge song. Doesn't really fit.
Getting Back Together
"Kryptonite" E-Manuel
Ha ha. This doesn't fit at all.
"At this time I need all my freak hoes to get down on the floor."
Wedding
"Nothin' But a 'G' Thang" The Escape Frame
It's settled, this will be played at my wedding.
Birth of Child
"Now That We're Done" Metro Station
"She's just a friend, you see, you always agree. You know I lie, but you still trust me. And you believed in so much hope, but I'm the one that let you go."
Whaaaaat?
Final Battle
"One Day I'll Fly Away" Nicole Kidman
Not feeling this.
Death Scene
"Hard to Find" Jessi Spreitzer
Yeah, it fits.
"We give up our dreams for our own selfish needs and love gets so hard to find."
Funeral Song
"Gold Digger" Kanye West
Ha ha ha.
End Credits
"Sampsa Meets Kafka"
Ha ha.
This was stupid.
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