of a great run. Saturday evening is the last performance of the show I have been working on for the past 3 or 4 weeks now and oh boy what a run! All sorts of ups and downs, hurt feelings and hurt body parts. But all in all it was a great run. I truly clicked with all of the cast members, and it helped even more that they were all about the same age as I am. All 4 of them are fantastic and I truly had a blast working with them. The most amusing part was the crossed hands circle they did every night to psych up. At the end of their personal pep talks to the group they would pick a line from the show and proceed to almost (and sometimes they did) scream it. A different line every night, and oh boy was it interesting some of the lines they chose. I actually had the honor of 2 of them being lines I chose. YAY... But we all got along really well and I hope I get the chance to work with them again. They all amazed me in different ways and helped me really see how much dedication and perseverance mean, especially when the group is faced with some of the problems we encountered. I love them all, and yes, I am saying that I love 3 people that went/go to NU. GET OVER IT! They rock, and if you have a problem with that I will beat you! lol

Tomorrow also marks the first show the Studio will have without me. I am sort of tempted to go and hang out in the shadows so I can be there for all of my friends. I'm just afraid something is going to happen and feelings will get damaged, and those feelings most likely would be mine. I know the system is in capable hands and hopefully everything will work out, but there is just that twinge of doubt inside of me. Something that says something will go wrong. Perhaps I'm just exaggerating and maybe it's because I'd like to see something happen so that it proves I had things under control... but honestly I just want the show to go off for them without one single problem. So, who knows... maybe I'll stop by for a bit so I can hear some of my friends.

Still debating if I should direct a staged reading at the Theatre in March... but I'm thinking I just might do it. Get some real, professional experience with directing. Especially seeing as they are willing to let me do it, that means A LOT. I've only been a part of the Theatre for 2 seasons in March, and only 1 and a half of that is actually a paid position and all in the Stage Management end. So I'd like to see what I can do with directing, see if it works out... who knows!!

Classes are going well. Finished my first Jane Austen novel - well it was the one I've read multiple times so it wasn't so bad; 1 down, 5 to go. DMA is easier than I thought it would be, but I'm getting a lot out of the Photoshop part, and I know I'll get a lot more from the other programs too. All sorts of happy about that! Both PR and Ad writing have continuing projects we're working on that are both sort of cool in their own way. Broadcasting is a really interesting class and I'm getting a lot from it. And Theatre Experience of course is fabulous!! Met a well known local critic and he recognized me as being an SM... it was GREAT!!! Who would have thought that a critic would recognize the person changing the set or working the lights?! So that made my day...

Hmmm, can't think of much else. Any questions, you know the drill. OH and I also changed the chat board. I think this one is actually going to work so feel free to chat!! Toodles!!!

Alright... so after a very long leave of absence I am back. The past few months have been crazy busy and I've neglected to update. For that, I apologize. But I think I may just have some more free time to update now.

Let's see, recap of the past few months:

Christmas was nice, very simple but it was great. End of last semester brought another listing for me on the Dean's List. My brother and his wife have moved in and settled down, yet his stuff still remains in his old room.. surprised? not me...
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So, not much has been going on. That's why I haven't updated. Mostly just working and going to classes. The Studio's been getting tossed in there, as have a few performances. The most recent performance I was literally forced to get up and sing. I'm still having a hard time seeing myself as worthy to be performing with 3/4 of the people in the Studio. I've got a mediocre voice, I know that. But there is NO way that I could ever be compared to some of these people. They are such amazing singer...
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and we're gunna have an amazingly spectacular wedding! The wedding was phenomenal and went very well. Very little went wrong. My brother and step-sister's (though from here on out I'll call her my sister) youngest fainted right after consecration, she's fine, I just think everything got to her and her body had to stop for a minute. The music was gorgeous... Mom and I sang the "Ave Maria" and supposedly it sounded fabulous. We even got a comment saying that, "If your singing didn't open up the...
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Ok, I am soooo sorry that it took this long to update, but it just goes to show how nuts September was for me, and October doesn't look to be much better...

A show the first two weeks of the month threw me completely off, especially seeing as a very detailed sound cue wasn't done until 2 days after we opened. Not my fault. I loved my cast... they were all fabulous and even gave me a birthday gift, which I had confiscated not knowing it was meant for me. I hope I can work with all of them again...
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