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Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:55:07 +0100

I would like to apologize to whoever read my blog from last night, and especially to the person it was directed to. I read something wrong and what was said was never, NEVER meant to be a threat by me to anyone else. I'm going through a bunch of stuff right now emotionally and I guess my party and everything caught up to me. I am truly sorry for any pain that has been caused.

Because I caused a lot of grief over my stupidity, this will therefore be my last post. I do not deserve this power.

Thanks for reading. May peace and good things be yours. Always, Germ

Not much...

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:56:08 +0100

has been going on. That's why I haven't written much lately. Not too many interesting things have happened. I've mostly been working and doing about 5 projects in the past 2 weeks or so, and it will all start to slow down after tomorrow. I've been enjoying the projects though. I had a neat project for my digital media class where I had to design my own graphical user interface (the thing you look at and interact with on a computer). Then I've had 2 Public Relations projects... one was a social media release (for the Internet, has links, pictures and videos) for the opening of a musical on Broadway... :) :) BIG TIME SMILES! This was the coolest project for me because that is exactly what I'd love to do to mesh my love of theatre and my enjoyment from doing PR and advertising. Speaking of ads... I had a project due in that class too. Did 3 magazine ads and a billboard for a snack product. Then I had a major paper due in my Jane Austen class.. and tomorrow my Broadcasting Radio paper is due. Finally, my costume project for my theatre class is due next week. Fun times huh? I'll add a few of these to the photoshop page. I'm gunna rework the site a little so it works a little better.
I helped a friend with a show last week and it went really well. He got to play one of the hottest night clubs around and did a great job. I'm also helping another friend and his band get everything going for their first gig... and it's coming along. Though I am surprised at my friends. I invited over 75 people myself and none of them have gotten back to me asking about the band or wanting tickets. My friends know my tastes when it comes to music and they know I wouldn't support a group unless they were worth supporting. And these guys are!!!! They are truly going to be something some day. I wish people would give them a chance! It's not like they're playing heavy metal or techno, or something out there... they're playing great hard rock type music. I mean, just the groups they're trying to emulate - Goo Goo Dolls, Daughtry, Matchbox 20... good stuff, ya know! If you get the chance, check out Breckenwood on Facebook or if you can't see that, try Breckenwood on MySpace. Listen to their stuff, I promise it will not disappoint.
You know the drill... questions, comments - hit up the board to the right or email me at germiesjoy@yahoo.com

What new adventure lies in store...

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:58:47 +0100

OK, odd title, but it's the truth. Looks like things are on the up and up for my solo act friend and hopefully things are going to catch on soon! And that means big things for me too... I've been asked to help find him places to perform and ways to promote him in the area. When he makes it big... when he takes off... that means job security right there. That means I may just be working on a tour in the near future. Which would just be phenomenal.

I've really been thinking about that lately. I've got not only this solo act, but I've got the band I'm helping out too. And I know, I can just feel it in my gut, that both of them are going to make it some day. It's just in me, and I want to help them in any way that I can to succeed because everyone involved is so amazing. Maybe it's a good thing I'm leaning more towards the Stage Management side of things rather than performing. Don't get me wrong, I still want to act. But it looks more promising as an SM right now. Or even in PR/Advertising/Promotions.

And that doesn't completely break my heart because I know that if I can work for a while on a tour, then I'm just that much closer to an awesome job on the Great White Way... I will get there some day...

As for the rest of my life, well it's been interesting. What with mom's accident and all... she bought her new car on last Friday morning (basically the same thing she had only now it's silver and a few years newer), and Friday afternoon I took my car in because of an odd sound. Turns out I needed new breaks. Yeah... so another $600 later I got my car back. The joys of commuting over 40 miles a day...

Not much else is going on... been watching the Olympics and all I have to say is GO TEAM USA!!! Kick some hockey butt!! haha! Alright, I'm done for now... You know the drill...

Sweet & Salty

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:56:57 +0100

It's been a fairly slow week... mostly just classes and work.

Yesterday, I came home from class to find my brother's van in the driveway, my mother's car not in the garage, and both of them home. I ask what is going on and my mother tells me she was in an accident. She is fine, mostly a bruised shoulder and ego, but the car is otherwise. I guess she pretty much totaled it. She had hit a patch of ice, over compensated, and lost control. She ended up slamming into a fire hydrant in a ditch. So, that was my eventful welcome home yesterday.

Today, I ended up sleeping through my alarm and missing my first class.. the best part, my professor for that class is doing a joint class with my other professor/class that is immediately following. So, I got to see him and talk it over. But in my advertising class we are teaming up with an advanced digital media class and we are actually creating ads and such. It is so cool! Our first project involves us taking a snack food and creating a new ad campaign for it. So, I was partnered up with someone, but that someone wasn't in class... so another person didn't have their partner either, so the professors asked us to brainstorm together so we could get ideas for our separate groups. Well, one thing led to another and we came up with some great ideas for a few different Nature Valley products. So, seeing as we worked well together, and already had some plans, we asked if we could work together... and now we're partners! We started off with the general bars, going with an Adam and Eve, branches and twigs feel. But, as we looked at the products NV offers, we changed our minds. So, now we're going to be working on a campaign for Nature Valley's Sweet & Salty Nut bars.. Sorry, you're not going to get more than that for now. Once the project is finished, maybe I'll post it. This is going to be so cool.

I really am enjoying my digital media class because I'm learning how to do new things like designing my own workspace - a project to create a workspace of the future... so I get to make my pages look like a Mac... SO COOL!!! And I'm getting to use Photoshop more and learning some cool new things about that too..

Tonight I'm going to a show at a local high school... tomorrow I'll write love on my arm and work a hockey game... Saturday I get to work at Borders... woo hoo... Questions, comments, you know the drill!

The end...

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:58:13 +0100

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

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!!!

I'm back

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:19:09 +0100

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!
We all have been running around like no tomorrow and just within the past week or two are starting to slow down a little.
For the Theatre, things are interesting, that's for sure. My most recent show opened two weeks ago and we close this weekend. We've had to deal with one of the actors having to go to Florida to await news on her father who lived in Haiti. So, three days before open her understudy went on and did a SPECTACULAR job. It was amazing!!! The director, who was also the writer, would not listen to what the Artistic Director said, so she ended up quitting. Good news from the Theatre though, I may be directing a staged reading in a few months if I decide to.
Now for the Studio. Oh, the Studio. After 10 months of battling to have my voice heard and trying to better the Studio, I have resigned. I will no longer be working for or with the Studio. It's already been terribly tough because I loved everyone I have met and worked with, but everything happens for a reason.

Major events (other than calendar events): I got to see a friend perform in Curious George Live! during January... which was AWESOME!! So cool to be sitting in the audience, watching one of your friends perform. The only thing that has outdone this as being the coolest moment of January is my trip to Toronto to see RENT. After the show, I was lucky enough to get backstage with a few other people and meet Gwen Stewart, the original Seasons of Love soloist. She ROCKS. Plain and simple. To top it off, Anthony Rapp happened to be walking by while we were standing there, so we got a picture with both of them. Still missed out on seeing Adam Pascal, well I was about 5 feet from him, but I didn't get his autograph. Something I'm still pissed at myself for!

Classes have started again and it's going to be an interesting semester. 6 classes, one of them being a Jane Austen class in which I will be reading 6 of her novels in the course of a semester. I know, WOW, right?

Any questions, let me know... Until later!

Update

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:56:41 +0100

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 singers, and super performers. I just can't see myself comparing. I'll keep going out of respect for my Coach because she won't let me stop, and because of my mom. But I really just want to stop wasting my Coach's time.

The only other really interesting thing that's been going on is the comment I received on my religion paper outline. It said, "Papal sources may not be scholarly enough". Yes, you read it correctly. Don't ask me where this Priest is coming from because I assure you I have no idea.

And I think that's about it. This week starts rehearsals for my next show. We open on the 5th. I'm a little nervous because it's on the Main Stage, but hopefully all will go well. Any questions, let me know. Until later...

We're goin' to the Chapel...

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:22:28 +0100

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 gates of heaven, I don't know what would!" Yeah... My portion of it would not have happened if I didn't have my mom on my right and my vocal coach behind me singing along. I didn't even know that my vocal coach was going to be there at the ceremony. It was a complete but amazing surprise. I seriously felt like nothing was going to come out of my mouth when I opened it. I was soooooo nervous that I was trembling. I'm so glad I did it, and that my mom suggested that we do a duet (I know neither of us could have done the whole thing alone). It was so special for my brother and sister... it's my sister's favorite Church song. When I got up from my kneeler, my sister supposedly looked at me and watched me with a very puzzled look.. hehehe. When I got back and knelt down next to them they both had tears in their eyes. As my mom and I walked back to our spots, we got the biggest round of applause, omg, it was amazing.... but the thing that made it worth it were the tears in both my sister's eyes, and more so my brother's.

The reception was wonderful. The food, though I didn't eat much, was great... especially seeing as my brother made it all. Yes, he catered his own wedding. The music was great... the hall looked fabulous, especially when it was full of about 250 people. Yes, 250. lol... The best part of the night for me was the dance I had with my brother. We danced to a fantastically perfect song called "Brotherly Love". It's supposed to be about 2 brothers, but it is so perfect for our relationship. And what he told me towards the end of the dance broke me. Just saying that no matter what, even though he's gunna be 3 doors down instead of 3 feet...I can always come to talk to him with anything and that he loves me more than words can say... it was absolutely perfect.

It's gunna be soooo weird without my brother around the house now. But I'm sooooo happy for him and I'm so glad that he is finally happy and has a family of his own that he deserves so much. I am also glad that I now have the big sister I ALWAYS wanted. She truly is my big sister, and not just because she married my brother, but because we get along so well and know that should we ever need to talk about ANYTHING, the other is there with a listening ear and a warm hug.

So... enough of that. I'll put up some pics either right on here or link you to someplace else where they are.

As for the shows today (Sunday), they both went well. The Jrs. were great! Some of them truly surprised me with the talent they have. The Studio/Company show went very well and was awesome. All of the people who performed have such phenomenal talent, it truly is a pleasure to hear them sing. As for my song, it was ok... Everyone said it sounded great, but I know better. Even my Coach is saying I did a great job and that she's proud of me, but I just can't believe that I did a great job. I'm glad she's proud of me, don't get me wrong... but it cannot be for the way I sang. I messed up some notes, and I know it's not a big deal, but for me it is. I just want stuff to be perfect, so messing up more than one note for me means it was a so-so performance. Honestly, I don't know why I agreed to sing. I don't think I deserve to be up there with 3/4 of those performers. My vocal talent is NOTHING compared to them. Why I think I can sing, and do, is beyond me. I mean, I know I have a fair voice, but why did I think that this is what I should do. I should just stick to acting... but then again, who knows if I have true talent there too... ugh. I'm just getting down on myself, and I'm sorry you sat here and read it. Sorry I wasted your time. I just needed to get it out.

Any questions or comments you know how to get a hold of me...

Wow...

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:46:27 +0100

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 at some point because they were all very talented and had great personalities!

My birthday was the 14th and it was the best birthday. I got to talk to my best friend in Germany, I had lunch with my future sister-in-law, a great dinner with the family, but best of all... I turned 21!!!! YES.. finally able to legally drink! Not like I'm a drunk or anything, but it is nice to go out after a long day and be able to order something.

About a week or so ago, my future sister-in-law said that her youngest daughter voiced an interest in going to my alma mater... much to my surprise, but news in which I delighted! I ended up taking her to the open house the other day. Oh boy was that interesting! All of the teachers I had giving me these odd looks, picking on me, asking about the family... I felt so bad for the tour guide we had, but she did a great job. I can just remember giving tours... oh the good old days! So, we'll see where it leads. It would be amazing if she ended up going there, but I won't push it.

The wedding is now a whole 4 days away and I cannot wait! FINALLY, it's here. Though I won't get my new room for a while, I just know it. But now it's time to start looking for paint colors and frames... lol My mom and I are going to be singing during the mass, though my brother and his fiancee don't know I am. Oh boy is it going to sound pretty!! A duet of "Ave Maria", complete with harmonies... tears are sure to occur. Then mom's doing a song at the reception... It's going to be one interesting wedding, that's for sure!!

The day after the wedding, I get to sing with the Studio, but this time I am going to be doing a solo song... and not by choice. Well, I chose the song, but I was told I was singing at this performance... especially seeing as I work at the place we are performing.

Not sure what else to write about. Any questions or comments, let me know! May peace and all good be yours!!

Video Blog!

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:41:34 +0100

Video Blog Update!!!