Wow, it's been awhile

I don't really feel like writing much so here's a quick update:

-Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was pretty crappy. I could go on for hours about why it was so disappointing, but I don't have enough time to write about it now. If you'd like to know my real and unabridged opinion, just ask.

-Kung Fu Panda was surprisingly awesome.

-Lightning struck a tree in my backyard. As a result, two TVs stopped working, our home computer was kinda fried, and the cable and internet was knocked out for some time. However, the good news is that it forced my parents to finally buy a new TV to replace the one that they've had for 32 years. Hooray for new technology!

-Work has gotten a lot better. The first week I hated it and was thinking of quitting, but now that I've gotten to know more of the people, and since the hours are less intense, I don't really mind it. I still hate the half hour drive, but all in all it's not bad.

-36 days until The Dark Knight.

Summer Begins

I just wanted to make it clear that I did not see Speed Racer. At least not yet. Instead, the last movie I saw was Prince Caspian. I'm not really a huge Narnia fan (based on the movies at least, I haven't read the books). The movie was good but the company was much better.

I'm glad this week has been so good, because summer had started off pretty slow. I was so bored the entire first week because I had nothing to do. Everybody was busy, and I was just hanging around at home doing nothing. Then I went to the Friend Mixer/sleepover which was a lot of fun. I love that group of people. Then on Sunday, me and Stephanie made a fire in the backyard and we sat out there and talked until 1:30 in the morning. It felt good, because I have really felt disconnected from the family lately. Nobody ever really talks about anything serious, it's just all surface stuff. It's hard getting anything out of most of them, and for the most part none of them ever try too hard to find out what's new in my life beyond the regular "How was school?" I rarely have any good conversations with them. But me and Stephanie have talked a lot this week and it has made me feel a lot better.
Also I've gotten to finally hang out with my friends from home. It sucked because we got together once for a little bit, and then I didn't see them for more than a week. I didn't get to hang out with the whole group, but it was great getting together with Deanna and Maureen the past few days (no offense to Jacob or Sarah, but I do go to school with them so seeing them wasn't too big of a deal lol). I haven't really talked to them in awhile, and it's been fun talking with Deanna about theater stuff. I missed that.
What is with this week and great conversations?! lol Sunday= Stephanie, Monday= Molly, Tuesday=Stephanie again, Wednesday=Deanna and Maureen. I hope this keeps up.

I started work today which I'm kind of excited about. I'm working on the running crew for STAGES (they are doing Thoroughly Modern Millie), and it's going to be interesting. My job is basically working with 5 other people to manuever massive set pieces through the cramped and crowded scene shop area as quickly as possible. Seriously, these units are a good 20 feet tall; they just barely miss scraping the ceiling. The first day was kind of awkward and everyone was pretty quiet because we had just met each other, but they seem like cool people so I'm looking forward to working with them throughout the summer.
It just feels weird. I know it's only my first day, and I am thankful for getting a theatre job like this, but when I think about doing these scene shifts 8 times a week for the next month, I kinda cry a little on the inside. I'm worried that it's going to get real old, real fast. But even though it's almost a 45 minute drive, it gives me an excuse to hang around Kirkwood which I'm excited about :)

Also, I bought an X-Box 360 last week! It's pretty much amazing. Call of Duty 4 is honestly one of the best experiences I've had with any kind of entertainment. Think of the most intense moments from Black Hawk Down, and that's what the game feels and looks like. The title should really just be Fucking Awesome, because that's what it is.

It's only $8, right?....

I feel like I should be ashamed of myself. I just paid $8.25 to see Harold and Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay. Just off the top of my head I can think of 5 much better things to do with that money:
-Donate it to a charity
-Give it to the homeless
-Buy someone a gift
-Buy some food
-Save if for Speed Racer
I also feel like I should be ashamed that I actually want to see Speed Racer and will probably spend another $8.25 on that movie.

Apparently I don't update this blog as frequently as my loyal readers would like, so I thought I'd make a post today.

I have one final left: Stats. I really don't even care about that class anymore, so it feels like I don't have any finals left lol. I'll study a little, but I'm not gonna panic about it. I set a new record for myself this past week. Starting Sunday night around 11:00 p.m. I started writing my 10 page Hist and Lit II paper. By 5:00 p.m. Tuesday afternoon I had finished that paper as well as put together a 15 page Musical Theatre paper. I've never written 2 papers simultaneously before, and I think that that is an accomplishment, folks. On top of that, I took a Latin final which was rough, but I am done with Latin forever and that makes me happy.

I've also found a new hobby: Making light plots. I spent about 7 hours doing one for Stage Lighting last night and I honestly never got bored.

I also found out that I got the Scene Shop internship! I am seriously excited about that, and I can't wait to work with Ron again. Plus, I also got that job at STAGES for the summer! It'll be a long summer (working 6 days a week), but at least I won't be sitting around wasting time.

Lastly, summer movie season has started! Iron Man was awesome, and I was very surprised at how good it was. Speaking of awesome, the new Dark Knight trailer = badass. 72 days. 72 looong days.

If Latin wasn't already dead I would probably kill it myself. I am so damn sick of taking Latin classes but that's all going to end in a week. I have a presentation to give tomorrow, and I have the rest of a translation to finish tonight, and after that it's just the final and I'm done.

I also have two huge papers to write by Tuesday, and a light plot to do by Thursday. The light plot I'm not worried about, but the papers are gonna be rough. I'm trying to at least start them early, but so far that hasn't really worked out since I've been spending most of my time lately doing homework for the stupid LSP requirements (I'm looking at you Stats and Latin). However, I'm really excited for next semester. I'm taking Basic Costuming, Scene Design, Criminology, Criminal Law, and hopefully Acting II. This will be the first semester where I'm only taking classes that I want to take. No LSP crap! And if I get the Scene Shop Internship, that would make it the best semester yet.

Also I found out today that I might have a summer job at STAGES, which sounds awesome.

80 days....

Life is good

Opening night of See How They Run was awesome! There were no mistakes, and we had a pretty good size audience. We've performed it twice now, and both nights have gone really well. The weekend shows are supposed to be nearing sold-out which I'm happy about because I think with a huge audience it's going to be even funnier. Plus, I don't think I've ever played to a completely sold-out house before, so hopefully this show will break that.

For the entire semester I've been looking forward to Ron's show. When I got cast in it I was ecstatic, and now that it's performance week I am really excited. Even though I have 2 rather big projects due on Friday and very little time left with which to do them, I don't care. My motto for the week has been "I don't want to do homework. It's performance week and I'm going to enjoy it." That's gonna bite me in the ass tomorrow night when I'll probably be pulling an all-nighter, but I don't care: It's performance week.

I cannot wait for Friday and Saturday! Most everybody I know is coming to see the show this weekend. Matthew and Stephanie are coming up on Friday to see it, as are Deanna, Matt, and Maureen!! I am seriously freakin' pumped for that! Then on Saturday a lot of my Truman friends are attending along with my mom and dad. And though I'll be disappointed when the show is over, I'm really excited for the cast parties! This is going to be the best weekend I've had in a long, long, long time.

And my previous countdown was a little off. It is now 93 days until The Dark Knight.

Well I'm runnin' down the road...

So within the past few months I've discovered that I love running. I don't know why, cause it seems a little boring, but I just love it. And the best part is that I'm starting to get better at it. I can now consistently run about 7/10 of a mile at a moderate pace before I start to get tired, and I can sprint for about 3/10 of a mile before I need to stop.
I sound like such a meat-headed tool, but I really do love working out. lol