Tuesday, February 28, 2006

I finally got sick. I'm not really SICK sick... but my throat is really sore and I kind of feel like crap. I suppose the timing couldn't have been better, though. I mean, ITW just ended and we won't even start rehearsals for Violet until next week...

And oh yeah, that matters because I will be playing Violet!!!!!! Yay me!!! :)

Jeez, this is my first lead in 2.5 years.... and even THEN (as Janet), I wasn't... you know... THE main character. I'm excited. I know it's only a lab show and that it'll be in the Boo theatre.... but still... I'm allowed to be excited! :)

Today Dr. Bank told us that she is changing her grading policy and now, if you fail one test, you fail the class. When she said this you could literally hear everyone's heart stop beating for a good 15 seconds. We just all... died. Haven made this sound that pretty much summed up everyone's thoughts. It's not that I think I failed the test (God, please don't let me have failed), but it was just such a scary thought. She yelled at us again. I wanted to cry.

After class I went to get my window fixed which was supposed to take 45 minutes, but took 2 hours. I didn't eat before I went, either... so I was pretty freaking hungry. At least I have a window again, though... being one of those tarp people was kind of embarrassing.

Family Video doesn't have disks 1 or 3 of season 5 of "Friends" and I was kind of.... really upset. Blockbuster doesn't have "Friends" at all! I am soooo mad about this because that's the season with "The One Where Everyone Finds Out"--- which is, I think, one of THE funniest episodes of anything, ever. That and "The One Where Everyone Turns 30" with drunk Monica's surprise party. Seriously.... I could watch her "surprised" reaction 100 times and it would never NOT be funny. Pure comic genius, my friends.

Did you know you can subscribe to Newsweek for $20 for 54 issues??? That's AMAZING. I want to do it.

Lent starts tomorrow. I decided to go with the giving up cookies. God, I miss them already. I'm not even Catholic... this is a BAD idea... Why do I do this to myself?

I feel as though I should go work out a little, but since I'm sort of sick I'm also thinking that maybe I... shouldn't. And I kind of DO want to but then the other part of me is like "No, Alisa... your bed is warmer than.... the elliptical machine." I'll probably just go. It's been so long since I worked out.

Living near campus makes me feel like I'm at camp or something all the time. Or like how it was at Huron. Like... I could go hang out with my friends whenever I want to. Ok, I guess this was true all of last year in LA, too... but it was also somehow different. Oh, and, I've never actually been to camp, so I could be completely wrong.

Ok, so yesterday Ali, Kelly and I read through "The Servant of Two Masters" and it is FABULOUS and sooo funny and to quote my dear Smeraldina,
"If I were a queen, I'd make every man who was unfaithful carry a branch of a tree in his hand, and I know all the towns would look like forests."
The BEST part is that the next play we have to read, "The King Stag," has all our favorite characters back for more fun! Hooray!!!

Wow... if I am this excited about an 18th century Italian play I guess I really need to get out more...

Monday, February 27, 2006

Our last two shows went pretty well. Saturday's audience included the likes of a Miss Meg Cavenaugh and Yolanda Davis (!!!!!) and Sunday's that of my (retired) high school choir director, Mrs. Barnette. I was really surprised to see her since I had NO idea she was coming. She made me sign autographs for her granddaughters. I laughed at her. It was really awesome to see Meg and Yolanda, too. After the show on Saturday we went to Bryan's, where 700 people were crammed into the smallest living room EVER, and I was about to leave because there wasn't enough oxygen for all of us. However, other people left first so I stayed a while longer, talking to Brooke and Jessie. I don't know when I am going to get to see either of them anymore... :(

I cried during the last scene yesterday. I realized I could make a choice: I could either THINK about it being the last performance and the last show for the seniors or I could try to make everyone laugh. Yolanda Board said "Don't be sad-- be happy! You did a great job! You should go out there like 'I was JACK'S MOM, BITCHES!'" And so, I did. But then, I cried anyway, because I started thinking about how, in some ways, doing this show really helped heal me. I mean, I was such a mess, but I'm ok now. It probably would have happened with ANY production, but the fact that it was my favorite show, and there wasn't even someone in the cast who we all HATED (like there always is...)--we were just all friends--really made it even better. So, i'm standing in the back, supposed to be frozen but totally reacting to everything that happens like always and Bethany sings "Things will be alright now..." and then this tear just rolled down my cheek and I looked at Griffin and cocked my head to the side and smiled, and then THAT eye let loose... and then I decided I really better start freezing.... and then Ali saw my tears and almost cried, and Griffin DID cry... and when I went up to my line to sing, I couldn't look Jon Mazur in the face because I KNEW I would cry even more and then... THEN... I snapped out of it and made everyone laugh. :) I kind of had to, though, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to sing. But really, can you blame me? It's my first show in 2 years, my favorite show, my last show with the people I abandoned and then came back to (aka, seniors) AND a show where I worked through my own personal issues and found inner peace! I was ALLOWED to cry.

Plus, I'm a girl. I really didn't even need to make any other excuses.

After the Sunday show I sprayed my hair pink because Grace said I could and then stayed for Strike for a while. Now, when I say "stayed for strike" what I mean is that I stayed, and realized I am COMPLETELY USELESS when it comes to anything dealing with scenery or lights, and would only get in the way, so Tara took me and Ali to get the pizza, chips and pop for the people who WERE useful. Not a lot of people from the cast stayed, though, and Karl was maaaaaad.

After that, I went to visit my grandma, mom and kitty, and then came back and went to bed at midnight. Tonight I have "Violet" callbacks (one show ends, another begins... I hope) and me and Ali (and anyone else who wants to join us) are meeting to read through "The Servant of Two Masters" aloud because A. If I read it aloud, I am less likely to fall asleep and more likely to pay attention to what is going on and B. It would help our cold reading skills!

But now... I am going to VEG because this is the first day in a very, very long time when I have NOTHING to do (until Violet callbacks...).

Saturday, February 25, 2006

Alright, well... today was.... what it was. I spent the first hour or so after finding my car cleaning out all the crap so that I could get to the floor to vacuum it later. Then I called my mom and found a place to get the new glass put in, but I can't do it until Tuesday because of both our schedules. Then I spent $4 in quarters sucking up all the glass that was EVERYWHERE (and probably still IS everywhere) and then drove to Wal-mart to buy tarp, duck tape and scissors. It was soooo freaking windy out today that the first piece of tarp I bought BLEW AWAY while I was trying to put it on and the wind made it so cold that I'll probably get sick from being outside so much.

I was so furiously mad. HOWEVER, as I told my mom, it could have been worse. It could have been the front or back windows, or they could have taken something. That's right, NOTHING was stolen. All my books, CDs were still there... everything. They just broke the window. At first I tried to give society the benefit of the doubt by thinking that perhaps because it's so windy something got blown into my car... But then I saw all the broken brown glass next to the window... and then when I was driving I noticed that beer had been poured all over my windshield... and then... you know, I was filled with an uncontrollable rage.

It's not even that I think someone did this to ME---I think it was just drunk college LOSERS. I imagine the conversation went like this:
Drunk guy #1: Woooooooo!!!
Drunk guy #2: Dude, I am sooo wasted!
DG#1: Yeah!!!!!
DG#2: Whoa, look! A CAR!
DG#1: Whooooooooooa. (DG#1 starts to fall onto the car)
DG#2: Hey, no way, man. I am cutting you off.
DG#1: But... there's still beer.... left....
DG#2: (takes bottle and pours contents all over innocent Chevy Cavalier) Not anymore!!
DG#1: DUDE! (Suddenly very awake) That's good beer!
DG#2: Hey, this car STOLE YOUR BEER. Let's throw stuff at it.
DG#1: I... ok.
DG#2: (takes beer bottle and throws it at full strength at the car window. The window explodes.) SHIT!
DG#1: WHAT? SHIT! DUDE! What do we.... Dude! That window just... BROKE!
DG#2: RUN AWAY! (They run to a safe distance)
DG#1: I sure do love President Bush.
DG#2: Me too.

That's what I get for living in an apartment complex where one apartment proudly displays a Taco Bell sign in their window and another has their collection of empty wine, liqueur and beer bottles on the ledge for everyone to see. Pure class, my friends.... pure, unadulterated class.

I am too old for this.
Well. GUESS WHAT? MY car got broken into!!!!

How is it possible that three cars from the same family get broken in to in ONE WEEK?

They broke out my back passenger window. I guess I should go down and assess the damage and see what they took... :(
Tonight's performance was the best so far, by far. Everyone did really well and the audience was great. I was really pleased.

After the show John and I rushed back to his apartment to watch/tape the Suite Life episode. It's really small, guys, but it's there and it's funny. Probably only because it's ME, but WE were laughing. After the show tonight I yelled "Tonight I conquered the stage AND the screen!!!" while walking up the stairs. Ali thought it was funny. :)

So, after that I took John to Applebee's where we ate with Griffin and Sarah Roussos, who was visiting from NYC, and her perfect (boy?)friend, Nick. Really, he was perfect. I wrote her a note about him that said something along the lines of "He seems to really like you, Sarah!! He's so nice!! MARRY HIM. PERFECTION!!!!!!" I'm sure she... appreciated it. :) I really liked getting to see her.

Tomorrow I have to be at work at freaking NINE for this stupid meeting about how we haven't sold enough alcohol. Well, I'm sorry, I ONLY work lunch shifts right now... it's a little hard to sell alcohol at lunch. I'm also supposed to work in the morning, but I really need to get out of it because I am supposed to go to an audition. Luckily since I'll be there sooo early, I SHOULD be able to request to be the first extra. Although hopefully I'll be doing "Violet", I also know that starting Monday I need to A. start working regular shifts again and B. Start working out again. I just COULDN'T work out during the show... I have been SOOOO drained. Well, regardless, Lent starts on Tuesday so maybe I'll do that this year. I'm considering no cookies and/or no fried food. I'm not Catholic but... you know. It's always good to do something once in a while for a REASON.

Ok, nine am is getting closer by the second. Clearly.

Friday, February 24, 2006

What with the theatre history and the show and everything else, I almost forgot about this completely. If you are able to read this before 7pm, and you have access to... cable TV, you should watch The Suite Life of Zack and Cody tonight (at 7... obviously) because, unless they thought I was ugly and stupid, I am going to be on it. Or if they changed the schedule.

So, The Suite Life. 7pm. Disney Channel. Watch it. I'm NOT going to be able to watch it because I'll be... putting on makeup. It might also be on at 11... I don't know. But watch it somehow!

EDIT: Ok, they changed the time the show airs. It's on at 6:30. And if you DID miss it, then, it'll be on again at 11pm tonight.

Thursday, February 23, 2006

Hi.

I am going to go to bed soon.

My hand is blue. I haven't showered yet and have been wearing the same clothes since 7am yesterday. My hair is... a mess. I don't remember sleeping for more than 20 minutes at a time last night.

Soooooooo... we had the morning performance. It was fine. I went home and napped. Then I came back for the evening performance, which was also fine. Dix huit and Katie came, as did Dan AND my sister. I was happy to see everyone and so glad the Huiter and the Kater came out for the show.

Then, my friends, I started studying for theatre history until about 5 something am. Then I fell asleep and would wake up every couple of minutes... I think JUST so I was sure I didn't forget something. I'd wake up and think "Killigrew... licensing act of 1737.... hua dan..." It was torture. This morning me, Patrick, Justin and Megan went to Susan's coffee to review a little. Jeez. I was... gone. I could barely think. I said "Maybe when I start walking my brain will start working." Justin said "Are you WALKING to class from here?" and I said "No, because if I walked to class from here, I would walk to Taylor Hall and change my major."

I was pretty calm until I entered the green room and then I started freaking out. I also really thought I was going to puke because of the Burger king fried everything I had for breakfast.

Patrick: "If The Beaux Stratagem is on the test I am going to start crying and leave and never come back."

You should have seen his face when it WAS on the test and the question we worked on FOREVER was not.

Luckily I remembered enough to BS 3 pages of an essay... and I wrote 4 pages of my Way of the World essay before I thought to myself "Am I answering this question AT ALL in the essay?" I still don't know... I might have known that show TOO well. I also took way too much time sitting there and thinking about how I haven't written an essay in 2.5 years. I barely finished before class was over and what WAS my ending was not... the best. I got most of the objective questions correct, though, and it's not like she could give me a ZERO on the essays so.... uh... I'm pretty sure I passed.

My sister and mom's cars got broken into last night at my grandma's house. That is THE LAST place I would ever think a car would get broken in to. WHAT DID my family do, Karma? All this misfortune in two months...

Ok, bed.

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

End of the day reflections...

1. DO NOT EAT SIX COOKIES BEFORE/DURING A PERFORMANCE. You'll run out of breath in the finale and feel like you have to stop singing or you're going to puke everywhere.

2. I don't know when, I don't know how... but I know that I HAVE to get to Disney World next year for a trip.

3. Mid-day study session went well. Thanks to (Je)Remy for helping me and Patrick think outside the box.

4. The ORIGINAL Debbie Downer SNL skit

5. Mel (our music director) is married to Karl (our assistant director/shop guy) who is best friends with Jeff Richmond, a KSU grad. Jeff is married to... Tina Fey. Last year, he introduced the senior showcase. This year, they are both expected to attend. I am ALSO attending the senior showcase. I am going to meet Tina Fey.
Here's some mid-day information:

1. I was DISGUSTED by the news, today. WHY WHY WHY should gay couples not be allowed to adopt??? It doesn't even make any sense and it makes me sick. I hate you, Pro-Family Group. One of my earliest memories from school was learning that families come in many different ways... not just a mom, dad, you and some siblings. I'm not even gay and this "Pro-Family Group" is ruining my life.

2. The world is expected to hit 6.5 billion people Saturday evening

3. I'm starting to think I haven't gotten sick yet this year because I am drinking SO MUCH TEA.

4. Tara is not doing the show tonight because she's so sick. She's our STAGE MANAGER. :( That's... not good news.

5. Her mom is here and is cleaning the apartment... that IS good news.

6. Alisa loves vegetable lasagna.
I am enjoying a Boston Market store bought chicken pot pie.

Work was... fine... today. I mean, it was work, so... you know.

I auditioned for "Violet" tonight. I think it went okay. I probably should have just gone off the piano on my first song, but I kind of wanted to.... stay with the music. I uh... want to be in this show. Really bad.

After THAT we had another theatre history night, and Allison, Ali, Haven and John joined Patrick and I. We discussed "The Way of the World" at length and also the "Beaux Strategem" question.... we're meeting again tomorrow before the show (we have double performances on Wednesday, so we decided it's best to sleep Tuesday night since we WILL NOT be sleeping on Wednesday night before the test). I think it would be really fun to have a weekly play reading with people for this class, but I also know that it will NEVER happen.

Sunday, February 19, 2006

For some reason I woke up at 9:15, after only like... 6 hours of sleep, so I just stayed awake... which was NOT the plan for the morning. The show went pretty well today... the audience was better than the usual Sunday crowd. Not only were Jessica and Greg there by my grandma and aunt Karen came, too, so that was fun. Greg and Jessica took me out to eat at Rockne's which was soooo nice of them. After that I went to Patrick (/John/Griffin/Meg's house) to study theatre history. It ended up only being the two of us, but that was ok, as we got through quite a bit in 2 hours. We're saving the plays for tomorrow night's session as it would be easier to discuss with more than 2 people there.

I told Patrick I was going to remember EVERYTHING about DeLoutherbourg because he used unity of design in his scenic practices.... something my life seems to be missing lately.

I am so sad. I was really hoping they would forget to schedule me at work this coming week.... but they didn't. And I have to work in the morning. AND I need someone to pick up my Saturday morning shift which is going to be.... really hard. ANNNNNND, I have to go to a meeting on Saturday morning, so it's not even like I could even call off for my shift. But I CAN'T work Saturday morning... If only they would have forgotten! aaaaarrrrrggggghhhhh....

Or.... if... I didn't work there.

Ok, so I'm in the middle of watching "Friends" for the rest of my life, right? Right. Well, anyway, I'm in season 3 and it's been a really long time since I saw the episode where Ross and Rachel go on the break and he "gets wit" the Xerox girl... and they're dancing and "Without or Without You" is playing and Rachel's trying to call him and then Xerox girl kisses him... and it caused me physical pain. And in my mind I'm like "No, Ross! Don't DOOOOOO IT!!!!!" even though I know that A. It's not real and B. That he DOES do it.... and really, what all this is saying is that I seriously need to GET A LIFE.
As I am in the middle of watching the entire series of "Friends" on DVD, all I seem to be able to do anymore is quote from the show and draw comparisons from the show. I HONESTLY told someone today that she should date someone because "He would be the Chandler to your Monica!!!!" It's TRUE.... but a weird thing to say.

Um, the show was HORRENDOUS tonight. I didn't mess up or anything, but I felt like the audience hated us, and me, and almost everyone else DID mess up at some point. And here's the thing: I am either really forgettable or awful in my role. I don't know which one. Everyone kept telling me before that I was "soooo funny", but I feel like that is not the case to the audience. I'm not going to CHANGE anything, but it would be nice if someone... said something to me.

I did, however, Alisa-belt my entire solo tonight, instead of switching into my head voice. That was the only exciting moment of my day.

We went to eat at Applebee's after the show. Brooke's friend was in town, so Jessie and I were going to hang out, but then everyone ELSE came to Applebee's too, so we just all sat together. She was like "next time we hang out... let's only bring eachother." I feel like I have endless things to tell Jessica... that I could talk to her forever. I wish she wasn't graduating! Damn!

It is SO freaking freezing outside. SIX degrees. I hate it.

Greg and Jessica Linkous are coming to the show tomorrow and I am really excited. I haven't seen them in forever!

We are having a theatre history study session tomorrow (and possibly Monday) evening. I'm not excited about it... because, I mean, it won't be fun at ALL... but I am looking forward to not failing the test which hopefully this study session will prevent. I feel like I don't have enough time for this test... if only she could push it back a week (yes, I am crazy to wish such a thing).

Saturday, February 18, 2006

Well, opening night was overshadowed by the fact that my mom, upon entering the theatre, tripped over the step to her row of seats, laid on the ground for 10 minutes, SAT THROUGH THE WHOLE SHOW in a ton of pain and then told me what happened when I went out to greet afterwards. I thought she was kidding. Her right foot was really swollen and she could barely walk... she kept saying how she didn't think she needed to go to the hospital, but of course I took her. We were there until about 3am. Jen joined us around 12:30. She sprained both ankles and fractured her left one a little. They have it in a splint because it's not like broken, but a piece of the bone chipped off. She obviously can't go to work for a few days.

The sad thing is that the cast from her broken wrist just came off on TUESDAY--- three days later and she's back at the hospital with another broken bone. She was so embarrassed. I felt so bad for her... She has crutches and jen I and keep telling her to "keep her foot at the level of her eyes" (a la Phantom of the Opera). I don't think Dad is going to be happy... or Grandma.

Anyway, so, after we got out of the hospital my mom still wanted to take me and Jen out to eat, so we went to Denny's. It was smokey and filled with drunk losers, but the food was better than normal, and we laughed a lot, so it was ok. I JUST got back from taking her back home and retrieving my car from MSP. What a long night. It's hard to believe it's already been 8 hours since we started the show.

I think it went well. The audience was filled with theatre people, so of COURSE they were appreciative. I think they all hated Jack's Mom, but maybe that's because her costume is RIDICULOUS. Christine said my dying was really good and that made me happy. I didn't really even get to talk to that many people because shortly after I got out there Ben came over and told me where my mom was. She was really lucky she got him... she said she just asked a random young looking person and figured they would know me. MOST people don't know me, so the fact that she asked Ben is... amazing. But anyway, since we are so over rehearsed, I think things were just... pretty normal. At least for me. It was nice to FINALLY have people there to laugh at the "That's ok, too" line, though.

Sooo... woo ITW or something. Boo for STAIRS.

I don't know if the cast party was fun since I was at the ER. But it's ok... we had a surprisingly good time at the hospital.

Friday, February 17, 2006

Alisa, every time the song My Humps comes on: "God, I hate this song."

Alisa, wondering aloud why her speakers aren't working: "Hmmm. Perhaps they're plugged in wrong. I'll test them with.... My Humps to see if they work."

Alisa, when she hears what is playing: "God, I hate this song."

Cleric, I agree with every single design thing you said about the show. EVERY SINGLE ONE. :)

In fact...

Alisa, when she saw the parachute crap for the first time: "Oh my God, it looks like trash bags. Oh... but maybe we should be, you know, GLAD--just like the trash bags!"

1000th (tripod) post!!!!

I spent a great deal of time thinking about what to write about for this "monumental" blog post. I even started to write one earlier in the day but it ended up being stupid... As I was driving to Giant Eagle after rehearsal I realized something amazing, though, and knew it was what I should write about. And it's something I didn't think I would be able to feel for quite some time...

I'm HAPPY.

I haven't felt this way in months.

And I'm SO happy that I want to cry. Oh, irony.

Today was... really good. Well, theatre history wasn't good, but everything after that was. Rehearsal went really well again, and I am soooo excited for tomorrow. I kept talking to Jessie while we were getting ready... "So, it's final dress. We run 'as performance' tonight, you know. So. Jessica. What are you going to do if [insert any and every time she is on stage] goes wrong??????" I had a good time with that and later I sang the "No One Is Alone" rap for her. It was amazing. I also started laughing hysterically during warm ups because I was imaging "Piece of Eight" from COE and the final show.... haha.

So, as many of you know (or maybe just my sister and Dad), "Into the Woods" is my favorite show. It HAS been my favorite show since I was 10 years old and would perform it for grandma with Jen. As everyone on this earth knows, I was not exactly happy with CASTING. However, I really have a lot of fun with my role and I am really loving this production. The first time I heard the orchestra I got teary eyed. When I think about the fact that *I* am actually IN this show, I get teary eyed. I am so, so proud of everyone in our cast and crew and the work we've all done. This show is HUGE. It's huge for everyone... cast, lights, sound, music, all crew... it's a ridiculous undertaking that I can't BELIEVE a college is able to pull off so well. I really would NOT be saying this if I thought otherwise. I am too close to the material and I am so judge mental of our shows at KSU. Yes, there are problems (aren't there ALWAYS?), but I think it's going to be an amazing show and I can't wait to open tomorrow night.

It's so sad that every opening has to have a closing.

I don't think I'd be this happy if it weren't in part for this show. As I was saying to Bryan tonight, the show alone is a full time job.... and there is no other job I would rather do. It's also due to the fact that I have such amazing friends around me all the time. I don't know how I lived a year without half of them. I love all you guys. I don't think a lot of people know how much it means for me to say I'm happy again... but it's kind of a big deal.



Happy Birthday to my roommate/best stage manager ever TARA!!!

Thanks for reading this, friends and random strangers. I would have been able to get to 1000 posts without you, but it's kind of nice knowing that people care what I'm thinking for some odd reason.


If you're in the vicinity, I highly recommend coming to see the show!!! KSU theatre webpage for tickets and info and such.

Thursday, February 16, 2006

This is my 999th post. The next time I post it will be my 1000th! (On tripod.) AMAZING!!!

I watched Friends all day since I rented season 8 and had to return it today. 3 hours of nonstop Friends fun. Have I ever mentioned that I love Ross Gellar?

After that I went into the costume shop so they could fix my pants (they were too big), got a wheat grass shot and a real fruit smoothie (despite hating fruit in it's original form, I do enjoy it as a smoothie) from Pulp, returned the pants I wore to the Masquerade Ball at Gabe's, got makeup remover wipes and granola and then went to the theatre. I really, really love my life when I don't have to work.

Rehearsal went really well tonight, I think. I'm really excited about the show.

We have a theatre history test one week from [what is technically] today, and I hate this. I'm not really as SCARED as I was in the past, but I am not looking FORWARD to it in any way. Writing about it reminds me that I need to go read "School for Scandal."

I swear to God, if one more person asks me if my ugly Jack's mom act 1 clothes are my REAL clothes, I am gonna go ape nuts. I seriously have more fashion sense than a 60 year old woman in 1980. Really.

My dresser, Grace, is the best person on this planet. You wouldn't think of the three people she's the dresser for (Me, Marissa as Rapunzel and I believe Bethany as the Baker's Wife) that MY character would need the most help... but it's true. I do. She puts my hair in the curlers and takes them out at intermission, she helps me with my makeup and my mic pack... I don't know what I would do without her. She's amazing and I am in love with her. I am going to buy her some kind of present before this show is over because she deserves it.

When I used to work in the costume shop way back when, I really don't remember the supervisors, Robin and Suzy, ever liking me. However, since I've been back at school, I think they've forgotten enough about me to just go off their impressions from THIS show... so they seem to like me a LOT.

Ok, I need to read... see you at the 1000th post...

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

I'm glad I didn't really realize the whole day that yesterday was Valentine's Day. It's surprisingly easy to ignore if you're not at work and not at... Hallmark.

Rehearsal went pretty well last night. There was something odd going on with the orchestra and we had a couple technical issues, but I think the CAST did a good job. Bryan lost his voice halfway through which is NEVER good, though. Hopefully he's resting today. I got a new act 2 costume!! I was soooo happy. It's a blue track suit, it fits (it's a little big, but it's better than too short) and it's actually cute. Anne said they were changing my act 1 shirt, too, which is... also nice. :)

Tara is still really sick. I'm kind of worried about her... she hasn't had a voice for a week at least, now. She said she had a dream she missed too many classes and couldn't graduate this May.

After rehearsal a bunch of us got together at Kelly's (a get together which I almost ruined by announcing it aloud in front of... everyone) and watched "Love Stinks"... which half of us fell asleep through and talked through the other half. But Haven made AMAZING red velvet cake cupcakes and she and Allison brought over pizza... so *I* was in heaven. I haven't worked out in a week, but I'm not going to again until the show is over. There's just not enough time or energy left right now.

In happy, happy news, I am definitely going to NYC over spring break! Just 5 days, but I am really excited. It'll have been 3 years by that point and now I have so many friends who are there to see!

I really want to dye my hair red... but I also kind of like my hair color... so maybe I'll just get highlights. I wish I could just be HAPPY with my hair for once. I don't know why I talk about it so much, either....

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

I love not working.

I went over to my grandma's today to visit and do laundry. After one unsuccessful attempt, I perfected the "magic trick" Jon Mazur taught me. My mom cooked me dinner and kitty... was adorable. As always.

I went right from there to rehearsal where we had our first dress. I know she'll probably never read this, but I'm still a little scared to say it... I really hate my costume. Act 1 I can understand, but Act 2... really?? I mean, I guess it's not really even her DESIGN, since it's a hand-me-down costume, but it just doesn't make sense. I look just as poor as I did in act 1, and the track suit doesn't even FIT. Sarah wore it in Working and she is 5'2"... I am 5'6"! The pants are way too short, as is the jacket... I felt like my mic pack was showing the whole time. Plus, the color is ridiculously ugly. I just look... awful. I did have a brilliant idea for my hair in act 1, though. They wanted it to look bad in act 1 and good in act 2 so I was like "hmmmm..." but then I thought "We can put it in foam curlers for act 1 and then it'll HAVE to be pretty for act 2!!!" Plus, it's just funny that I am in curlers. My hair looks really cute when it's so curly... I had no idea those things worked so well. Besides my sadness over the costume, the show went pretty well. It seemed to go really fast for some reason.

I really want, nay NEED, to read "Blue Like Jazz" and "He's just not that into you." Both books were sitting backstage at rehearsal and I wanted to steal them... but I didn't, because that would be wrong.

After I got home I was checking my stuff online and I got a message from Jim with the subject line "Just so you know." I was thinking "OH NO!!!!!" and was about to grab my phone to be able to call someone (it's the day before Valentine's Day and he wrote a vague subject line that I interpreted as "He has a new girlfriend") when I opened the message and saw what I didn't expect to see at ALL... Jimmy got mugged last night. I think I was reading it like it didn't really happen or something. I read the first line and almost thought nothing of it... and then I stopped and reread it and was just like "WHAT??" He was walking outside his apartment on the phone at 1:30am (he lives close to downtown LA and he was alone... I can't say I'm THAT surprised, even though he DOES live in a good neighborhood) and two guys ran up, knocked him down, took his wallet and punched him in the head. :( I called him.... he said he was ok. He said he has a bruise on his face and his head hurts but mostly it's kind of psychological, now. I guess it's good he's in therapy already. I feel so bad for him. How awful. I was never really scared to walk by myself at night in LA... maybe it was really stupid to feel that way.

Oh yeah... Happy Valentine's Day, tomorrow, everyone. This is the first year in 7 years that I don't have a boyfriend on Valentine's Day. I'm sure you can understand why I'm very not happy about its arrival.

Monday, February 13, 2006

Pictures from Masque and my life

I love the internet and digital cameras. (you can click on them to see the full size pictures...)

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This was a bunch of people from our ITW cast after the first rehearsal or something at Applebees.

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Another pictures from Applebees. Amber, me and John Moauro (I spell his name differently every time I write it)

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Yesterday during dinner break in the green room. Me, Haven, and Jon Mazur with that amazing cake.

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Masquerade 1... Sydni, John, Marissa, Autumn, Rick and Me as pregnant Britney Spears.


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I have the golden ticket.

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Griffin and I as K-Fed and Britney

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Being faux-pregnant is a really good way to hold things like your Starbucks cup or bag of cheetos.

The Masquerade Ball was a lot of fun. At first Griffin and I were just cynical, but then we started dancing after a while and it was... well... it was funny. We were kind of upset that we didn't win the costume contest. We were the only people there in REAL costumes. Griffin was wearing socks and sandals and I even had a fake Kabbalah bracelet! I don't understand where we went wrong. Hillary and Mike Billups won queen and king... it was just like prom. Only different.

Sunday, February 12, 2006

Well, yesterday was definitely the longest day in the history of time. I (luckily) woke up 10 minutes before our makeup call at 10am, learned how to make myself 40 years old, came home and showered, and then went back to Stump to start my life as a person who never was able to leave the theatre. It wasn't horrible. And, you know, since I'm not the Baker who is on stage pretty much the whole show, I had a lot more down time. Sitz went ok, we ALMOST got through the whole show. We had to skip any kind of underscoring for act 2. We did NOT finish the show with cue to cue, though. You'd think in 8 hours of cue to cue, we could finish a 2.5 hour show... NOT SO, my friends. Not with 500 light cues and a whole bunch of sound and fly cues. We even skipped a lot of stuff and didn't finish. I THINK we're just going to not finish it.... we have our first dress tomorrow. I'm excited.

One of the ladies in the pit made us all chicken soup and cookies for lunch and Angeline's parents provided dinner for us, which was all SO nice. Everything was REALLY good, too. They brought cake for 70 people, so we had these HUGE pieces (which of course, no one could finish), and then Jon Mazur got really mad because he couldn't finish the cake. Since I got to die so soon after we started the show last night, I spent the next 2.5 hours sitting, wishing I was asleep, trying to find interesting things to read in the newspaper and showing Griffin the Shining and Brokeback to the Future videos. After we were done, I went out and rented season 8 of Friends at the old Family Video, and fell asleep watching the 6th episode.

I slept until 11:30 this morning, had some tea and soon I'm gonna start getting ready for the BALL this evening. I'm excited. I don't know what I am going to do with my hair, though... I wanted to find some kind of spray in blonde (with some massive roots), but I don't think they actually sell that kind of product. I guess I'll just have to make it.... ugly. I think I might need to go to target.

I am not supposed to work at all this week (I might pick up a shift on Wednesday morning, though), so tomorrow I am going to do laundry and read and work out, and it is going to be wonderful.

Ok, so yesterday I was doing my favorite thing ever, looking at what classes I can/need to take next fall. I really actually do love that... I don't know why. Anyway, so I HAVE to take music theory and theatre history in the fall to be able to graduate. Normally this isn't a problem because they're on opposite days. But now... they changed music theory to EVERY DAY 8:50-9:40, and theatre history is on tuesday and thursday from 9:15-10:30. I wrote TK immediately, because that's kind of a huge deal. I figured there were only two options.... we'd have to miss EVERY tuesday and thursday class of music theory the whole semester (which I don't think would go over too well in the music department), or they'd have to make us our own musical theatre theory class (most of the stuff they teach in theory will never be used by us). They've been thinking about making this class anyway, but I think now they're going to have to really push the plans into high gear. I am really happy that I DID drop music theory the last time I was in it, now. I feel like the 5 of us who this affects may come out the best musicians of the group, too, just because we'll be focusing on things that we'll actually USE like ear training and sight singing (as opposed to part writing and composition). YAY!

I had a dream Jim called me to tell me he had a new girlfriend (I just realized that will probably be the next time he ever calls me... and whereas before in my life, I would have been excited for him to call me, now I am dreading it like I am dreading... death. This is, of course, if he is polite enough to call... he might just write. I don't know.... either way, I hope celibacy is in his future, somehow) and I was just like "Ok, I can't deal with this" and hung up the phone. I probably dreamt about this since I was telling Griffin how afraid I am that it'll happen on a day when I am not going to see anyone, and will go crazy because I'll be all alone with no one to talk to. He said I could call him anytime and if he wasn't there, he'd call back asap... and that is why I love Griffin Parsons. Even if this happens in like a YEAR, it's still going to hurt, so... like I said, I am dreading it a lot.

In unrelated news, the Linkous's are coming to see ITW and I am so happy! Dix huit, are you and Katie coming? You shoooould... student prices are only $7! :)

Ok, I should really start showering.

Saturday, February 11, 2006

I am so stupid for not going to bed the second I got home.

I went to work for a little while today. It was fine... although with our new tip system for cashing out, I somehow managed to claim 34% of my sales as tips for the week. I obviously didn't make that much. Someone explained how to put in the numbers wrong, so I ended up claiming $124 when I only made $65 for the week. I think I need to fix that somehow.

We started rehearsal at 6:15 and it was the always wonderful cue to cue. The opening sucked, but I have so much down time in this show that after that it was just great. I got to sit in the green room for hours. Cory, the understudy for the baker, went out and bought everyone a bunch of food off his meal plan from one of the dorm dining halls and it was amazing. He bought like $51 worth of food. He is our new favorite. I did get really angry at rehearsal though because I was going backstage to get ready for one of my entrances and one of the ASMs was like "don't worry, we're finishing Agony and then we're taking a break." I asked if they were SURE and she said yes... but sure enough, that didn't happen and I was the one who ended up looking like I missed a cue. Thankfully Tara and Yolanda explained to TK that it wasn't my fault but I was still pretty worried. We didn't even finish act 1 in 4 hours of work. There are almost 500 cues in this show. A normal show has like... 250 max. It's intense. Tomorrow we have makeup call at 10 (hence why I should be in bed), sitz at 1 and then 7-11 we're finishing cue to cue. What a fun day....

After rehearsal Allison picked me up and we went to Haven's to watch some Disney movies. It didn't REALLY end up happening exactly as planned since we only watched half of Aladdin, 5 minutes of the Little Mermaid and then a couple of scenes from A Chorus Line, but I had a good time. I saved Jon Mazur from breaking his neck, too.

Ok, I'm too tired to go on.... bed time.

Friday, February 10, 2006

Today has been nothing less than surreal. First, I actually tried to wake up this morning to work out, but I must have turned off my alarm at 8am and immediately fallen back asleep... because there was definitely no deciding moments. I woke up at 10am (class at 11) and was just happy I live near campus.

On my way into the building I totally fell on some ice in the parking lot. Luckily no one saw that I know of... but it was really weird. Especially because the parking lot was relatively clear of ice.

Later in the day I sat in on Mel's audition class to see Bryan's friend Gavin do a master class but I had to leave at 3:05 for my voice lesson next door. Lara was in the middle of singing, so I didn't want to distract her through the window, so I bent over to close the door, but I couldn't get it to close. I'm pushing against it and all of a sudden I fall right on my face in the middle of the hallway. Unfortunately for THIS fall, there were a million people around me. So, I'm laying there in the middle of the hall thinking "Did this REALLY happen??" I got up, went to the bathroom, and then my voice teacher, who was in the next room is like "Uh... are you OKAY??? I saw you fall and I thought you passed out!" I told her no... but how I should lie and say that yes, I DID pass out because it would seem less... pathetic. I have a blue bruise on my elbow... it goes nicely with all my leg bruises.

Rehearsal was pretty awful. I mean, it was good for ME, but not good overall. The hen fell apart, we were using mics for the first time and then John missed his entrance to show me the the golden harp. I still made MY entrance thinking "well, maybe he IS on the other side and I just don't see him..." and then when he still never came I thought if there was any way I could ad lib my way out of this situation... and no, there wasn't, so I was just like "HOLD!!" and someone found him. We didn't even HAVE a harp tonight. Later in the show Marissa and Jon missed their entrance so Rapunzel never died.... it was kind of a mess. Hahaha... "kind of" MAY be an understatement. TK was really mad. Oh, yes, she was back tonight. She probably DOESN'T want to come back tomorrow after this.

But, after rehearsal I got to visit my family. My dad was in town for Jen's orchestra concert, so we all hung out in the new holiday inn express in brimfield. It's really nice.

Tomorrow is going to be loooong, but Saturday is going to be even longer. I will be at rehearsal from like 1-11, but the make-up call is at freaking 10am. I'm going to hate my life on Saturday soooo much. Sunday is the masquerade ball, though, so that will be fun. We have off from rehearsal and you can better believe I am sleeeeeping in.

Thursday, February 09, 2006

I should really be reading over the Beggar's Opera right now.... but I'm not. And I should also really be sleeping since I NEED to wake up tomorrow and work out, but I'm not doing that, either. I don't even have anything to SAY... so... I'm gonna start writing and if this turns out to be crap I won't post it.

Work was actually ok, today. Almost every table tipped me 20%. It made me hate it WAY less than normal. I think I was just lucky today, though. Everyone else was complaining about how bad their tips were. Well... I deserve it ONCE in a while.

After work I did that stupid survey below and then I met Griffin at Gabe's to shop for our Britney and Kevin costumes. I am going to return the clothes when the Masque is over, because "Alisa" is a synonym of "poor." Plus, they're horrible since A. They're from Gabe's and B. I was looking for clothes to dress like Britney Spears. OBVIOUSLY they're going to be horrible.

Angeline and Haven finally got the cow costume today. God, it's adorable. They are dying inside (I'm very afraid of of them is going to pass out from heat exhaustion or something), and they are going to upstage anyone else who is in a scene with them. John was commenting on how big the cow was and I'm like "Well, soon people are going to comment on how big our ACTING is going to have to be to make up for this COW!! The bar has been RAISED, my friend!!" Tomorrow is crew watch. Unbelievable.

I feel so fat today. I felt so skinny last week... it's just not fair.

I had all this chocolate and now I'm afraid I'll never be able to fall asleep. Why, Alisa? Why do you do this to yourself?

Awwwww... my sister called me the other day and told me that Dustin Kisamore came through her line at Wal-mart and somehow recognized her, asked if she was my sister and then said "Well, tell her that Dustin misses her and loves her." That made me so happy!! Sometimes I really hate seeing people from high school, but there are a few people who I would pay money to hang out with again because I miss them so much. My whole 11th and 12th grade lunch table crew, for example. Even though I know John was my best friend in high school and all, I am SO GLAD I never had lunch with him. I wouldn't have sat with the boys and I wouldn't have had SO MUCH FUN. God, do I miss them. And Jenny and Beast. And "Grandma" Hunter. Wow, I just realized how AWESOME I am at making up nicknames for people. Beast, Grandma, Lave, Dix Huit... the best part (to me) is that I don't even think of their real names, anymore. I haven't really thought about Kristen Hunter in a long time, but when I do I ALWAYS think "Grandma." I should be a nickname professional... somehow...

Well... haha... there was the time I tried to give people nicknames of the 12 tribes of Israel. That really didn't work out too well.

I should go to bed... I was going to say something else about a certain letter I found while looking for a book of music, but to spare my maturity level, I won't.

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

I have an hour to kill before meeting Griffin so I stole this from Dix Huit (I liked MANY of your answers, Huiter)

1. ONE OF YOUR SCARS, HOW DID YOU GET IT?
I flipped over my bike on the last day on 2nd grade and tore open my knee.

2. WHAT IS ON THE WALLS IN YOUR ROOM?
That metal thing Emily left when she moved, a mirror, this angel thing Lave sent me once and a small "Ethel Merman in 'GYPSY'" poster thing... more will go up in time

3. WHAT DOES YOUR CELL PHONE LOOK LIKE?
a piece of crap that doesn't have a working screen and I need to get fixed

4. WHAT MUSIC DO YOU LISTEN TO?
Rock and or roll

5. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME YOU WERE BORN?
9:04am

6. WHAT DO YOU WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING RIGHT NOW?
There are several things


7. WHAT DO YOU MISS?
California, high school, OG Westwood, Pedro, Jim, all my friends in New York, Jenni... I miss a lot of things


8. WHAT IS YOUR MIDDLE NAME?
Erin


9. THE BEST TV SHOW EVER CREATED:
Friends

10. THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO?
the cashier at Chipotle


11. DO YOU GET SCARED IN THE DARK?
Probably more than is socially acceptable

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLOGNE / PERFUME?
night blooming jasmine from bath and body works

14. WHAT KIND OF HAIR/EYE COLOR DO U LIKE ON THE OPPOSITE SEX?
Dark hair and green eyes. Whoops.

16. COFFEE OR ENERGY DRINKS?
Well.... tea. Or frappucinos.


17. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PIZZA TOPPING?
plain cheese

18. IF YOU COULD EAT ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Brownies

19. WHO IS THE LAST PERSON YOU MADE MAD?
Probably one of the Gilmores. I was a little crazy last week.


20. DO YOU SPEAK ANOTHER LANGUAGE?
No. I can READ a lot of french, spanish and italian, and a little German, but I can't SPEAK any of them (unless you count VERY broken spanish)


21. WHAT WAS THE FIRST GIFT SOMEONE EVER GAVE YOU:
My blankie! 6 months before I was born is probably a winner. I still sleep with it.


22. DO YOU LIKE SOMEONE?
Not.... really. Sort of. I DON'T KNOW and I'm not telling anyone.


23. ARE YOU DOUBLE JOINTED?
Yes! Thumbs, pinky fingers and hips!

24. FAVORITE CLOTHING BRAND?
Gentle Fawn

25. WHAT'S YOUR DREAM CAR?
Truly, it is the VW New beetle, preferably a light blue convertible. I am really sad that I don't have one, too, because I feel like by the time I COULD get one, I'll be too old to drive it.

28. WOULD YOU FALL IN LOVE KNOWING THAT THE PERSON IS LEAVING?
Yes, because I DID, and I'm stupid when it comes to love.

29. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO TELL SOMEONE HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO YOU?
I think this depends on the person. I'm really good at buying people things, though, because I am really good at reading people.

30. SAY A NUMBER FROM ONE TO A HUNDRED :
48

31. BLONDES OR BRUNETTES?
Hello? Brunettes, OBVIOUSLY.

32. WHO IS THE ONE NUMBER YOU CALL OFTEN?
Speed dial #7 (my sister)

33. WHAT ANNOYS YOU MOST?
Being called ma'am...It makes me think of an old lady and I am not old. <---- ME TOO, DIX HUIT!!! Usually once a day one of my tables calls me "ma'am" and it is those times when I think how funny it would be if people could read my mind.


34. HAVE YOU BEEN OUT OF THE U.S.?
Yes.

35. YOUR WEAKNESSES?
Chocolate Lasagna, well, really, any kind of baked good, t-shirts


37. FIRST JOB?
"sales associate" at JCPenneys Stephanie, Ang and myself... May, 2000

38. EVER DONE A PRANK CALL?
In kindergarten I kept prank calling this one girl but leaving my OWN phone number on the message. Her parents called back. I got in trouble.


39. WHAT WERE YOU DOING BEFORE YOU FILLED OUT THIS?
"surfin' the 'net"

40. IF YOU COULD GET PLASTIC SURGERY WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Ummm.... new... legs?


41. WHY DID YOU FILL OUT THIS SURVEY?
Cause I don't like being a mystery...I want everyone to know EVERYTHING about me. <---- Once again, ME TOO, DIX HUIT!!!

42. WHAT DO YOU GET COMPLIMENTED ABOUT MOST?
People used to tell me I had a great smile... and sometimes they like my eyes, too. For some reason, though, apparently in Kent I'm really ugly and I only get complimented on how funny I am.


43. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF ALCOHOL BECAME ILLEGAL?
Watch my friends still drink it. :)


44. WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY?
The entire Sex and the City DVD box set and the Friends entire series box set... and like $20K


45. HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU WANT?
none to two

46. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
A flower shop and the song "I Still see Elisa" from Paint Your Wagon

47. DO YOU WISH ON STARS?
eh...


48. WHICH FINGER[S] IS YOUR FAVORITE?
probably my left hand's ring finger

49. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY?
Last night, watching John sing "No One is Alone"

50. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
yes

51. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
turkey

52. ANY BAD HABITS?
probably

53. WHAT IS YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING CD ON THE SHELF?
oh, I don't know...


54. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
Absolutely!!!

55. HAVE YOU EVER TOLD A SECRET YOU SWORE NOT TO TELL?
Yes


56. DO LOOKS MATTER?
Ummm... yes. Clearly.

57. HOW DO YOU RELEASE YOUR ANGER?
I make fun of whoever made me angry and start talking A LOT

58. WHERE IS YOUR SECOND HOME?
I don't have a first home...

59. DO YOU TRUST OTHERS EASILY?
I trust everyone waaaay too easily

60. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD?
I had a million favorites

61. HOW MANY NUMBERS ARE IN YOUR CELL PHONE?
I wish I could tell you the exact number, but I can't because, like I said, the screen is broken... I know it's over 120, though.

62. DO YOU USE SARCASM?
Pretty much everything I say is sarcastic

64. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A MOSH PIT?
Hahahaha... no way.

65. WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A GUY/GIRL?
"a nice, smart, funny, attractive, half-Jewish boy"... the Jewishness isn't a necessity, although it definitely HELPS. Actually, above all else, I am interested in intelligence.


66. WHAT ARE YOUR NICKNAMES?
"Ali #3", hahaha


68. DO YOU UN-TIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
no.


69. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR?
chocolate... or cake batter from cold stone

72. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE COLORS?
I like almost every color

73. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BAND?
U2, The Beatles and Radiohead

74. HOW MANY WISDOM TEETH DO YOU HAVE?
None anymore. Weirdest day of my life.

75. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?
Well... that would be a lot of comments.

{..76 is missing..}

77. LAST THING YOU ATE?
ice

78. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
my sister

79. WHATS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ON THE OPPOSITE SEX?
I think it's hair

81. FAVORITE THING TO HATE:
Uhhhh...


82. FAVORITE DRINK:
Iced teaaaaaaa!!!


83. FAVORITE ZODIAC SIGN:
My own, scorpio


84. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SPORT?
Baseball


85. WHAT IS YOUR HAIR COLOR?
dark brown

86. EYE COLOR?
Green

87. DO YOU WEAR GLASSES?
Yes

88. SIBLINGS?
Jen and Rob

89. FAVORITE MONTH?
Probably... April. If it's warm. I like all the warm months. May would win, but for some reason it always goes too fast.

90. DO YOU LIKE SUSHI?
I hate fish

91. LAST THING YOU WATCHED?
The episode of Friends where Chandler and Monica get married


92. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR?
my birthday!

93. ARE YOU TOO SHY TO ASK SOMEONE OUT?
Nope. As I have explained many times before, once I decide on something, I go for it IMMEDIATELY.


94. SUMMER OR WINTER?
Summer, no doubt

95. KISSES OR HUGS?
Well... neither are happening right now, so....

96. RELATIONSHIPS OR ONE NIGHT STANDS?
Sheesh. This is ME. I am not even a girl you can "just date"--I am long term ONLY.

97. WHO IS THE MOST LIKELY TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?
Lave


98. WHO IS THE LEAST LIKELY TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?
The last person I would expect on this earth to answer them would be Jim.


99. IS ANYONE IN LOVE WITH YOU?
No.
Visiting grandma yesterday was fun. She gave me some bagels. Sadly I think my cousin took the little black kitty I wanted to take. I was pretty sad about that... he was perfect! :(

After that I read "Cato" for theatre history, but had to take a nap in the middle of it. Then I went to the rec at 10:30 and then I started "The London Merchant." This morning I had a doctor's appointment at 9 and a costume fitting at 4:15. Rehearsal went pretty well. TK's surgery was "as good as it possibly could have been." The mass isn't cancerous (YAY!!!!!) and she MAY be back as early as Thursday. I'm so happy things with her are ok. It would have been so sad if she never got to see the show.

My roommate Tara lost her voice, so I am staying far away. I can't afford to get sick. I probably SHOULDN'T wake up tomorrow to work out before work, but I kind of want to. Well, I mean, I don't REALLY want to, but I should. And shouldn't. Oh, who knows what will happen.

Here's a picture from the party on Saturday
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There's Bethany, Justin, Tara and I. We were all wearing brown so someone took a picture. It's a good enough reason for me.

Today I was thinking about the famous people I would like to date. The list includes (of course) the fictional character of Ross Gellar, John Stewart, Elijah Wood, Chris Martin and Kirk Cameron circa Growing Pains. An odd mix, I agree.

I kind of just want to date someone NICE. The order as I put it on myspace was "A nice, smart, funny, attractive, half-Jewish boy..." Yeah... that would work.

But, in all reality, I don't want, nor do I NEED to date anyone for.... months and months. Even the IDEA of dating someone scares me, now.

Somehow I managed to break my thumb nail on the edge like halfway down my nail and I am soooo scared it's going to continue to crack open and cause me massive amounts of pain.

SOMEONE erased to black board part of the green room that's been there for 3 years. WHO??? WHO COULD IT HAVE BEEEEEEN!?!?!?!

Monday, February 06, 2006

The Shining as a family movie. If you haven't seen this already, check it out. :)

So, yesterday we had rehearsal which wasn't... the best. Amber and Brooke were both losing their voices, plus for some reason our Sunday rehearsals are never that great. We have off today, though, which is nice.

After rehearsal I went to work out and saw John Mauaro and Allison at the rec. John and I went to Pulp to get those wheat grass shots after we were done. They look worse than they really are. They gave us an orange juice "chaser", which made it a completely and totally bearable experience. I definitely think I could deal with that once a week.

After that I watched a couple episodes of Friends and then went to John's (and Allison was there, too) to watch Liza Minnelli on Inside the Actor's Studio. As you can tell, I did things that were almost completely opposite of watching the Super Bowl. I don't think I ever gave Liza enough credit... she's really an incredible actor. I mean, anyone who can stand on an empty stage and not be able to MOVE and sing with as much emotion as she does... that's really amazing. The idea of doing that REALLY scares me. After that we watched "In Her Shoes" which was REALLY good. Those old people are so adorable and boy do I wish I was Jewish. In regards to the character of Simon Stein I said "I hate this guy," (Odd look from others) "Because he's so wonderful!" I mean, really, where was that guy in MY life?

We stayed until like 2am, and then I went home and went to bed. I wasn't needed at work today (hooooooray!!!), and I'm going to visit my grandma and pick up my package from the post office in a couple of minutes. I'm going to work out really late tonight and tomorrow I have a doctor's appointment at the health center. Our crew run through is on THURSDAY... after that it's all tech until we open. I can't believe it. I kind of hate this part... it's the beginning of the end. I know this show, if none other, will never die for me... but it'll still be sad when it's over. I've just been waiting so long to perform it for someone other than my grandma!

Sunday, February 05, 2006

I now remember why I never wanted to host a party.

I was sitting on the couch with Alison and Bethany and poor little Peanut just walked up and sat on my lap and fell asleep. This was like an hour ago. I was like "Wow. Peanut is SO over this party," and Bethany was like "Yeah, Alisa, I think you're pretty over it, too."

I'm sure they're all having fun. And it's not like I had a BAD time, but I'm really tired and want to go to bed, but the music and really loud talking outside my room are preventing that. And I'm also really afraid people are eating all my food and that I won't have any milk in the morning. I really think I might cry if I find out people have eaten a bunch of my food. I'm just so poor and food costs MONEY...

Our meeting was so stupid this morning. I looked like I wanted to kill myself as I literally rolled out of bed, put on a jacket and left. One of our managers told me later "You really looked like Ally Sheedy this morning.." Well, of course. I didn't make as much as I wanted to at night, either. $80, but I wanted to make $100. Unfortunately for me I was in the one section where half the time you're only running 2 tables. I also split a bunch of parties so I couldn't get sat as much as I would have liked so... there you go. We were REALLY busy up until 10pm. I think the weather made everyone want to stay home.

Oooooooh... they finally turned off the music. That's a start. Perhaps I will get to sleep yet, tonight.

Saturday, February 04, 2006

"I'm playing a new game from now on. It's called 'Moving On With My Life.' If you ever see me displaying the characteristics of someone who ISN'T moving on with their life, I want you to punch me in the face." - Me to Bryan, Griffin and Bethany

I did not do a good job working out this week... but I sort of feel like I SHOULDN'T be working out with the shape my body is in and the fact that I could become very ill at any moment (people are dropping like flies with flu-like stuff). We're too close now to get sick and I ALWAYS get sick this time of year, so I have to be really careful..

Looks like I might have to go take some wheat grass shots at that juice place.... uhhhh... yum. :/

Work was okay today. Erin and I had this really mean party of 12 who almost refused to pay the tip until Heather gave them all gift cards. I HATE people like that. All they do is use people. They were sooo nice to us until they saw that gratuity was added on and then it was all "what HORRIBLE service!"---when it wasn't at ALL. Anyway, it was worse for Erin because I had 2 other tables so I couldn't be THAT involved. I felt bad. She looked like she was about to cry. After that, though, things went ok. I got cut early, I made $30... it was fine.

I have to be BACK at work in 5 hours for this stupid meeting, so who knows why I am taking the time to write this now... but I am. I also work tomorrow night. I am going to sleep between...

Rehearsal was ok tonight. I don't know... like I said, if TK's surgery on Monday becomes "major" we might not see her until.... March. At the earliest. I'm really scared. She got her hair cut and it looked really nice. Jessie and I hung back a little after rehearsal to give her a hug and then I cried (of course)... I could cry NOW, too. I mean, I know she'll be fine. She has to. But even more than that, there are few people on this earth who are as strong as she is... So she just WILL BE.

After rehearsal a couple of us went to Christine William's apartment to hang out. We played Catch Phrase, which I was really good at... and really, really INTO. I was like... crazy. For as laid back and cynical as I can be, I am crazy competitive when it comes to games and sports. Jon taught us a "magic trick" that was pretty cool, too.

Tomorrow Tara is hosting the party here for Kristen, which I will obviously be at since I live here. I don't know that the place is big enough to hold 30 people, but I guess we'll see. I really need to clean my room and hide... well, I guess I don't really have anything of value. Never mind.

Friday, February 03, 2006

I heart Pink is the New Blog.

Brokeback to the Future---very funny. :)

And HOORAY!!!! They are going through with the next books for the Narnia movies! My dream of being in one of the movies hasn't died, yet!

I'll update again, later. I think I am supposed to go bowling tonight or something.
Lave.... somehow.... I will get myself into "Hair." I mean, I've wanted to be in it ALWAYS.... but if it can guarantee a visit from Lave, I'll do whatever it takes. :)

Today was/is Jenny Stephen's birthday! Happy Birthday!!!

TK was back tonight. I believe she's having her surgery on Monday and if it becomes major surgery... she might never see the run of the show. She had our "talk" tonight. It made me sad and I almost cried. And then my roommate Tara (also our stage manager), had a family emergency and left in tears, so then it was even WORSE. We worked act 1 and then ran it... it went pretty well. After rehearsal John and I tried to "improve" one of our scenes and I ran at him and tackled him and now.... well, I hurt my whole body. I hurt my knee and my chest really bad (I think his elbow went into my chest) and my hand and head.... I'm not thinking we're going to keep that.

Somehow Bryan got $5000 to do his lab show. Normally, a lab show is presented with a budget of $50. That's....amazing.

I really wanted to sing "Taylor the Latte Boy" for my musical theatre piece in my voice lessons, but my teacher won't let me. Boo.

In happier news, we are having a Masquerade Ball on the 12th. When I first heard this news my reaction was "Oh NO. Great. I won't have a date," But Griffin stepped up and said "Yes you do. I'm your date!" So I am going with Griffin and we are totally going as Britney and Kevin. It is going to be hi-larious.

We only have one week left until tech starts. That is crazy. If you saw my body you would say "OH MY GOD!!!!!" because I have soooo many bruises from falling (on purpose) on the stage. These bruises can only rival those of Kiss Me, Kate's... but I think the ITW bruises might win out in the end. Especially after tonight's John tackeling....

Thursday, February 02, 2006

Today was....weird. It felt like a non-day. I DID get to leave work early, which was nice. I didn't really DO too much... I slept in, went to the post office and giant eagle...

TK missed her first rehearsal today. I was sad she wasn't there. It wasn't a good run, but *I* was having a good night. I'm so freaking hyper right now which is REALLY bad because I need to try to fall asleep relatively soon.

Oh, I guess they decided what shows we're doing next year. Sadly, Bat Boy isn't one of them. However, Hair IS! Can you believe it, Lave?? Hair! It's kind of weird that I'll (hopefully) be doing my first two favorite shows in one year. The other musical is Cabaret which I will either not be in at all, or will be that old woman in. I already know... so maybe it's for the best so I can make some money during my last semester at school for the future... or something. I'm trying to make excuses NOW so that I won't be disappointed later. But Hair.... Hair has major possibilities. And now, of course, I can't get a hair cut as was previously planned... I need to grow it out for auditions and stuff. I know that show inside and out, too... and I could be good in many of the roles... so this is pretty cool. I kind of need to worry about a different audition first, though...