Checking In.

Hi all who still reads this!!

Hope everyone is well.

Just wanted to update my life!! (so that creepers won't get mad at me anymore *cough* Eli *cough*).

Well, Anne'd first week of performances came and went and I feel very honoured and blessed to be in such a show! Being the eldest in the cast (besides our lovely Matthew, of course), I am so privledged to work with such young and talented performers. Each one gives it their all. Not to mention that playing Marilla is one of the biggest challenges I've had in my theatre life. I really hope whoever reads this can make it out to my last performance - May 26th at 7:30pm. I promise you that you will not be disappointed!!

As for other things, Grease is going well (even if I have only been to 2 rehearsals). It's going to be an awesome show, and I'm really excited for it!!

I am also currently getting ready for another show - The Jungle Book! I helped assistant direct and choreograph the show! The oldest in the cast is 12 I believe, it's a really cute show and I'm excited to get it into the theatre and running!

I auditioned for Uncle Randt's High School Musical - but I have not heard anything from them. Hopefully I will soon!

That's about it for now - later days!!

I've just been so full of news lately...

Ok, so after weeks of contemplation....I've finally decided to become an SFU student. So, I am offically attending SFU in the fall. Woo. It's actually pretty relieving to make a decision finally.

In other news, I got into Theatre Under the Stars' Grease as a chorus member! So I'm super stoked for that - rehearsals start May 13th. I'm going to be so busy with that! I rehearse 4 times a week, and then when the show opens we run every second night (19 shows all together, me and my sister counted!) It'll be a fabulous show though - I know most of the cast and the one's I don't know I sort of met during the audition process and everyone seems really nice. Yay!

Umm, so me and my friend Candice are watching the midnight showing os Spiderman 3 tomorrow (Woo Hoo!) So excited for that.

Anne opens in like 2 weeks. It's insane how fast time flies. For those of you who want to come see us perform, I play Marilla on the Following Dates:

Friday May 18 - 7:30pm
Sunday May 20 - 2:00pm
Saturday May 26 - 7:30pm

The show is playing at the Inlet Theatre in Port Moody.
If you would like more details feel free to email me!!

Woot.

OKAY. This is more news - short.

I booked an audition for Uncle Randy's Production of HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL! My audition is May 6th. Wish me luck!

Woo Hoo!

I have very very very exciting news!!

I'M DONE WITH SCHOOL AT DOUGLAS! I finished my last exam about an hour ago and I'm so thankful it's all over!!

Now I have much more time on my hands to do more IMPORTANT things (like memorizing my lines from Anne). That'll be superb.

Saturday night Catholic Christian Outreach had it's Spring Banquet - a rap up of the school year. Here are some pictures to share!!

Here's Kerry, Aleisha, and myself before dinner! Aleisha was a member on staff this year, and she left to go back to Ottawa today! *tear*

Me and Jared!! Aw, Cute cute, I know.

Me and the parentals!

Me and my friends Carolyn, and Jen. We were all on CCO Douglas' Student Leadership Team, The "Jaci Jung 5" (Long story)!!

Here is one of my fave pics - the gals in Black, Red and White!!

I'm back!!

After 40 long days and nights I can finally come back to my beautiful websites in which I gave up for Lent. Yay! By the way, Happy Easter.

Lots to be updated on, I suppose. Okay. Where to start...

School ends on Wednesday, and I am so excited. Then 2 exams and I'm outta there! Yess!

Unfortunate news is that I did not get accepted into UBC like I hoped. Therefore I think I'll be taking a year off and working (or something like that). I'm still pretty up in the air with everything so I'm just trying to figure out what I should do. I've been going between a lot of options in my head, such as auditioning for a theatre school, going to SFU, or even applying to a evangelizing youth program out in Ottawa for a year. I don't know. I mean, I know I'm still young and all, and that I have my whole life ahead of me.....I just wish I knew where to start.

As for theatre stuff, Anne of Green Gables is coming up in May, so that should be exciting. I'll give more info when it comes nearer to the show. It feels like I haven't done a Lindbjerg show in forever, it'll be nice to be on a small stage again.

I auditioned for TUTS, but haven't heard anything back, unfortunately. I'm trying to be as patient as I can but my gut feeling is that I didn't get in. Which is okay, it just means I can make more money. But it's also sad because I won't be doing a musical anytime soon after Anne (I don't think).

Umm. Last night I went to my first club (yeah, it took me 8 months after my 19th birthday to go to one). It was for my friends birthday, and we had a grand time. It was nice to see a bunch of my friends from high school whom I hadn't seen in a long time.

Nothing too exciting is happening in my life right now, I'm just waiting for something to spark up. Once it does, I'll inform you guys (that is, if you guys are still really addicted to blogging and whatnot.....I know Randy is :) ).


Later Days!!

My life updated. I think.

Hey guys!

Well, where to start? Firstly, I got my hair cut! Wooo! I usually go a whole year without cutting my hair....so it feels nice and short! Here's a pic (you can kinda see it):

Insane, is it not? Especially since my hair was past my boobs prior to this cut. I love it though, it makes me happy inside!

I also hope everyone had a splendid Valentines Day! I sure did. Jared and I went to eat at Subway (it's a tradition) and then we rented Bram Stoker's Dracula. (Such romantics, eh?) It was plain and simple and we had a great time.

As for other news...I'm auditioning for TUTS a week from today, and I'm still struggling on a second song to sing. Hmm...

What else.

OH YEAH

I'm going to go see Switchfoot tomorrow night! and then I'm seeing Tenacious D the next night. It shall be good times....I haven't been to a concert in a long time (I used to be a total concert junkie...until 2nd semester of college) so I'm really excited to be going to two in two days.

One last thing - I found out that my friend Candice is moving to LONDON for 6 months to live avec her papa. How jealous am I? Very.

Tootles.

Take My Picture, Charlie Brown.

I made a video for my cast of Charlie Brown the other day.


Sigh, memories.

Do you know what really Grinds my Gears?

Do you know what really Grinds my Gears?
-When people change who they are in order to please others.
-When you've worked really hard and long in theatre, and people who have had less experience get bigger roles.
-When there's no more chocolate chips in the cupboard to make chocolate chip cookies.


Hi All!

Hope everyone's well.
Well, I'm certainly not well - and neither is my family. We've all caught this ridiculous cold (except Mel) and it's really draining. I'm freezing silly right now and my head is all dizzy. Darn.

Other than that, I'm alright!!

I went to UBC last night for a little session about the school. I'm really excited about leaving Douglas and heading to a "big kid" school!! I'm a big kid now.

Also, I'm really excited about TUTS auditions. It'll be my first time auditioning, so it shall be an experience!!

Anyways, I'm starting to get too cold to type now, I'll write more later!

Tootles

Don't know what my title should be called woo hoo.

Since I'm waiting to recieve an email from my History Partner, I decided to blog.

Sunday was the Ovation Awards and I want to congratulate everyone who won!! I could not believe how much talent was in that room. It was great to be able to perform in Charlie Brown and Fiddler again - good times! I truly miss Charlie Brown though and it made me a little sad. Anyways, the night as a whole went quite well.

Right now I'm a pretty busy girl, with school, teaching, and CCO. I am now a part of CCO's leadership core team, which is super exciting, and we're already organizing our first event!! I'm also leading a faith study this semester, so I'm pretty excited about that!!

What else? I'm auditioning for Canadian Idol on Sunday because I'm cool like that. I auditioned last year and since I didn't get a callback for Triple Sensation, why not?? I figure it's always a good experience to go to as many auditions as you can, even if they're sort of ridiculous.

Hmm ... yeah life is pretty bleh right now. Once something exciting happens I'll let you know.

Tootles.

Happiness is finding a video.

This video makes me laugh and smile whenever I watch it.

It's from the CCO Vancouver staff. Each region had to make a little something for Rise Up and this is what they made. I Love Them!

OMG SOOO EMO!! Sorry.

1:06 AM:

Can't sleep.

I'm craving a female friend.

What does this mean??

It means I crave someone who I can have sleepovers with.
Who I can eat a whole carton of ice cream with while we watch The Notebook.
Who I can talk to about....girly things.

I miss being young.



I had my Triple Sensation audition today...
Let's just say it felt like utter crap.
I hate when auditions go not the way you wanted them to - they totally lower your confidence in performing (not like I have much left anyways).

Oh well.


Saw "The Pursuit of Happyness" with Will Smith after my audition.
I teared up.
A Lot.


Lately it seems like I'm doing things for no reason - like I'm losing motivation for everything I do.
It seems to me like I get this feeling quite a bit....almost too much.

I think it's because I go through these withdrawels and then I see my friends or other people having a tremendous time together in pictures and whatnot and it makes me feel like a bloody bad friend.

On a superbly good note = My Acting Class @ Douggie is amazing and I'm so glad to be taking it!!

Sorry if this blog is a downer - I really didn't expect it to be. I just let words flow out.

I'm such an emo lately.

I promise my next one will be filled with Joy and Happiness.

Because I'm going to "pursue my happyness" (hahahha, get it? get it?)

School Stress!

The past two days have been the most stressful this year. (Way to start a new year, stressed already!)

I had sent an email to the lady (Kathy) running my program at Douglas asking her what the next steps are for graduating. Yesterday I recieved an email from her saying that she didn't think I had enough second year courses.

Now, at my two years at Douglas, I have not taken any second year courses. ANY. So I check the Douglas website under the requirments for the Associate of Arts program. Under semesters III and IV, it said I needed to have 3 Second-year arts courses. That means I would need 6 altogether. Now, not having taken any second year courses, I began to panic. Not having these courses meant I was not eligable to graduate from Douglas, meaning I would not be able to recieve my diploma. I started looking up second year classes that I may be able to take this semester in order to graduate, and I was only able to take three. All the other second year courses required prerequisites in order to take the course, which I have not taken. So of course, I was freaking out.

Today I went to see her, because I had sent her an email advising me what to do, since I have not taken any of these 2nd year courses. She sent me an email about 5 minutes later saying I misunderstood her, and for me to stop by her office. So I did. It turns out exactly 6 of my courses transfer as 2nd year courses. I was so relieved!! Exactly six courses. She thought I had planned it like that, because the courses I took were so random. She said that most 1st year English courses don't transfer as 2nd year courses, but I was lucky enough to have chosen some to transfer as 2nd year ones.

All I can say is that God was definitley on my side for this one!

So now all the stress is gone off my back and I am completley relieved that I am eligable for graduation after this semester. Woo!!

As for the rest of it, classes are going swell. I had my first Acting class this morning, and I'm super excited about it. I think it'll really help the acting portion on the triple threat scale. Now all I have to do it take some dance classes at Harbour to keep my dancing in shape and I'll be good to go for Triple Sensation!

Speaking of Triple Sensation, does anyone happen to have a comedic female monologue under 2 minutes that they would think would be good for me?? It doesn't HAVE to be comedic, but I figured since I'm mainly a comedic actor I should show my main strength!!

WOO.

I'm Home!!

Oh my word.

Words cannot even describe the past week I experienced. There's so much to tell!

I'll only tell you the highlights - everything was sooo good, we'd be here forever if I told you guys everything!

I got on my flight with my friend Kerry the morning of the 27th. We arrived in Ottawa, not knowing anything. We didn't know who was picking us up, where we were staying, or even where the bus was meeting the next day to get to Quebec!! Luckily, Kerry went to the washroom, and on her way back she saw this guy holding up a sign saying "CCO Canada" on it. Boy, God is good!

We arrived at the Regier's who are the FOUNDERS OF CCO. We got to stay at their house for the night. What a privledge. They are wonderful people with 5 kids.

The conference itself was absolutley amazing. I learned so much about my faith - the Catholic faith - and I am so proud and blessed to be a Catholic! All the people there were the nicest people I have ever met - not one was snooty or thought they were above someone else. It was sooooo great to be around people of the same mind set.

We were blessed to have the Arc of the New Covenant in our presense (see the above picture). The Arc of the New Covenant is a symbol made by young people in preperation for the Eucharistic Congress that is to happen in Quebec City in 2008. It is rich in symbolism and in meaning.

On the 3rd night of the conference, this Arc was one of the turning points for me. We were each given a piece of paper and a pencil, and on that piece of paper, we were to write down a name of someone who we were to commit to in helping them seek the Lord. After writing their name on a piece of paper, we were given a charm for a necklace of the crucifix (blessed by the Pope!) to give to them. Then we were to walk up to the Arc, say a prayer for the person, and drop their name into the Arc. Wow. It was so deep and a very emotional night for me.

Another emotional night for me was the night before, where we participated in Eucharistic Adoration, as well as the Sacrament of Reconcilication. I hadn't gone to confession in years. I knew this was my chance to cleanse myself of my sins. I had put it off before because I found it stupid to be going to a priest for forgiveness, but now I know why. I was also putting it off because I was scared that the priest would judge me for my sins and for not being to confession in years. But, I gathered up all my courage after praying for a very extremley long time. I sat next to the priest, and as I was about to say my sins, I started bawling my eyes out. The priest was very patient and understanding, and he did not judge me at all. It was amazing.

Another amazing experience was on New Years Eve. We got to go to mass in the old Cathedral in Old Quebec. Inside was breath taking, as you can see from the pictures.

Over 400 Young People did a procession before the mass to the cathedral. We stopped outide the gates of old Quebec, lit candles, and then parted (like the sea) to allow the Eucharist to enter between and and then lead us to the church. Nuns were running to their windows to see the Eucharist, and people were running out of shops. It was so....i can't even describe it. When we went into the church someone did a count - and about 50 people who were not a part of our group followed us into the church!!

After the mass, we all ran back to the Hotel to get ready for our New Years Banquet and Dance! That was sooooooo fun.
Think about it this way....people dancing and having the time of their life sober and clean from drugs. At midnight, after saying Happy New Year and giving hugs to strangers around you, you sing Praise and Worship to the Lord. What a way to start off a new year!

Here are some pictures of New Years Night!!

Me and my friend Lisa!!

Me, Lisa, Mike, Sarah, and Brock.





Praising and Worshiping at Midnight:

This was one of the best experiences of my life.

Here are a few more fun photos in general of Quebec, Ottawa, and some from the conference!

Me and my friend Brian Bird (who is the lead singer from Jared's band!)

Rob. He was the speaker for the Opening Session (and I have the honour of having him be on staff for CCO at Douglas!)

Me and an odd Jester Statue in Old Quebec. (I made really good friends with him!)

The View from my room!!

These are just tidbits.

Thanks to all of you who told me to go for it. It was a life changing experience!!!

Happy Birthday, Jesus! (and Happy Christmas, everyone!)

Well everyone, I can't believe that Christmas time has come and gone so fast! I hope everyone's Christmas was spent with their loved ones, and that everyone's safe and healthy. I know that I am truly blessed to have such a supportive, heart-warming family!!

Next up for me - Quebec City! I absolutley cannot wait. Seriously - whyy does time go by sooo quickly?? I haven't the slightest clue. Anyways, I haven't really started packing yet (yikes), so tomorrow's going to be a busy day for me.. I hope I'm able to do it all tomorrow, as my flight leaves the next morning at 8:50. Woo.- I have to go out and buy a few things for my trip, pack my things, and then head over to Jared's for a little dinner his mom is doing "as a celebration of me leaving and a goodbye party". But mostly just a Christmasy dinner so I am able to spend the day with Jared and his fam before I depart.

Speaking of Jared and departing.... he got me a suitcase for Christmas! How spoiled am I??

Anyways, I better start getting semi-organized before I head to bed. Since I probably won't be talking to most of you until the New Year, have a Happy New Year!

Much Love!

It's the most wonderful time of the year... jerks.

Tuesday:

Went Christmas caroling at the UBC hospital with Jared and his sister and her friends. The elderly people there really appreciated us coming out and singing a few tunes - we may go back again!

Went for a wonderful dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory in Gastown with Jared and his family. When we walked back to his truck - there was his passenger window smashed to bits. My backpack of clothes (including my fave brown sweater and my I heart NY pajama pants....not to mention my crappy but reliable mp3 player) and Jared's 2 backpacks of stuff and some Cd's.....stolen.

Here are a few pics of this WONDERFUL, AMAZING incident.

It's just so frusterating that people have to do these things....let alone at Christmas time. Now Jared will have to pay for a new window - I just hate people right now.

That was my LOVELY experience of the day.

Dancer?

For some reason I really want to choreograph a solo for myself and perform it at some sort of show. Or choreograph any number that I would also perform in! I think it would be really fun, and interesting!!

I was thinking about it - about entering a dance competition with a dance number solo or duo and seeing what happens with it!

It's a pretty random thought, but I think it would be really super!

Anyways, what is up with this odd weather?! The wind was so strong that there are so many power outages everywhere! Oh well.

Christmas is coming soon (yay) and 2 days after I'm off to Quebec.

Anyways, that's all for now, really.

Byye

Dooo Daa....Life.

I am so utterably, unconditionally excited for Quebec City!! I think even a little more excited than Christmas!

I guess I'm mostly excited because this is my first big trip by myself!

And This Picture Above is where I'll be staying - The Hilton in Old Quebec!!
And for what price for 4 nights? $54!! That's right.....that includes my conference fee. I'm so blessed!!

I'm booking my flight tomorrow.....I'm leaving the 27th and coming back on the 2nd.....not that it should matter to anyone....

I hate to say it, but it'll be so nice to be away from home for awhile. I think it's exactly what I need. I think I need to go away and make some new, fresh friends whom I can have a different relationship with - one where I have my faith in common with them.

As for other news,

1) I finished 2 exams, and I have 2 more to go!! I got a little tired from studying, so I decided to come write here.
2) I still haven't gone Christmas shopping yet, and I still don't know what to get anyone!
3) Saturday is the last day of Classes until the new year for Lindbjerg! And it's a Pajama Day!! WOOO HOO!
4) I went to go see "The Holiday" with Cameron Diaz, Jack Black, Kate Winslet and Jude Law on Saturday Night with my two good friends from high school. It was an amazing movie (I strongly suggest it!) I almost cried so many times during it, but surprisingly I held it in (I would have felt like an idiot being the only one crying).... IT WAS SOOOO CUTE! If anyone wants to see it, I'll gladly go see it again!

Also, it was nice to see Sam and Candice - the only two people who actually care about me and my life and hang out with them... since i haven't seen them in forever.

Anyways, I think that's all on the mind right now....I better go do some more studying!

Happy Christmas!!

Can I get a WOOT for procrastination!?

Procrastination. What a disgusting thing. Right now I should be studying for my 2 exams I have tomorrow....but am I? Nope. There's always an excuse I make to not do what I'm actually supposed to be doing. Oh well.

As for Quebec City - I've decided that I am going to go! I'm really excited! Thanks everyone who gave me their input. I appreciate it, greatly.
Now the trouble is:
1)Raising the money I need so I can actually go.
2)Finding a flight with someone so I won't have to fly by myself.
I'm really excited because I haven't been on a plane since I was 8 years old! I think this is going to be totally worth it.

As for other news, I have none. Except that I desperately miss certain people and I really really need to hang out with them soon before I head into friendship depression mode. Yuck!!

To go, or not to go?

In some of my earlier blogs I mentioned an event that I was considering going to: RISE UP.

Rise Up is a Conference that a group I'm in (Catholic Christian Outreach aka CCO) has every year. This year, it is in Quebec.

Basically, It's a 5 day conference, filled with worship, praise, workshops, masses, and a big New Years Eve Bash. There are usually about 400 people there - most post secondary students involved with CCO.

I'm really struggling deciding whether I should go or not.

I want to go beacause I've never been to Eastern Canada before, and I think it would be an amazing experience. My bible study leader, Amber, told me that she'd seen me grow in my faith a lot more this year, and she thinks it would be a good year for me to go. I also want to go because I'll grow even more in my faith with Christ and I'll get to meet some amazing people.

The reasons I don't want to go is because I'll be away from family and Jared during New Years - and that I don't have the money to go. A plane ticket there and back is $900.

Amber said that all I would need to raise for this would to be at least $300, and the rest CCO would cover because she really wants to see me there. She says that if I do really want to go, that God will provide the rest of the money for me.

But I've been having this feeling like I'm not ready to be going, like I shouldn't be partaking in this quite yet.

I don't know what to do - money wise, I'd be fundraising and asking people for money, and I HATE doing that because I feel terrible about asking people for money, especially during Christmas time.

I have to give Amber an answer by tomorrow whether I'm going or not.


Someone, please help!! ASAP!

Thanks.

-Amanda

Theatre Survey! (Stolen from Danjiel who Stole it from RM)

LAST SHOW ADDED TO YOUR RESUME: Fiddler on the Roof

LAST SHOW YOU AUDITIONED FOR: Anne of Green Gables

DID YOU GET IT: Yes.

LAST SONG YOU USED AT AN AUDITION: "I Will Be Loved Tonight" - I love you, You're Perfect, Now Change.

FAVORITE THEATRE (VENUE): Tough one. I'd have to say The Act in Maple Ridge. Or Centennial theatre (NOT THE SCHOOL!).

FAVORITE MUSICAL: Into The Woods.

FAVORITE PLAY: Midsummer's Night Dream.

FAVORITE ROLE YOU'VE PLAYED, AND FROM WHAT SHOW? Lucy - YAGMCB

FAVORITE ROLE OVERALL THAT I WOULD LOVE TO PLAY: Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady or Belle in Beauty & the Beast.

SUPERSTITION: Macbe.....

LAST PART YOU PLAYED IN A SHOW: Hodel.

YOUR GOAL IN SHOW BUSINESS: "Give my regards to Broadway..."

FAVORITE DIRECTOR: Peter Jorgensen.

WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST SHOW?: Technically, The Best/Worst Christmas Pageant Ever.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD A DANCE SOLO?: Yep.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD A SINGING SOLO? Yep.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THE LAST PERSON TO TAKE A BOW? Well, yeah...with Darren in Into the Woods.

NAME A SHOW YOU'VE DONE MORE THAN TWICE? Anne of Green Gables.

HAVE YOU BEEN TO NEW YORK? No!

HAVE YOU BEEN TO LA?: Yes.

WHAT'S THE SCARIEST PART OF AN AUDITION?: Singing - trying to work with a brand new pianist.

WHAT'S THE BEST PART OF AN AUDITION?: Callbacks!

NAME A SHOW YOU WOULD NEVER DO AGAIN: Meet Me in St.Louis.

NAME A SHOW YOU COULD DO FOR YEARS: You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, or Fiddler.

NAME A PERSON YOU'D LIKE TO WORK WITH AGAIN: Toughy. I'd say that lovely Tse couple - they're swell!

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN PERFORMING?: Started dance when I was 6 so....13 years??

DO YOU CARRY YOUR HEADSHOTS AROUND WITH YOU? No.

DO YOU KEEP IN TOUCH WITH PAST CAST MEMBERS?: Most!

ON A SCALE OF 1-10, HOW IMPORTANT IS GETTING PAID?: 4.

WHAT IS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE PERFORMANCE? The Friday od YAGMCB when Bill Millerd came...

SOMETHING EMBARRASSING OR UNEXPECTED THAT HAPPENED TO YOU WHILE ON STAGE?: When Joel spat a pickle onto my shirt.

WHO IS THE MOST DIFFICULT PERSON (ON STAGE OR OFF) THAT YOU HAVE EVER WORKED WITH?: I don't know...

EVER BEEN NAKED ON STAGE?: No.

WHO OR WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST INSPIRATION OR INFLUENCE?: Julie Andrews.

BEST PROFESSIONAL SHOW(S) YOU'VE SEEN: Wicked. By far.

BEST COLLEGE SHOW(S) YOU'VE SEEN: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe at Cap.

BEST COMMUNITY SHOWS: Not sure.

BEST HIGH SCHOOL SHOW(S) YOU'VE SEEN: Not sure.

ONSTAGE, HAVE YOU EVER...BEEN KILLED?: Yep, in Hair.

BEEN DRUNK?: Yep, Chicago.

PLAYED SOMEONE HALF YOUR AGE?: Yep, Lucy.

PLAYED SOMEONE TWICE YOUR AGE?: Yep, Aunt Eller.

CRIED? Yep, Fiddler.

FIRED A GUN? Oklahoma.

DRIVEN A CAR?: No.

BEEN DRENCHED?: No.

BEEN IN A DREAM SEQUENCE?: No.

BEEN KISSED?: NOPE.