Because I'm cool...

I post on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68EQG1vk304&feature=sub

My first of many more to come!

Tootle Tip.

It seriously ALWAYS happens to me.

Okay, so throughout my life, it has been known that anything bad or frustrating that could happen, DOES happen to me.

Examples?

1. The day I was supposed to get my braces off, I was SUPER excited. So, I go to the orthodontist smiling away....

.... turns out I couldn't have my braces taken off, because I wore my elastics TOO much. She said she didn't expect me to wear them that much, and I was infuriated.

2. I broke my collarbone a week before having to leave for Disneyland to dance.

3. I get achilles tendonitis a week before the Olympic Opening Ceremonies.

There are more "stories of my life", but I'm too bothered to write them

Well, time to rest and ice..... hopefully they are better by next week!

Tootle Tip!

Can't buy ME love!

Okay. Can I just ask...

WHY has everything become SOOOO commercialized?!

Halloween, Christmas.... VALENTINES DAY!?

Okay, I'm not against V-day at all. In fact, I think it's a great way for a couple to re-establish their feelings for one another.

However, when I walk into a mall and see everything red and pink and fluffy, it disgusts me.

Why should "love" be based around gifts?!

Love is not and should not be about material things.

I would much rather spend an evening with my boyfriend than receive any gift from him...

I don't know. It just makes me sad how people think they can "buy" each other's love.

Oh, and another thing.

Since when is it okay to do something big and romantic for your loved one on only ONE day in a year!?

Haha. It sounds like I am totally bashing V-day. But I'm not.

These are just two things I always question whenever the holiday appears.

:)

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What are YOUR 2010 Resolutions?

Here are mine:

1. Rekindle my relationship with Christ.

2. Keep being active and lose 10 pounds by end of the semester! (April)

3. Stop biting nails!

For those of you who don't know (which I think is most of you), I started a "Gratitude Journal" back in October. A gratitude journal is basically writing things you are thankful for, or things you appreciate in life. I've found that this has helped me become overall a more optimistic person.

Anyway, my latest entry in that journal was that I was grateful for the beginning of a new year.

Just think - once a year you are able to start out "fresh", are able to set goals for yourself.

There's something about a new year that just makes it seem much more possible, don't ya think?

CFC = SUCCESS!

Wow.

Christmas for a Cause was a GREAT success this year!

On Saturday night, we raised about $760, for Union Gospel Mission.

On Sunday night, we raised about $1500, for First United Church.

WOW!!

I was just astonished on the amount of people that came to the Sunday night show. And I am soo grateful. I am so proud to have started something that actually impacts people's lives in more ways than one.

Thank you to everyone who came out and supported the show. I am eternally grateful.

The Wonders of Life.

I find life simply amazing and astonishing.

I find it amazing that at one point, your life can be calm and relaxing, and then the very next day, it seems like you have no time for anything. Or it seems like everything is happening at once.

An example? Yesterday was probably the most stressful/upsetting/crazy days I have had in a long time.

Let me start with the fact that school is at the end of semester.... Next Monday is my last class.

But is this freedom? Not at all. I have 3 papers due within 4 days of each other next week.

I thought one of these papers was completed, and all i would need to hand in would be a revision.

I was wrong.

Not only do I have to rewrite my entire paper, but it looks like I have to choose and research an entirely new subject. Within a week's time.

To make matters worse, the sound on my computer decided that it hates me and that it no longer wants to work. Yippee. Normally this wouldn't be a problem, but I have music on it that I need for two events in my life coming up - singing with my friend Josh at a Christmas Party, and my annual Christmas show, "Christmas for a Cause".

Sigh. So now I have many worries on my plate, and I just want it to be December 11th (the date my 3rd and last paper is due). One more week! One more week!

Anyways, this blog was not meant to be one of ranting, raging, or sympathy. It was just meant to show my amazement with life and its events.

But, seeing as I'm writing a blog when I should be reading Macbeth, I will quickly do a little advertisement for Christmas for a Cause (which is the exact same thing written on my Facebook event...)

Christmas for a Cause 2009

It's Christmas...for a cause.

Start Time:	Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 8:00pm
End Time:	Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 11:00pm
Location:	Eagle Ridge United Church
Street:	2813 Glen Drive
City/Town:	Coquitlam, BC

It's that time of year again! Christmas for a Cause in its 3rd year!

As you may (or may not) know this show is a fundraiser where all the proceeds are donated to Union Gospel Mission. This year we have decided to add a second show, where the proceeds raised will be donated to First United, an equally deserving recipient.

It is a night of Christmas entertainment including classic songs, modern songs, and a few songs flourished with our own twists.

The cast includes:

Amanda Assalone
Linnea Holm
Kim Bunka
Daniel Johnston
Timothy Johnston
Joel Ballard

The show dates are:

Dec. 19, 2009 at 8 pm (with proceeds donated to UGM)
Dec. 20, 2009 at 8 pm (with proceeds donated to First United)

Admission is by donation at the door with a suggested minimum donation of $10, but we would love for all of you to be there so whatever you can contribute will be greatly appreciated.

Come out for a night of fun and help us raise money for a great cause!

Hope you can make it to one of the nights.

Tootle Tip!

Bullets.

Well, Joseph is over. Now it's on to more EXCITING THINGS!!

• School ends in 3 weeks. How excited am I? VERY!
• I start rehearsals for the Olympics this week! I am STOKED. It's going to be soo fun!
• My cellphone is busted, so I'm off to buy a new one tomorrow morning.
• I bought glasses for myself last week because I have to squint to see the board at school. I should be getting them soon.
• Some of you will be proud of me - I've FINALLY read Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone. But it was NOT because I wanted to - I had to read it for children's lit.
• I am also DYING to read the 10th book of the Georgia Nicholson series - Are These my Basoomas I see before me? I have vowed to myself that I will read it once school is done.
• CFC is starting soon. EEK! You better come!

I think that's all for now. Short and sweet.

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Dear World

Dear World,

Hello. It surely has been quite awhile since I've actually "blogged".

I really don't remember what I've told you. I DO know I did a theatre survey my last blog and that Jamie gave me the Honest Scrap Award.....which I have not done.

Anywho, I'll kinda do a quite update on what's going on in my life and what's new.

1. Yes, I am back at SFU. Yes, I am hating it.

Why am I hating it?

1. I found out I cannot graduate in June.

2. I am not super passionate about my major.

3. I am scared for what the future holds.

2. On a better note, I am again teaching for Xtreme Theatre this year (the homeschool group I teach musical theatre for). We are doing Anne of Green Gab

les. Although I am fairly sick of the show itself, it's cool to be looking at it on the other side of the table - I've done the production three times as a performer, but this is my first time directing/choreographing. So that's cool.

This is currently my only job.

3. I am rehearsing for my own show at the moment, a familiar one to all:

**SHAMELESS PROMOTION TIME!!**

Joseph & the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat

Friday Nov. 6 to Saturday Nov. 14

Thursday - Sunday at 7:30 pm

Sunday, November 7 at 2:00 pm

Adult: $32

Student: $28

Child (12 and under): $24

Discounts available for groups of 10 or more. For group ticket information please contact info@footlight.ca

Order Online: www.ticketstonight.ca

Order By Phone: 604.684.2787

Additional $3.50 per order for phone orders

Call Centre Hours

Monday to Thursday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Friday 8:00 am - 2:00 pm

Saturday/Sunday Closed

I really really really hope whoever reads this will be able to make it out. It will be a fabulous show no doubt.

More info at http://www.footlight.ca

(PS - I play a wife and a dancer. and the talent in the cast is phenomenal!)

That's about it for now. Tootle Tip!

(Oh, and Jamie, here's a photo of me when I played Lucy...)

Updated Theatre Survey!

Allo Allo!

I was reading through some of my first blogs and I found a little theatre survey that I thought I should update (since the old one is from 2006). If you are a theatre nerd feel free to do it as well!

Also, my friend Jamie awarded me with the Honest Scrap Award.... which I'll do in my next blog.

THEATRE SURVEY:

LAST SHOW ADDED TO YOUR RESUME: Adventures in Art: The Palette of Doubt

LAST SHOW YOU AUDITIONED FOR: General Auditions for Fighting Chance Productions (Hair & The Wedding Singer)

DID YOU GET IT: I don't know yet! I just did it this week!

LAST SONG YOU USED AT AN AUDITION: "Somebody to Love" - We Will Rock You (Queen Musical)

FAVORITE THEATRE (VENUE): Centennial Theatre in North Vancouver

FAVORITE MUSICAL: Ragtime or Into the Woods

FAVORITE PLAY: Midsummer's Night Dream

FAVORITE ROLE YOU'VE PLAYED, AND FROM WHAT SHOW? Lucy from You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

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

SUPERSTITION: None, really. Although I still say "Break a Leg".

LAST PART YOU PLAYED IN A SHOW: Max from Adventures in Art

YOUR GOAL IN SHOW BUSINESS: Realistically, to just continue auditioning and being in shows.

FAVORITE DIRECTOR: Roger Haskett

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

HAVE YOU EVER HAD A DANCE SOLO?: Yes

HAVE YOU EVER HAD A SINGING SOLO? Yes

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THE LAST PERSON TO TAKE A BOW? Well, yes...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! But hopefully in the next year!

HAVE YOU BEEN TO LA?: Yes.

WHAT'S THE SCARIEST PART OF AN AUDITION?: Singing!!

WHAT'S THE BEST PART OF AN AUDITION?: Knowing you tried your best.

NAME A SHOW YOU WOULD NEVER DO AGAIN: I honestly don't know if there is one...

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

NAME A PERSON YOU'D LIKE TO WORK WITH AGAIN: Anyone who is not a diva!

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

Started theatre when I was 11....so musical theatre for 11 years...

Holy moly. 17 years!!

DO YOU CARRY YOUR HEADSHOTS AROUND WITH YOU? No....unless I go to audition...

DO YOU KEEP IN TOUCH WITH PAST CAST MEMBERS?: I try to!

ON A SCALE OF 1-10, HOW IMPORTANT IS GETTING PAID?: 2

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

or of course in Guys & Dolls when Joel spat a pickle on me and we started laughing onstage when we were supposed to be singing.

SOMETHING EMBARRASSING OR UNEXPECTED THAT HAPPENED TO YOU WHILE ON STAGE?: When Joel spat a pickle onto my shirt.... hahah. Or when I totally messed up the words from Fiddler and I said " What would Moses do? Or Moses.....?" Yikes!

WHO IS THE MOST DIFFICULT PERSON (ON STAGE OR OFF) THAT YOU HAVE EVER WORKED WITH?: Theatre Diva's!

EVER BEEN NAKED ON STAGE?: No.

WHO OR WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST INSPIRATION OR INFLUENCE?: Personally: My grandma. Actress wise, Julie Andrews.

BEST PROFESSIONAL SHOW(S) YOU'VE SEEN: Wicked in Seattle. It just made me want to go see BROADWAY shows even more!

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

BEST COMMUNITY SHOWS: ... I Really enjoyed AGYG at TUTS last year.

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

ONSTAGE, HAVE YOU EVER...BEEN KILLED?: Yes I have. In Hair. The most moving part of the show for me.

BEEN DRUNK?: Yep, in Chicago.

PLAYED SOMEONE HALF YOUR AGE?: More than half? Lucy....

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

CRIED? Yep, Fiddler.

FIRED A GUN? Aunt Eller is one crazy old lady!! ...Oklahoma.

DRIVEN A CAR?: No.

BEEN DRENCHED?: No.

BEEN IN A DREAM SEQUENCE?: Yes... Oklahoma!

BEEN KISSED?: No.

I think it is time for another post. . .

And indeed, yes it IS time for Amanda to stop being lazy and actually update those who still read this about her crazy life!!

Welll.... firstly my daycamp job is DONE!! I just have to go to the school on Tuesday to clean up and then FINITO!! It was fun, but I'm not sure if I would do it again. We'll see.

I am no longer going to the Pink concert *tear tear* HOWEVER I am heading down to Seattle during my birthday weekend to go to a big thing they have there called Bumbershoot. There are a bunch of bands lined up and I'm excited because LENKA (whom I love) is performing as well! So that will be fun!

Also I am heading to Sorrento next weekend for my friends wedding.....which I am MCing btw. It shall be fun times!

Other than that there's nothing too exciting. Just getting ready for Joseph rehearsals and school (bleh).

There you go folks. A brief blog on my life atm.

Tootle Tip!

All You Need is Love, Family, Theatre and Pink.

With some time to spare I decided it was time to update this once again!!

All my teaching theatre is officially DONE for the summer. It seems like it went by so fast, yet it feels like it took forever to finish. How does that work?

Now the main thing on my plate is working for Sunfest Summer Camp. We've been planning for a month and now (finally!) this Monday the camp starts. I'm excited, but also a little nervous. I guess I'm still unsure about a few things. Hopefully it all goes well and is a chill summer!

I have 3 major events to look forward to:

1. My friend Iain has asked me to perform at his mom's friends wedding. You know the scene from Love Actually when Kiera Knightly and her hubby are in the church and then suddenly "All you Need is Love" is sung by a choir and trumpets/flutes/trombones appear in the pews? That is what we're doing. It's going to be awesome! The bride is surprising the groom with it. And apparently it's like one of his favourite movies. It's this upcoming Saturday and I'm a little sick so hopefully my voice is fully healed by then.

2. As I mentioned before, my mom and dad's "50's" party. My grandma brought over the poodle skirt she made me yesterday and it just got me THAT much more excited. But now I realize I need to get my stuff together. I got a few people to perform (because my dad REALLY wanted me to)......so now I have to decide on one more song to sing and send out a rehearsal schedule. Yikes!

3. I'm not sure if I mentioned this in my last blog, but I'm going to see PINK in L.A. with some friends!! It happened SO randomly.....it came up in conversation and in less than 30 minutes we decided we were going, bought the tickets, and somewhat planned a road trip. Huh. I'm becoming quite spontanious.

In other news, I FINALLY GET TO PERFORM AGAIN!! I got into Joseph & the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, which will be playing in November. More info to come :P

I think that's it........FOR NOW!!

Tootle Tip.

My life - in list form.

Wow.  It has almost been a WHOLE MONTH since I have updated you all.  I apologize!!

Okay....let me think back to what I need to tell you!

Ok.  I will let you know stuff going on in my life in list form.

1.  Theatre Stuff:

Well, Bugsy Malone (the other show I directed/choreographed) ended this past week.  It seems like it just flew by!!  I'm super proud of the kids (because as some of you know I was REALLY stressed about the show)....but we managed to pull it off and make it GREAT!! So that's good.

I have one more show that I helped with - my little kids (Mini Stars) doing The Wizard of Oz!!

I have an audition tomorrow night for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.  I feel SO unprepared but I don't feel nervous or anything about it!!  Which is weird.  I'm thinking my nerves will come tomorrow.  

I think that's about it with that.

2.  I started my Summer Job on Monday (with Sunfest Day Camps).  It rocks!!  I am having a lot of fun planning everything for the camp.  I can't wait to be with the kids.

3.  I PASSED my first aid (woo!)

4.  My mom and dad are both turning 50 this year and have planned this huge party....with a 50's theme..... poodle skirts and all!!  It's exciting but a lot of work to plan.  Oh well!! Something else to do I suppose!!

5.  Don't you hate it when you start a book, but then you just get so busy you have no time to read it?  Me too.  I say this because now I have time at nights to read my John Lennon Biography which I believe I've had since Christmas.  Yikes.

I think that's all for now....

OH NO!! WAIT WAIT!!  I forgot!!

I went to Disneyland 2 weeks ago.....for 4 days.  It was so spontaneous and SO MUCH FUN!!  I went with Jared and Linnea and Trevor.  Here is a pic from our fun-ness:

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Tale as old as time.... (as in....AMANDA UPDATE YOUR BLOG ALREADY!)

CAUTION:  Will be a fairly long blog.  Read with care.  

I am truly, very sorry about taking SO LONG to update my life.

My first news, sadly is that, well, Beauty & the Beast is done and over with.  

I think this was the first show I choreographed/directed where my heart was bursting with the immense joy of putting on a great show.  The cast did fabulous, the sets team where phenomenal, our props and costumes were a dream come true.

I'm really sad that it has ended, but I am super excited what next year holds in store for this wonderful, talented group!!

I just feel so blessed to be around not only the kids in this theatre group, but the parents as well.  I've never dealt with parents that had so much enthusiasm, and who were so appreciative as the ones involved with this show.  A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who made it possible.

So now onto Bugsy Malone, which plays at the end of May.  Oh, my busy life.

In other news.... since I have not updated in awhile......I GOT THE SUMMER CAMP JOB!!  Weeee!!!  I won't be sitting on my bum all summer!!  WEEEEE!!  I am so excited!! 

So.....involved with this, I am currently updating my First Aid, which I am REALLY HAPPY to be doing.  I took my first class today (it's a 2-day course) and it's good to go and get refreshed on the subject.  Especially since I may have to use it one day. 

The cool thing is working with dummies and trainer AED's.  That's the fun part.....doing all the practical stuff..... hehehehe. 

Now on a totally different subject.....and a question as well....

Have you ever felt completley alone, as though there's no one around you to talk to?

I mean, I'm sure we've all felt this way.  I just feel like there are so many people around me and yet I have no one close to me to talk to when I really need it.  Perhaps it's Murphy's Law?

Anywho....that was just a thought.

Quelle else can I tell you........

I went shopping the other day and bought clothes!!  SUMMER clothes!! and I spent a whole wack of money .....  Yikes.  I don't want to get my Visa Bill next month......

I feel like I have so much to say.....but I think I'll end it here until I know how to verbalize my words and feelings.....

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I Guess This is Goodbye, Old Pal

So, as some of you may know from my Facebook status, it's been a pretty rough week for me.

Unfortunately on Monday, we had to put down my dog, Bianca.

I had her since I was 8.

Letting go and realizing that she's never coming back had been one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.

I know it sounds pretty lame to feel this way about an animal. But she was so much more than that to my family. She was a member of our family.

And now, whenever I leave the house, I have to one to say Goodbye to. I have no one to greet me at the door when I come home.

And that has been the hardest thing about losing her.

Through all of this I've realized I have been truely blessed with having people around me. I mean, both sets of my grandparents are still alive, and although I have had members of family pass away, there has been no one extremley close to me that has passed...(not saying these family members that have passed on weren't important to me....just that I did not connect with them as much.....If that makes sense....)

Bianca was such a good dog. Although she was yappy and ALWAYS asked for food, she rarely gave us any trouble.

Anywho. I'm feeling better, although life has just been.....different.

RIP Bianca. I know you're not hurting anymore and that you're in a better place now.

Don't Worry, Be Happy!

Wahoo! Yippee!! I just finished my last paper of the semester!! Party time!!

...although....it IS 200 words shorter than it's supposed to be. Oh well. I have no more to say. I don't want to make it all wordy and stuff with repetition. WHO WANTS THAT!?

Anyways, I am tres tres tres happy that my two papers are DONE!!


Now all I have is a Math final.....but that's a couple of weeks away. So....woo!!

Haha. That's all. Just had to rejoice a little bit there.

Tootle Tip.

The Procrastinater

Alrighty. Let's get this part-ay startedddd!!

(Not really. I just thought I should update my blog.)


Soo...

School is done in a week, and in that time, I have to write two EXTREMELY long essays that I am just not looking forward to doing..... Ugh. I am such a procrastinater.

I should seriously make myself into a superhero "The Procrastinater"! Fights crime after a looonnngggg period of time!! Oh man, I am a geek.

I am really looking forward for school to be done so that I can focus on the upcoming shows I am directing....


Also, I sent my application in for a summer camp job.....so pray for me that I at least get an interview!!! I need to do SOMETHING this summer.....so why not do something fun and worthwhile .....while making some cash in the process.....right???

Hmm. What else?!

I don't know. I'm really pooped and I kind of feel like taking a nap. (This is my new daily life story). I have been taking WAY too many naps to my liking. It's getting into a bad habit....just like my coffee in the morning!! Yikes!!


I would just like to say that I am feeling better since my last blog. Again, I'm sorry if anyone was offended....I was just really frustrated at life (as I'm sure most of us get some of the time).

Anyways, I think that's about it for now!!

PROCRASTINATER OUT!






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Rant/Vent/WHYYYYY!!!

I'm sorry if this seems conceited/self-absorbed. But I need to vent/rant.

Why is it that people who have less experience than you/they haven't been working as hard as you have seem to get into show business WAY more!?

It's just frustrating....I've been performing since I was 6!! And theatre since I was 10!!!

And yet people who have been doing theatre for a much less amount of time than me get lead roles, or audition opportunities.....and it's just soooo.......AGGRIVATING!!

It's just such a stab at my heart and at my confidence.

I don't like this feeling!!

Sorry. That is the end of my little rant. I'm sorry if I offended anyone!!


Tootle Tip!!

Just a quick update!!

Hello Avid Amanda Fans!!

Just thought I'd write a quick blog before my 8:30 class begins (as I just finished cleaning out my backpack because I found out that the container I brought some watermelon slices in has a CRACK in it so now I have watermelon juice all over my stuff!! *tear tear*)

ANYWHO

Firstly I think I should tell you that I'm pretty positive that I did not get into Annie with TUTS, which is fine, because it just gives me other opportunities to do things during the summer! So I'm not too bummed out!!

Secondly JOSH AND I MADE A NEW VIDEO AND I THINK YOU SHOULD CHECK IT OUT!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=064pemDlSzo

It's for a Youtube contect where you had to lipsync to A Static Lullaby's cover of Britney Spears' "TOXIC". It's pretty brilliant if I do say so myself and it took 3 days for filming AND editing.

So check it out!!

Also, I am sooooo excited that the school semester is almost over for me!! I think I have only about 4 more weeks left!! Wahoo!!


Hmm....I'm just trying to think if there's anything else I need to tell you.........

I don't think so!!


Tootle Tip!

I know, I know!! You're all DYING to know about my life!

....Well, maybe not DYING, but I'm sure you're wondering what I've been up to these past few weeks!!


Well, firstly........

The result of my audition!!

I got a callback for a Boylan Sister in Annie, and went a few Sunday's ago...and it went alright.

Then I get an email saying they want to come in for ANOTHER callback tomorrow!! So pray for me!! (I get super nervous!)


I'm super excited because Beauty & the Beast (the show I'm directing/choreographing) is ALMOST DONE!! The kids have been working super hard and I can't wait to start a full run of the show!! We're completley done Act 1 now which is awesome. Just a few more things to finish and then......RUN TIME!!!


My Lindbjerg kids (Bugsy Malone'ers) did a "Kids Helping Kids" Benefit last Saturday....and I was SO proud of them. I'm really excited for their show to get on its feet and begin becoming a show!!!


Hmm...What else......

Oh! I saw the Harlem Globetrotters a couple Thursdays ago (for those of you who don't know who they are, they're a basketball team that does tricks and stuff while playing the game!) Very entertaining. It was a Valentines Day gift from my boyfriend. Look 'em up!

I think that's about it, nothing else is TOO exciting about life......

Tootle Tip!

School Opera Auditions!!

(and no....not AUDITIONING for the school opera....)
Just those three words are involved in this blog. As seperate entities.... TRICKED YA!!

Well.

Here I am. Sitting on the couches at school. EXTREMLEY early in the morning.....(well.....kinda.)

Thought I'd do a little update on my life before I head to class and do a presentation on some good ol' science fiction stuff (Woo!)

Hmmm....where to start??

Well, last night I had my audition for Theatre Under the Stars. I was planning to do it on Sunday, but they had SO many people show up, that they moved me to Tuesday. Which is fine, because it was less rushed and more relaxed!

So, anyway, my audition. As some of you know, I am pretty much PETRIFIED of them. Well, not really......but I get very very nervous. So I walk into the room and I sing my song.....and it didn't suck!! I was pretty proud of myself.....usually I'm so nervous that my voice shakes and I can't belt out and act out my song in a natural, fun way!! But this time felt different. I think I did a pretty swell job. An 8 out of 10.

And everyone on the panel were super nice. It really helps to know that they're all on YOUR side and that they want you to do your best. Phew!!

Then was the dance call. When I exited the room I was shaking from all the adrenaline going through my system. Thank goodness my mommy was there to gimme my water bottle and support me!!

....after was the dance call. Now, a few blogs ago I said that I feel dancing is now the weakest point that I need to work on. But I went in there and did a good job (for the most part). Usually I'll get all flustered and screw up dance steps.....but I didn't!!! Only thing is that for the tap call, Shelley (the choreographer for "Thoroughly Modern Millie") went around and asked every single one of us if we could do a pull back or wings. And I can't do either, so I said so. Afterwards I told my mom in the car that I should've said ("I can't do them, but I can FAKE 'em!"). Haha. Oh well.

In all, I felt it went pretty well!

Phew. That was quite a bit for just an audition!! Hahah.

What else is going on in my life....hmmm....well school is going!! Thank goodness we get Monday and Tuesday of next week OFF for a reading break. (Which is a good thing....because I need to get caught up in some of my classes!)

OOH! Also here are some pics from the opera I went and saw...."Carmen". It was PHENOMENAL!!! The sets were amazing I cannot even describe. We obviously couldn't take pics of the actual SHOW so here are some of me and my boyfriend outside in the lobby!

I think that's about it!

Tootle Tip!