My Logo

I was headed off to Spouth Park Studio when a popup from the site came up. First detailing all the new stuff that had been added, I then read that the owner of the site isn't happy with all the people who create a characte and then claim it as their own. Thinking of my adorable SP person on my blog, I'd like to show you where my uber-cool logo was made:

Click here and create a South Park person

And yes, I know I posted that site's URL twice in this post.

Everybody Look Left

Last winter, I joined a weekly theatre group in Louisville called Broadway Bootcamp. Everyone who worked there had professional theatre experience (one even understudied on Broadway), so there was a lot of expertise floating about. There were classes in dance, singing, and acting, and at the end of the day, we put all three together to work on our "open classroom", which would be at the end of the program to show our parents what we learned.

This summer, I signed up for the 2-week season. Instead of various songs for the shows that would be performed by Music Theatre Louisville, we focused on the lion King, as the national tour had stopped in Louisville for about 6 weeks. We also did a song from Barnum for good measure.

The finished product ended up being incredible, and we performed it on Sunday night, right before the amphitheatre's showing of Hello, Dolly!. One neat effect of doing songs from one show is that we could put them in order and act out major scenes, so it was almost like a miniature version of Lion King.

My five minutes of fame (which was actually quite some time) was when I played Rafiki in the scene where Rafiki tells Simba to go back to Pride Rock, become king, and face his uncle. I was a bit worried about it, though, because it kept changing! I did end up performing it correctly (I think.)

By the way, I found these videos on YouTube. You should watch them.

Past My Curfew

I went to my first late-night party last night.

I wouldn't call it a late-night party, though. It lasted until 11 at night, it was girls only with only about 6 guests, and everything was pretty casual. Besides that, I had a great time.

It was held by my friend Briley (I really wish I knew how to spell her name) and consisted of Singstar, Air hockey, DanceDance Revolution, and eating. We made the Rice Krispie Treats from scratch and tried to beat one another at the various games. DDR and SS were pretty calm, but Air hockey became downright vicious--it was common for the puck to fly right off the table! Despite that, everyone was having fun with it.

Although I did win a fair share of the DDR songs, I must admit I'm pretty awful at SingStar, which of course made it so much more addictive. I sang "I will Survive" once, and ended up singing "Boys and Girls" by Good Charlotte until I memorized it. (Of course, I probably would have gotten a better score if I wasn't continuously saying, "Oh, look, it's Joel!" "BENJI!" "There's Billy again!!!!")

The party was a blast, and a great way to celebrate something Briley probably didn't plan-----

The 15th was William Dean Martin's 26th birthday! (Better known as Billy Martin to most)



Happy Birthday, Billy!

(Here's Billy's Wikipedia Page, by the way.)

Random Pictures I like

The title says it all.


Kitten in marshmellows!!!!!



Who doesn't love hamsters?



MORE hamsters!!!



Kittens at a sleepover!!!!!!



He has a flavor!



I love hedgehogs. So adorable!



He must be comfy...*cough*



What a heroic kitty. :)


A hamster out to lunch? LOVE!



Meep!



Yeah, you made bunny cry! How mean.



Yez it kan B hugz tiem now pleez!


I wonder how they got them to pose like that...


Oh my gosh. BUNNIES IN A CONVERTABLE!!!!!!

Got Hats?

Let's get one thing straight.

I like hats.

Odd thing is, even though I like hats a lot, I don't own zillions of them. In fact, I have five.

One baseball-like hat my brother gave me. (No photographic proof of this hat exists)

One bucket hat I bought in Germany at Wal-Mart. (Again, no photographic proof)

ANOTHER baseball-like hat that I found at a grocery store in Germany when I came to visit during the World Cup:



A newsboy like hat I bought back last November:



And my latest hat, a straw bucket hat with a bow. I think it's rather cute:



Oh, but the fun does not stop at me! Check out my brother's mad headgear:







My mom's fine hat:



And some Derby hats!



Don't forget Pellet!



AAAAAAAND....Deana's spiffy hat! (Knitted by my mom)



And hats for pets!





One hat! Two hats! Red hats! Blue hats! Old hats! New hats! The man in the yellow hat! The Cat in the Hat!

Some find joy in socks, but I find joy in hats.

Where's the blogger post for that?