Pictures from Last Night

As promised, here are the pictures from last night!

Me with Mrs. Potts



Some cast members, Belle, & Beast



Me and Lumiere (Tyler Bliss!!!)



Actually, Tyler played Barnabas in Hello, Dolly! last summer, so here's the shot last year:

"Show me the Beast!"

Well, we saw Beauty and the Beast at Derby Dinner tonight. It was really good! I knew the person who played Lumiere (Tyler Bliss---he was one of my Broadway Bootcamp instructors), so I got to see him after the show. (Picture probably tomorrow!)

The show itself was great! The people who played Darque, LeFou, Beast, Lumiere, Gaston, and the Silly Girls were especially good. There were a few scenes they cut out that I wish they didn't, but it was still good. It made me even more excited about opening night (The 11th!!!), and I can't wait to try on my rug costume. I saw it today at the show, and it looks cool!

Guinea Pig Squeaks!

Katherine's here! We're about to watch Nightmare Before Christmas, and I just remembered that I needed to blog.

Pictures from our 11-day get together will be posted as they're taken, so stay tuned!

A Day Backstage

Maya suggested that I blog about rehearsal, so I suppose I might as well.

I have yet to try on my rug costume, but the costumes that I've seen are incredible. So far, we have Wardrobe, Cogsworth, the salt and pepper shakers, the Darques, Gaston, LeFou, and several others.

We've been able to get to where we can get through the entire show in three hours. Sure, there are times in which someone says "Line?", but things are actually going really well. I can't wait for the complete rehearsals---with costumes and orchestra!

Videos that Made My Day

Well, actually several things made my day.

-Meeting a fellow bassoonist at rehearsal
-Finding out that both the girl who plays Mrs. Potts and the choreographer play the oboe
-The fact that I'm going to watch Nightmare Before Christmas again tonight
-These videos!

Most of them are by the same person, besides

"Because...You're Dumb!"



"Happy Working Song"



"Frollo the Unicorn 1 & 2"





"Tim Burton and Danny Elfman Movie Melody"

Pointe Shoooes!

Maya got her Pointe Shoes today! She totally loves them, and I even got to see her in them via webcam. She hasn't done much in them yet---besides squealing---but I think she's going to do great!

Congradulations, Maya! Mikhail Baryshnikov and Svetlana Zakharova would be proud to know another aspiring dancer is now on Pointe.

Blogging from Bed

I'm really liking this new setup with my Mac. Considering it doesn't weigh five million pounds, I can easily carry it between my desk and bed. Thanks to the built-in-battery, I don't even have to bring the charger with me. It's awesome, and I think I like the ability to compute in bed.

I spent the evening transferring my files from the old laptop to the new laptop, which actually required booting up both computers. It reminded me of what it was like to use the old Sony Windows laptop---slow, clunky, and...gray. (I was IMing with Maya and Ally on the new laptop, so it was all good) Of course, getting the files meant renaming and sorting, which I probably should have done when I transferred them. I nearly tore my hair out when I thought I deleted all of my photos, but I didn't. I found them someplace else, safe and sound. I really am still getting used to Mac controls, so minor things like that really freak me out.

Mac n Cheese

Well, I did it. I made the switch over to Mac computers, and I'm currently posting this from my new MacBook, Patrick. He is named after the YouTube star Patrick Ryan, who starred as Tom in the Wizard of Oz parody, No Place Like Home.

Current things I've done so far with my Mac:

-Charged it
-Webcammed with Maya (And I still am!)
-Gotten an IM from a random reader using my AIM widget. (Random readers of this blog, don't hide! I give milk and brownies to random readers. I love hearing from them)
-Blogged!

I really think I like this style of computer better than Windows. It's self-explanatory, fast, easy, and just plain awesome. I think Patrick and I will have a long, happy time together filled with excitement and adventure. (When I get my first boyfriend, I suppose I could use that same line!)

...and some PHOTOSHOPPED art...

I did this during the school year, actually. I had the entire Computer Apps period free (As I did for about three weeks), and decided to do something slightly productive rather than just playing Solitaire. Thus, I opened Photoshop, and 45 minutes and a few layers later, this was the result:



Yes, I'm a huge Lion King geek, in case you haven't noticed.

The world has officially gone to the dogs:

(Click on it to expand and show how truly insane modern society is)

More Art

Well, today was rather routine ("There must be more than this provincial life!"), but I did try my hand at Corpse Bride art. I think this came out pretty well for a first shot! I also only had two shades of blue! Besides the pink, all the coloring is done with two shades of blue that were nearly identical. I used black and white to shade and tint, but besides that, it was just blue. Hope you like it.

Artsy

Well, I stayed up until one last night finishing two pictures I've been working on. Here they are:






The quote is the last line of Nightmare Before Christmas:

"My dearest friend, if you don't mind,
I'd like to join you by your side,
Where we can gaze into the stars.
And sit together, now and forever,
For it's plain as anyone can see:
We're simply meant to be."

Same Boring Day

Rather than hearing about my boring day, add some zing to yours by gazing at an incredible drawing Ally did based on me in one of my shorter skits:

At Last!

Maya and I are finally skittling again. It's been forever since we've done so, and currently we're writing about the Phantom Crew having a PJ party at Phantom's. Raoul ate the key in his Key Lime Pie, so everyone is stuck with just their pajamas. Let's see how that goes.

Catching Up

All right, so I have some photos I need to post and have delayed on. Well, here they are:

Ally and me


Me playing bassoon at the last band concert


Ginger enjoys a good book


Stupid sign humor


Heath and me at Callaway Gardens


There! I'm pretty much all caught up. Anything I missed?

Two Celebrations

Two things:

1. Happy Father's Day, dad!

2. Happy birthday, Billy Martin!

See? How convienent is it that two great days are on the SAME day? And 27 is Billy's favorite number, and he's turning 27 today. Hooray!

Freee!

Well, I did it. I survived the ACT.

Didn't exactly THRIVE on it (I was totally slaughtered on the math test), but I made it through. That ought to count for something, right?

It's weird, though---it's like I have nothing to do with my life now that I'm not studying or trying to procrasinate. I'm now enjoying a time of roleplaying, movie-watching, and just plain doing nothing.

Tomorrow's It!

Well, in 12 hours I'll be sitting in a room, taking the first part of the ACT. I'm reviewing math stuff now, and then it's straight to bed. (Well, after finding my passport, sharpening pencils, etc.)

Tired

No, I really can't think of a better title. I really am tired.

-It's about 11 PM
-I got up at 8 after going to bed at 1 this morning
-I had three hours of rehearsal
-We ran just about the entire show

Three hours of running here, there, and everywhere, going up and down stairs...and trying on the Dress of Doom. Well, actually it's a rather nice dress---it's my costume for "Gaston" and "Belle", and well as the finale. The only problem is that it doesn't fit me, it's hard to get on and nearly impossible to get off, and doesn't convey the fact that I'm a chimney sweep very well. Rather, I might be selling lace or something. Nooo: I'm going up and down chimneys, sweeping ash while dressed like Johanna Barker. I just hope my rug costume will be a bit easier to breathe in.

10 minutes of those three hours were used to attempt to (and fail) learn the two-person roll that I the rug and the guy that plays LeFou perform during The Battle. We've figured out what to do...we just can't figure out how to do it. We tried it in the grass, and I have the green stains to prove it. I'm totally wearing jeans next time.

Cast Your Vote!

Ever since I've opened up my LibraryThing account (I'll get the widget back up soon!), I've been itching to see what everyone else is reading. Therefore, I set up a poll.

Which book are you most looking forward to? I'm imagining several people will say Breaking Dawn, but I know there are Eragon and Artemis Fowl fans out there. And Inkheart---that's rather popular.

Of course, there are those lamenting about how there's not going to be Harry Potter: Year Eight or Series of Unfortunate Events: Book Fourteen, "The Chilling Climax---and I'm serious this time".