Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
I am....
I just logged on to facebook. I got all excited because I had like twenty notifications, but most of them were things like "Find out Your Friend Of The Day!", "You have (3) new LivingSocial activities....", "New Interview: Ten new questions waiting for you!"...etc. Nothing worth getting excited about. I even consider "Ellen Bobby liked your status (thumbs up)" pretty dumb. Also those notifications that I get from when I like someone's status, and then fifty people comment on it. I think Facebook is literally trying to take all of the joy out of my life. Yet it is so addicting....
anyways, back to blogging business!
So much to do for school and so little time! And so little patience! And so much procrastination!
Basically, I have had a lot of work for AP World History and other classes that I haven't had the patience to work on until the last minute!
Also, I started to do swim team, again, kind of. I have been skipping out on a lot of the practices, but I need to do it! I need the exercise desperately! And I actually like it A LOT! I love the coaches and the kids on the team. So once season starts, I definitely cannot skip out. Now you might be wondering: why is she doing a SPORT not a SHOW? Honestly, I am asking myself the same question. Not that I don't like swim team, but WHY, oh WHY am I not in a show? Because of unfortunate circumstances which led to me being sick for my audition for Seussical, leading to putting on a terrible audition, which then led to not getting casted. Do I REALLY want to be in the show? Well, the honest answer would be yes, even if I were in the tiniest role possible. See, on my audition form, i checked off the option that said "No, I will not take a chorus role", but to be truthful, I would LOVE to have a chorus role in Seussical.
However, I am really enjoying doing the ComedySportz team at my school. For those of you who have no idea what ComedySportz is, let me fill you in. It's competitive improvisation; in other words, different teams compete against each other in acting challenges in which they have to come up with things on the spot and be funny at the same time. VERY difficult! It's almost like a real sport too! (Hence: the name) But seriously, NEVER cross paths with a ComedySportz player who is trying to get up on stage to do a funny bit! He (or she, if it really matters) will run you over and through with a stick to get up there! Our team is new this year, and we have A LOT of work to do. We are good, but...not as good as we COULD be. I went to see a fellow high school's match on Friday, and they were so hysterically funny that I thought, "DANG! Our team is in TROUBLE!"
...
I just looked over at the papers beside me, and guess what was sitting on top: the receipt for my Idina Menzel concert tickets! Yes, I am going to see Idina Menzel in concert, playing with the San Francisco Symphony in July!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am literally so stoked for this event that I'm jumping out of my seat just thinking about it! I mean, it's her first concert since she had a baby! In fact, it's the first THING she's ever done since having a baby. Just Kidding. But anyways, I'm very happy about it. I'm also happy about seeing her on Glee Season 2! It should be really exciting, since I hear she has to make out with Mr. Shuster? Any thoughts on that?
anyways, back to blogging business!
So much to do for school and so little time! And so little patience! And so much procrastination!
Basically, I have had a lot of work for AP World History and other classes that I haven't had the patience to work on until the last minute!
Also, I started to do swim team, again, kind of. I have been skipping out on a lot of the practices, but I need to do it! I need the exercise desperately! And I actually like it A LOT! I love the coaches and the kids on the team. So once season starts, I definitely cannot skip out. Now you might be wondering: why is she doing a SPORT not a SHOW? Honestly, I am asking myself the same question. Not that I don't like swim team, but WHY, oh WHY am I not in a show? Because of unfortunate circumstances which led to me being sick for my audition for Seussical, leading to putting on a terrible audition, which then led to not getting casted. Do I REALLY want to be in the show? Well, the honest answer would be yes, even if I were in the tiniest role possible. See, on my audition form, i checked off the option that said "No, I will not take a chorus role", but to be truthful, I would LOVE to have a chorus role in Seussical.
However, I am really enjoying doing the ComedySportz team at my school. For those of you who have no idea what ComedySportz is, let me fill you in. It's competitive improvisation; in other words, different teams compete against each other in acting challenges in which they have to come up with things on the spot and be funny at the same time. VERY difficult! It's almost like a real sport too! (Hence: the name) But seriously, NEVER cross paths with a ComedySportz player who is trying to get up on stage to do a funny bit! He (or she, if it really matters) will run you over and through with a stick to get up there! Our team is new this year, and we have A LOT of work to do. We are good, but...not as good as we COULD be. I went to see a fellow high school's match on Friday, and they were so hysterically funny that I thought, "DANG! Our team is in TROUBLE!"
...
I just looked over at the papers beside me, and guess what was sitting on top: the receipt for my Idina Menzel concert tickets! Yes, I am going to see Idina Menzel in concert, playing with the San Francisco Symphony in July!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am literally so stoked for this event that I'm jumping out of my seat just thinking about it! I mean, it's her first concert since she had a baby! In fact, it's the first THING she's ever done since having a baby. Just Kidding. But anyways, I'm very happy about it. I'm also happy about seeing her on Glee Season 2! It should be really exciting, since I hear she has to make out with Mr. Shuster? Any thoughts on that?
Monday, September 21, 2009
MUSICAL QUOTING DAY! BEWARE: THIS BLOG WILL BE FULL OF REFERENCES TO VARIOUS MUSICALS!
Hey people.
How's it going first of all? Good? Good for me, too. I'm okay. I picked this flower, right over there is where it grew...
okay, here's how it's gonna go
The person who guesses the most right answers (aka knows where each quote is from and can recognize it in the blog)
I'll give you the first one-the very first few sentences of this blog were from SHREK the musical. Yes, SHREK, it may seem stupid to you, but it's actually really good. Don't judge it by the cover, 'cause it's a real good book! (Hint: that last sentence was a reference to a musical as well)
Okay, I'll stop actually pointing them out.
OMG. The cutest thing just happened. I have this dog named Maggie, and I just let her inside. She comes up to me sitting at the computer and puts her head on my lap and whines for my attention. So cute. Of course, I don't give her attention until she stops whining because if I give her attention while she's whining, she'll learn to whine every time she wants attention, and I don't want that!
I continued to do morning workout this week, but I had to leave early today because I felt like throwing up. I didn't actually throw up, but it wasn't a good feeling to be working out with. So, I just took it easy the rest of the morning. Then I had Beginning Jazz Dance first period, which was, as always, fun but hard since I am NOT a dancer (although i hope to become one soon!)! Which brings me to another point...I hate hate hate being told that I can't succeed in musical theater because I'm not a dancer. It's the most ridiculous crap I've ever heard. SO many people have made it in show biz without being able to dance. Of course, those people do usually have something else about them that's amazing; for instance, Idina Menzel, who is amazing, always claims that her dancing sucks, but she has a flipping amazing voice. I don't have a flipping amazing voice. I have to work on that. But what was my point? Oh, yes. Non-dancers CAN make it in musical theater, and people who believe otherwise are ignorant of the singers like Idina who have made it without being able to dance.
Speaking of Idina, she and her husband Taye recently released their first picture of their son Walker Nathaniel Diggs...and he is SO cute!!!!!
And, thankfully, the baby is not unnaturally green! :)
For now, I'm going to sign off. I may or may not add some stuff into this post later, because I only put a few musical references, but right now my sleeptime awaits me!
Always
N
How's it going first of all? Good? Good for me, too. I'm okay. I picked this flower, right over there is where it grew...
okay, here's how it's gonna go
The person who guesses the most right answers (aka knows where each quote is from and can recognize it in the blog)
I'll give you the first one-the very first few sentences of this blog were from SHREK the musical. Yes, SHREK, it may seem stupid to you, but it's actually really good. Don't judge it by the cover, 'cause it's a real good book! (Hint: that last sentence was a reference to a musical as well)
Okay, I'll stop actually pointing them out.
OMG. The cutest thing just happened. I have this dog named Maggie, and I just let her inside. She comes up to me sitting at the computer and puts her head on my lap and whines for my attention. So cute. Of course, I don't give her attention until she stops whining because if I give her attention while she's whining, she'll learn to whine every time she wants attention, and I don't want that!
I continued to do morning workout this week, but I had to leave early today because I felt like throwing up. I didn't actually throw up, but it wasn't a good feeling to be working out with. So, I just took it easy the rest of the morning. Then I had Beginning Jazz Dance first period, which was, as always, fun but hard since I am NOT a dancer (although i hope to become one soon!)! Which brings me to another point...I hate hate hate being told that I can't succeed in musical theater because I'm not a dancer. It's the most ridiculous crap I've ever heard. SO many people have made it in show biz without being able to dance. Of course, those people do usually have something else about them that's amazing; for instance, Idina Menzel, who is amazing, always claims that her dancing sucks, but she has a flipping amazing voice. I don't have a flipping amazing voice. I have to work on that. But what was my point? Oh, yes. Non-dancers CAN make it in musical theater, and people who believe otherwise are ignorant of the singers like Idina who have made it without being able to dance.
Speaking of Idina, she and her husband Taye recently released their first picture of their son Walker Nathaniel Diggs...and he is SO cute!!!!!
And, thankfully, the baby is not unnaturally green! :)
For now, I'm going to sign off. I may or may not add some stuff into this post later, because I only put a few musical references, but right now my sleeptime awaits me!
Always
N
Monday, September 14, 2009
I'm SO SORE!!!
Today, I did morning workout at my school. It's for athletes (mostly cross-country or track runners) but I decided to go anyway. It's the hardest workout I've EVER DONE IN MY LIFE! I am so badly out of shape. Grrrr...
Being sore sucks. And you know what sucks even more? I'll be even MORE sore tomorrow (fortunately I don't have to go tomorrow) and even MORE sore on Wednesday, which is the day I go back. And then it repeats on Friday. And repeats again next week. And the week after. All the way until late October/November when I start doing morning swim for swim preseason instead.
I also had rehearsal today! It was amazing! We learned the music for "Tradition" and we're really good! I think the show will turn out to be amazing. So come see it if you're in the area!
That's all I really have to say today. Not much. Maybe I'll say more tomorrow. Maybe not. Either way, good bye for today/tonight.
-N
Being sore sucks. And you know what sucks even more? I'll be even MORE sore tomorrow (fortunately I don't have to go tomorrow) and even MORE sore on Wednesday, which is the day I go back. And then it repeats on Friday. And repeats again next week. And the week after. All the way until late October/November when I start doing morning swim for swim preseason instead.
I also had rehearsal today! It was amazing! We learned the music for "Tradition" and we're really good! I think the show will turn out to be amazing. So come see it if you're in the area!
That's all I really have to say today. Not much. Maybe I'll say more tomorrow. Maybe not. Either way, good bye for today/tonight.
-N
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
I'm tired...and it's only 8 forty something...wow
I'm trying to stay optimistic about this week. I really am. But it's kind of hard to stay optimistic when I've got a really hard history test on Friday!!!! AAAAAHHH!!!!!!
AP History is a good class, but it's challenging in the first three weeks already! And so I welcome myself to AP high school.
Okay, one good thing about this week is Friday is only a half day!!! YAY!!!
Also, did any of you see that movie Adventureland? Yes? No?
Well, I thought that movie was hilarious. So I bought the "games games games" shirt from amazon. It should be coming in a few days! I'm pretty darn excited about that. Almost more excited than I am about Friday being a half-day. I said ALMOST!
Last night, I went to my first rehearsal for Fiddler on the Roof (did I mention I'm in the ensemble of Fiddler on the Roof at my school?). The rehearsal was thoroughly boring. It was basically a full read through of the play, which is totally necessary, but for an ensemblemember with no lines, it is quite uninteresting. I'm very excited about Fiddler, however. My absolute favorite scene is the graveyard scene, and I really wanted to be Fruma Sarah, but now I'm hoping that I get to be in the graveyard ensemble.
So to get to Broadway...
-Not news, but have you listened to Shrek the Musical? Don't underestimate it because it's Shrek. I highly recommend seeing it. Brian D'Arcy James (Shrek) has the most amazing male Broadway voice ever. I really love it. And you need to see it next time you go to NYC!
In other news...
-Ellen Degeneres is the new fourth American Idol judge! And no I'm not kidding!!! This season is going to be AMAZING!!!!!!!
AP History is a good class, but it's challenging in the first three weeks already! And so I welcome myself to AP high school.
Okay, one good thing about this week is Friday is only a half day!!! YAY!!!
Also, did any of you see that movie Adventureland? Yes? No?
Well, I thought that movie was hilarious. So I bought the "games games games" shirt from amazon. It should be coming in a few days! I'm pretty darn excited about that. Almost more excited than I am about Friday being a half-day. I said ALMOST!
Last night, I went to my first rehearsal for Fiddler on the Roof (did I mention I'm in the ensemble of Fiddler on the Roof at my school?). The rehearsal was thoroughly boring. It was basically a full read through of the play, which is totally necessary, but for an ensemblemember with no lines, it is quite uninteresting. I'm very excited about Fiddler, however. My absolute favorite scene is the graveyard scene, and I really wanted to be Fruma Sarah, but now I'm hoping that I get to be in the graveyard ensemble.
So to get to Broadway...
-Not news, but have you listened to Shrek the Musical? Don't underestimate it because it's Shrek. I highly recommend seeing it. Brian D'Arcy James (Shrek) has the most amazing male Broadway voice ever. I really love it. And you need to see it next time you go to NYC!
In other news...
-Ellen Degeneres is the new fourth American Idol judge! And no I'm not kidding!!! This season is going to be AMAZING!!!!!!!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Gosh...it's been AWHILE...
...Since my first post!
I'm really sorry to the person who looked at it. Really, I am. But you've got to understand! I've been busy, you know? With school and stuff.... I had summer school, stage managing, homework, volunteering, summer school, homework, volunteering, stage managing, camp, volunteering, homework, summer school, stage managing, and Hawaii. (The last one is one I actually like...and camp I liked too) Not to mention I started school on August 20th. Seriously. But I'll be laughing at all of you suckers when you get out on June 25th and I get out on May 22nd again. I'll already be done with my sophomore year, and you guys will have another month of it. HA!
I actually did have a decent summer, though. I enjoyed my volunteering and my stage managing. Homework and summer school, not so much. I took Chemistry. Ew. But like I said, my volunteering and stage managing were very enjoyable. I volunteer at the shelter for pregnant ladies who have no where else to go and I take care of their kids while the moms are busy doing whatever pregnant moms who have no where else to go do. Then, I stage managed a show called High School Musical 2 (Yes, HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2!!!!) in my community. I'd never worked backstage at a show before, so I didn't really know what to expect, but I ended up really loving it and I want to do it again next summer! And not just for volunteer hours (oh yes, did I mention that I did stage managing for fun not for money? I would love it if I got money, but I'm not complaining-it was a great experience!)
I am loving school so far this year. It's fairly hard, but I like it. Thanks to my taking chemistry over the summer, I can now take two performing arts classes, both of which I am finding to be thoroughly enjoyable. :)
1.) Beginning Jazz Dance- fun, but I'm very uncoordinated...this will help me in later theater life though!
2.) AP World History-VERY hard...my first AP...I like it, but it's still the hardest class I have ever taken. Nevertheless, I love history and I find my teacher engaging to listen to in class. He kind of intimidates me just a tad.
3.) Concert Choir-we only sing worship music in this class, and I love worship music, but it would be nice if we could sing something else for a change so that all of the non-Christian people who like to come to our concerts can be entertained too. I think there should be a balance between the two.
4.) Bible-I love this class. It's very relaxing for me yet I still learn things. Yay.
5.) Geometry-FAIL! I am so bad at geometry it's amazing. I just don't get it. I'm more of an algebra person.
6.) Spanish 2- I actually love Spanish. Is that weird? Maybe. But who cares?
7.) English- I'm kind of indifferent to this class so far. We have to write essays, but the essay topics haven't been super duper interesting, nor has any of the homework been extremely hard. I guess I'll just have to wait for a bit and then judge the class.
In recent theater news...
-9 to 5 closes: Frankly, I'm sad about 9 to 5 closing but not completely surprised. It was only entertaining for adult/teen women/gay men who love Megan Hilty, Alison Janney, and Stephanie J. Block, and possible Dolly Parton. Straight men and little kids are not the main crowd for that kind of show (no offense to any straight men or little kids who love 9 to 5 and are reading this blog right now), and unfortunately, it's mostly families that make up the Broadway crowd. Same reason that Spring Awakening, Avenue Q, and [title of show] all closed as well. That and because our economy is in the pooper.
-Idina Menzel, Tony award winner for Wicked, and her husband, Taye Diggs, had their first baby last Wednesday. His name is Walker Nathaniel Diggs. Doesn't "Walker Nathaniel" sound like some duke or prince's name? "Duke Walker Nathaniel" or "Prince Walker Nathaniel"...
Anyways, I think this baby will be extremely cute, considering how good looking his parents are. I wish the Menzel-Diggs family good luck in the bringing up of Walker Nathaniel. May he become a wonderful and incredible person! I will also be praying for them. They'll need it.
I can't think of any other theater news.
Did anyone here watch Glee? Comment about your thoughts on Glee...
Yours always,
N
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
And that's how we'll begin...
Hey, everyone
I'm new to this whole blogging thing, so just bear (or is it bare?) with me as I try to figure it out. My sister, Rachel, and my friend, Camille, both have blogs, and since I have wanted to start a blog for a very long time, I figured that there's no time like the present, and I should start one now. Also, I'm really bored right now.
I guess I should tell you a little about myself before I start officially "blogging" (even though I really AM blogging now). Well, as you can tell from my blog's name, I love theatre. I love seeing shows, and I love being in them. I'm not sure if theatre is my true calling for a career, but right now I'm obsessed with it. It all began with Wicked, back when I saw it in 2005. My grandma took me to the Pantages to enter the Wicked lottery (this, incidentally, was the first of many attempts at the Wicked lotto). Wicked was here in LA on its first national tour. I loved the show, but I didn't really become obsessed with it until 2007, when I saw it, again, at the Pantages. Since then, I've seen it (probably) 18 times or more. :P
Since Wicked, I have grown to love Broadway. Wicked will always be my top favorite show, but I also love Rent, Legally Blonde, and many, many more. I've been to New York six times, and each time has been such a blast. I keep on wanting to go back! But doesn't everyone? I got mad at my friend Nikki the other day for saying that she thinks NYC is overrated. Overrated??? NO WAY! She hasn't even been to NYC! I have to take her there someday ;)
Anywho, I'll be updating this blog again soon with cool theatre stuff. What I'd really like to do is start interviewing theatre people and putting the interviews up on this blog. They don't have to be famous theatre people, but famous would be nice. So, if you're a famous theatre person, or just a theatre person, and you would be willing to be interviewed, just say so by leaving a comment on this blog post (or any blog post). :)
Bye-bye,
TheatreSistah
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