I'm Melting! I'm Melting!

Omigod, omigod you guys! The snow is melting! It rained today and washed away some of the snow. After it snowed a little more of course... And tomorrow is supposed to be in the 50s! I am so pumped!

I got the sheet music for Two Nobodies in New York from [title of show]. That's the song Joshua and I are performing at Dirty Little Secrets in April. I can't wait for it.

Urinetown is shaping up. We had a full run-through tonight with minimal stopping. It's starting to get on its feet. Which is a good thing. Now it's not torture to be there.

Tomorrow I have a nice, easy day. So I'm hoping to enjoy the nice weather. As long it is as nice as it's supposed to be.

Nothing more to say tonight. Have a good one bloggers!

Oh, What A Beautiful Morning

Hope you're having a great weekend bloggers!

You Have GOT To Be Kidding Me

I cannot believe it's fucking snowing again. This is bullshit. I am so over this.

I am exhausted right now. I had to get up early to go do observations at North Country Union High with Catie this morning. It was really fun though. They were working on rhythm patterns. Catie and I basically hung out with this kid Garrett who is a senior. He's an amazing musician. I put up a video of his music a while back... Here. Anyway, he might come to JSC next year. Which would be so nice. He's a tenor. So I wouldn't be alone in musicals!

Well, I need to go lie down. Maybe I'll fall asleep altogether. Good night.

Late Night Talky

Something I forgot to mention: Julie Andrews is going to be in Boston on April 4th. That's next Friday. My friend Kayla from high school is going to get my Mary Poppins album signed for me. So excited. I'm going to try to get her to get a picture with the album for me too...

Also, I've started uploading the Header pics in an album on Flickr. I'll put the link to that on the left hand side. This way you can see all the previous Headers and a description.

Lastly, something big for the blog is coming in the next few days. It's a surprise, but you'll know when it happens.

Have a good one!

Upcoming Talky!

I recorded a Talky Blog for y'all tonight... but YouTube is undergoing maintenance tonight so I can't upload it. But it's all recorded and edited and saved so I will post it as soon as I can tomorrow!!

I decided that this week (Wednesday to Wednesday) will be Blast from the Past Week in the Header! So that means all the header pics will be from shows or events or fun times BEFORE college. So basically high school and maybe some middle school if I can get my hands on a picture from that long ago...

Have a good night, bloggers!

Right Back At Ya

Hey there!

So it's been a long-ish day. We got let out of music classes an hour early so I just hung out in Dibden for the hour. Voice lessons went well, and Lisa gave me a new song to work on (from a musical!). Urinetown rehearsal went surprisingly well and quick tonight. It's nice when you don't stop every 5 minutes.

When I went to visit Matty, he gave me his old flat iron, and I used it for the first time with good results. Everyone I saw said they really liked it. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for Joshua, who got his hair styled in a faux hawk. Poor kid. Everyone gave him shit about it all day. My favorite was at the end of music theory:

Diane: So, does anyone have any questions?
Josh: Yeah, do you really hate my hair?
(pause)
Diane: I love you.

It was hilarious. Pretty much.

My friend Melanie is coming over tonight to watch Mary Poppins, which I'm very excited for. Julie Andrews is going to be at a bookstore in Boston on Friday the fourth of April, so I'm going to see if there's anyway my mom can get something signed for me. She's speaking to me again, by the way.

That's all for today! See you tomorrow!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter bloggers! I hope you had a great day!

Sorry about the lack of updates lately. I've been busy and just haven't had the time to write things up.

Friday was terrible. It was still snowing a little, and it was windier than you'd believe. It was just hell. All the snow was blowing around everywhere, and the school closed at 3:00. I went and saw Amber's production of The Altruists. It was really good. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

I worked all day Saturday. Then I came home and took a 3 hour nap. So nice. I did nothing the rest of the night. I watched an episode of Planet Earth (which is amazing by the way).

Today I borrowed Mallory's car and drove down to Northfield to see my friend, Matty. I picked him up, and we went to get pizza in Montpelier. Then we went back to his house and watched Fried Green Tomatoes (also amazing). I love Mary-Louise Parker.

I drove back to Johnson and was going to stop at Price Chopper and McDonald's. Both of which were closed. Lame.

When I got back into town, I stopped and got Chinese food for dinner. Yummy.

Josh is coming over at 7:00 to work on homework for theory. So I'm just chilling out until then. I think I'm going over music for Urinetown with Quentin at some point, but I haven't heard from him so I don't know...

In honor of the holiday, here are two Easter-themed Videos of the Week.

Hooray for a Day Off!

In honor of my day off:

And I forgot to mention in the Talky, if you have any comments or suggestions regarding the new blog layout, or something you'd like to see in the header picture, please let me know via the comment box! And as always comment away!

PAGE UPDATE!

OK, so I got tired of the blog being kinda serene and wholesome. Yeah, it was nice for a while, but I decided it was time to change it. Each day (as much as I remember at least), there will be a new header picture. Sometimes it will be a playbill from a Broadway show, sometimes it will be a soundtrack, sometimes a behind-the-scenes picture, sometimes a picture from a show I've been a part of, sometimes it will just be something random. Enjoy anyway. Also going along with the new blog image, I'm gonna stop being a goody-goody when it comes to swearing. Fuck, I swear in real life, I'll swear on here. Have a good one!

It Won't Be Long

So JSC's choir is going to Vienna in the fall. I originally thought I wasn't going to be able to afford it. Then I figured something out the other day. Next year I'll be living in the college apartments, so I won't have a meal plan. My meal plan is $1400 each semester. The trip to Vienna costs around $1600. So if I take off the meal plan and add Vienna, it will only be $200 more than this current semester. I also won't be paying for a single room which is expensive, and living in the apartments costs less in general. So it would be about the same, if not cheaper than, this semester. So I'll most likely be going to Vienna in November!

I talked to my dad today, and we tried to figure out if I need to file for taxes. Neither of us knew, and none of the people he asked at work knew either. So I called the IRS and found out that I actually don't have to file. Hooray!

My dad also mentioned that my mother is still supremely pissed at me. I don't know all the reasons that she's angry, but she's not answering when I call and won't talk to me. So I don't know if I ever will. I talked to Matt, and he said if things aren't resolved with her by the time I come home for the summer that I can move in with him when I get back from Arizona. So if mom and I don't speak and don't figure things out by the time I get home, I'll be living with Matt for the summer. I know that this will make my dad unhappy, but I don't want to be in a living environment that I'm miserable in. Perhaps he and I can get together one night a week for dinner or something.

Anyway, I'm rambling. I have Urinetown rehearsal tonight, big surprise. Before that though, I'm working on the dance that Tara, Rayshelle, Lorena and I are choreographing for the dance show. I'm so upset that I miss the performances on Idol every week, but maybe I'll get to see some of them tonight if we get out a little early.

That's all the news there is for now. Have a great one!

On Break!

Hey there! I'm on a short break from my day! I have to go back over to Dibden in 15 minutes for Urinetown rehearsal! I pretty much live in that building on Mondays...

So cool news, I'm going to be performing in a Broadway showcase at JSC on April 28th. I'm doing at least one solo piece, possibly two, and possibly a duet with Josh. I sang my song choices for Lisa today during my voice lesson, and she had no technical issues, which coming from Lisa is a big accomplishment.

I'm also staying up here for April break, which I think I mentioned. I talked to my boss and am working Monday-Friday. The hours suck (7:45 AM - 4:00 PM), but at least I'll have made about $400 or more in a week. Which will help pay bills and other things.

Well, I need to get my stuff together and head over to rehearsal. It's an all-music rehearsal tonight, so it won't be too strenuous. Have a great one!

Fat Kid + Paintballs = Priceless

P-A-R-T-Y? Because I Gotta!

So I had some people over tonight, and I convinced them to record a video for the blog. It's pretty much amazing. Possibly the best thing I've recorded for the blog to date. Enjoy!

Stop Snowing!

I can't believe it's really snowing again. I honestly thought we were done getting snow this winter. Well, I was wrong.

I think I'm getting sick. I had dinner yesterday at 4:30, and then by 12:30 at night, I wasn't hungry. That's 8 hours later. I should have been hungry. And then I couldn't sleep. I was awake till about 4:45 AM.

I'm sorry that the Idol Wrap-Ups kinda died out. With Urinetown rehearsals, I just can't watch it which sucks. I got to see the last half hour last night, and I was disappointed in my David. I still think he'll win, but it was not very good last night. I also miss Danny. Jason Castro did amazingly well last night too, as did Brooke White.

Well, I'm off to go eat some dinner. Have a great day!

Title? I Don't Know.

Giving titles to these entries are difficult.

Today was a long Monday. Especially when I didn't sleep well. I had a very strange dream last night. I dreamed that our choir was going on a trip... to Mars. Yes, Mars. Makes absolutely no sense. Anyway, I had many issues in the dream. I got a fine for something, and I had to go pay the ticket before they'd let me in the terminal. Then when I got into the terminal, I realized I had lost my baggage. So I asked the angry lady to whom I paid the ticket if she'd seen it. Everyone was mad at me, and they wouldn't let me on the space shuttle. I kept protesting "BUT WE'RE GOING TO MARS!!" It was a little effed up.

Anyway, so I don't know why I couldn't sleep well last night. So getting up today, even though it was 12 noon, was hard.

I signed my lease today. I have until April 1 to come up with the security deposit which is $283.33, which is hard to come by.

I also decided to not go home over April break. Mallory is going away for her breakaway trip, so I'm just gonna stay in her room, drive her car, and basically be her for the week.

Oh, and in other news, I haven't mentioned yet, but I am definitely going to Arizona in May. I have bought the tickets and I will be heading out to see Ashley and my Aunt Sandy. I am excited.

And also, I'm thinking of getting a piercing. Where, I don't know. It will be in the facial region. I'm thinking ear, nose, eyebrow or lip. Not sure yet. Maybe nipple? No. Maybe. We'll see. Any suggestions?

Well, this was quite a long post about pretty much nothing. I can't wait for the summer weather to be here. It's 6 degrees out right now. That's not impressive.

OK, well, good night.

Sunday Talky and VotW

I am so proud that I've been so good about remembering to put up the Video of the Week. And I also filmed a short Talky for you all today too!

This video is so freakin' hilarious I can't even stand it.

Will the Sun Ever Shine?

Seriously. Can we get just ONE day with no precipitation here in Vermont? Just one. This is getting ridiculous. And now there's another winter weather advisory tomorrow. I am so not impressed.

I don't really have much to say. I'm going to record the Talky for you tomorrow. I have all day free tomorrow. I plan to practice piano and voice. Mainly voice because I have that on Monday.

I really have nothing much else to say. I worked all day today. Just as boring as ever. Tonight, Anna and I went over to Mallory and Kate's and played some games. There was a bunch of us. It was good times.

Well, I'm gonna go putz around being bored. Good night!

Sad Panda

OK, so he wasn't my favorite, but I liked Danny Noriega. In my opinion, Chikezie should have gone. Whatever.

Hilarity:

Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net

Granola!

So I'm just sitting here eating a granola bar and listening to music before I have to start the busiest day of my life.

Project Runway ended last night. Now, I was never a huge fan of the show, but I started watching this season at some point and totally got drawn in. I was extremely glad that Christian won. He definitely deserved it.

My class was canceled yesterday, so it was kinda nice to just chill out until rehearsal... even though we just got back from a vacation. My plant doesn't look so healthy. I wasn't able to bring it home over break, so it went the whole time without being watered... Any suggestions?

Either tomorrow afternoon or Saturday night, I'm going to film a Talky for y'all. Now I gotta go get ready for class, though. Talk to you later!

Oh My Goodness!

I can't believe I haven't posted since being back at JSC! Clearly, I've been busy and distracted. Things are good up here in Northern Vermont.

Yesterday was the busiest day of my life. Thursday is looking to be pretty damn busy too. Today wasn't so bad, and tomorrow might be all canceled.

Rayshelle, Tara and I worked on our Boom Boom dance tonight for the dance show. We got 30 seconds done.

Now I'm relaxing and sitting in my room watching CNN. Hillary is making a comeback! It's really damn close! Obama won Vermont, but I saw that coming. She won RI. Ohio and Texas are really close.

I wasn't able to watch Idol tonight because of Urinetown rehearsal. I'm gonna watch the performances on YouTube though. Unfortunately, this probably means the end of my taking notes. It lasted longer than it did last year, but the musical just takes up too much of my time.

I'm gonna go snack and watch the returns from the primaries come in! Good night!!

Vacation's Over

Almost time to go back to JSC and classes, but not before:

I hope I don't have to tell you all who Idina Menzel is. By now, if you've been reading, you should know. She's amazing. I've had this album playing on a loop all of break.

NOW:

I know it's a day early, but enjoy. I am absolutely obsessed with him, and I'll totally get his album when it comes out.

PS. Chelsey, if that's you in the anonymous comment below, cut it out. Put your name on so I know who it is.