After last weekend and the wonderful, 83 degree weather... its been a week full of rain and just general nastiness outside. Hopefully it will warm up again soon, or at least have this awful cloud cover that's settled over Columbus go away!
I'm coming to the end of week five for Spring quarter, and I can honestly say I'm completely over this whole school thing, at least right now. I love being up in Columbus, and spring quarter is always full of warm nights out and spending all day lounging in the Oval, but I am sort of bored with seeing the same thing out my window day in and day out (which, by the way, is a brown house or a white wall, depending on the direction!)
However, five more weeks isn't that many, and I'm just trying to have a happy ending to my junior year! I have another little this quarter, who is just as fun as my little last quarter! I sort of think I've lucked out, having two pretty swell littles in a row. Maybe I shouldn't push my luck and have another one next winter! Anyway, with Spring Initiation underway, we've been having all sort of outtings, such as this week when we went miniture golfing. I came to the conclusion I'm just bad at it all around, and probably shouldn't be allowed near a golf club!
I'm starting to get really pumped for the summer... as if I wasn't already! West Side Story should be quite exciting, despite the fact I'm not the biggest fan of that musical in general. My costume construction and designing has been put on hold, though, what with school and all. I'm a little bummed, because I don't think I'll have the things completed I wanted to before I go. Hopefully there will just be some time for me to sit and sew those first few weeks! I honestly cannot believe this year has gone so fast and its only 50 days away! I was trying to remember last year, and what my feelings were at this time concerning my summer. I honestly can't remember, but I do know I had no idea what I was in for! And, in some ways, I don't really know what I'm in for this summer. I'll be going back as a second year counselor, and I'll actually know the camp, some of the other counselors, and the campers once they get there. It will be a completely different way to see camp, since it won't be all new like last summer.
On the other hand, things I do know are that I cannot wait to see some of the other returning counselors, considering most of them live in completely different continents! I was actually chatting with Alex, who is a camp friend from Australia, last night and we were discussing what our relationships would be with one another after camp were it not for things like Skype and Facebook. Imagine trying to keep in contact with people all the way in Australia without those things! Its hard enough to get a chance to chat, since I usually talk to my Australian friends late at night and its early morning for them. Letters would take forever and phonecalls would be nearly out of the question. I suppose that, as annoyingly addicting as facebook is, I appreciate it if only for the fact that I can keep in contact with my friends abroad. It would be so awful if I couldn't keep in contact so easily, as I'm sure our busy lives would overtake our desire to write one another. So, in conclusion... hooray for internet and easy forms of communication!
I've been working in the costume studio this quarter, and since I've been around there awhile now, I'm getting to either work on myself, or assist on some more difficult projects. Mostly its been a lot of alterations lately, but it is a good thing to see. I've got a basic idea of how to alter pants larger or smaller, which hopefully will come in handy a bit this summer. I know some of those poor kids were wearing GIANT pants in Fiddler! I also feel as though, the more I learn, the more I might actually be prepared to go to graduate school. Yes. I'm still thinking about grad. school, where I'll go, if I'll get assistantships, and everything else. In some ways, I almost want it to be next year so I can start my application process. I don't like waiting and thinking about things. I sort of want to know now but... that's not possible, so I will wait until next year.
I suppose that's enough of an update. I have a midterm in an hour, then I'm heading home. I suppose I'll pack now.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
3 April 2009
Upcoming Things I Am Happy About
1. 14ish months until I get to start a new chapter of life.
2. 3-5ish months until I hopefully get to be reunited with both Marissa and Anna.
3. 80ish days until I get to go back to Lindenmere.
4. 80ish days until I get to see favourites like Dom, and Monroe, Bec, Luke, etc., etc.
5. 80ish days until I can get away from the overly structured programme of school and be free to create costumes I like.
6. 80ish days until Gabel's.
7. 80ish days until a fabulous trip to the Mt. Pocono Wal-Mart.
8. 80ish days until I will hopefully meet a group of amazing new people.
9. 9 weeks until I'm done with school for the year.
10. 3 hours until my mommy comes to take me home for the weekend. :]
1. 14ish months until I get to start a new chapter of life.
2. 3-5ish months until I hopefully get to be reunited with both Marissa and Anna.
3. 80ish days until I get to go back to Lindenmere.
4. 80ish days until I get to see favourites like Dom, and Monroe, Bec, Luke, etc., etc.
5. 80ish days until I can get away from the overly structured programme of school and be free to create costumes I like.
6. 80ish days until Gabel's.
7. 80ish days until a fabulous trip to the Mt. Pocono Wal-Mart.
8. 80ish days until I will hopefully meet a group of amazing new people.
9. 9 weeks until I'm done with school for the year.
10. 3 hours until my mommy comes to take me home for the weekend. :]
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
1 April 2009
Its my friend Nick's birthday today.
List of 5 Things I'm Going to Do Today
1. Go to class.
2. Buy OSU football tickets.
3. Take a break from [Insert Summer 2009 Show Names Here] and instead make sketches of '08 Colour War costumes.
4. Buy a Black Ink Cartridge for my Printer.
5. Go to some Phi Sigma Pi stuff at some point.
List of Costumes from '08 Colour War
1. Ants
2. Pigs
3. Watermelon
4. Ladybugs
5. Silverware & Napkins
6. Fly
7. Horses
8. Sandwiches
9. Hillbillies
I think that's it. I have to go through my notes to be sure, though, I think I spilled McDonald's on my colour war costume notes one night at probably around 3 or 4 AM. Darn.
List of 5 Things I'm Going to Do Today
1. Go to class.
2. Buy OSU football tickets.
3. Take a break from [Insert Summer 2009 Show Names Here] and instead make sketches of '08 Colour War costumes.
4. Buy a Black Ink Cartridge for my Printer.
5. Go to some Phi Sigma Pi stuff at some point.
List of Costumes from '08 Colour War
1. Ants
2. Pigs
3. Watermelon
4. Ladybugs
5. Silverware & Napkins
6. Fly
7. Horses
8. Sandwiches
9. Hillbillies
I think that's it. I have to go through my notes to be sure, though, I think I spilled McDonald's on my colour war costume notes one night at probably around 3 or 4 AM. Darn.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
31 March 2009
I am here, tonight, to make lists. I'm sort of in stress major mode for no reason in particular. I'm worried about graduate school, even though its an entire year away. I'm worried about making a portfolio. I'm worried about not getting in to graduate school. I'm worried about what I'm suppose to do if I don't get in to graduate school. I'm worried about what classes to take next Autumn. I'm worried about driving to camp. I'm worried about the weird dreams I keep having about people dying. (Morbid, I know. What the hell is wrong with me sometimes?) I'm worried that tonight I will be woken up by people screaming outside my window again. Its not healthy, is it? Doubtful.
I mean, I'm not obsessing. Its just things that tend to work their way into my thoughts during the day, and make me worried. I'm just a worrying sort of people. So when I'm sort of stressed, I like to make lists. I'm going to make lists of good things, because positive lists are the best.
5 Things I Enjoy About Working in Theatre
1. The freedom to create anything, really, on stage.
2. The ability to take the audience into a completely different world for a short amount of time.
3. The people I've met in the theatrical world, and how everyone seems to have a completely different idea on how to do things.
4. Being about to listen to musical soundtracks without seeming like a completely nutcase.
5. Being apart of a medium in which being creative is good, having new ideas is embraced, and uniqueness is treasured.
So I found this song today, and I know its going to sound stupid but it really hit home for me in some ways. I like it. Here are the lyrics.
Die, Vampire, Die! from [Title of Show]
Susan:
There are some people in the world who say that writing stories,
or composing music or dancing sparkly dances is easy for them.
Nothing interferes with their ability to create.
While I celebrate their creative freedom,
a little part of me just wants to punch those motherfuckers in the teeth.
This song, I sing this song for you guys and for all the rest of us. Help me out y’all
Backup:
We’ll sing backup
Susan:
You have a story to tell, a novel you keep in a drawer.
Backup:
Old sock drawer!
Susan:
You have a painting to paint, but you lazy like an old French whore
Backup:
Je suis whore
Susan:
You have a movie to make, Shrinky Dinks you can bake
but you best grab a stake, cause,
in sweep the vampires, in creep the vampires, knee deep in vampires,
Filling you with doubt. Insecurity, ‘bout what you art should be
in sweep the vampires
All:
Die vampire
Susan:
You sketched that turtle you saw in an ad on late-night cable TV
Backup:
Tippy Turtle!
Susan:
But your fourth grade teacher said
Female Backup:
You can’t draw
Susan:
Aww, those vampires just won’t let you be
Backup:
Fuck you Ms. Johnson, Word!
Susan:
And when they come run like hell, see those bats in your belfry, then call on Van Helsing.
Susan:
In swoosh
Backup:
Ooh, the vampires
Susan:
in a whoosh
Backup:
ooh, the vampires,
Susan:
Babaganoosh
Backup:
ooh, all the vampires
Susan:
Filling you with thoughts of
Backup:
Self consciousness
Susan:
Feelings of
Backup:
Worthlessness
Susan:
They’ll make you
Backup:
Second guess
Die vam-
All:
-pire!
There are so many vampires, inside, outside, and nationwide,
it helps to recognize them with this vampire hunting guide!
Listen closely,
a vampire is any person or thought or feeling
that stands between you and your creative self expression,
but they can assume many seductive forms.
Here’s a few of them!
Backup:
Tell us Susan!
Susan:
First up are you pygmy vampires.
They’ll swarm around you head like gnats and say things like:
Backup:
Your teeth need whitening
You went to state school?
You sound weird
All:
Shakespeare, Sondheim, Sedaris
Susan:
Did it before you and better than you, or they might say that you cannot
sing good enough to be in a musical, or they might say:
Backup:
Ooh, your song’s derivative,
Ooh, your song’s derivative,
Ooh, your song’s derivative,
Susan:
To keep that song from you! Just tell them:
Backup:
Die vampire, die!
Susan:
Brothers and sisters, next up is the air freshener vampire,
she might look like you mama, or your old fat-ass, fat aunt Fanny.
She smells something unpleasant in what you’re creating.
She’ll urge you to:
It with some pine fresh smell ’em ups.
The air freshener vampire doesn’t want you to write about
Backup:
bad language, blood, or blow jobs
She wants you to clean it up and clean it out.
Which will leave your work toothless, gutless, and crotchless
but, you’ll be left with two tight paragraphs,
All kittens that your grandma would be so proud of.
You look at that air freshener vampire in her fat ass, fat old fuckin’ face and you say
The last vampire is the mother of all vampires and that is the vampire of despair.
It’ll wake you up at 4am to say things like:
Backup:
Who do you think you’re kidding?
You look like a fool.
No matter how hard you try, you’ll never be good enough
Susan:
Why is it that if some dude walked up to me on the subway platform
and said these things, I’d think he was a mentally ill asshole,
but if the vampire inside my head says it,
It’s the voice of reason.
Backup:
You have a story to tell, pull your novel out of that sock drawer!
You have a painting to paint, you best paint it and then paint some more!
Susan:
Oh baby, you must escape and grab it by the nape of its neck, by the trachea
fuckin’ break it, go on drive a stake in,
Yeah there’s no mistaking, now you’re shake and bakin’
All:
Die, vampire
I said, “Die, vampire”
I said, “Now die vam-pi-re, die!”
In fly the vampires, oh my the vampires, then die the vampires,
filling you with life, creativity, all that you heart should be, out go the vampires
Die vampire, die vampire, die vampire, die!
I mean, I'm not obsessing. Its just things that tend to work their way into my thoughts during the day, and make me worried. I'm just a worrying sort of people. So when I'm sort of stressed, I like to make lists. I'm going to make lists of good things, because positive lists are the best.
5 Things I Enjoy About Working in Theatre
1. The freedom to create anything, really, on stage.
2. The ability to take the audience into a completely different world for a short amount of time.
3. The people I've met in the theatrical world, and how everyone seems to have a completely different idea on how to do things.
4. Being about to listen to musical soundtracks without seeming like a completely nutcase.
5. Being apart of a medium in which being creative is good, having new ideas is embraced, and uniqueness is treasured.
So I found this song today, and I know its going to sound stupid but it really hit home for me in some ways. I like it. Here are the lyrics.
Die, Vampire, Die! from [Title of Show]
Susan:
There are some people in the world who say that writing stories,
or composing music or dancing sparkly dances is easy for them.
Nothing interferes with their ability to create.
While I celebrate their creative freedom,
a little part of me just wants to punch those motherfuckers in the teeth.
This song, I sing this song for you guys and for all the rest of us. Help me out y’all
Backup:
We’ll sing backup
Susan:
You have a story to tell, a novel you keep in a drawer.
Backup:
Old sock drawer!
Susan:
You have a painting to paint, but you lazy like an old French whore
Backup:
Je suis whore
Susan:
You have a movie to make, Shrinky Dinks you can bake
but you best grab a stake, cause,
in sweep the vampires, in creep the vampires, knee deep in vampires,
Filling you with doubt. Insecurity, ‘bout what you art should be
in sweep the vampires
All:
Die vampire
Susan:
You sketched that turtle you saw in an ad on late-night cable TV
Backup:
Tippy Turtle!
Susan:
But your fourth grade teacher said
Female Backup:
You can’t draw
Susan:
Aww, those vampires just won’t let you be
Backup:
Fuck you Ms. Johnson, Word!
Susan:
And when they come run like hell, see those bats in your belfry, then call on Van Helsing.
Susan:
In swoosh
Backup:
Ooh, the vampires
Susan:
in a whoosh
Backup:
ooh, the vampires,
Susan:
Babaganoosh
Backup:
ooh, all the vampires
Susan:
Filling you with thoughts of
Backup:
Self consciousness
Susan:
Feelings of
Backup:
Worthlessness
Susan:
They’ll make you
Backup:
Second guess
Die vam-
All:
-pire!
There are so many vampires, inside, outside, and nationwide,
it helps to recognize them with this vampire hunting guide!
Listen closely,
a vampire is any person or thought or feeling
that stands between you and your creative self expression,
but they can assume many seductive forms.
Here’s a few of them!
Backup:
Tell us Susan!
Susan:
First up are you pygmy vampires.
They’ll swarm around you head like gnats and say things like:
Backup:
Your teeth need whitening
You went to state school?
You sound weird
All:
Shakespeare, Sondheim, Sedaris
Susan:
Did it before you and better than you, or they might say that you cannot
sing good enough to be in a musical, or they might say:
Backup:
Ooh, your song’s derivative,
Ooh, your song’s derivative,
Ooh, your song’s derivative,
Susan:
To keep that song from you! Just tell them:
Backup:
Die vampire, die!
Susan:
Brothers and sisters, next up is the air freshener vampire,
she might look like you mama, or your old fat-ass, fat aunt Fanny.
She smells something unpleasant in what you’re creating.
She’ll urge you to:
It with some pine fresh smell ’em ups.
The air freshener vampire doesn’t want you to write about
Backup:
bad language, blood, or blow jobs
She wants you to clean it up and clean it out.
Which will leave your work toothless, gutless, and crotchless
but, you’ll be left with two tight paragraphs,
All kittens that your grandma would be so proud of.
You look at that air freshener vampire in her fat ass, fat old fuckin’ face and you say
The last vampire is the mother of all vampires and that is the vampire of despair.
It’ll wake you up at 4am to say things like:
Backup:
Who do you think you’re kidding?
You look like a fool.
No matter how hard you try, you’ll never be good enough
Susan:
Why is it that if some dude walked up to me on the subway platform
and said these things, I’d think he was a mentally ill asshole,
but if the vampire inside my head says it,
It’s the voice of reason.
Backup:
You have a story to tell, pull your novel out of that sock drawer!
You have a painting to paint, you best paint it and then paint some more!
Susan:
Oh baby, you must escape and grab it by the nape of its neck, by the trachea
fuckin’ break it, go on drive a stake in,
Yeah there’s no mistaking, now you’re shake and bakin’
All:
Die, vampire
I said, “Die, vampire”
I said, “Now die vam-pi-re, die!”
In fly the vampires, oh my the vampires, then die the vampires,
filling you with life, creativity, all that you heart should be, out go the vampires
Die vampire, die vampire, die vampire, die!
Friday, March 20, 2009
20 March
So for those of you that don't know, I am on a tour of the east coast currently. Reason?
College searching.
I'll start at the beginning.
We left on Wednesday (18 March) and drove. And drove... and kept driving. And where did we end up? Yes, my friends, the place I'm always rambling on about, the place I can't wait to get back to, the place that anyone else might find to be rather boring but I find it amazing...
Tannersville, PA. Home to Camp Lindenmere.
I drove past Gabel's, and Turkey Hill, and Mr. Z's. I drove up the hill and went by camp. It was actually sort of strange, really, to be there when I knew no one was inside the camp. It looks weird without kids running around, and the trapeze isn't there. Only 95 days until I get to go back. I can't wait.
However, I didn't linger in Tannersville long. I mostly just drove through to see it... as weird as that sounds. It made me happy to see it all again and relieve a million memories from the summer. After Tannersville, I went to goo old Scranton to spend the night. My dog refused to go into the hotel. He actually made me stand out in the rain as he looked around the parking lot for about ten minutes. I ended up picking him up and bringing him inside.
The next day, we headed off to Connecticut, heading through Hartford and going straight to Storrs, CT... home of University of Connecticut. I was plesantly sureprised with their campus, though, in some ways it reminded me of a combination of a smushed down OSU and a prettier version of BGSU. I feel like it'd be a good school, and I'd be happy there... I'd just really like to go to a school that doesn't belong to a conference with "Big" in the title... you know? I mean, I'm going to a state school right now and I would just like something different. However, it'd all come down to which school gives me the best deal, so, I can safely say I think it'd be a good place.
After a trip to UConn, we headed back towards Hartford and to our hotel in East Windsor. We had a delicious dinner at the Maine Seafood Restaurant. And then I watched Grey's. And Skins.
Today was the day I was waiting for: Yale Day. If I could pick any school to go to, it'd be to Yale. It was just as amazing as I had predicted it to be. I stood outside their theatre building and just sort of... stared. Yale is my big goal. I don't know if it'll happen, but I'm going to try as hard as I can to make it happen.
After Yale, we headed towards Rhode Island, driving along backroads the entire way. Gorgeous little town after town. I proclaimed I would live in all of them. We stopped in one at a tiny dinner... and sat next to the three most annoying children ever. One shoved my mother when we were trying to leave the restaurant. I usually like kids. I didn't like those.
In Rhode Island, we went to Newport because I wanted to see the big houses. Oh my god. They are amazing. I can't believe anyone would actually want to live in something like that, but looking at them was more than enough. They were absolutely gorgeous. Highlight was seeing-- well, sort of seeing-- The Breakers. We couldn't get up close, but saw it through the front gate. Its huge. Its austentatious... but its also gorgeous. I'm going back. I'm seeing inside.
Tonight is a slow night back at the hotel. Charlie is tuckered out, and is currently asleep next to me (taking of most of the bed, I might add!) Tomorrow we're off to Massachuetts to check out UMass, Harvard, and Brandeis. Pictures coming soon!
College searching.
I'll start at the beginning.
We left on Wednesday (18 March) and drove. And drove... and kept driving. And where did we end up? Yes, my friends, the place I'm always rambling on about, the place I can't wait to get back to, the place that anyone else might find to be rather boring but I find it amazing...
Tannersville, PA. Home to Camp Lindenmere.
I drove past Gabel's, and Turkey Hill, and Mr. Z's. I drove up the hill and went by camp. It was actually sort of strange, really, to be there when I knew no one was inside the camp. It looks weird without kids running around, and the trapeze isn't there. Only 95 days until I get to go back. I can't wait.
However, I didn't linger in Tannersville long. I mostly just drove through to see it... as weird as that sounds. It made me happy to see it all again and relieve a million memories from the summer. After Tannersville, I went to goo old Scranton to spend the night. My dog refused to go into the hotel. He actually made me stand out in the rain as he looked around the parking lot for about ten minutes. I ended up picking him up and bringing him inside.
The next day, we headed off to Connecticut, heading through Hartford and going straight to Storrs, CT... home of University of Connecticut. I was plesantly sureprised with their campus, though, in some ways it reminded me of a combination of a smushed down OSU and a prettier version of BGSU. I feel like it'd be a good school, and I'd be happy there... I'd just really like to go to a school that doesn't belong to a conference with "Big" in the title... you know? I mean, I'm going to a state school right now and I would just like something different. However, it'd all come down to which school gives me the best deal, so, I can safely say I think it'd be a good place.
After a trip to UConn, we headed back towards Hartford and to our hotel in East Windsor. We had a delicious dinner at the Maine Seafood Restaurant. And then I watched Grey's. And Skins.
Today was the day I was waiting for: Yale Day. If I could pick any school to go to, it'd be to Yale. It was just as amazing as I had predicted it to be. I stood outside their theatre building and just sort of... stared. Yale is my big goal. I don't know if it'll happen, but I'm going to try as hard as I can to make it happen.
After Yale, we headed towards Rhode Island, driving along backroads the entire way. Gorgeous little town after town. I proclaimed I would live in all of them. We stopped in one at a tiny dinner... and sat next to the three most annoying children ever. One shoved my mother when we were trying to leave the restaurant. I usually like kids. I didn't like those.
In Rhode Island, we went to Newport because I wanted to see the big houses. Oh my god. They are amazing. I can't believe anyone would actually want to live in something like that, but looking at them was more than enough. They were absolutely gorgeous. Highlight was seeing-- well, sort of seeing-- The Breakers. We couldn't get up close, but saw it through the front gate. Its huge. Its austentatious... but its also gorgeous. I'm going back. I'm seeing inside.
Tonight is a slow night back at the hotel. Charlie is tuckered out, and is currently asleep next to me (taking of most of the bed, I might add!) Tomorrow we're off to Massachuetts to check out UMass, Harvard, and Brandeis. Pictures coming soon!
Saturday, February 14, 2009
I've never been someone who hated or loved Valentine's Day. I sort of forget about it a lot of the time, to be honest. I only have three Valentine's Days I can actually remember. Each of those times, something cute happened. It was sort of nice.
My freshman year of HS, a friend of mine brought both me and Hannah roses for Valentine's Day. Everyone ooh-ed and ahh-ed over the whole thing. It was exciting to happen as a freshman.
Junior year, while I was at home from school before my one act rehearsal, I got a mysterious package in the mail with a bracelet in it for Valentine's Day. I harassed everyone I knew about it, but no one ever seemed to know who it was. I do though.
And then, last year, the boys of the fabulous Alpha Epsilon Initiation class got all dressed up and brought the girls cute little Valentine's. It was possibly the most adorable thing ever.
This year, though, was exceptionally interesting Valentine's wise. A Valentine from Australia and from England showed up for me. Its nice to know I have international Valentine's. Everyone should be so lucky.
I feel very blessed.
Happy Heart Day. Go get yourself some chocolate.
My freshman year of HS, a friend of mine brought both me and Hannah roses for Valentine's Day. Everyone ooh-ed and ahh-ed over the whole thing. It was exciting to happen as a freshman.
Junior year, while I was at home from school before my one act rehearsal, I got a mysterious package in the mail with a bracelet in it for Valentine's Day. I harassed everyone I knew about it, but no one ever seemed to know who it was. I do though.
And then, last year, the boys of the fabulous Alpha Epsilon Initiation class got all dressed up and brought the girls cute little Valentine's. It was possibly the most adorable thing ever.
This year, though, was exceptionally interesting Valentine's wise. A Valentine from Australia and from England showed up for me. Its nice to know I have international Valentine's. Everyone should be so lucky.
I feel very blessed.
Happy Heart Day. Go get yourself some chocolate.
Monday, February 2, 2009
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