He said you be Debbie Harry, I'll be Joey Ramone.

So apparently the last time I posted I was in the middle of working behind curtains of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Those days ended quite some weeks ago. Taking a rest has been nice, but I miss going every day and feeling useful and having the awesome feeling of knowing I'm working towards my future and dream job <3

LUCKILY, I'll be back to doing just that on the 10th of this month, and this time tackling a new task - stage lighting! I can't wait. It's gonna be hard in the beginning...I don't have the slightest idea on how working in the lighting booth goes. There's lots and lots of buttons, so uh...it'll be confusing. My partner in lighting and friend Dante takes a lighting class, though. So that should help a bit, haha. The play this time is The Music Man. A show I don't even like, but of well. My friend Adam is acting in it and has one of the leading roles. He also sings the only memorable song, being "Shipoopie" (with a title like that, how can it NOT be memorable?).



I finished all the books mentioned in the previous post, and am now on to others. As usual, I'm working on a few at a time.
Fun Home; A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
The Predators by I can't remember
and I was about to say Paper Towns by John Green, but I remembered I finished it the other night. So I guess I'm not really reading many books this time. Paper Towns was good, though. When I need a break from things John Green books are great. He tells great stories with a serious tone but can always add laughs.



Last weekend my mom and I went all the way to Napa to see a high school production of "Les Miserables," one of my favorite musicals...even though I had never seen it live until that day. But I assure you, my soundtrack of it is quite worn out and begs for a vacation every week. Seeing the whole thing acted out rather that just listening to it made me understand the story a lot more. It was amazing considering that it was a high school done play. Mom thought so even more. She was crying in the end. A lot. And then she called her friend Margy and cried some more! So it was a fun day (:



And the greatest news, I'm going to Texas to visit my greatest and bestest friend in the whole universe in July! Brittany, here I come! We're both super excited. We haven't seen each other at all since she moved - almost three years ago. We're making a list of things to do and everything. Her uncle is also going to take us to a Jack's Mannequin/The Fray concert.

I AM SO SO SO SO SO EXCITED!!!

Hey, Mr. Curiosity, is it true what they've been saying about you?

*sigh*

For those of you that don't know, I've been extremely busy as of late. I'm working on the tech crew at Solano College for a musical called "How to Succeed in Business, Without Really Trying." Couldn't stand hearing the songs in it three times a day at class, but they grow on you. My favorite numbers are "Long Day," and "Brotherhood of Man" (which me and the tech dudes I work with have a ritual of dancing and singing to when it comes on, because it means, "Yay! The show's almost over!").

Basically what I do while I'm there is move sets on and off stage during blackouts and scene changes during the show, make sure the backstage (stage left, for I am in charge of stage left everything) area does not get over crowded with the freakishly huge number of furniture they use for this show, and make sure props are where they need to be when they need to be there. Oh, and to go find Scott when he's not there and needs to work the fly rail and he's wandered off...again -_- If you don't know what a fly rail is, it's this thing backstage with all these ropes you pull that bring sets up or down and pretty much makes things fly. And since the fly rail is on my side, stage left, that is why I'm usually the one tracking down butthead Scott when he's not there to work it.

I'm usually running back and forth from stage right and left and one hallway or another, so I don't have much down time once the show starts. My absolute least favorite part of this all is that STUPID WOODEN PALM TREE. WHY DOES A MUSICAL TAKING PART IN AN OFFICE BUILDING NEED A PALM TREE ANYWAYS?! This palm tree is evil. It's huge. Left a scar on my right shin, and has given me the equivalent to a massive rug burn on my hands. Only a few more weeks with the palm tree left.

Another good thing, I've made a new friend. We read a lot of the same books, and the ones the other hasn't read, we semi dangerously threaten the other to read it or else. Listen to classic rock and listen to Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" when we need a little pick me up. The only soda we like is Mountain Dew. We don't care when people give strange looks when we burst out in sudden dance moves. And, of course, we share a love for theater; musicals in particular.

I work lots of hours, but once I got the hang of everything, it became so worth it. I'm glad I didn't quit in the beginning when I was having trouble and hated it.




I'm reading a massive amount of books right now. I just can't find one good enough to totally dedicate my time to. My current reading list is as follows, starting with the first I started from the latest I've started:

-The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star by Nikki Sixx (interesting)
-Youth in Revolt by C.D. Payne (which is being made into a movie starring Michael Cera!) (quite funny)
-Atonement by Ian McEwan (boring, but trying to plow through anyway)
-American Gods by Neil Gaiman (weird)

And Jesse wants me to read the book he just finished and really liked, Hate that Cat by Sharron Creech. I'll get around to it eventually, because I love Sharron Creech and the book that comes before it, Love that Dog, was great.

Oh, and who saw Watchmen?! I was soooo looking for it, but it was a total letdown. SO SAD. I was bored half the time :( The amount of blood was GREAT, but other than that all we saw was Silk II being a little skank and Doctor Manhattan's man parts. Just because you're blue and glow-y, is NOT an excuse to go around naked all the time.

3:10 to Zuma

First of all, I'm aware that I totally screwed up the movie title.
Second, I didn't see 3:10 to Yuma, either.
Ahahaha. I made a funny =D

I am here today to encourage you to try out Zumbox (http://beta.zumbox.com/).
Think of all the unnessacary paper, gas, energy and man power we use every single day (except Sunday) to transport mail. I say it's time for that to end.

I learned about this here (http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/2549/72/) and I found it very interesting. So you should click the link.

I AM THE LORAX!

Life is froughtless, when you're thoughtless.

I haven't finished many books lately. I'm extremely ashamed of myself. BUT this afternoon I DID finish my bookclub book (!!!) for tomorrow. It's a graphic novel called "Road to Perdition," by Max Allen Collins. The movie with Tom Hanks in it is based on it. I haven't seen the movie, but since I read it, I probably will for comparison. The book got a little dull, but I think I would like the movie more. The storyline was good, but when it comes to killing people (which there's a lot of) and such, I prefer to watch it rather than read. More epic impact B)


Oh yeah ;D

I don't really know what else to write about, now...

I've been bored, lately.
I go to doctor appointments, like, all the time = Ugh.
I work at the library = Ugh.
I'm back at karate again = Ugh.
It's cold = Ugh.
My room smells = Ugh.
I see Eric = Well, that's not ugh.

I DO like my new school schedule though. Because of it I finished my bookclub book for once (!!!) (and because it was a great deal shorter than the past books, but shhhh).

I also wanted to post the picture from when I mummified Eric Saturday night (yes, I did), but I need to get ready for the library, and have no time to upload the pictures :(