Opening night of our show TONIGHT!!!
We didn't get out of rehearsal until after 11 last night. I came in and not only decided to eat so late, but decided I didn't really feel like eating healthy either. I ate pizza.....I haven't eaten pizza in forever. Awful, but oh well. It was amazing. After adding 15 pounds to my figure I washed my face, brushed my teeth, pulled all of the bobby pins out of my hair and passed out.
This morning when I woke up I ran my fingers through my hair and quickly remembered how much hair spray I had put in it the night before. Ouch.
I've already got butterflies and a million things to do before tonight. Supposedly my Dad's side of the family is coming....I tried calling yesterday and couldn't get anyone to answer. Weird.
Wish me Luck! :)
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Good 'ole Chuck.
"What I want is to be needed. What I need is to be indispensable to somebody. Who I need is somebody that will eat up all my free time, my ego, my attention. Somebody addicted to me. A mutual addiction."
-Chuck Palahniuk
I'm skipping my Astronomy test as we speak.. Probably not the best of ideas but I felt like crap this morning.... just drained and achy. Oh well.
I'm now in the SLOW process of getting ready to head to campus for the rest of my classes today and then get ready for our LAST rehearsal before the show. Most people would be nervous, but I'm just glad that after tonight someone besides our instructors will be out there watching.
Being 4 days away from having some freedom back doesn't sound too shabby either! :)
-Chuck Palahniuk
I'm skipping my Astronomy test as we speak.. Probably not the best of ideas but I felt like crap this morning.... just drained and achy. Oh well.
I'm now in the SLOW process of getting ready to head to campus for the rest of my classes today and then get ready for our LAST rehearsal before the show. Most people would be nervous, but I'm just glad that after tonight someone besides our instructors will be out there watching.
Being 4 days away from having some freedom back doesn't sound too shabby either! :)
Monday, April 13, 2009
Sorry For Another Rehearsal Post...But That's All My Life Consists Of!!
Rehearsal was EXHAUSTING!!
5:00-10:30....I literally just walked in the door! It's pretty sad to say that I've eaten cereal like 5 times in the last two days because I'm just TOO tired to make anything else. Props to Cinnamon Chex....they make me a happy girl! Ha
You get to witness the wonderful headband first hand and apparently my awkwardly bony shoulder blade. --It doesn't always look that way, promise. haha
Will I meet my soul mate in the dance company? Doubtful. I'll let you use your imagination on why not. haha love them.
Just some dressing room love...I look like I'm about 12.
5:00-10:30....I literally just walked in the door! It's pretty sad to say that I've eaten cereal like 5 times in the last two days because I'm just TOO tired to make anything else. Props to Cinnamon Chex....they make me a happy girl! Ha
You get to witness the wonderful headband first hand and apparently my awkwardly bony shoulder blade. --It doesn't always look that way, promise. haha
Will I meet my soul mate in the dance company? Doubtful. I'll let you use your imagination on why not. haha love them.
Just some dressing room love...I look like I'm about 12.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Easter Sunday, Bum Day.
This is the first Easter I haven't spent with my family, and I'm bummed. A normal Easter would consist of going to church with mom and the kids, hanging out with them for a while and then heading to see my Dad's side of the family to eat way more than necessary. Oh...the amazing life of a kid with divorced parents! ha Don't let it fool you, I've grown up my entire life this way and you learn to love it....Although I refuse to fall into the norm of everyone these days, I will do everything in my power to marry the right person and make that commitment last.
I almost forgot to mention that on top of not getting to be with the family...and being home alone. I had the worst weather EVER to look forward to. It's been pouring ALL day long. Let's just say unloading groceries and rain don't go too well together!
Rehearsal was so draining yesterday...which is why I didn't make the drive home. We were required to be there at 10am. So I get there thinking I'm going to be dancing non-stop only to find out it was a "tech" rehearsal, which means they were trying to get the lighting and whatnot figured out for the show. We would start our dance like normal and while we were mid-movement they would say "dancers hold please" and we would literally have to freeze however we were. Upside down, in a lift...whatever we were doing had to be held. Which was hilarious...and pretty much impossible for a lot of people. So naturally, we made fun of each other...and then got in trouble for that. Soooo....we repeated every piece this way until 2pm when we FINALLY got a break to eat. We all went to Chili's and had lunch and had to be back at 4:30 for warm up. Then we had to run the entire show straight through.
I got to see my spanish styled costume for the "Conversations" piece...it turned out really good, minus the headband. It was a fabric headband that goes all the way around my head and it made me look like, well...not good. ha Oh well.
I finally got to re-decorate my bathroom today...it's still in the process, but I like it.
This is what I based everything else in the bathroom on. You can't tell that much about it, but all the pieces that aren't colored are little mirrors. It's really awesome...All the towels and other decorations are brown and cream :)
Anyways....I've got to get busy on a review that is due tomorrow and study for a test I have Wednesday that I know I'm not going to have time to study for later. Not to mention I've got some sour gummy bunnies that my room mate just brought me calling my name. :) haha
Happy Easter!
I almost forgot to mention that on top of not getting to be with the family...and being home alone. I had the worst weather EVER to look forward to. It's been pouring ALL day long. Let's just say unloading groceries and rain don't go too well together!
Rehearsal was so draining yesterday...which is why I didn't make the drive home. We were required to be there at 10am. So I get there thinking I'm going to be dancing non-stop only to find out it was a "tech" rehearsal, which means they were trying to get the lighting and whatnot figured out for the show. We would start our dance like normal and while we were mid-movement they would say "dancers hold please" and we would literally have to freeze however we were. Upside down, in a lift...whatever we were doing had to be held. Which was hilarious...and pretty much impossible for a lot of people. So naturally, we made fun of each other...and then got in trouble for that. Soooo....we repeated every piece this way until 2pm when we FINALLY got a break to eat. We all went to Chili's and had lunch and had to be back at 4:30 for warm up. Then we had to run the entire show straight through.
I got to see my spanish styled costume for the "Conversations" piece...it turned out really good, minus the headband. It was a fabric headband that goes all the way around my head and it made me look like, well...not good. ha Oh well.
I finally got to re-decorate my bathroom today...it's still in the process, but I like it.
This is what I based everything else in the bathroom on. You can't tell that much about it, but all the pieces that aren't colored are little mirrors. It's really awesome...All the towels and other decorations are brown and cream :)
Anyways....I've got to get busy on a review that is due tomorrow and study for a test I have Wednesday that I know I'm not going to have time to study for later. Not to mention I've got some sour gummy bunnies that my room mate just brought me calling my name. :) haha
Happy Easter!
Friday, April 10, 2009
Just an intro and a bunch of rambling about dance...
I guess in ways I'm just like every other college student in their twenties dying to be in the real world and out of the classroom...but who wants to classify themselves as typical?
Even though my "plate" is way past full, I decided that was even more the reason I should start doing this. I'm not going to be able to remember all this and one day I'm really going to want to look back on these amazing experiences.
---to elaborate on my "plate" let's start with the fact that I recently (by recently I mean this past fall, ha) moved 2 1/2 hours away from home and enrolled at a different college because of the new dance program they were opening. Although all of the dance classes + regular classes + rehearsals + shows +work, can be overwhelming I really love it and think it will all be worth it.
-the complicated part of this distance between my house and "home", is that EVERY Monday and most Saturday and Sundays I have to drive that long 2 1/2 hours to the studio my mom and I own, to teach. ---everyone always reacts the same way when I tell them about this by telling me how crazy I am. Which I guess when I step back and look at it, it is kind of ridiculous...but I just can't bring myself to close down my studio. I absolutely love my students and if I don't drive home to teach them...they don't have a choice but to find another studio. Mom passed the studio down to me when I graduated highschool and I feel like if I ever close it down, it will never be the same. I know more than likely I won't end up living in my hometown for the rest of my life, but at this point in my life I would rather wear my car and body out than make that big of a decision.....not to mention it's not exactly awful getting to see my family at least once a week. :)
I'm not sure what happened this month, or the last for that matter, but the weeks are FLYING by. I guess having rehearsals EVERY single night probably helps with that.
I know that it's normal to always doubt yourself, but I seriously get lost in the crowd sometimes. I look around in class at these amazing dancers and wonder how in the world I got there....and then I hear my modern teacher in the background and have to make myself forget about whatever I'm thinking about to try and master whatever insane choreography she came up with for today. To give a visual, she's one of the skinniest people I've met...and being in the dance business, that's saying alot. She used to have long reddish-blonde hair but I guess to add to her modern edge decided to cut it all off in a cut that's shorter than most guys...(has the whole Mia Michaels thing going on). She doesn't believe in giving our accompanist an 8ct or a beat to go off of, instead she describes the music she wants by saying things like "jeeyah teeeDAHteeDAH ehhhYUCKehhteeDAH". haha...that's the best I can do.
Today was just one of those days...I just really wasn't in dance mode. I just wanted to leave the studio, walk to my car....collect my 884539753rd parking ticket of the semester, drive to my house and get back in bed, but obviously that wasn't an option because if you miss a single class, you're out of the show. period.
I don't even want to re-read what I just wrote because I know 99% of it is about dance or something dance related. I hate that I'm that predictable...but it's all I ever do lately, so it consumes my conversation. I should really get out more. Like tonight for instance....my one night off, you would think I would go out to eat, maybe go see a movie or hang out with some friends, but instead I've been sitting at home all night and the only time I left was to pick up my takeout sushi. It's just like whenever I'm not at work or rehearsal all I want to do is be lazy. I can't wait to graduate and have a normal routine. I can't wait to get married and start a family....start teaching kindergarten (yeah, you heard me right) and expand my studio. :)
A few of my 5 and 6 year olds backstage at a competition. They did AMAZING!!
Even though my "plate" is way past full, I decided that was even more the reason I should start doing this. I'm not going to be able to remember all this and one day I'm really going to want to look back on these amazing experiences.
---to elaborate on my "plate" let's start with the fact that I recently (by recently I mean this past fall, ha) moved 2 1/2 hours away from home and enrolled at a different college because of the new dance program they were opening. Although all of the dance classes + regular classes + rehearsals + shows +work, can be overwhelming I really love it and think it will all be worth it.
-the complicated part of this distance between my house and "home", is that EVERY Monday and most Saturday and Sundays I have to drive that long 2 1/2 hours to the studio my mom and I own, to teach. ---everyone always reacts the same way when I tell them about this by telling me how crazy I am. Which I guess when I step back and look at it, it is kind of ridiculous...but I just can't bring myself to close down my studio. I absolutely love my students and if I don't drive home to teach them...they don't have a choice but to find another studio. Mom passed the studio down to me when I graduated highschool and I feel like if I ever close it down, it will never be the same. I know more than likely I won't end up living in my hometown for the rest of my life, but at this point in my life I would rather wear my car and body out than make that big of a decision.....not to mention it's not exactly awful getting to see my family at least once a week. :)
I'm not sure what happened this month, or the last for that matter, but the weeks are FLYING by. I guess having rehearsals EVERY single night probably helps with that.
I know that it's normal to always doubt yourself, but I seriously get lost in the crowd sometimes. I look around in class at these amazing dancers and wonder how in the world I got there....and then I hear my modern teacher in the background and have to make myself forget about whatever I'm thinking about to try and master whatever insane choreography she came up with for today. To give a visual, she's one of the skinniest people I've met...and being in the dance business, that's saying alot. She used to have long reddish-blonde hair but I guess to add to her modern edge decided to cut it all off in a cut that's shorter than most guys...(has the whole Mia Michaels thing going on). She doesn't believe in giving our accompanist an 8ct or a beat to go off of, instead she describes the music she wants by saying things like "jeeyah teeeDAHteeDAH ehhhYUCKehhteeDAH". haha...that's the best I can do.
Today was just one of those days...I just really wasn't in dance mode. I just wanted to leave the studio, walk to my car....collect my 884539753rd parking ticket of the semester, drive to my house and get back in bed, but obviously that wasn't an option because if you miss a single class, you're out of the show. period.
I don't even want to re-read what I just wrote because I know 99% of it is about dance or something dance related. I hate that I'm that predictable...but it's all I ever do lately, so it consumes my conversation. I should really get out more. Like tonight for instance....my one night off, you would think I would go out to eat, maybe go see a movie or hang out with some friends, but instead I've been sitting at home all night and the only time I left was to pick up my takeout sushi. It's just like whenever I'm not at work or rehearsal all I want to do is be lazy. I can't wait to graduate and have a normal routine. I can't wait to get married and start a family....start teaching kindergarten (yeah, you heard me right) and expand my studio. :)
A few of my 5 and 6 year olds backstage at a competition. They did AMAZING!!
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