Hope everyone had a happy food day! I did. Made hard candy with the family, got totally stuffed cheesecake, saw people from work, all in all, a good holiday. Except for the part with me not seeing people from Austin - that kinda sucked. I did see Rosie, though - that really rocked my face off. We went up to AMC (saw Allen, woot woot!) and watched "Love, Actually". Okay, everyone who is reading this needs to drop what they are doing and go watch this movie right now. Dude, it was so great. I saw it again with my mom that night. It was ridiculously funny, really romantic, and put me in a very holiday-ish mood. Man, I want to see it again. Played the Disney Trivia game with my little brother and sister. I totally kicked their asses. I meant to bring it back up to Nac with me, but I forgot. Blast.

I'm trying to get up pictures from "Pericles", but the CD that I got when I developed the pictures is being retarded and won't let me copy/paste into here. Poo.

"You mean there was more than one lobster present at the birth of Jesus?"

Wow. I slept in until 1 p.m. today. I haven't done that in like....ever. Let's recap last night's events, shall we:

Closing night for "Pericles". Props to everyone who came and watched; we hope you liked it. I'm really sad that it's all over, but I had a blast working on it. Everyone in the cast was uber energized and you caould tell that they really wanted to go out with a bang. We did have a small setback, though. One of our guys, Andrew, went to the hospital that morning and couldn't be in the show. He's had mono for the past couple of weeks, so we were kind of expecting something like this to happen, though. We had Matt prepare for all of Andrew's parts right before warm-ups, though, and the show was completely seamless. Mom and my cousin Adam came to see the show and were really impressed by it; Adam even caught all the film references - that impressed me. It's funny, right before curtain, I got really excited when I thought about them being in the house. I never get excited about stuff like that (with the exception of Dad and Kathy coming to "KMK", but that was different). Immediately after the show was strike. Dude, nothing like H.S. strikes. First off, the guys all "struck their faces" and shaved all their beards and stuff that Neilson had made them grow. We were there until 3 a.m. taking down sets, lights, props, and memories. Amber and I tried to pass the time by singing show tunes. It was like "Strike: The Musical". Afterward, everyone went to the cast party. I don't normally go to parties, but I really thought that I earned this one, however, Mom wanted to go to breakfast thi morning, so I didn't go. *tear* Anyway, yeah. Mom call the room this morning at 8 O' CLOCK A.M.!!!!!!!! to wake me up. Holy mother of God, I could have killed her. She called back again at 9 to let me know that she was downstairs. Man, I'm surprised Audrey didn't kill me. So, yeah, went to IHOP, short trip to Wal-Tucky, and then I went back to the room and went to sleep. Excellent.

"I can't see the point of theatre. All that sex and violence. I get enough of that at home. Apart from the sex of course." - Baldrick, Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility

The show. Well, let's see, can you say "Superfly"? Sure, I knew you could. Yeah, the show has been going absolutely swimmingly (that's such a funny word; it's my word of the week). We've had pretty good houses so far, and the audience reaction has been great. When I'm in the dressing room I can hear the play over the speaker intercom system, and the audience laughs at the most random times. I'm like, "Dude, that isn't even funny!", but hey, whatever floats your boat. Anywhoodle, yeah. It's a bit strange, though, I feel a bit like I've been running on auto-pilot. It's like class, eat, study, call, sleep. That's not even completely accurate - take out most of the eat and sleep, then you've got it. But I haven't really been feeling anything; it's just that everything's going by so fast that I don't have time to enjoy it - sort of, I have been enjoying myself a little. But, yeah. Had another photo call last night. Didn't get home until about 1:15 a.m. Poop.

Oh, yeah! And after the show on Wednesday, Laura (the ASM) gives me this rose and says it was from Thomas from Damien. Now, this is really depressing, but my immediate thoughts were "why the hell would Damien send me a rose?", because there's this guy in the cast named Damien who plays Pander (the pimp) who I barely know, and who's nice and really funny, but still some one who I barely know. Anyway, during yesterday's warm-ups before the show, I go up to Damien and say (in the most non-romantic way possible) "Hey, dude, thanks for the flower; it was superfly", Only to find out that it wasn't from him, it was from another Damien that I know (I just noramlly refer to him as Fred Weasley, 'cause he looks a lot like that character from "Harry Potter"). Yeah, aside from feeling like a total idiot, I got those thoughts again, "why the hell would Damien send me a rose"? I've talked to Damien (Fred) about 1.5 times total, and everytime I run into him, he follows me around for 10 minutes afterward. I guess I answered my own question. Man, this puts me in an akward position. Man. And speaking of guys....well.....I'll give you my whole spielle on that next time, 'cause I already wrote a lot.

Had another Math in Society test yesterday. I think I did halfway decent this time. Watch me get a 32.

"Laughter, tears, curtain." - O. Sullivan

Lord strike me down for putting this up here.

Another op'nin', another show
In Philly, Boston or Baltimo',
A chance for stage folks to say hello,
Another op'nin' of another show.
Another job that you hope, at last,
Will make your future forget your past,
Another pain where the ulcers grow,
Another op'nin' of another show.
Four weeks, you rehearse and rehearse,
Three weeks and it couldn't be worse,
One week, will it ever be right?
Then out o' the hat, it's that big first night!
The overture is about to start,
You cross your fingers and hold your heart,
It's curtain time and away we go!
Another op'nin',
Just another op'nin' of another show!

As much as I absolutely loathe that song, I actually caught myself singing it again yesterday. It is a terrible song, and every time I ever had to sing it, I cringed; but it really does encompass a lot of feelings that we go through as thespians. Yeah, I guess I'm getting all nostalgic....well...not really nostalgic, but I can't think of the word that I want. We open, not in Venice (blasted song; I've noticed that I've started saying "in Venice" when I hear anyone else say "We open....." it's a bit depressing), but tomorrow. Wow. It's been quite a ride. I'm going to be really sad when it's over. I've heard a lot of things from upperclassmen about how you lose the jitters and the excited feelings after a couple years; the thrill of the stage just disappears. It becomes more and more like actual work. I hope that never happens for me. Those feelings are what I live for. And, yes, theatre is work, but it's like no other kind of work out there. I could go on forever about how much I love this stuff, but I'll desist. Suffice to say, all "Pericles" cast/crew: remember why we do this. Go out there and have fun, and perform like no one's watching. Break a leg.

"We're actors; we are the opposite of people." - Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

Wow, last night we teched Part II. Got out fairly early, around 11 (which is nothing compared to "Follies" last year, which lasted until 2 a.m.). But we had a few major crises. One of our girls, Katy has the flu, and her mother said she might be ready by Monday. MIGHT. DUde, we open on Tuesday. Man, we're all kinds of worried. We re-cast all of her roles, just in case. I took over her pupetteer work; not too hard. I'm so excited about the show. I'm wondering if everyone else is, though. I mean, I'm having tons of fun working on it, but I can't help but get that feeling that it might not be that much fun on the other side of the curtain. There's this little pit-of-my-stomache worry that the show is like "Kiss Me, Kate"........in that it's a show that people do a good job at performing, but the subject matter sucks. The problem with "KMK" was that you didn't care about the characters; whether Lilli and Fred got together or not didn't matter because no one cared - however, we did a pretty good job performing it. We did a lot of different things visually, and we had good talent, yada yada. But even when I saw it at "T.U.T.S.", I was like, "yeah, this is good, but it doesn't do anything for me. I could leave in the middle of the show, never knowing how it ends, and I wouldn't care." I worry about "Pericles" in the same way. Visually, the show is stunning. We have amazing costumes and great sets, and all these puppets and shadows and stuff. But I wonder if that's the only thing that makes the show interesting. Hhhmm.....stuff to ponder. Anyway, yeah, what a reason to come and see the show! we open in like, 3 days. Madness, I say, madness.

"Kindly to do not attempt to cloud the issue with facts."

Happy Thursday. It's been a crazy last couple of days. I just got back from Pro-Lab: heinous; well, not really heinous, but Steve repeated his usual "go sweep something" routine with me. I'm getting just a teensy bit perturbed with it. Come on buddy, you've seen what I can do, give me some credit, here. Arg and Grr. Anyway, moving on. Last night we had our first cue-to-cue tech run of the show. Man, that was an experience. I swear, we must have done the Antiochus scene about 15 times. But, hey, at least I said my line. :) I got off lucky and went home at about 10:45, but most everyone else stayed way later; sometimes having a bit part is good. Even though the run was immensely boring, I still had fun. Bonding with the cast and whatnot. I played "B.S." and "Spoons" for the first time in ages. I fell on a ramp and scraped my elbow, though - that wasn't too cool. We do the cue-to-cue for part II tonight. Hope that goes well.

Went in and got advised yesterday. Taking 17 hours next semester. Stage Movement II, Hist., Eng., Beginning Acting, Geology, Pro-Lab, and Stage Makeup. Superfly. And my advisor was so superwickedgreat. She has been sitting in on rehearsals and coaching us with voice and whatnot. She gave me some great compliments about my carriage, prescence, and character. It made me warm and fuzzy. I haven't really gotten any feedback from Neilson, though. Well, I suppose if I don't have any notes, then I must not be doing anything wrong at least.

The new trailer for "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" is online! Woot woot! Man, I love the books so much, but I didn't really like the first two movies. I mean, they were okay, but not that great. This new director, Alfonso Cuaron ("Y Tu Mamma, Tambien" and "A Little Princess") is definetly getting my hopes up, though. I hear he's going more for style and depth than the hard-core faithful adaptation that Chris Columbus tried to do. Thank Bob. Anyway, t he trailer looks amazing. Check it out at http://www.mugglenet.com I think you need Quicktime to play it, though.

Oh yeah! I tried to install a comment thingy. So, you should be able to say stuff about individual posts as well as say stuff in the Shoutbox. Just click on the "comment" thingy, enter you comment, and it should appear at the top of the box the next time you click on it. I hope I did it right......

"Me dad's a muggle. Mum didn't tell him she was a witch until after they were married. Bit of a nasty shock for him."

Happy Tuesday, all. Well, we open in a week. That's insane. I can't even fathom performing this show for people next Tuesday. Not that we aren't ready, it's just that I can't believe that I'm going to be onstage. Dude, I'm in a mainstage! Woot woot! But, yeah. We hit the stage for the first time on Sunday. Man, that was crazy. It totally threw all of us off. Example: I didn't say my line. My one line. I didn't forget it, or anything, I just didn't say it. What the crap!! I walked on stage and it was like some one hit me over the head with a stupid stick and I lost the ability to from thought. And the funny thing is, there was this pause in dialogue, and I was thinking "dude, Pericles needs to learn his lines." Man, it is confirmed, I am a nutcase. But we rebounded with doing tons better yesterday.

Audrey, Jacque and I are watching "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" right now. After the success of watching "The Green Mile", we've decided to instate a weekly movie night. Anyone, anyone? Bueller?

"They're like.....the talismans of power. You know, like when they're all together, they're a source of unspeakable evil! But then they all get separated and you have to collect 'em. So like the board would be like the jungle board. And the second board is like ice world, and then there's probably a desert world in there......"

I've been meaning to put this in here for a while. My friend Justin wrote a song about me. It's crazy. I was so honored. I promised him that I would put it on my blog and that was like, 3 weeks ago, so here it is. By popular demand, "Lubeck"

Once knew a girl I called Grace.
The Reason for this name’s not clear.
‘Cause she always falls on her face.
So she constantly lives in fear
Of the floor.

On the floor, on the floor
Pick yourself up and fall once more
On the floor, on the floor
Pick yourself up and fall once more

Most girls when they get pimples
Avoid public places like the mall.
But Grace’s reason is much more simple:
Always afraid she will fall
On the floor.
Repeat Chorus

Grammy material, that.

"Everyone is different. No two people are not on fire."

Okay, I just got off the phone with my parents. Let me tell ya, I'm thoroughly perturbed. I mean really hacked off, here. I got this scholarship from the Ford people b/c my biological Dad works there and whatnot. Okay, I go the check and sent it to SFA for them to coendorse, but it got lost or something. So, I wrote them a letter asking them to re-issue the check about 2 months ago, so, yeah. Well, my mom calls me all annoyed b/c SFA hasn't gotten the check yet, and she thinks it's my fault, but of course she's not going to say so. Then she has my step-dad talk to me b/c apparently having me talk to some one who I can't stand is going to help? Anyway, he's all "you'd better figure out what's going on, or you may not be in school next semester" and he's got that "I think that you haven't been taking care off all of the paperwork, but I'm not going to say that I think you didn't take care of all your paperwork" thing goin' on. Dude, WTF!!!! Don't even go there with me!!!! What the heck do you think I have been doing? Just making you pay all this extra money for college on purpose when I know that I could get you out of another couple thousand?! No, dude, this so isn't funny. Like, I'm really mad. What do they think I'm doing? Way to trust me, guys. I better not write anymore, b/c I'll probably say something that I'll regret. You know what? Screw that, my parents don't read this! Screw my freakin' parents!! Dad, or Paul, or whatever the heck I should call him, has always been all condescending towards me and known just what to do to get on my nerves. He still treats me like I'm 5 years old and can't be trusted with taking care of a flobberworm. AAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!! Oh yeah, and I got a new coat.

"Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't they?"

Happy Thursday, all. I just finished my English essay on the Vietnam War, and I'm all kinds of excited, so I thought I'd share. I think I did a really good job on it, too. Audrey provided necessary encouragenment. I'm glad it's over and out of the way. This is the first time I've procrastinated since I've been here and I feel terrible. Being lazy stinks. Anyway. I can't believe we open in a week and a half. That's nuts, you don't even understand. We get out of the reheasal space and hit the stage on Sunday. That's going to be an experience. As Neilson would say, "that stage is going to take us 3 steps back." Yeah. The set is amazing, though, so I shouldn't complain about how difficult it'll be to move around on it. I have't been on stage since last May, and I'm all kinds of excited. We run Tuesady, Nov. 18 - Saturday, Nov. 22. Be there or I kill you. Sorry for the short updates. Nothing tremendously life-altering has been going on.....

Top Five Favorite Movies:
"Hook"
"It's A Wonderful Life"
"When Harry Met Sally"
"Mary Poppins"
"The Breakfast Club"

"It's exciting when you've written something that you know is good."

Okay, I just watched "The Green Mile" with Audrey and Jacque. Dude, it was so good. Like, I can't even explain. All of you who haven't seen this film need to go and watch it RIGHT NOW!!!! Like, seriously, don't even finish reading this post, go and see it immediately. What are you still doing here? GO!!!! Yeah. This movie was the best thing that I have seen in a long time. It's been quite a while since I've watched something that actually moved me, and this did that exponentially. I can't believe that I haven't seen this before. It was so incredible, you don't even know. Anyway, yeah. Are you still reading this? What is wrong with you?!?! Go, little children, go!

"He killed 'em with they love. That's how it is everyday, all over the world."

So, okay. I'm superwicked bored right now, so I thought I'd update. Hhmmm..... I got nothin'...... I had a dream about my History professor, Dr. Davis, last night. It only lasted, like, 2 seconds, though. We were going up the steps into a double-wide trailer and then he took my hand and got all teary-eyed. He said, "I have to tell you something, it's about your mom, Lily" (but my mom's name is Amy....) and I said "Is everything all right?" and then he said "I don't know if it ever was." And then I woke up. It was weird. Davis is like a combination of Kermit the Frog and Dick Van Dyke. Not in my dream, but in real life.

Top 5 favorite songs (barring Billy Joel):
"Build Me Up, Buttercup" by The Foundations
"Yesterday" by The Beatles
"Painted Black" by The Rolling Stones
"Come On, Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners
"American Pie" by Don McLean

"When you fall into a bottomless pit, you die of starvation."

Hey, kids. Halloween was super fun. My costume was a total hit, and I had a great time at Matt's party. I was a total rebel - stayed out until 3 a.m. That may have been a bad judgement call, however, b/c load-in for "Pericles" started this morning at 9 a.m. and ended at 11p.m. Dude, I was so tired, but I had fun, though. I did some awesome tech work. Steve stayed in Turner, and Brandy was in charge of the scene shop; she treated me like a human being with a brain, instead of a stupid actor. I built a boat, made some masts, good stuff. And during the lunch break, Sean said the most wicked-awesome thing ever: "Possum is like a combination of pot-roast and awesome!". Yeah, majorly profound, that. Oh, yeah! Speaking of lunch, I ran into Teppie today! She and her parents were checking out the school. It would be so fun if she came here, but I don't know if she would be able to deal with such a small town. sigh. Audrey's sister Jesse is staying the weekend with us, and we're watching "Harry Potter" right now. Super fun. :)

"I...must....not....look......like....a baboon's........backside..."