Back at the Berg!

Theatre Logic
In is down, down is front,
out is up, up is back,
off is out, on is in,
and of course -
right is left, and left is right.

A drop shouldn't and a
block and fall does neither.
A prop doesn't and
a cove has no water.

Tripping is O.K.
A running crew rarely gets anywhere.
A purchase line will buy you nothing.
A trap will not catch anything.
A gridiron has nothing to do with football.

A Strike is work
(in fact a lot of work).
And a green room, thank God, usually isn't.
Now that you are fully versed in theatrical terms,
Break a leg...
but not really!

 

On that note, buy some tickets for SMT 2004!

YAY Harry Potter!

"The spiders want me to tap dance!  I don't want to tap dance!" -Ron, still scared by a nightmare

"Tell them that." -Harry

 "Okay, I'll tell them that." - Ron, going back to sleep

So, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban had the biggest opening day ever (it beat out RotK by 6 million!  What's that about?!), and I was there to see it.  Shannon and I were all ready - she made us popcorn to bring with, I brought a soda with me, she bought a soda and then I got a thing of Milk Duds for a mere $1.  So food in hand, we journeyed to check out the line for theatre #1, which was ENORMOUS.  Now, anyone who's been to Neshaminy's theatre knows how damn big the big theatres are...and these were a LOT of people waiting in line....which we were not yet in.  So, Shan had a word with a manager, and he let us go straight in and get our seats while everyone else continued to stand in line.  It was sweet!  Anyway, I loooooooved the movie.  Maybe it helped that I haven't read the book recently and thus didn't care about all the stuff they cut out?  But I loved the tone of it, and the acting is much improved this time around.  It's a good time, and I can't wait to see it again.

I don't know what else is new.  I spoke to housing and I'm now officially moving back to Muhlenberg in June 17th - I'm kinda in denial about that though.  I've been learning how to drive stick shift, which is of course very challenging and occasionally stressful.  Last time I went out with mom we made progress though.  I'm getting much better at shifting gears smoothly.  But I only have two weeks to practice in, so I better do some more of that!  I've also gotten some more reading done - I read Howl's Moving Castle in the space of a day, which was good cute fun, and since then I've been reading Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville, which I just finished today.  He's spretty great at world-building.  I've also improved quite a bit at Grand Theft Auto ;)

I need to catch up on phone calls and do some moreprep work before heading back to the Berg...  so if I haven't returned your phone call, I will soon!  Before I end this entry, some words for the wise:

-Don't forget to cheer on Wicked at the Tony's!

-Duplex - bad rental; Welcome to Mooseport - good rental

some links that won't interest you but oh well

My cousin is going to be famous (Caroline Betty)!

I haven't been able to go out in the sun, or do heavy lifting, (medication and back problems) so instead of helping Mom with the mulch this weekend, I helped clear out the house of Old Stuff and Books.  Good times.

A word to the wise:  Master & Commander is boring and has no plot.

i hate the eighties

bold those that apply to you

1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCH!"

2. You watched the Pound Puppies. no, but I played with them

3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air." i think...

4. You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish.

5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-Sitters Club and tried to start a club of your own.

6. You owned those little Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.

7. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom.

8. Two words: M.C. Hammer

9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock."

10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars.

11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales."

12. You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.

14. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big screen.

15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.

16. You played the game "MASH"

17. You wore a Jordache Jean jacket and you were proud of it.

18. L.A. Gear

19. You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten.

20. You remember reading "Tales of a fourth grade nothing" and all the Ramona books.

21. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF."

22. You wanted to be a Goonie.

23. You ever wore flourescent clothing.

24. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off.

25. You have pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

26. You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.

27. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets

28. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence.

29. You remember Hypercolor T-shirts.

30. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band.

31. You thought She-Ra and He-Man should hook up.

32. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged friendship bracelets.

33. You owned a pair of jelly sandals. more than one pair, my friends

34. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?"

35. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up!"

36. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.

37. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip 'n' Slide.

38. You have ever played with a Skip-It.

39. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonald's.

40. You've gone through this list occasionally saying "totally awesome."

41. You remember Popples.

42. "Don't worry, be happy."

43. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights.

44. You wore socks scrunched down.

45. "Miss MARY MACK MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK"

46. You remember boom boxes vs. CD players.

47. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.

48. You knew what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!"

49. You remember watching Rainbow Brite and My Little Ponies.

50. You thought Doogie Howser was hot.

51. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.

52. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool.

53. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By the Bell," the ORIGINAL class.

54. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - "YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME"

55. You played and or collected "Pogs" that was SO 1994.

56. You used to pretend that you could transform into a Power Ranger.

boredom

Gotta love it when you wake up in the morning...and you're bored.  Afternoon, actually.  That's been the summer so far (in a nutshell).  Don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying it, though!  So far since being home, I've gotten some sun, done some reading (Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams and Wicked - books I found in Beth's room, in other words), seen some movies, played some Sims, and now I'm finally getting out of the anti-social mode that plagues me when I go home.  Tonight I went out with Sam and Shan to see Shrek 2, which was funnnny, and tomorrow is lunch with Kristy.  I'm so jealous of these people who went abroad this past semester; I wish I had been in Italy or back in London!  And Jen and I saw Mean Girls last week, which was enjoyable, but it would have been nice if Jen had seen the movie, too, and I wasn't watching most of it by myself!  ;) 

I've really been enjoying that reading, I've been reading about 3 hours every day, except today.  Wicked the musical is soooooooo nothing like the book, though - I'm a little dissappointed by that, but it's still a good read.  I haven't seen much of Jason cuz he's been off working in NYC so much, but we saw Troy last night (finally), and I enjoyed it despite it's inaccuracies.  My main problems with the movie were: a)the fact that Paris is more beautiful than HELEN is  b)Agamemnon dieing  and c)the hero shots of Achilles.  Yes, he was chiseled and pretty and impressive, but the camera didn't need to IDOLize him quite so much! 

Next Tuesday I have to head back to reality a bit with the SMT company "picnic", but it's just a few hours of reality before I can come home and live in my boring little bubble for a bit longer.

On a completely different note, what's with those gas prices, yo?

almost done!

Stop the Insanity

 

In terms of finals, I just have one more paper to revise and then hand it in tomorrow!  Then it's packity packity home home home.  Hooray!

classes are over, but the work isn't!

Women Writers - final paper -->Thursday

History of Drama II - revision of a paper, final paper, prep for final exam essays, final exam -->Tuesday

Shakespeare II - final take-home exam (two essays) -->Monday

Beginning Jazz Dance - Empie Emporium performance -->tomorrow

Extraneous - informal dance show, Friends party, MTA Formal

only 4 more papers to go *sigh*

Women Writers - 1 meeting, 1 paper

History of Drama II - 1 class, 1 paper, 1 final exam

Shakespeare II - 1 class, 1 paper

Classical Acting - 1 class, 1 paper

Beginning Jazz Dance - 1 classes, 1 Empie Emporium performance

Extraneous - 1 dance show, 1 MTA meeting, 1 Formal

all the places i THINK I've seen...

visited states - almost half!

create your own personalized map of the USA

visited countries - 4%.  Go me.

create your own visited countries map

Wicked was awesome!

Women Writers - 2 classes, 2 papers

History of Drama II - 2 classes, 1 paper, 1 final exam

Shakespeare II - 2 classes, 1 paper

Classical Acting - 2 classes,  1 final scene, 1 paper

Beginning Jazz Dance - 2 classes, 1 Empie Emporium performance

Extraneous - 1 dance shows, 1 MTA meeting, 1 Formal