Oldies but Goodies

So I've taken a couple strolls down memory lane lately. Firstly, by spending a week in Yreka at my parents house sans 'rents looking at old crap in boxes. Secondly, by seeing 2 old friends from highschool last night as well as running into a college aquaintance in ashland. Last night I went to see a play at the Shakespeare festival with Trish Kimbell and Pete Townley both of whom are doing very well and yet are still drawn to Yreka inexplicably. Yreka is, as my dad always says, and as pete drunkenly pointed out last night, "God's Country." Even the athiest that I am, I have to agree that it is very nice. Here is an example:

My friend trish is actually making a living as a performer/teacher which is exciting. She gets to travel a lot and I'm pretty jealous of that but sort of not envious because I would go crazy being on the road all time. Pete is living in Yreka right near my parents and working for the government doing top secret conservation/agriculture stuff and most likely saving the world in ways I'll never understand. But they both seem to have a lot of passion for their careers which I am very jealous of. Oh, and since marigold thinks I should talk more about diabetes in this blog, I'll mention that Pete's little sister also has diabetes so it is interesting to talk to him since he kind of knows first hand what it is all about. Usually I have to explain how it works and I found myself listening to him explain it to trish which was nice. She thought I didn't have diabetes anymore so pete and I got a good laugh out of that one. I also got to hear what some of my fellow Yreka High graduates are up to these days which is always interesting.
On the way to the theater I ran in to Jen Belt who I went to college with and had some theater classes with. She is a very talented actress/writer amongst other things and it was a pleasant surprise to see her again and to meet her husband. She used to date my friend andy rydzewski when she lived in humboldt so she was sort of my friends girlfriend who I never really got to know because I am a horrible bitch. We saw a play called Room Service which was very funny and slapsticky although I was disappointed because there was an ottoman right in front of one of the entrance that not one person tripped over during the entire show. Why did they put it there if no one was going to trip over it? Huh? Eh? What is up with that, yo?
Also, I got news the other day that I got a part in Judgement at Nuremberg that will start when the whale show is over. I get to play Maria Wallner, the character judy garland played in the movie. It is a very good part with a couple of very intense courtroom scenes. I'm pretty excited about it. One of the other actors is Jeff Golden who is this extrememly liberal local radio guy on jefferson public radio who my grandmother and brother worship like a god. They are so jealous of me.

So you have all my news.

the end

my vacation is coming to an end and I still have nothing to say about anything. just goes to show. just goes to show.

The Almighty Truth

I guess the truth is I don't have much to say. I thought it was a matter of time and accessability that led to my few and far between posts but I'm thinking now that I just really don't do much that inspires me to write about it. I did get a part in the musical afterall. I have to drive up to ashland tomorrow and do a read through. Here is the theater's website if you want to check it out.
oregon stage works
I'll be paying Regina who is a kick ass bitch reporter. It is the fun part so I'm glad to do it. It'll be less work too. Fewer lines, only one song. But I'll get more out of it than playing a mother role. Mothers are sort of stupid. Unless they are mother fuckers! right? right?

Happy valentines day, by the way. Where are all my flowers and candies?

I black history month and presidents day.

auditions

I forgot that I hadn't mentioned anything since I last posted about my audition. It went very well and I most likely have a part but they haven't called me back since the day after I auditioned. They called me to let me know that I will probably be in the show but that they don't know what part I would play. That was over a week ago. Maybe they found someone they liked better. I don't know. I have to call them back before tuesday because that is when they were going to have the read through. Theater people are fucking flakey assed mother fuckers though, so I'm not really that worried. My other audition is for the season at the camelot theater where I did the last show. I'll be auditioning for like 6 shows at once. That should be fun. Fun like a hole in my head.

Actually, I like auditioning.

Excuses

Steve wondered why I don't post very often in a comment recently. The reason is because I do most of my blogging afterwork at a coffee place or at the library and sometimes at work which is bad. And I feel guilty for it. So guilty, in fact, that I inadvertently recommended that my boss add spyware to my computer at work. I don't know how it happened really, all I know is that one minute I was asking her questions about web access at work and the next minute she was answering my questions by showing my how our spyware works and then showing me how to install it and then installing it on my computer. Oh well. It is for the best, really. I shouldn't blog at work and I shouldn't read other people's blogs at work. I don't have a computer at home but that all may be solved soon because my brother's coworker is selling him his for really cheap because he is an alltech kind of guy who needs the newest shit all the time. So I may be able to post more frequently. In fact, this week I expect a lot of blogging since I am in Yreka for the week with no working at all. I'm very excited. All this guilt and anxiety at work would also be solved if I took marigold's advice and got another job which hopefull I'll be able to work on this week too. Nothing makes me feel more guilty than looking for and applying for jobs at work, both of which I have done in the past couple of weeks.

The real problem, I think, is that I am a stimulus whore. I have to have constant stimuli and at work I sometimes need to be reading the news when I answer phones and make appointments. I have the least amount of errors and the most productivity compared with my coworkers according to my boss so I don't think it really effects my job but it does make me feel guilty. all the time.

So in addition to making up shit to write about here and looking for a job, I have several other projects to work on this weekend. I have to pick a song and monologue to do for another audition on saturday and then I have to work on them. I brought all my CD's so I can make some kick ass mixed CD's for myself because I enjoy doing that. I also brought my gamecube and some piano music so I can learn to play the piano again and play my new lord of the rings game. Every minute will be accounted for. My parents have an endless supply of magazines and I brought a couple books. The only thing I don't have are movies but I can watch tv and rent a movie if I want to.

Also, currently my brother and I are obsessed with Tenacious D. I got 2 dvd's from netflix with live stuff and their hbo stuff and some videos. My brother is especially obsessed with the song Tribute and plays it over and over and over again. Just before and after this part especially.


It is pretty awsome and I recommend it heartily to all and sundry.

Unmentionables

I forgot to mention, mainly for steve's benefit, that my favorite musical family, the Wainwrights, were all featured in the Aviator. First Rufus, then Loudon the III, and then little martha. All singing old timey type songs at the coconut grove. It was interesting and almost disturbing since I thought I was all underground and stuff with my love of loudon and martha(everybody likes rufus), but I guess if they are all in the biggest movie of the year I am just very cutting edge but not really very cool. Oh well. Also, remember when I was complaining about musical theater hell? I have an audition today for another musical and it has kids in it again so I am either a glutton for punishment or I don't know what. I'm pretty excited, though. It'll be a bigger part then the show I was in and a smaller cast, which will be nice. The show is called The Boy Who Talked to Whales.

It sounds very sweet, doesn't it? I got a call out of the blue yesterday from the woman who choreographed the last one and she really likes me. I don't think I am shoe-in necessarily but I think I have a very good shot at a part. I'm not looking forward to more rehearsals, however, especially now that American Idol is back on. I love that shit so much.

Good News and Bad News

Well the good news is, my job decided not to change our insurance plan just yet. It was too soon and the doctors also said that it was unfair to change it suddenly without giving us all time to prepare for the change. The bad news is that I still kind of can't stand this job and they are going to change it most likely in july so I am still going to try to get a job somewhere else in the mean time.

In entertainment news, I saw the aviator this weekend. I liked it. I really liked Kate Blanchett but Leonardo is just such a little boy still. He has a little boy voice and a baby face. He is very interesting to watch though. I do like him and I did like the movie. My two favorite parts were the courtroom scene with alan alda and the beverly hills plane crash scene. Howard Hughes was totally awsome!!!!

I am taking a vacation in Yreka so you can expect quite a few posts during the week of 2/14 through 2/18. If anybody reading this wants to take a vacation during this time, my parents are gone so we can totally have a party at my house. Its the best kind of vacation because I get out of my house and go to a better house, for free, with cable and a computer and the internet and free food and I'll bring my game cube and my books and I'll do nothing but entertain myself and drool for a whole week while my parents are in LA going to disneyland and generally LA-ing it up, LA style. I love Yreka sometimes. If you ever want to go somewhere where no one will know where you are or care, go to Yreka. But if you are expecting to visit the Yreka Bakery, you are out of luck because no such palindromic establishment actually exists despite the crazy money making machine it would be what with all the palindromophiles out there. And by that I mean you, Steve.

I think I'll try to kick my caffeine habit during that week. Yes! Yes, that would be an excellent idea. Whenever I see Yes! Yes! written just like that I am reminded of a kurt vonnegut character who, if I can remember right, was the elevator operator in Cat's Cradle and would grab his own ass and yell "Yes! Yes!" when he agreed with something whole heartedly. Isn't that what he would do?