He's a What? He's a what?

Well I just finished an awesome chapter of senior year...the Musical! My last school musical...SO Depressing! I thought I should take the time to write down some good memories etc so that I can remember them! So here goes...

-Red light challenges

-Intermission Tradition: Taking pics with Alec

-Singing Trouble along with Sam from back stage

-Watching my cousin Anne beat up Sam and Colin

-"I like to shower with candles and Nora Jones"

-Dancing to "Good Girls Go Bad" in the dressing room

-"Isn't shipoopi your theme song?"

-The picks making their bird hats at my house

-My fabulous footbridge dress

-The feeling when I bowed on opening night was AMAZING! It felt so good to have an audience clapping for us.

-My hand shake with Annie

-The Paroo family cheer...1,2,3, PAROO Hit-hit-hit

-3 scowls and 3 lip bites

-Cast circle/Susan quotes and Cast (Unofficial) Prayer

-Prayers with Maddie

-Leaf fights

-Having people around to comfort me when I had breakdowns!

-Being able to grow so much as an actress and singer...Becoming Marian

-Practicing Till There Was You with Sam every night at intermission

-When Sam would mouth my words without realizing it

-All the awkward comments about kissing...Hahaha!

-Marian the Librarian in general was such a fun scene especially when we got the dancing down

-Sleeping in the wings

-Going to get a 64oz with Bryson and listening to Muppet T

reasure Island after practice

-Bryson #1 future husband and Alec #2

-Talking in Italian accents with Maddie

-Ewart the Duck

-Emiline in her grandma costume

-"I think Sarah and Sam are finally getting this kissing thing down." (Sam's Mom)

-My frogs from Lori and Collin

-Cinnamon buns!

-The airborne in a mug+my slippers+curlers=SO HOT!

-Flowers!

-Hugs from Nathan

-My BYU water bottle

-The constant cheerleading from the whole cast

-Almost killing Makade

-When Sam and I decided we have a brother/sister type relationship

-"Sarah make out with the air...I want to see that tongue!"

-When Sam came back from being sick! Hallelujah!

-Having my mom around to cheer me up

-Big Sexy Hair

-Dressing room ranting sessions

-Signing autographs for little kids...I felt like a princess at Disneyland

-Closing night when I cried because I had to take my "pretty dress off"

-Getting to be a Sass!

-Making Tyler feel awkward

-Red lip stick

-Waking up with aching feet every morning

-Doug's prayer for me to not scowl and for Makade to get better!

SO MANY MORE GOOD TIMES!

The SWINE!

Airborne 3 Times a Day

Vitamin C....More then the recommended dose

Bed Early

Fruits and Veggies

Cough drops...Just in case

64 oz of water...And occasionally SODA

No singing in Choir/Ensemble

I am not letting the swine get me without a fight!

Our Song

Ok I know this post is going to be cheesy but, deal with it! Hehehe! So this week was Homecoming and I had a blast! One thing that was so awesome was that Russ and I now have a song. I was recently talking to Amy about how he rarely even listens to music and so we didn't have a song. I told him this and we decided we would eventually find one. As we were driving home from dinner, Truman turned on For the Longest Time by Billy Joel. We all belted it out (except for Bailey who unfortunately had a cold) and as I listened to the words I thought it was perfect! Russ squeezed my hand and I looked at him and said "How about this one?" and he said ok! So there you go Amy, now we have a song!

A Few Nice Things

So as I have said before (at least I think) I am in my school's production of the Music Man. We haven't been rehearsing over U.E.A. so to keep it fresh in my mind I have been reading Meredith Wilson's story of how he wrote The Music Man entitled (ironically enough) "But He Doesn't Know the Territory." I have loved reading it and I came across this passage that really helped with the ever important character development. Since I am going to be living and breathing Marian for the next few weeks, I thought I'd post it:

"Her first act song—the first version of “My White Knight”—was at that time in the form of a short introspective ballad, expressing her longing for the guy of her dreams. When we know exactly what kind of guy that is, we ought to know what we don’t know yet about this girl. Her lyric in this song, so far, didn’t tell us enough. It isn’t a Lancelot she wants, nor a John L. Sullivan. She’s not a snob either—she doesn’t want any egghead necessarily, nor is she afraid of getting a little manure on her front porch from the local Iowa farm boys. Okay, we know all that. What else? Maybe she just wants a guy who is not too Iowa-Stubborn to love her and admit it once in a while. A guy who is not ashamed of a few nice things she likes around the house. Like the Marble Faun and Emerson’s Essays. “A guy,” I says, “who—for example—is not ashamed of a few nice things. Just someone who loves her, who is not ashamed of a few nice things!” And there it finally sat—just like that. Fell into the lyric like a clam in the chowder. And the three of us let out a holler and rushed out the door to dinner. Once of these days I’d unravel Miss Marian for keeps. Now I knew."

Sailing for Adventure

Muppet Treasure Island is simply a movie that I could never get sick of! Such a classic...! I was pondering this because this week a friend from the musical burned the soundtrack for me! It brought me so much bliss that he would actually do that and it brought me even more bliss that I got to listen to it after a long day at musical, with my bud Bryson and with a 64 oz. of Diet Dr. Pepper in my hand! Such joy. This just goes to show that the most simple things in life can bring the most joy. So I just thought I'd take some time to give a tribute to those loveable Muppets.

--"When you're a professional pirate...You don't have to wear a suit."

--"Love led us here."

--"It just feels so weird." "What that Mr. Errowls dead?" "Well that...and my pants are full of starfish!" "You and your hobbies!"

--"I may be visually challenged but I know you are a girl!"

--"Beware!" "What of the one legged man?" "No...of running with scissors...it's all fun and games till someone loses and EYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEE

EEEEEE!"

--"How does she do that?"

--"Your finger hired the crew?" "No that is silly...Mr. Bimble the man who lives in my finger hired the crew."

--"Let's not get sloppy just because we're singing!"

--"What was that song that happened just now?" "What?" "You know, Cabin Fever AH!"

--"You know the ocean...the big blue wet thing?"

--"Aren't you supposed to be fighting against us?" "Are you kidding?I LOVE YOU GUYS!"

Rainy Days and Mondays...

Have you ever heard the song "Rainy Days and Mondays" by the Carpenters? Great song, you gotta love the Carpenters. But you know something, I strongly disagree with it. I love RAINY DAYS...and it made today (a Monday ironically!) that much better. The rain just gets rid of all my problems, it makes everything fine and dandy. I didn't even care that I had a headache at rehearsal or that the directors were grouchy cause it was RAINING! So much joy. I can't imagine why people don't like the rain. It makes me so happy! I think this means I have to move to London or Seattle--somewhere that it rains a lot!

Word Vomit

Most of you who read my blog...haha like two people...know that I love just letting all the random comments flow out of me. Sometimes I do it to rant, to let my thoughts escape my crammed head, to say what I want and just for the sake of being RANDOM! So here goes...

--I am learning the song "Fallin' for You" by Colbie Calliat on the guitar! It is a gem of a song.

--Vitamin C's "Friends Forever" song is NOT a gem of a song. In fact it makes me want to vomit.

--Photoshop is my new favorite thing...I could play on it for HOURS!

--I dislike it when raspberry seeds get stuck in my teeth.

--Some people are just dang amazing at giving hugs...Lucky me!

--Section leader? Does this mean I have to pay attention during sectionals?

--We might need to actually talk to each other beforehand or this could be potentially awkward.

--A date where you go to the Top Stop is actually very romantic in my opinion! Plus Jamba, Wendy's and Five Guys would be a good addition.

--"She's got you high and you don't even know yet..."

--Ali is my Mix Making soul mate! Who knew our music tastes are so similar!

--Sometimes it is very healthy to be late to seminary because you are getting Otter Pops at Stuart's house.

--I am already on the awkward wall in Yearbook...Wow...

--Who doesn't like guacamole on their Cafe Rio salad? That is just straight up bizarre!

--He tells me what I NEED to hear not what I WANT to hear. So good for me.

--"Me and Julio down by the schoolyard!"

--I am still giddy that we now possess the ROCK!

--Child Care is going to be lonely.

--New favorite people make life exciting, especially people in musicals! So many awesome peeps!

--"Don't you forget about me!"

--I love to speak with my version of an Italian accent.

--Say that to my FACE!

--"Well I love your spleen..."

--I want to watch the Mr. Rogers where he goes to the Crayon factory.

--Tilamook cheese is the BEST!

--3 steps lower...Bummer...I like those high notes...

--"Eat slugs Malfoy"

--Marrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-ian!

--What about the Bob the Builder theme song for Graduation?

--I am going to have Russ make me some sweet stickers in graphics! Woot!

--I love playdough, especially pink playdough! JOY!

--Focus...Focus on BOB!

--"Just because it's right doesn't mean you should...Oh wait just because you should...wait...NEVERMIND!"

--"You! Your tacky and I hate you!" I love School of Rock.

THE END...FOR NOW...