Oh, life...

Hey blog! I miss you. I've been busy with work and rehearsals. Luckily, I had most of the day off to chill, so I thought I'd write a little blog. I'm using the word "little" lightly because I have no idea how big this blog will be.

So yeah, like I said earlier, life life is extremely busy with work and rehearsals. I get up early to go to work for 8. I work until 4. I run home to take care of my dog, Josey, and to eat. I then go to rehearsal with Chase, Kaleb, and Holly, and we usually make it there 5-10 minutes late. Sometimes we make it on time. Rarely do we make it there early. After rehearsal I go home, and I go to sleep because I have to repeat this cycle again the next day. I don't stop, but to sleep.

The weekends, on the other hand, are great. I get to chill with friends on the weekend. These are the best times: dinner, movies, belting in the car, tubing and chilling on the boats (so much fun), and sitting on my house. My only regret is that I haven't been able to see my other friends outside of Li'l Abner. They have tried, but the circumstances have prevented me from hanging out with them and even seeing them. I'm going to work on that. I miss them.

I have to say that I need a break from this rehearsal schedule of daily rehearsals with no breaks. I don't think I can handle 3 more weeks of driving out to Norco every day. Also work is starting to take it's toll on me. I know it has only been 2 weeks, but I'm running out of music to listen to. I feel like I've gone through over 2/3 of my iTunes library. I need some shaking up in my life.

Earlier this week our cars were TPed while we were all inside rehearsing for our show. There were post-its (some with "clever" messages [Yet of all the messages on my car, none were about me. Hmmm....])  and taco bell hot sauce packets. That's a new one. Props to Team Power Hungry. We caught them hiding behind our cars. It's not very smart for a big guy to hide behind a little car. We cleaned up the mess and went back to rehearsing. We find out later that they came back with toilet paper, window paint, and more post-its. Team Fuck Them Bitches Up definitely got Team Power Hungry back.

Random story: Just watched the last couple minutes of Click. The scene where Adam Sandler dies in the rain is so sad. I literally started the movie at that scene and cried. That has to mean something about the acting there. My favorite line in that scene is the message written on the napkin saying: "Will you still love me in the morning?" So good. All real love should be like that. It's a huge sign that that love will last forever (Even though the couple in the movie were actually divorced, they still loved each other.). *Sigh*

Ok. I think I'm done, but since it officially feels like summer, I just want to set a few goals for myself for the summer:

1. Get money

2. Make a plan to visit New York (and hopefully follow through)

3. Do as many musicals as possible

4. Spend lots of time with all of my friends

5. Get a little tan

6. Have a summer fling (that does not cause drama and that may/may not continue into the fall)

7. Find some good songs for my repertoire

8. Live life

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Laura Benanti (The Wedding Singer and Into the Woods) guest starred as Beth on a show on ABC called Eli Stone. Her part wasn't huge, but it was big enough for her to come back for a few more episodes. On one of the episodes, she sits down at a piano (I don't know if she actually played for it) and sings. She sounds simply beautiful. This is the whole scene from the show. The song starts at about the minute mark. So enjoy.

Oliver and Company. You remember that old Disney movie? I don't remember much from that movie except a song. That one song the little girl plays the piano and sings to Oliver. It made a huge impression on me in m childhood. It touches my heart. Listen, and enjoy.

This is Disney's official video (recorded live) of "Step In Time" from Broadway's Mary Poppins. I love a good tap number. They tap with such ease. They make it look so easy. I'm jealous.

BAM!!