Day1 (Friday): I went to dinner with Burt, Katie, Blythe, and Casi at Superior Grill. We had a great time. But it was kind of a late night with an early morning the next day.
Day 2: Rehearsal at 9:30 in Destrahan. I have to get up early just to make it there on time. Rehearsal ends at 4. Very long day. I get home and nap. I'm pretty much broke and have no gas. I stay home by myself and stay up late, which was kind of nice.
Day 3: Woken up by a phone call from my mom saying that my grandparents were here for Mother's Day lunch and family time. It was fine until mom asks about getting a job. She then pretty much told me that my summer last year was wasted and that I should come work for her or find a job where I can work dealing with music education. I then gave her the cold shoulder for the rest of the day. Sometimes I just want to scream in her face and put her in her place. I have avoided working for my family because who in the real world thinks working for the family is a legit work experience? Plus, I hate working for my mom. She's demanding, persistent, a pain in the ass. She's just a big ol' bitch. I totally understand why her last assistant quit. Also, where is there a job dealing with music education in this city? The summer camps who do have some kind of music program are all full (I'm almost positive). I think she forgot (or, at least, put repressed it to the back of her mind) that I want to perform and that Music Ed is mainly a backup. So my mom's plans suck.
Day 4 (Monday): Woken up early by my mom [I really hate her for that]. I go back to sleep, wake up later, and run some errands for myself. Mom is still bugging me about what I'm doing about getting a job.
Day 5: Mom calls 2 minutes after I've woken up to ask about what I'm doing to get a job. A pain in the ass I tell you! Dad comes home later and asks I can introduce him at his fundraiser for his re-election campaign. Now, my parents have told me about this, but the date change like twice. In honesty, I forgot about it until about late last week. I'm not really sure that I can go. I have rehearsal. I could see it in his face that he is disappointed in me. [I could also see that I am not the son that he had hoped I'd be 19 years ago. Good thing he has my brother...] I tell him that I'm not sure I can even go to my cousin's rehearsal dinner for her wedding the day after, which is being held at my house, because of rehearsal. Thankfully (probably more for them), I can go to the wedding because it is after rehearsal. The wedding is also at my house held by the pool in my beautiful backyard. I am singing "The Prayer" with Monique as my wedding present. There is no doubt in my mind that we will sound fantastic.
So to the outside world and to my family, I have done nothing but go to rehearsal, sleep, and skipped out on family functions. I know I have done this, but is it bad to want to have a few days break after a stressful last 2 weeks of school with finals, moving out of the dorms, moving back home, and starting a new show? In the real world with a normal job, you get 2 weeks vacation. Where is my vacation!?
Oh, funny story. I mention on Mother's Day that I was getting a job because I'm spending so much money and because I want to go to New York. The next day she asks me about it. She assumed that I was saving up to move there. It makes me laugh that my family thinks I am going to move away from them and never come back. Funny thing is that I might end up doing that one day, once I make living for myself.
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Just a warning. I was crunched for time, so I just copied and pasted the video information.
This next video is a trailer for a documentary of the A Chorus Line Broadway Revival. I am dying to see this! "Every Little Step -- the feature documentary that explores the magic of A Chorus Line by following the behind the scenes casting process and the dramatic struggles of the 2006 Broadway stage revival. See how this international Broadway phenomenon has reached audiences in numerous countries in a variety of languages over a span of decades. In Every Little Step, life imitating art truly unfolds."
"'Puttin' on the Ritz' from Young Frankenstein - Pre-Broadway, Seattle Preview Run with Roger Bart, Megan Mullally, Sutton Foster, Shuler Hensley, Andrea Martin, Christopher Fitzgerald."
"'Good Mornin' from MUSKET presents SINGIN' IN THE RAIN featuring Alex Puette ('09) as Don, Jessica Hershberg ('08) as Kathy & Andrew Keenan-Bolger ('07) as Cosmo. A Jeffrey Yuan ('07) and Kyle Serilla ('08) Production. Directed by Gina Rattan ('08) & Natalie A. Malotke ('06). Choreography by Natalie A. Malotke ('06). Music Direction by Brian E. Buckner ('08). MUSKET is an all student run musical theatre company at the University of Michigan."
http://www.umich.edu/~uac/musket/
http://www.umich.edu/~uac/musket/
BAM!!
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