Sick in bed

So as the title says, I am sick in bed. 9:30PM Saturday, and I am in bed. I guess I'm not really complaining since I usually don't have time to rest, so this is a nice change. Except it sucks to be sick. Every time sickness hits me, it hits hard. Actually, I have a couple of stories. Two or three years ago, I was sick practically the whole week of Mardi Gras break. The best story I have is when I was 11, I had a really bad fever and some weird red dots (not any kind of pox) all over my body, so the doctor sent me to the hospital because I had possible meningitis, which she said I could die from. [Ok, let's stop for a second. This was not my normal doctor, so I'll give her the tiniest of bit of slack. At the same time, this was the same doctor who sent my brother to the hospital for something when he really just stared up at the TV screen too much playing video games. But still! You don't tell a sick 11 year old that they could probably die. It scares the shit out of them! Be sensitive, damnit! She must have failed the course about death and bad news. So take note, Dr. Benutszi. Either go back and take the course you obviously failed in medical school or learn how to deliver bad news.] And apparently, 3 or so college students (who I think all went to Tulane) had died from it. So after 3 days in a hospital with no shower, and the only forms of entertainment being TV and N64 Pokemon snapshot game, I was released from the hospital testing negative for meningitis. Suck it, Dr. Benutszi!!

I'm hoping I will be better by the time I wake up early on Monday morning because the leads of Grease are going on the New Orleans WWL TV Channel 4 morning news!! I'm not exactly sure what we are performing, but we think we are performing "We Go Together," "There Are Worse Things I Could Do," and "Freddy, My Love." I'm actually really excited about it. I haven't performed on the morning news in years.

Grease opens this Thursday. Countdown: 5 days. We still have to choreograph 2 numbers and a dance break, and there are some holes in the blocking and scene changes and things like that. Hopefully, we will get that done tomorrow because we need to start running the show in full, plus we are adding the challenge of costumes on Monday. Thank God that mom kind of sort of agreed that I can take a week off of work (I think getting sick helped make that happen). My plans for the week: rest, get better (to get better and be well-rested for the show), and go dorm shopping with Monique. Oh shit. Monique leaves in like 2 weeks for school! Time to really make most of the time left before everyone goes off to school.

Oh yeah! I've started planning my first deconstruction video blog. If you don't understand what I mean, check out Seth Rudetsky's youtube channel, and watch one one of his deconstruction videos. Hopefully, you will watch a good one. I'm avoiding deconstructing any of the songs he has deconstructed, but I'm not making any promises. So my point is, I will hopefully have a video posted by the end of the week.

So I'm going to end the blog with a shout out to The Dani and Hannah Show: Episode 2! Click the link to watch the video.
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Sutton Foster singing a madlibs version of "Gimme Gimme" on a Broadway-centered improv show. For a while, they was a segment of the show where they have a Broadway star sing one of their most famous songs, but with a twist! The lyrics are changed. They lyrics don't make any sense, but it's so funny.


Alli Mauzey singing "Screw Loose" from the short-lived Broadway musical, Cry Baby. I wish this show could have released a CD. It seems like it has a lot of potential that it didn't have a chance to show off. So this is probably my favorite video that I have found from the show. The belting in the middle of the video is fan-freaking-tastic! Also, Alli is hilarious. It's simple but perfect. So good.


This is another Don't Quit Your Night Job skit thing. It's called the Overactors Symphony. My favorite is, of course, Sutton Foster. The video explains it all. Watch and enjoy!


BAM!!!