So... first on the agenda: Happy Birthday to Benjamin! It's actually tomorrow buuuut seeing as I have work and a play audition tomorrow evening so... I wanted to make sure I did not miss it. Because I'm just the awesome. Just kidding, but really. Is true. ;)
Today was my one and only day off (aside from Sunday of course) for the week. I was hoping that it would be sunny and warm so that I could throw the windows in my room wide open and let it all soak in while I wrote on my laptop...! Alas. True to Brookings, it was overcast for the majority of the day and you could just taste the possibility of rain. Did it rain? No, of course it didn't. It was just cold...
Nevertheless! I did get quite a bit of writing done on two my stories! I'm so proud. :) Granted I meant to do some research as to my college stuff (I'll probably send out a couple emails about it to people I know who live in Provo) but I procrastinated again and so it didn't happen. You know what though? I am going to get SO much done tomorrow! After work, straight after it (you can even question me just to make sure) I will be calling the Stake President (or rather his secretary) and schedule an appointment to meet with him this weekend to wrap up my re-application to the Y and other such things that are important at this time in my life. :) It's going to be an interesting experience because I usually am pretty close with my Stake Presidents but I've only met this guy once and seen him maybe three times... in the same weekend. So... wish me luck! :D
Well... as eventful as this post is, I'm going to sign off and try and burn Michael Buble to my laptop... again. Darn disc player is ornery and picks and chooses which cds or dvds it wants to read and when... someone help me. ;P
Well, goodnight! And Happy Birthday to anyone else out there who might be reading this. Even you extraterrestrials. <3
Cassidy
25 July 2011
24 July 2011
The Sky is Such an Interesting Shade of Blue
Actually it was rather gray and overcast today in the little town of Brookings but that is very much besides the point.
The last few days were the first nights in about 4 years since I've been in a musical/theater production of any sort and I must say I enjoy it! ... most of the time. Opening night (Thursday) was pretty good. The leads new their lines almost perfectly needing maybe a slight nudge in the right direction but the audience was rather small. Not that it's a huge theater anyhow but still... Friday night went pretty well also but t'was still a smaller than average sized audience for us to perform to. It was better than the first night however.
Saturday, now, was quite the awesome spectacle. After I assured myself that the three people I knew were coming had made it into the standing-room-only showing of our musical, I was able to put every ounce of energy into the acting and the singing and, yes, the dancing. We all did our very best, I dare say, and it didn't hurt that the audience was amazing! Giving reaction when needed, clapping when appropriate, laughing when we hoped they would (and even sometimes unexpectedly) really gave a lot of energy to our already energetic show.
Today, however, we did a matinee. Unfortunate as it is, I was at least able to make it to Sacrament Meeting and Sunday School and I made sure to ask my president (in the Young Women) to make sure I accomplished anything she needed of me (which consisted of writing out two birthday cards for our girls) and so I feel that, even with the natural irreverence presented by acting the part of a pirate, I was actually able to keep pretty well tuned to the fact that it was still Sunday.
I'm most definitely looking forward to my break for the next few days from any pirate-y themed stuff. Tomorrow is my only "real" day off however seeing as Tuesday I will be opening at the restaurant and then auditioning of Lady Marian in the Somewhat True Adventures of Robin Hood (the next production after My Fair Lady that the theater is putting on). I'm really excited and really hope that I can get the part! It is, after all, a lead and I haven't really played a lead to date (aside from the production of Journey to Bethlehem that my church stake in Anderson put on about 4 years ago...).
Anyway! I realize a lot of this is rambling but I thought some people might like to be updated a little on what was happening this weekend.
Oh yes! Make a Difference Day in Brookings also happened on Saturday. Unfortunately, I had to work in the middle of the day but made it to the church in the morning and helped assemble and pack up a few humanitarian packages. I glad I was able to do something. There is just something about service that lifts one's spirits, you know? I think it has something to do with the fact that you stop thinking about yourself for a space of time and put your effort into making things better for someone else, even someone you may never meet in this life.
I suppose that's also why I like the idea of being a waitress. Although where I work currently only gives me a bare sampling of it, I like the way it feels when someone else feels you're treating them special. But, even though I'm getting paid for it, when I can, I like to go beyond what the customer expects of me. It just brightens up my day when they smile genuinely and know that I'm making a concentrated effort to make them as comfortable and happy as possible, you know?
I think I could even be quite happy working in Disneyland, whether it be as a waitress or something else. We'll see what's in the works for me these next few months though, eh?
Well, I should probably get to bed so I can get some stuff done tomorrow. I think I'd going to look into housing again for college along with jobs around Provo... wish me luck!!!
Love,
Me
The last few days were the first nights in about 4 years since I've been in a musical/theater production of any sort and I must say I enjoy it! ... most of the time. Opening night (Thursday) was pretty good. The leads new their lines almost perfectly needing maybe a slight nudge in the right direction but the audience was rather small. Not that it's a huge theater anyhow but still... Friday night went pretty well also but t'was still a smaller than average sized audience for us to perform to. It was better than the first night however.
Saturday, now, was quite the awesome spectacle. After I assured myself that the three people I knew were coming had made it into the standing-room-only showing of our musical, I was able to put every ounce of energy into the acting and the singing and, yes, the dancing. We all did our very best, I dare say, and it didn't hurt that the audience was amazing! Giving reaction when needed, clapping when appropriate, laughing when we hoped they would (and even sometimes unexpectedly) really gave a lot of energy to our already energetic show.
Today, however, we did a matinee. Unfortunate as it is, I was at least able to make it to Sacrament Meeting and Sunday School and I made sure to ask my president (in the Young Women) to make sure I accomplished anything she needed of me (which consisted of writing out two birthday cards for our girls) and so I feel that, even with the natural irreverence presented by acting the part of a pirate, I was actually able to keep pretty well tuned to the fact that it was still Sunday.
I'm most definitely looking forward to my break for the next few days from any pirate-y themed stuff. Tomorrow is my only "real" day off however seeing as Tuesday I will be opening at the restaurant and then auditioning of Lady Marian in the Somewhat True Adventures of Robin Hood (the next production after My Fair Lady that the theater is putting on). I'm really excited and really hope that I can get the part! It is, after all, a lead and I haven't really played a lead to date (aside from the production of Journey to Bethlehem that my church stake in Anderson put on about 4 years ago...).
Anyway! I realize a lot of this is rambling but I thought some people might like to be updated a little on what was happening this weekend.
Oh yes! Make a Difference Day in Brookings also happened on Saturday. Unfortunately, I had to work in the middle of the day but made it to the church in the morning and helped assemble and pack up a few humanitarian packages. I glad I was able to do something. There is just something about service that lifts one's spirits, you know? I think it has something to do with the fact that you stop thinking about yourself for a space of time and put your effort into making things better for someone else, even someone you may never meet in this life.
I suppose that's also why I like the idea of being a waitress. Although where I work currently only gives me a bare sampling of it, I like the way it feels when someone else feels you're treating them special. But, even though I'm getting paid for it, when I can, I like to go beyond what the customer expects of me. It just brightens up my day when they smile genuinely and know that I'm making a concentrated effort to make them as comfortable and happy as possible, you know?
I think I could even be quite happy working in Disneyland, whether it be as a waitress or something else. We'll see what's in the works for me these next few months though, eh?
Well, I should probably get to bed so I can get some stuff done tomorrow. I think I'd going to look into housing again for college along with jobs around Provo... wish me luck!!!
Love,
Me
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