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Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Hey hey! I haven't blogged foreva because first I was grounded (cuz I didn't get up on time to clean the house - WTF?) then I was at my sister's graduation (YAYA Laura!) and then my grandparents are now in town and the computer is in their room. Needless to say, I can't exactly get on in the middle of the night like I usually do. This Friday Caitlin and some of my friends from the show are gonna go do something. What, I have no idea. Prolley just hang out somewhere cool - NOT the club. (which isn't cool anyway) I have banned from there because "that's where I met Dereck and we don't approve of Dereck and there's probably lots of drugs." No, mom, there's not. And if there WERE, I wouldn't do them. And BTW Dereck and I are not not NOT together. BAH BAH BAH. Mother. So I have fallen in love with "WE LIKE THE MOON." Hey, what the heck, here's the link: http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/ So anyway, I made $50 at my modeling recruiting job. YAYA! Now I have to go to rehearsal. Oh, that reminds me, I got 4 and a half inches of my hair chopped off and I kinda like it! It's growing on my - no pun intended. Oh, that was bad. I apologize, dear readers. Lover ya'll! LOL! Sunday, June 13, 2004
I finally got a second job! Well, it's only temporary but I'm a "talent scout" for Models Inc. Their kiask is set up right next to TCBY's in Eastland Mall and I was talking to the lady who works there and she was saying how they didn't have anyone to work days and I told her I never work days at TCBY and that I can ONLY work days and she said they needed someone to come in from around 1 to 4 every day, and so I was hired on the spot! I only get $1 for every person I recruit, but she said she averages around $44 for every 3 hours. Not too shabby! So everyone reading this needs to come down and sign up. When you sign up, all that happens is they call you and ask you if you wanna come downtown for an interview. You don't have to go, just come to the mall and sign up so I get more money! LOL! It's only a few weeks because that's all they're in town for. But I get a free T-shirt that says "Talent Scout" on it! Hee hee I'm gonna wear it to rehearsal! I go in to train on Wednesday at two! Come on down! Can you tell I'm excited? Umm not much else new. Em-em's coming to town on Tuesday and we're gonna hang out! MUCHO HAPPINESS! Alyse, you can come too! Caitlin spent the night last night and we ate Bratwursts at midnight and watched part of "Kill Bill Vol. 1" Pretty good movie. Laine is leaving on Wednesday for Connecticut to visit her daddy-o and she will be gone for 6 weeks! Sadness abounds. What will I do without my Laine-ah? Today I was closing the TCBY kiask and I was up on a stool with my back to the walk-way thing cleaning out a yogurt machine and she leans on the counter and goes "Hey, sexy!" Guys actually do that, so I was ready to whip around and tell "him" off and I see her standing there laughing her head off. See? What will I do without her? Who's gonna come hit on me? My mom is redecorating her room and I get to help! Yaya! I sing the national anthem on Tuesday! I'm nervous and excited! I'd say come watch but a) it's not a big deal b) then you'd have to waste good money watching me sing c) baseball games are only fun for like 5 minutes after which they are boring and d) most of the people who read this blog will be in rehearsal for How to Succeed at that time. Also, (this is not bragging) my dad is throwing out the first pitch, but I'm not gonna say to come watch that either for the same reasons as I listed above. Anywho, that's all I have to say. I guess. Except that when I woke up this morning it felt like there was a little man inside my head repeatedly hitting my right temple with a hammer. How did I get hung-over without drinking? I guess I'm just cool and talented like that. LOL. Anyway, night all! Saturday, June 12, 2004
Hey wow today was awesome. I got up at like 6:30 ate and then Caitlin came over and did my makeup and then I warmed up and left at around 9:00. My voice teacher didn't come till 5 minutes till I had to go on and she had my music! But it went well, and I did my best - I tried, anyway. So then they announced the finalists and the master class participants and I wasn't in them so I was really discouraged. I watched the class though, and it was pretty interesting. But then I left and ate and came back and the judges weren't back so I went back to work and then my voice teacher calls and goes, "Julie, you won $300! You got the Igelhart Encouragement Award!" I was so happy! So, then I found out Betsy got first and I was really happy for her too! BTW, who got the Jerry Hoover award? I am so proud of all the finalists and master class participants and award recipiants even though I don't know who all the awards went to. Everyone was really good! I was mucho impressed by the talent we have here in the Tri-State. Not that I'm staying or anything. If I had my way, I'd go to Florida State's Musical Theatre Department, but they only take 12 or so new freshman, so I dunno how my chances are. Anywho, drifting off the subject...lalala... Anyway, I thought about it and realized that Betsy (yes, you Betsy) taught me something. You always seem so relaxed and calm about everything - not everything, but like performance wise. Like, for the audition for How to Succeed I had this whole outfit picked out days before and you just came in what you had worn to school that day and got the lead. And at rehearsals for Bang Bang, although you nearly gave Alice a heart attack, you didn't obsess over memorizing your lines and you still were fine. Okay, maybe there is such a thing as cutting it too close (writing the lines on the back of your hand LOL) but you know where that line is. So I think I'll try to, for example, not make it my personal goal to ensure that every cast member knows every dance step. I'm sure that if I don't correct them the show will be just as good! I guess if I just wasn't so up-tight about details and tried to see the whole picture maybe that would help, at least performance-wise. I friek out about contests and auditions and things and you didn't even seem nervous today - until they started announcing finalists, that is. LOL. Anyway, good job and thanks! PLEASE NOTE: This relvalation may not make sense to anyone but myself as of now, being as it's two in the AM! Oh, PS - as of now Evansville is and All-American City! My mom and a bunch of other people went to Atlanta, Georgia and had ten minutes to explain why E-ville should be an all-American city and we won! It will prolley be in tomorrow's paper. Yay mommy! Thursday, June 10, 2004
Yeah for comments! LOL. So anyway, I had rehearsal tonight and we worked on "A Secretary is Not a Toy" for the entire first half of the rehearsal and then some more of the second half. Then we reviewed all the dances. I wanted to die by the end of the night. And starting Monday, rehearsals go to 10:00!!!!!!!! Bah!! Umm not much new. I had practice for the Schmidt Awards today and it went well. Who knew that the girl who got Velma Kelley in Warrick's muscial took from my voice teacher? Not I. But she does, and she's really nice. And very good, too. She was in it last year, but she didn't win anything for some reason. I personally thought she was one of the best, but I'm not a judge and therefore my opinion counts not. I'm just finding out all these people in the show are Hoover students. Like Emily and Tom and Parker and Robin - I didn't know all those people took from him! Hmm. Just goes to show how much I know. Anyway, I must go. I am gonna get up early tomorrow and practice singing early, as my performance time is 9:30 on Saturday. Bah to that! They should do it in order of seniority, but no. Nevah. Bah bah bah. I lover you! Thought for the night: Do you know when you're running and you misjudge a turn and you hit the door frame? ......No........ Oh, well..... that's how I bruised my rib. *ditzy laugh* -Alyse funny archive - Wednesday, June 09, 2004
Yeah. Played in the mud today with Alyse. Good times, good times. We so slid down the hill many times and thought we were gonna slide into the lake. My shoe got repeatedly stuck in the mud and I had to pull it out. I fell all the time, and covered my steering wheel with mud because I couldn't wash my hands because we couldn't go in all covered in mud. So I showered at home and then hosed off the clothes and shoes and promptly washed them. Meredith sprained her ankle at rehearsal two nights ago. It's really swollen and bruised and she went to the doctor and got an x-ray but it's not fractured or anything. It looks bad, though. I think she tore something as well. She handling it so well. If it was me, I'd be "acting the drama queen" as usual. LOL. I laugh at myself. I am allowed to laugh at myself. I went to Hartke Pool tonight because I got done with rehearsal at 7:30 and they have a night swim from 7 to 10 so I went with Alyse and met Adam (again) and now for some reason he wants to date me. What he might see in me, I have no idea. So Jan told me I have to be there at 4 tomorrow and I forgot I have my Schmidt Award practice thingy and so I don't know what I'm gonna do. I guess I'll go and sing and then watch another girl sing and then leave. That's a good compromise because I'll leave Mrs. Geisinger's house at 4:00 (a half an hour early) and get to rehearsal at like 4:15 (15 minutes late). I mean, you can't ever make everyone happy, can you? Thought for the night: Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Monday, June 07, 2004
Hey. SM rehearsal was pretty fun. I'm gonna try to get a group together and go to Holiday World sometime. I really wanna go with Emily (becuase I lover her and because her sister works there and might therefore get us in free) and also with Kitty-Cat and Alyse and Sarita and then a group from the musical. I wanna go several times: Once with Emily and Alyse, once with Emily and Sarita (don't ask: alyse and sarah can't be together or fighting ensues) once with the SM group (if I can work that out) and once with Caitlin. Schmidt Awards are finally getting to me. I am getting nervous. I just don't wanna forget the words again. I am much better prepared this time, but prolley not as well prepared as I should be. I really ought to practice more. Ugh. My time is like 9:30. I have to get up at like 6:30 for my chords to be warm enough. DAGNABIT! LOL. My knee is really bruised from "Coffee Break." That song is so spastic, but it's really fun. However, I had to ice my knee for nearly an hour before the swelling came down. Oh, well. I'll live. I just had to put that in there for drama's sake. Well, it's late. I must go becuase no doubt my parents will make me get up early and do many many chores again. This morning I vaccumed the kitchen floor, Swiffered it, did the dishes (twice) did three loads of laundry, changed the cat litter and cleaned the cabinet surfaces. Not too bad, but it was kinda early and I didn't get done till like 3:30 at which time I had to go to my voice lesson. Okay, so I really didn't have to get up early by normal people's standards. Keep in mind that I'm not normal. They tried to get me up at 9 and then 10 but I didn't actually get up until 12. I was awake and reading, though. I am inserting a comment thingy as soon as I can. Betsy said it was through Blogger, so I need to find out how to set it up. Cara did bring up a good point - someone could find a way around the anonimity thing, but it would take some time and effort and I honestly hope that people have better things to do with their lives than insult me. So before I pass out or die (which wouldn't be a huge dissapointment to a lot of my readers) I am going to bed. Oh no I'm not. I saw my Alyse A-piece tonight! And of course the usual crew: Billy, Adam, Baby J, and (oddly enough and NOT part of the usual crew) Alyse's dad. They're all really cool. Adam just got a new truck and it's really nice, although I refuse to ride in the bed of the truck because a friend of my friend died that way. And that's not cool. So I am always extra-super-careful of these things. PSA is coming to rehearsal tomorrow to tape I guess "Coffee Break" and maybe "How To" (but I doubt that's ready yet) and maybe "Company Way." Coolness incorperated. (in the words of my daddy-o) Anyway, every other thing I type I have to erase and re-type so that is a sign that I'm too tired to go on. Night! Sunday, June 06, 2004
Just saw Harry Potter. It was amazing! I loved it! Just so ya know, I'm taking my tagboard down but I'm putting in a comments thingy as soon as I can figure it out. But it's gonna be like Betsy's where you can't tag anonymously. Cuz I don't care what you have to say if you obviously don't have the guts to back it up. My reply to :) was this: The hell I talk about people all the time! And now I get it - you are afraid of me. That's funny. Do I care if a lot of people hate me? No. I'd rather everyone like me, but that's not going to happen. I have plenty of friends. If you don't want to be lucky enough to count yourself among them, fine. I don't want to be friends with your bitchy self anyway. And actually, French does make me look smart. LOOK but not be. Night all! Hmmm. Not much new here. I just worked from 1-5. Not fun. I may go see Harry Potter tonight. Yayness. Ummm, nothing else much new. Kitty-cat's on vacation, so she'll be gone for a week *sniff* and Ashley's not ever home and Laine is always working and Alyse doesn't have a way to get anywhere and Em-em is in Disney World and Sarah is doing who knows what and therefore I am bored. Now Laine is on the phone with me. But I have to go because my family is going to a new Mexican restaurant. PS from now on leave my father out of this. Like I said earlier, he has no influence over anything but the orchestra. If he has so much power and money, why didn't I get a bigger part in the summer musical? Huh? So please just leave him out of this ... or do I have to go get him and tell him to write it for you? What is he gonna do anyway, tell them to give me the part and then they do and then what? He plays a really good concert? What the hell? That doesn't even make sense. For the last time: He has no control over any of the parts I receive. And just so you know, Bunny (my part in Sig's musical) was between another girl and myself and he chose it the second round of callbacks. My dad didn't sneak in the back and tell him not to choose the other girl. That's stupid. You're stupid. Saturday, June 05, 2004
This is really funny! These stupid taggers won't put their names. Except for Megan. Thank you, dear. LOL. Well, it's like Betsy said, isn't it? Karma will kick some people in the butt. What goes around comes around. If people want to write nasty comments, they can and will. It doesn't bother me becuase I know it isn't true. I also find it amusing how once I prove the taggers wrong they just don't mention it. Like the anonymous thing: YOU KNOW YOU'RE TOO AFRAID TO SAY WHO YOU ARE. I'VE SAID IT ONCE AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. NAME YOURSELF OR YOUR OPINION MEANS NOTHING. Of course, it wouldn't mean anything to me anyway if you named yourself. But you obviously know you're wrong or else you're afraid. Which is it? I tell you who I am: THIS IS JULIE! C'EST MOI! Oh, vous ne parlez pas francais, n'est-que ce pas? Ah, si je blog en francais, vous ne peuvez pas saire que je dit. C'est tres amusant! Mais vouz peuvez trouver une translator. C'est trop mal. Mais je voudrais dit que des gens me fait malade! Que gens? Je ne sais pas! Oh, je sais, mais je ne vais pas vous dire! That is a serious possibility. I need to keep that in mind. GOOD IDEA! So if you don't wanna tell me who you are, fine. Good for you! But seriously, this whole "TAG" game is getting ridiculous. I'm starting to think that I may just delete the tagboard - it was only for my friends, but then others decided to butt in and now that none of my friends go online anymore, it's almost entirely anonymous comments, which is really dumb. I am sick of arguing. I know what I think and you know what you think!! Do you honestly think that by telling me I suck, I'm gonna beleive it?! I certainly don't think I'm great, but you're never gonna convince me I suck. And I'm never gonna convince you otherwise. So why should we care? Also, I had a minor revelation! What if we all focused on what we're good at? Let's say, hypothetically, of course, that "A;lslaksdjf" is really good at cleaning and good at cooking, too. Well, maybe "Poeiuwpoeriu" is good at cleaning too, but really good at cooking. See how it works? They each have their own talents! Why should they always fight about who is better at one thing when they can just complement each other on the other's stengths? Oh, you'll find a way around that by saying I don't have any strengths. HAHAHAHA! Okay. Thought for the day: Why can't we all just get along? Friday, June 04, 2004
LOL people crack me up. If they are so tough and so mean and they just KNOW they're right then why don't they put their name on my tagboard? Becuase they know they aren't right! And whoever you are, Vernon did say all that stuff and "you're not even gonna go into it" because you have nothing to say about it. Hmmm. And tagger, when are we gonna see who "comes out on top?" Cuz if you're talking about Schmitt awards, those aren't exactly the most.... ahem (word I don't want to use for fear it will be held against me) ... awards out there. I'd rather have a .... (another word) ... judge, thanks. Oh, and one of the judges last year wrote on my comments "You forgot your words." REALLY? I had no idea! That's just so helpful! Thanks, judge! Well, this year I'm coming back and even though I really don't enjoy contests, I'm gonna participate because it's good to participate in contests, no matter what. It makes you a stronger person. This year the contest will be more fair because I (hopefully LOL) won't forget my words, so at least it will be MORE fair. But never plain fair. No contest ever is. And that's all I have to say about that. Oh, one more thing to the anonymous tagger: I seriously doubt that getting chorus in the summer musical is gonna be the defining factor of my career. By the time I'm out of college, none of this summer musical stuff will even be on my resume anymore. Even if I had the lead, it wouldn't be on my resume anymore becuase no one uses high school stuff on their proffesional resume. So I hear. Of course, the people who cast the show, well I highly value their opinions, but they're not the only directors in the world. I mean, I did get one of the leads in my school musical and I had three solo songs... more than a lot of other people. And once we get out of this pit known as Evansville, there will be more judges out there. So not getting the lead in this summer show doesn't really get me down as much as you'd like to beleive. Nice try, though! Maybe next year! PS. I DO have friends, um do you READ my tagboard? Oh, man. Good times at SM. I wish I could speak freely, but I have a conscience. Not that other people don't, but I just can't speak freely cuz I don't wanna get into trouble. Talk to me if you wanna know my thoughts. So now that this bitterness is out... hmmm. Today I went to lunch with my grandma. YAY! And she gave me a mug for "Coffee Break" that says "I (heart) COFFEE" on it. It's so perfect. I have a line in that YAY! And I also have a small solo in "A Secretary is not a Toy" I sing "Her pad is to write in..." and Shawna finishes "... and not spend the night in." It's so funny! That's all for now, folks! Wednesday, June 02, 2004
Bad news, guys. - Dereck has a girlfriend - I didn't get Miss Jones - hmmmmmmmmmmmm Good news: - I get to sing the national anthen at an Otter's game - I get $ for participating in Schmitt awards - Mrs. Geisinger said I am doing well nothing else new, I guess. My finger is still cut and it's really hard for me to type. Gotta go because my mom's reading over my shoulder. Wow. Um, yeah. I guess that person who tagged me and said I sucked has never met Vernon. He's the director of the opera and I sang for him and he told me that I sounded just like this professional opera singer did when she was 18. Woo hoo! So I really can't be all that bad, because this girl was really good when she was 18. Anyway, my friends think I have talent, and I don't really care about people who are just trying to hurt me. I just try to mention it once, let my anger out, and move on. YAY! So I have to go to my voice lesson now! Hmmm if she tells me I suck, I'll believe her because I actually value her opinion rather than some chicken who is too afraid to even say who she/he is.
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