Wednesday

Today started off on the wrong foot. I weighed in and realized I lost weight, but somehow this made me want to put off breakfast. WRONG MOVE. Both I and my father are... uhhh... nasty? when we haven't eaten. My clothes got fried in the drier. My fault. What? No, now it was Mom's fault. *shouting* "Why did you put the towels on high? You never put the towels on high!" Uhh, maybe I should have checked the dial before I started my load...

My things got better at school. My teacher gave me a thank-you card with a gift certificate to Borders for going to another class of hers and speaking about homeschooling. Hey, attention. I couldn't have volunteered faster. But the thank-you really made my day better. Then I stopped by Springfest... kinda boring. Free food, though. Then I went to the gym and did the elliptical for half an hour, ran a mile, and lifted weights. Burned off a lot of those hot dog calories.

On Friday a NY theater director is coming to speak about the acting profession. I almost don't want to go. I don't want to hear it. I know acting is a tough gig. It seems that certain people have this attitude that if you're not willing to strip at the drop of a hat, or wave your arms in some weird interpretation of a mailbox, you won't make it. I still have my morals. I may wave my arms around, but I'll never strip. Some people have this attitude that you have to be willing to do anything anytime. I just don't believe it. Even if I have to waitress the rest of my life, I'm gonna keep my values. But I will act. Acting is NOT "all about sex and violence" (quoting directly--they believe it). There are very meaningful roles that don't require selling oneself. Look at the lead woman in Blood Diamond. Look at 99% of commercials. Look a family TV, and kid's shows. Look at 99% of supporting characters! That's one thing I don't think my teacher has realized yet. She kinda made it clear that I wasn't going to get any big parts unless I slaved away as an usher and painter etc. But I want character roles! Not leads. Leads are nice, but there's a lot less freedom you can take with the character. Because you're not on screen or on stage all the time, I think you can be quirkier. Plus the director doesn't care as much, so you can have more of your own interpretation. Not that they don't care, but how the lead is behaving is usually more important to the story, therefore the production.

I'm ranting. I apologize. You get a Brownie point for reading.

Tomorrow I wake up early (5am), go to my allergist, then off to work. Gotta make that money!

Monologues

My gosh, I can't believe how tired I am!

I went for a headshot today. Quite interesting, actually. I had makeup done, which was cool. What girl doesn't like to have her makeup done? Then I sat and the camera flashed. In a little bit I should be online at www.johnsunderland.com, under "Actors". The CD with headshots I'll be getting next week. Wahoo!

Then I went (without lunch--I was starving) to Tri-C East to meet with an acting coach. That was great. Contracting monologues does not mean one comedy, one drama! I means just show your range. So I've got a monologue from Richard III and one from Henry VI. I'll have fun working those. I meet with my teacher again on Thursday.

I made dinner last night, since it was my parents' anniversary. They went out to the Wild Mango. I think they had a good time. Meanwhile, I watched the first part of the Lady in the Water. I was enjoying it. All alone in the house... speaking of which, I swear I heard the back door of my house shut. So I locked the door to the basement. When I felt the need to go downstairs to go online, I took a huge butcher knife from the kitchen and patrolled around, peeking in hiding places. Of course no one was there. But anyway! Dinner! I took maceroni noodles and cooked them alongside some speghetti noodles, made the sauce seperate. For the sauce, I used a can of baked beans, can of tomato soup, healthy amounts of ketchup and barbeque sauce, then mixed in some oregano, basil, parsley, onion, garlic, chili powder, cajun spices, and any other spice that looked remotely edible. Cinnamon looked edible, but... well, let's just say I'm not that strange. So I have a large amount of quirky food in the fridge. Yum.

I have to catch up on my laundry today, and complete my Latin workbook, and get some Urban Studies h/w out of the way...

Busy!

Gosh! I'm so busy!

Right now I'm stuffing down oatmeal so I can catch the right bus... hot hot oatmeal burning mouth...

Work is getting better, I'm knowing more of what I'm doing. (ouch hot)

Be on here later, ideally...

Busy

Well!

I'm certainly being kept busy. Work is pretty good, since I've made $80 in tips over the past three days. But then, I did spill hot soup on my hand and burn it. Two days later, its still red. I think I'll get over it for some reason. :-P

I'm gaining a lot of weight. I need to slim down---especially with swimsuit season right around the corner! Unfortately, Easter and Gramma's cooking is right around the corner. *moans* How am I supposed to count my calories then?

I realized I haven't mentioned Jeff yet! Such a part of my life I don't realized not everyone knows him :-) He's my fiance. But then again, if you're reading this, you probably know me, and you know all about him. :-)

I have to go... homework. Yes, it's 7:15 on a non-school day and I've already jumped on the treadmill. I'm nuts, what can I say?