Audition #2

In a little over one month, I have my next theatre audition. And now that I'm comfortable with being back on stage and the whole song/dance process again after having taken a decade-long sabbatical, I'll definitely take the process more seriously this time. :)

(Not that I wasn't serious on my audition for Joseph, but I totally just went on a whim to that one.)

What this means:
1) I'm thinking I'll be around SD a bit longer, which I'm perfectly okay with for right now.

2) Time to select and practice a good audition song! I don't know if I want to select something from the show in question (Bye Bye Birdie) or go with something that'd be fuuuuuun for me (i.e. something from The Book of Mormon)...

3) I had no idea that song "Put On A Happy Face" came from the show! As much as I enjoy theatre, I'm not as much of a theatre geek as I'd like to be.

4) Even if nothing comes of the audition -- which I'll be honest, the directors told me that they would hunt me down and make me audition, but let's say I can't for whatever reason -- I'll relish the anticipation and the process leading up to it in the meantime.

SBoR: ...things that make me go "awwww"

Getting a text message from my cousin to tell me that the toy I got for my little niece is her favorite right now brings a huuuuuge smile to my face. :D

And also makes me not wanna leave SD, lol.

SBoR: ...A Quote Before Lunch

"A recent definition of happiness is 'a sense of pleasurable satisfaction.' If this kind of happiness is our main goal, where will people place their focus each day? It will be on themselves, and the result will be a culture of self-absorbed narcissists who cannot live for something bigger than they are." -J.P Moreland, "The Lost Virtue of Happiness"

Textual Healing

So I'm a little inebriated. But I'm in the best of moods... I just took two of my cousins out to dinner tonight at BJs to celebrate their birthdays over the last two weeks (John turned 24, his sister Cheryl turned 23 one week later). And it was great to spend time together and catch up. It's still trippy to me that he's married now (and that I performed the ceremony) and that his little 9 month old is the CUTEST thing in the history of ever. EVER.

Disagree and I will cut you.

And Cheryl's student teaching now and developing lesson plans and doing all those teachery-things that teachers do, and I'm so very proud of both of them. They've both got very level heads on their shoulders and they were the closest things I had to siblings when we were growing up. So even though we're all adults and doing our own things now (even when I was living with Cheryl - she was my last roommate - we were always both out and about), it means the world to spend quality time with them.

Anyways. I think I like to be textual when I've had drinks. But it's never in a really bad way where I'm texting people things that I really shouldn't be saying... and my grammar is still pretty in tact, I feel. Auto spell correct helps too though. :P

Time for bed.

Short Blogs of Randomness: ...On Dancing

Every time I happen to catch a bit of "Dancing With the Stars" on TV, a little part of me wishes there was a TV show called "Dancing with the Data Analysts".

And I would want IN.

It just looks such so much fun! The routines, the glitz, the passion of certain dances and the whimsy of others. And it'd be a great workout. Now I don't know how well I'd actually do... but I have Asian in me, so I think with some dedication and a hot partner (*cough*Cheryl Burke*cough*) I'd make it to at least the halfway point.

Maybe I should look into ballroom dancing again, like I did a few years back. Even my old roommate confessed to taking some classes to experience something different, and if he can do it, I can certainly get back in the mix!