Proposition 8 - The Musical

This is amazing!!

Spring Awakening!!!

Let me just say that when my friend started talking to me about getting student rush tickets for a musical I had never heard of, I was a bit indifferent about going. I didn't really care because I'm hoping to see more musicals and plays soon.

Now, I can't imagine my life without seeing this play. My friends and I got tickets ON STAGE!! They were the cheap seats!!!! I couldn't believe it. We were literally sitting with the cast around us. We could touch them (though we were told we would get thrown out if we talked to, touched, or poked the actors). To let you see where I was, here is a picture of the stage and where I was:

WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah. You're jealous.

Here's some more pics, because it was so awesome!

Completely and totally one of the best performances I have ever seen. Now, I haven't seen all that many musicals, but I have seen enough plays, symphony concerts, and band concerts to choke a horse, and I have never seen actors as young as this perform as well as they did. Completely professional, completely prepared, they were better than many seasoned acting troupes that I have seen. Some were still in high school, and some were in their twenties, but all were amazing. Tonight was closing night in Portland, but they will be in California for 6 weeks I think, and if you can see it, GO! And ask for the tickets on the stage - it is completely worth it!!

Singer of the Week

Ximena Sariñana is one of my new favorite artists. I've been trying to find her new album, Mediocre, at Everyday Music for forever now, but they are on backorder for it. She just got nominated for a Latin Grammy, and she better win!!! I describe her as a Latin Norah Jones, but better. I hope you guys like this song, the classic jazz song Volare.

Her official Website is here. Though her website is in Spanish, so you might have better luck with the NPR website, who did a really nice article on her this month.

Jesus Dubs

There is a series of four short videos that show an old bible movie with clever dubs. This is my favorite one, but you should check them all out!

I wish I had a sing-along blog!

My friend showed me thing blog/video thing this week, and it is so freaking amazing!!

It's in three acts and runs about 42 minutes, but it is hilarious, and very very very well done! You really should watch it. It can be a little dull at the beginning, but once the songs start, you won't be able to stop watching!!!

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

blogs come in threes

Sorry for the vulgarity. I just couldn't resist.

Rock

A year ago, I wrote this on my myspace blog:

"Right now I'm going through some things that I've needed to face and deal with for a while, but that doesn't make them any easier, in fact it makes them harder. And there isn't a day that goes by that I don't second guess myself about everything I'm doing. Well, maybe one day, maybe even two, but I always wonder. Some days it feels like all this is behind me and I can move on, and others I just feel like crawling into a hole and crying. Thankfully, I don't have as many of those days as I used to, but they are still around. Days where I think I need an emotional "quick fix", but know it will only make the problem worse.

Today was one of those days.

I feel like I'm under some sort of rock. Every time I look up, it's the same stuff that I'm trying to get out of. It never ends. The rock is too big to move, so I just chip away at the courners, but I never feel like I'm accomplishing something.

However, I am accomplishing something.

And that is really good.


But it also sucks...



...kinda"



I read it again today as a total fluke and realized that I wrote it exactly one year ago (August 7th, 2007). Is it possible for a whole year to have gone by and to have nothing change at all? I can't believe that this still describes the exact feelings I felt today. I couldn't even put it into words until I read this.

The only difference is that I think the rock is a tiny bit smaller, and I'm more determined to break it away bit by bit. Maybe I'll feel vastly different in a year, but somehow I kind of doubt it.