Filed under: A Little Me, Good Things, Happy Dance Time, On Stage, Plays/Musicals, Updates | Tags: into the woods, rapunzel
We’ve all heard this saying right?
“Let down your hair so I may climb without a stair!”
And if you haven’t, you really had a deprived childhood. Who honestly hasn’t heard the story of Rapunzel? Especially now that Disney did their own take on it.
If you haven’t, go rent Tangled ASAP. It’s not the Brothers Grimm version like the one used in Into the Woods (it’s much darker than any Disney movie), but still, you can get an idea. And it’s a brilliant movie.
So where am I going with this? I’ll tell you… You’ve twisted my hair enough.
I’ve been cast as Rapunzel in Centerpoint Legacy Theatre’s production of Into the Woods! I get to let down a cascade of beautiful blonde hair to my mother, the witch, and sing in my pretty soprano voice like I wanted to! I’ll be in the Tues/Thurs/Sat cast. :D
And there’s a bit of a story on how it all went down…
I’m pretty sure I mentioned that I was going to audition for two shows this week. Well… that didn’t exactly happen.
Centerpoint called me back for Tuesday. So I went and killed it. When the music director asked if I was a soprano, I had a strong gut feeling that they would consider me for Rapunzel.
Then I got another callback–for Rapunzel and Step Sister on Wednesday. I felt I did really well! There were only three other girls aside from me called back for Rapunzel, so I figured I had a 50/50 shot at the role. And then the waiting game started. I wasn’t expecting to hear from Centerpoint, if at all, until today (Friday).
I had already planned to go audition for Jekyll & Hyde at Empress Theater, so that’s where I went last night. Drove out there, got out of my car, forgot my belt, put down my purse, keys, forms, phone (everything that I basically needed to audition) on my front seat to put on my belt… and the wind blew my car door shut.
You know those little habits that, while handy, can get you into trouble?
Here’s mine: I lock my car doors before I exit my car. My passengers usually get irritated with me when I accidentally lock them in before they can get out. (I blame my first old car that didn’t have a key chain button to lock it. It was kind of retro and didn’t have that kind of capability.)
So… you may have guessed what happened. I locked everything I needed to audition inside my car. So I panicked–naturally–and went inside to borrow someone’s phone. Called Subaru to come out and unlock it, and they said it would take at least a half hour for them to get out to the theater as it’s way out west from the city.
The time passed, they came and opened my car. Within 5 minutes, I was gearing up to audition, putting my name on the list and filling out the form. Not even two minutes after I finished my form, I got a phone call from a phone number I didn’t recognize.
It was Centerpoint offering me Rapunzel! So, naturally, I screamed as soon as I got off the phone and leaped into my friend’s arms. Then I had to promptly remove my name from the Jekyll and Hyde audition list since it wouldn’t be fair to audition if I was already sold on doing Rapunzel in Into the Woods.
If my car hadn’t held everything hostage, I would have auditioned for Jekyll & Hyde before getting the big call. Granted, I don’t know what would have happened had I auditioned for Jekyll & Hyde, but I loved working at the Empress in 9 to 5 so I know I would have felt awful turning them down if I had been called back or even cast. Now I don’t have to!
That’s one of my biggest fears being a compassionate theatre person–auditioning for multiple shows then having to turn one down. I still hope I never get into the situation, but you never know what’ll happen down the line!
I’m a firm believer that everything happens for a reason. Now I can’t help but think that the universe was watching over me and taking advantage of my clutziness so I wouldn’t have to say “no” to anyone. Clearly I’m not ready for that kind of encounter. ;)
To end this, let me just say that I have some amazing friends from both 9 to 5 and other theatre productions who auditioned for both shows with me. They are all extremely talented and I hope we get to work together again. A couple of them made Into the Woods with me (yay!) and the rest got called back for Jekyll & Hyde.
No matter what, I will be supporting them in whatever role and show they will do. I’m bummed I don’t get to work with as many of them in Into the Woods, but what can you do? I just hope their talents are used and that they will enjoy whichever adventure is waiting for them.
Here’s onto a new adventure as Rapunzel!
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Filed under: A Little Me, Friends, Good Things, Happy Dance Time, Open, Relationships, Roam, Vegas! | Tags: BiSC, Bloggers in Sin City
Oh, crap… my words!
Those words slipped out of my lips at the Farewell Brunch of BiSC this year–because quite simply, there are no adequate words to express the love, the support, the good times and everything that comes from 60+ bloggers converging on Las Vegas in friendship and shenanigans. Of course, I do have words… and I’ll share some about it here.
There’s a reason I couldn’t miss BiSC for a single year after my first adventure back in 2011–these people are amazing and some of the greatest friends I’ve ever had. That, and I wouldn’t be able to live with myself for getting all the jealousies over reading all the Twitter posts about it. And it’s more than worth it.
These are people who usually hide behind their computers writing but got out of their comfort zone to go meet dozens of strangers.
These people will lay in bed with you eating Fuzzy Peaches and Stroopwaffles in the morning, laughing all the while.
These are people who will 8-second hug you… then keep it going even longer. #allthelove
These people will drop “That’s what she said” comments so many times it’s like an automatic twitch.
These are people that you can tell your deepest, darkest secrets to and they will love and support you no matter what.
These are people who cry and keep their eyes open forever in staring contests because they are crazy-awesome like that.
These are people who won’t ever judge you and love you exactly as you are. No liquor required.
These are people who will unabashedly cheer their voices hoarse during the Flamingo Pool booty shaking competition where a couple of their own competed (and lost, but everyone told me I should have won–well, I did… last year.)
These are people that aren’t afraid to grab the most horrendous outfits and do a dancing parade in the middle of an H&M dressing room. Exhibit A:
These people will teach you how to braid because you’ve been doing it wrong your whole life.
These people can be present even when their phones are out… it’s not rude, yo.
These people will people watch with you at a club and speculate on why some belligerent woman is getting arrested outside Caesar’s Palace.
These people will wait in the crepe line with you so you don’t have to stand alone.
These are people who will do a zombie/Christian-Bale-Batman voice unannounced, scaring the crap out of all of us then making us bust into laughter.
These people fear not whether you drink out of their drink or pick off their plate.
These people will talk about sex toys and scary “never have I evers” as though it is completely normal to do so.
These people will discreetly pull down your slip beneath your dress in public when your ass is hanging out of it. And also tell you when that is happening immediately. Same goes for having chocolate dripping down your face from the buffet chocolate fountain (THANKS!)
These people will go out for pizza and heart-to-hearts at 3:30 in the morning.
These people sing The Little Mermaid, Avenue Q and many other things with you out loud in public without shame.
These people will bring you treats and chocolate from their home country (Canada and Netherlands), making your taste buds and tummies sing joyous tunes.
These people will dance you silly, any time, any place… even without music. They make their own.
These people will dress to the nines, whether that’s all in white (“Are you all getting married?”), Mad Men-themed, or black, white, and gold!
These people will make you question your priorities and what you’re doing in your life–making you want to take your own life to the next level.
These people are old friends. These people are new friends. These people are my TRIBE.
These are people who dread parting each other so they find places to relax and chat until, inevitably, time runs out and all the hugs and tears come out too.
(And I feel like I could go on and on and on and on like this about all of the BiSCuits.)
At the end of it all, I feel like I’ve made some of the best friends in the world (and all over the world too!) in only a few days. I miss them so much already. My body and emotional state still haven’t recovered.
A humongous thank you goes to Nicole for putting this on for the past five years. The woman is an effing rockstar and one of my idols. I’ll be doing her 30-day Sugar Detox in June… care to join me?
Yet again, BiSC is the best weekend of the year and I’m sad to know it won’t be back next May. But that doesn’t mean I can’t go visit my new friends and that they can’t come visit me in Utah.
Any of you BiSCuits reading–I have a couch and a queen-size bed! I don’t mind sharing. ;)
BiSC helped break me out of my bubble of over-thinking things. That first year (2011), I started taking more chances and trusting that things would turn out alright even if I just… leapt. And I frickin’ landed among some of the most amazing people in one of the funnest cities in the world.
And like I said in my little speech at the Farewell Brunch on Sunday, “It was the best chance I ever took.”
So pretty much… yeah… my words. All the words can be summed up in this: BiSC is the very best. Ever.
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Filed under: A Little Me, Good Things, Happy Dance Time, Magic, On Stage, Singing, Song Writing, Updates | Tags: cd baby, centerpoint theatre, diy daily, diy musician, do what you love, hes not there, itunes, joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat, nanowrimo, new single, new song, song on itunes, songwriting, spotify, thorny bleeder, writing, wrote a novel
So a MAJOR update is needed (Blips of November is still in the works–I know, I’m way behind. Busy time, I tell ya).
Things have been crazy busy, but a crap load has happened and nearly all of it has been good.
And I mean so good that I feel like I need to scream it all from the mountain tops.
Photo from gtall1 on Flickr
Yeah, that good.
So here’s what’s up:
This year, I’ve realized that if I want anything to come of music and performing, I have to do something about it instead of waiting for someone to just pluck me out of obscurity (which, even now, probably isn’t that likely). So I’ve been auditioning at Hale Centre Theatre (my big fish), and even started expanding outwards to other community theaters I’d heard good reviews of.
None of them had panned out how I wanted.
And when I didn’t get called back for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in November, I was crushed. It was already a hard time as it was so it’s safe to say that it was one of my lowest points this year (and that’s saying something). So I messaged the director to figure out what I need to be doing to make my auditions better and I got some great advice from him. And it’s from that advice that I got it in me that, even though I’ve been auditioning for a year without a role, I still don’t have to give up.
In my mind, I figured that all these failed auditions were leading up to something great, that they had to be not following through because the cosmos had something better in store for me. Because of that, I couldn’t just lay back and do nothing despite that being all I wanted to do.
And now that maybe true… something better is coming.
NUMERO UNO – Thanks to one of my fave email newsletters, The DIY Daily, I discovered CD Baby. I signed up at the beginning of this month, thinking this could be my chance to take my music into my own hands and start selling it. Within 12 hours of submitting my first completely finished song, the magic happened.
And now my single “He’s Not There” is now available on iTunes, Amazon MP3, Spotify, CD Baby and host of other music distribution websites. AMAZING, RIGHT? My excitement over that has been through the roof. When you add the fact that I have amazing friends and family who either bought it and/or spread the word about it, you can pretty much picture me doing this all over the place:
All the happiness!
So a large thank you and a billion bear hugs go out to everyone who has listened/bought/shared my single. Feel free to continue to do so. ;)
PS before I move on: Working on more songs as we speak! Hopefully I will have a handful of songs done in the spring ready for an EP. That’s my goal for when I’m not working on numero dos (see below).
NUMERO DOS – I’ve just been cast in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at CenterPoint Legacy Theatre as a Wife in the M/W/F cast! Whose wife yet, I don’t know. The first cast meeting this weekend ought to shed some light on that. It performs throughout the entire month of March! PSYCH! Cannot even express my excitement at this point.
So not only is my music starting to get out to a broader audience, but I’m going to be in a musical too! Because of this, I’ve also revamped my website.
Not to mention the fact that I totally hit over 51,000 words for NaNoWriMo for November.
ALL THE GOOD THINGS.
Is it safe to say that success is mine now? All the things I love compiled into three weeks of amaze-ball-ness? AMAZEBALLS! It goes to show that perseverance and determination can really pay off. And working your ass off doesn’t hurt either. Well, it might, but it’s worth it.
I mean, really?
HOT DAMN! I’M ON iTUNES! Buy my song here!
Okay, there’s my excitement quota for the year. I’m finding my stage, both musically and writing-ly. So find your stage and rock it, okay? That’s what this life is for. Life’s too short to not be doing what you love.
What are YOU excited about? :)
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Filed under: A Little Me, College, DailyPost, Friends, Happy Dance Time, Music, On Stage, RaNdOm, Remembering | Tags: blips, las vegas, memories, pumpkin spice, ramin karimloo, scott pilgrim, september 2012, sinus infection, tv shows, vampire diaries, volunteer
Can’t believe October is already here… I feel like so much has happened in the past 12 months. Like an insane amount. I’m going to be 24 this month and I’m not sure I’m ready for it yet. Okay, let’s get on with Blips of September!
September was…
Getting (back) in the game!
Moving out! New bathroom set. Discovery of Dinosaurs on Netflix. Riding TRAX to work, running into friends and making them too! First time writing speeches for work–with CEO praise. Finding a flow at work and loving it! Grand tour of KSL News Radio and KSL news. Volunteering for United Way of Salt Lake Day of Caring–painting and organizing a pantry for a community center.
Weekend in Vegas. Football watching with Dad (go Utes!). Playing with my dogs. Brunch with the gorgeous Sarah whom I’ve missed so much. Ice cream pedicures with my step-mom. Back to the Foundation Room. Met the sweetest and most stunning girl ever there. A major connection.
The return of Pumpkin Spice. Lots of days and Facetimes with amazing friends. Helping friends move. Booby marks on TV. “I’m the Great Cornholio! I need TP for my bunghole!”
Re-watching Revenge and Vampire Diaries. The return of nearly all my favorite TV shows–YAY! Big Ass Show amaze-ball-ness. Amazing Dine O’ Round night with co-workers and new friends.
Sinus infection from hell. Many days spent in bed early. Lots of juice and Kleenex. No call back at my Christmas Carol audition. A bomb scare.
New Movies Seen: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (oddly awesome!) & What to Expect When You’re Expecting.
Books Read: The Fallen Star series: The Vision, Afterlife, The Promise by Jessica Sorensen.
New Obsessions: Trying new restaurants (like Copper Onion and Tin Angel Cafe). Wine. Ramin Karimloo.
Ramin Karimloo is Enjolras… *drool*
Top 5 Posts from Something Write: Being an adult, Minimum Wage, hold the door open, Friends Happiness and day of caring.
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Blips are a great way to remember the little things from each month so I can have something to look back on. Here are the others from 2012:
January ~ February ~ March ~ April ~ May ~ June ~ July ~ August
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What is your most memorable moment from September?
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Filed under: A Little Me, Family, Futuristic Musings, Happy Dance Time, Holidays!, Yummy Food
As I walked into the A Fresh Market for Starbucks this morning, I couldn’t help but wonder when the pumpkin spice flavor would make it’s grand return.
Then there was the sign. And the affirming smile from my lovely little barista, whom I love a lot, told me everything I needed to know.
PUMPKIN SPICE IS BACK!
That basically means all the excitement! I may or may not have squealed so loud that those in the poultry part of the store (aka: the other end) may have gone deaf.
I’m not kidding when I say pumpkin spice is one of my favorite flavors of Starbucks. I may have only started drinking coffee about a year and a half ago, but when I first tried pumpkin spice, my heart was sold.
Not only does this flavor mean that fall is underway, but it means that Christmas is just one step closer. I may not like cold weather, but the time period between Thanksgiving and New Years is one of my favorites out of the entire year because of the joy it brings and the time I get to spend with my family.
Just thinking about that this morning gave me tears of joy. Yes, I cried on my way to work. All happy tears. I wanted to make fun of myself but I just decided to enjoy it instead. I mean, how often does one wake up so happy that you can’t help but cry and be thankful for everything you have?
*happy sigh*
So what are you thankful for today?
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Filed under: A Little Me, Blips, Family, Fitness, Friends, Happy Dance Time, RaNdOm, Remembering, Utah, Vegas!
May… Wow. Just wow. I feel like so much has happened this month that it’s hard to know where to begin.
May was …
The start of things changing.
All the BiSC-ness = ALL THE HAPPY FEELINGS!
The anniversary of my college graduation. Always dancing! Like a Cinco de Drinco Zumba master class and a spontaneous class when another was cancelled and I wasn’t aware. Swings and parks. Brock time. A comfy place. The need to perform. Nice Mother’s day at my aunt’s house. The return of our Finnish hockey player! More time with my darling niece. Seeing my dad and puppies. Dressing up my puppies.
Dreams returned. Random OCD moment of organizing video games and fixing our N64. Blind date set up my my grandmother (of all people… really?). Bees game. More butterflies over lunch. Becoming certifiably social media addicted again (because of BiSC obviously!). New aviators. A good interview. The Avengers. Excitement over copywriting workshop with The Middle Finger Project. Solar eclipse and Super moon!
Near quarter-life crisis. My inability to eat peanut butter cups and play Times Up at the same time. Too many season finales that made me cry. Broken sunglasses. Strange increase in attention that has me scratching my head. Mother’s Day with my mom out of town. Funky sunburns. Weekend with darling yet challenging boys who move soon (sad day…). Lower spine issues. Two-weeks notice.
New cover: Hit Me With Your Best Shot for my mom for Mother’s Day.
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New Obsessions: Les Miserables trailer. Carrie Manolakos. Hollie Cavanaugh. Learning how to self-publish and strongly considering it… that is, once I finish a story. Draw Something. Blue Lemon. Drinks mentioned by Bill Engvall, aka: Mai Tai & Bahama Mama. Sabrina, my new Macbook Pro.
Top 5 Posts on Something Write: Crushed, The right way to eat caramel, What Gets Me Going, The Last Stop and BiSCuit Hearts.
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Blips are a great way to remember the little things from each month so I can have something to look back on. Here are the others from 2012:
January ~ February ~ March ~ April
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What is your most memorable moment from May?
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Filed under: A Little Me, Friends, Good Things, Happy Dance Time, Laughs, Pictures, Relationships, Remembering, Roam, Vegas! | Tags: BiSC, Bloggers in Sin City, recap
Bloggers in Sin City.
Really there aren’t enough incredible words and expressions that can cover everything that is BiSC. I just like to call it The Weekend of the Year. It’s that awesome, okay?! I’m still trying to recover.
To give you some idea, here is what I came home with:
- around 25 new friends,
- more time to hang with 25 old friends from last year, (numbers not accurate, but close enough!)
- a booty shaking title complete with a 21 oz. custom made drink with an awesome pink Flamingo cup & X Burlesque class passes,
- a bag filled with amazing swag from even more amaze-ball sponsors,
- more perspective on the sexual and sensual things thanks to Zumanity and Jenn,
- a funky sun burn on my back that looked like a bandage thanks to my poor sunscreen spraying skills,
- a cute and far too short H&M dress that I didn’t end up wearing for Mad Men night like I planned (oh, and a Beavis and Butthead shirt since I couldn’t leave H&M without it),
- my roomie Sara‘s book and her shoes since she packed in the dark and forgot (the silly girl),
- more Pop Chips than I could hold,
- and around 2 pounds because the 12+ hours of dancing clearly didn’t negate the countless buffets and fruity drinks.
It was just as amazing as last year, if not moreso. BiSC has a really special kind of magic … where everyone is a friend right off the bat, time goes by too fast and by the time it’s all over, you cling to each other (almost suffocatingly so–but you love it!) because you simply don’t want to leave their presence.
And there’s one other little fact … No one does Vegas like BiSCuits. I mean it, nobody.
Who else would spend an day at the pool, playing with glitter balls, getting rum shot in their mouths via water gun, cheering on the girl on the stage and shaking her rump like no one’s biznez (that would be me, thank you), playing “Never Have I Ever…” and winning sex toys if you get out quickly (which I think is backwards…ha!)?
Who else would gorge their faces at the best buffets in town before hitting up the dance floor for 5 hours?
Who else would jump in a Vegas fountain with an episode of Cops filming nearby?
Who else would stay up all night and then do it all again starting at 9 in the morning?
Who else would sing Little Mermaid at 3 a.m. while eating pork-pulled nachos/fries?
Who else would make you laugh and cry because of the most ridiculous things ever but they actually make sense?
And who else would do a full-body awkward turtle in the middle of a restaurant?
BiSCuits would. And that’s why I love them!
Seriously, Thursday through Sunday were some of the best days I’ve had in a super long time. A big thank you needs to go to Nicole, Rachael and Doni for making it all possible. You ladies rock my ever-lovin’ socks!
Now for a few highlights…
First off, I must mention my roomie again. Sara’s quick wit immediately got to me… she kept me laughing quite a bit. She had some hilariously awesome comebacks. To kick off BiSC, we even had a cute mini cheers moment. Not to mention the fact that we are both Grey’s Anatomy fans! SQUEE! So we definitely watched the finale together while piled on top the super comfy Flamingo beds. She’s adorable. Really.
Roomies!
The ice-breaker event at Carlos ‘N Charlies was seriously cool. The game of returning 4×6 business/blogger cards to the person they name was a great way for me to put faces with names. Thanks to this, I can say that I knew 95% of the names very quickly. Now I have handy cards I can give to people. ;)
Following that was Serendipity 3. Oh, the Serendipity! I wouldn’t have been surprised if I had chocolate lining my lips–everything was so scrumptious! Not to mention the fact that they served my absolute favorite Reisling (Loosen Brothers).
Every night from Thursday to Saturday was a dance party somewhere! Whether that was at Diablo’s, Chateau or Margaritaville… that was seriously awesome in my book. More dancing I say! So glad I brought flats and not heels to Vegas this time.
I can’t explain my face here, so I won’t. Go Rachael! ;)
Friday was the pool day, which I went over everything pretty much above… haha! It was nice to finally claim the booty-shaking title that I should have won last year. I owe a big thanks to the BiSCuits who were campaigning for me throughout the pool. Love you guys!
Winner, winner, chicken dinner!
Next up… the sex-on-the-stage production of Zumanity. Yeah, not what I was expecting. I was literally expecting everyone to be dressed up in jungle animal costumes and paint (Zu=Zoo? Anyone?) but BOY was I wrong. I saw boobies. Lots of boobies. The show was all about sex–there was never actually real sex on the stage though (thank goodness). My favorite was the hula hoop girl who managed to twirl about a hundred hoops around her person for a while. It was impressive. What else was impressive was how good the man playing host played a woman. I couldn’t tell the difference! The comedic hosts were awesome and cracked me up at every turn. And when the audience involvement is as high as it was in Zumanity, it can’t help but be a good show. I don’t think there was a dry seat in the house that night … whew!
Saturday morning was a hoot as CrushHub joined us for breakfast and help set up Amber on a date! Of course, she chose the 8-pack Costa Rican surfer. :P Personally, I would have chosen the BiSCuit that was thrown into the mix. Haha!
At dinner on Saturday, we did have a surprise guest (ahem, 50 of them) … the Miss America pageant ladies showed up at the same buffet we did! They looked like plastic — the ones I saw, anyway — and wore way too much makeup. But it was cool to see them! It was at that buffet where Brandi had me in tears talking about tacos. Yeah… good times.
Then it was Chateau at Paris… yeah. Everyone looked so nice and fancy in their Mad Men attire that I didn’t feel my H&M purchase fit very well… so I wore the outfit I originally planned on. But once we got to the club–No words. Aside from dancing on the chairs… perhaps tall horse man … oh, and the short man (wearing creepy contacts) who looked scarily like the one who awarded me my booty shaking title! Weird realization afterwards. HA.
Sunday… oh, the farewells. I can’t even say it’s bittersweet because they are really just sad. I was the one suggesting that we barricade/blow up all the exits to the Flamingo Hotel so everyone would have to stay forever. I liked that plan.
A few did stick around though and we made our traditional pit stop at In-And-Out and played the Sneaky Snake. Can’t go wrong with that. And a special explanation of bird sex is pretty hilarious, if I may say so.
I’m just so happy that there was both people that I knew and people that I didn’t know coming into BiSC this year. A lot of the people I really bonded with last year returned and it was like we got to do it all over again… but knowing each other better. Then I got to meet a host of new people who are just as equally awesome!
I don’t know what it is about BiSCuits, but they are really the kindest, wackiest, most fun, open-minded, bestest and just the rocking-est rock stars ever. It’s so hard to explain because everyone is just that cool. And yes, I did just link to about half of the people who came. You should check them all out. No joke.
I know I missed linking people and mentioning all the names — but really I love everyone who went. If you’re a BiSCuit, I love you. Simple as that. I know there were some of you I didn’t get to spend a lot of time with, but there’s not a person I didn’t get splendid vibes from. So there.
Best. Weekend. Ever. Again.
So who’s going back next year?
PS: As for more sponsor stuff… keep an eye out on my Twitter account. I’ll be posting my feedback there. Oh, except you will see my tribute to Le Bon Garcon on Something Write.
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Filed under: A Little Me, Futuristic Musings, Good Things, Happy Dance Time, Updates, Vegas!
I must be a glutton for punishment… In order to be productive, distractions must be relinquished from the brain. And due to the nature of the biggest distraction, blogging seemed fitting.
So today– finish up my blog work for Park City TV around 2-ish. Low and behold, that’s the last productive thing I’ve done all day. I mean besides finishing Catching Fire (and now aching to pick up Mockingjay, but a girl needs to get a grip on at least something).
Wanna know what derailed me? Odds are if you are reading this, you may already have a hint.
Yep, you got it. #BiSC. Bloggers in Sin City. AKA: The Most Amazing Weekend Known to Both Mankind and the Animal Kingdom.
Today was registration day! I remember last year when I literally made the decision to go on a whim and it turned out to be one of the very best decisions I made in 2011. Undoubtedly one of the best weekends of my life!
With my new job stuff this year, I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to go this year. Over the weekend I asked my boss since I’m asking super-ahead-of-time if this trip would be doable. He said it could totally be fine! Cue screaming like a school girl.
So I charged my MasterCard with the registration fee, promptly hid the little piece of plastic among my books so I can’t use it, and filled out the form just so I can say this… I’M GOING BACK TO BISC! I have the button in my sidebar to prove it!
Since I’ve registered, practically all my thoughts are going around like this in my brain: Who’s coming back? YAY we get to do Sin City all over again together! Oh, who’s that girl? She’s new; she seems awesome. Let’s be friends! Man… I wonder how long it will take for me to pay this off. Eh, not long since I have 4 PT jobs–oh, wait there’s a free BiSC giveaway??!! Why shouldn’t I read all the bios on the BiSC website? It’s like getting to know these people (plus new ones!) all over again! I mean, when else would I get time? Seriously? Ooh, my gosh. There are new guys coming too! How exciting! Gosh, everyone is/seems SO cool. I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL MAY!
Do you want to know what would be even cooler? Getting to attend for free! Paper’d, a kickass iPhone design app due to be released next month, is sponsoring a free BiSC experience to one of the 60 bloggers who have registered to attend. I’ve been on the email list for Paper’d for months now because it is the baby of the people behind Shatterboxx and they are pretty much the best web designers ever. I’m in love with the websites that they’ve Shatterboxxed (and I can’t wait to do that with my iPhone). So seriously… how can I not enter for a chance at this awesome giveaway? ;)
Now that I’m all BiSC-ed out (actually, not really but it’s a lot less absorbing now), I can finish getting some work done. That is, if I can keep myself away from Mockingjay… seriously why do I get so addicted to books?!
Wishing happy heart boners for all!
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Filed under: A Little Me, Good Things, Happy Dance Time, Music, Plays/Musicals, Relationships, Try, Writing | Tags: good day, good things, reasons, today
i can tell it’s gonna be a good day
~Priscilla Ahn, “A Good Day”
… aka the song I need to listen to right now because it totally fits my mood.
It’s not very often that I stop and say to myself, “Today is a good day!”
It’s not that I don’t have good days (I do since I’m naturally an optimistic person). But because of certain things going on in my life since December, I haven’t had a particularly good day in a while. There have been good moments (some amazing) but most days have been just… meh. Let’s just say, it feels like it’s been forever since my last amazing day.
Today isn’t even over yet… and I’ve stopped what I’m doing to say that sentence about 10 times. Even in the bathroom mirror. Hello, perma-smile on my face! How often is it that so many good things get compacted into one day?
Why Today is a Good Day
- Had a blast at Park City TV this morning, eating delicious bratwurst and getting to run the camera.
- Washed the rental.
- There were mushrooms at my office’s dining room salad bar (when they were absent last week)! My fave! Plus the rolls were fresh and warm.
- Finished a lot of work despite getting up at 5:45 am to a lukewarm shower.
- I get to pick up my pole (Christmas present) today!
- I’m about to leave for Pole Fitness too…
- Getting my nails all done up tonight with a Christmas gift card.
- Totally planning on Cafe Rio for dinner. Chicken salad for me while I read Catching Fire (unless someone wants to join me–text or email mikshorty {at} gmail if interested).
- And I just received word that my car is now at the paint-job stage so she should be done by the end of the week!
See? Those are not only good things, but excellent things! This is why I believe in karma. =)
Won’t lie… This good day was definitely needed. I kind of hope all this goodness continues. For example, I could use some good news on the love front ifyouknowwhatImean… so if some kind of karmic cosmos stuff could help out with that, that would be awesome! ;)
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An update from my last post:
I am going to audition for Chicago on Sunday. I emailed the lady conducting the auditions and she said to audition anyway then see if the director would work with my schedule (should he find me suitable for a role). Wish me luck!
Oh, and I’ve decided to do Project 365 on Something Write — a poem, quote, bit of a story or anecdote every day. I started a few days ago, but I didn’t really announce it. That blog already gaining popularity, faster than MikShorty did in the beginning, so make sure to check it out!
What is the best thing about your day today?
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I did this last month for July and now it’s back again for August (albeit a little late, but I’m still doing it)! Here goes!
August was…
The end of my ABC 4 News Internship. Procrastinating packing. New temp job that killed my voice. Moving to Park City. Cool alliterations (my new addy). 10 hours of cleaning my old house. Peaceful. First time I ever wanted to take a kitten home with me. Firm boobies! Saying goodbye to my baby… grand, that is. :(
Really?!...Really? Making up someone else’s work (oh, joy). Yes, ma’am. Serendipitous moments with crushes. Hounding for jobs (still). Singing at the Mormon Tabernacle. Little America. Sharing a room w/ brudder–ewww! Moving into a new home! Gaydar malfunctions leading to awkward situations. Is that Josh Groban?
Hilarious conversations over French Silk pie. Just amazing like that. Coffee dates with old friends. Going briefly back to the Claytoneers! There’s a pool! Too many quarter pounders. Too much root beer. Flirting it up with old cops from outta state in the hot tub. Too many natural disasters surely indicating the soon-to-be apocalypse. Walk-in closet! Woot woot!
The realization that I have way too many books/dvds/other junk. Pause in the pool. Actually earning money. Temple revelations. Late nights in the city. Lotsa Zumba teaching! Battle with the Droid, so I killed it and brought it back to life. Alpenglow on its way! Graduation from a twin to a queen bed! New pwetty bedroom set.
Too many bugs. Popping a tire on the freeway (scariest thing ever). Family fun at reunions. Done with House of Night series… until October, that is (8 books in less than 4 weeks). Learning about investing–must buy Investing for Dummies. Strange and unexpected men hitting on me. Phone calls trump texting. LA… the city of dreams.
Awesome Voice audition experience. Seeing my most favoritest person in the whole world. Exploring empty Inglewood with the worst shoes ever for doing so. Second-hand bookshop gems. Soy green tea lattes. Longest day known to mankind. Hallucinatory exhaustion. Snuggles. Looking forward! =)
Here’s to a great September (it better be according to my horoscopes)!
MikShorty 
