Energetic Colors
Dear DC Radio Stations,
What is with the sudden interest in reviving Creed?! Every time I have turned on the radio for the past two weeks I have heard "With Arms Wide Open" or "Higher" and it's driving me a little crazy. I mean, they weren't that great of a band when they were together, they only had those two hits, and their lead singer fancied himself to be the savior of the human race! Why do the local DJ's feel the sudden need to start playing them again? I know...they sound like Dawdry, Hinder, Nickleback, and every other "we sound just like everyone else" band on the pop charts right now, but does that really warrant a sentence of being constantly exposed to their music? It wasn't our sin! Don't punish us for the bad music being churned out by the industry right now!
Oh, and while we're on the subject of bad music, "The Sweet Escape" by Gwen Stefani...not so sweet. Please stop inundating my head with it! You playing it more often is not going to make me like the song, or ever want to hear it again. It is simply going to make someone find me dead in my kitchen one day after I've died from the aneurism that song caused me to suffer.
I beg you to play the hundreds of thousands of songs in your catalog that consist of both a hook and a melody, or at least a distinct verse and chorus. I know you have them...they were highly popular until about two years ago. Please... bring them back!
Thank you,
Amber
I apologize for the rant above, I simply needed to get those thoughts out my head. It actually has nothing to do with how I feel today, or the mood I am in. However, you might read a headline involving a female driver in DC going crazy and driving her car into a building if I hear any of the songs mentioned above on my way to work next week. I am aware the easy solution to this would be to simply not listen to the radio on my way to work, and instead put in a cd. Except that the news in the morning gives me the traffic conditions, major headlines of the morning, etc. I enjoy being well-informed.
Believe it or not I am actually in a very good mood today, exceptionally good in fact. It's Friday and it's beautiful outside! That is happiness. I have a new hair cut, which I love and looks fabulous! That is more happiness. I am finally healthy again! That is the most happiness. See, last weekend at the show I started shivering, coughing, being very uncomfortable in general. When someone is shivering in the theatre space we are in, you know you're sick. That room is a constant oven, so it's almost impossible to be cold in there. I was sick. I spent almost all week being very sick. I was stubborn and of course tried to go to work on Monday and Tuesday, and was kicked out both days because I had a very high fever. Wednesday I followed my doctor's advice and stayed home, which finally allowed my fever to break. (Yay!) Yesterday I was at work, but only functioning at about 80%. Today I am at about 95%, which means I'll be at 100% by the end of the weekend. 95% is also a perfectly acceptable level for social gatherings. I haven't been able to go out with the cast since the Going-Away party for Des. I miss hanging out with them. I'm excited to actually get to do that this weekend.
Also, I might have actual nights off this week while the show is dark. I managed to wrangle my way out of doing cast laundry during the week this week. Thank God. I will be able to leave work and function normally for a few days before having to go back to the show, instead of dealing with the show seven days a week. I mean, I love the show, but that is simply too much, and I needed to have three days just to myself. I will actually get to see my roommate, clean my apartment, and hang out with some (very) missed friends. Yay!
I have the opportunity to line up a show for the end of August through the second week of September, so I might be picking up yet another show, but I'm waiting to hear back on exact production dates before I say yes or no to that one. I'll have to see how that works out. In the mean time, Pygmalion rehearsals are in full swing, and the DC fringe show is starting to warm up, which is very exciting. The NY fringe show is developing, so all of that is incredibly exciting as far as my life in the arts goes. There is more to say about things, but that will be saved for a time when SFTBP is done, and I can really take the time to talk about that show. For now, skeleton details will have to do.
My love life at the moment is non-existent, which I'm kind of loving. Well, non-existent isn't quite an accurate description. Houdini and I are doing our (seemingly) constant dance, which is actually working for me right now. I don't really have time for anything more than what we have anyways, so it works out perfectly for me at the moment. Then there is Eager Boy. I feel so bad about that situation. He is so very clearly so very interested, and I'm simply not feeling it. Even if I were, I don't really have the time to commit to the type of relationship he so obviously wants from me. I'm trying to just let that go away on its own. It seems to be doing okay at the moment. He hasn't called or texted me in a couple of days now. I'm taking that as a good sign.
Of course, I wouldn't be me without being stuck in a sticky situation somehow. Enter SoundGuy. He is a good friend of mine. He is cute. He is unhappy in his relationship. He has a crush on me. Damnit! He is so my type, and I absolutely adore him. We have fun, conversation is easy and relaxed, and we both get the demands of theatre life. Instead of being mad at me for not being able to see him often, we relish the time we have together. The huge hitch is that he has a girlfriend. I don't care how unhappy he is with her, I do not want to be the girl a guy leaves his girlfriend (or wife) for. If he were to leave her, he would still be off-limits to me for several months considering the situation. So why are you telling me you have a crush on me? Why can't you just continue to let us be friends? Then, of course, he sends me to most adorable e-mail because he's going away for the weekend for a wedding, and doesn't want me to think I'm being ditched all weekend long. Absolutely adorable e-mail. Almost melted down my cold as ice "don't leave her for me" mentality. Almost.
Don't forget to tune in next time to hear what happens!
What is with the sudden interest in reviving Creed?! Every time I have turned on the radio for the past two weeks I have heard "With Arms Wide Open" or "Higher" and it's driving me a little crazy. I mean, they weren't that great of a band when they were together, they only had those two hits, and their lead singer fancied himself to be the savior of the human race! Why do the local DJ's feel the sudden need to start playing them again? I know...they sound like Dawdry, Hinder, Nickleback, and every other "we sound just like everyone else" band on the pop charts right now, but does that really warrant a sentence of being constantly exposed to their music? It wasn't our sin! Don't punish us for the bad music being churned out by the industry right now!
Oh, and while we're on the subject of bad music, "The Sweet Escape" by Gwen Stefani...not so sweet. Please stop inundating my head with it! You playing it more often is not going to make me like the song, or ever want to hear it again. It is simply going to make someone find me dead in my kitchen one day after I've died from the aneurism that song caused me to suffer.
I beg you to play the hundreds of thousands of songs in your catalog that consist of both a hook and a melody, or at least a distinct verse and chorus. I know you have them...they were highly popular until about two years ago. Please... bring them back!
Thank you,
Amber
I apologize for the rant above, I simply needed to get those thoughts out my head. It actually has nothing to do with how I feel today, or the mood I am in. However, you might read a headline involving a female driver in DC going crazy and driving her car into a building if I hear any of the songs mentioned above on my way to work next week. I am aware the easy solution to this would be to simply not listen to the radio on my way to work, and instead put in a cd. Except that the news in the morning gives me the traffic conditions, major headlines of the morning, etc. I enjoy being well-informed.
Believe it or not I am actually in a very good mood today, exceptionally good in fact. It's Friday and it's beautiful outside! That is happiness. I have a new hair cut, which I love and looks fabulous! That is more happiness. I am finally healthy again! That is the most happiness. See, last weekend at the show I started shivering, coughing, being very uncomfortable in general. When someone is shivering in the theatre space we are in, you know you're sick. That room is a constant oven, so it's almost impossible to be cold in there. I was sick. I spent almost all week being very sick. I was stubborn and of course tried to go to work on Monday and Tuesday, and was kicked out both days because I had a very high fever. Wednesday I followed my doctor's advice and stayed home, which finally allowed my fever to break. (Yay!) Yesterday I was at work, but only functioning at about 80%. Today I am at about 95%, which means I'll be at 100% by the end of the weekend. 95% is also a perfectly acceptable level for social gatherings. I haven't been able to go out with the cast since the Going-Away party for Des. I miss hanging out with them. I'm excited to actually get to do that this weekend.
Also, I might have actual nights off this week while the show is dark. I managed to wrangle my way out of doing cast laundry during the week this week. Thank God. I will be able to leave work and function normally for a few days before having to go back to the show, instead of dealing with the show seven days a week. I mean, I love the show, but that is simply too much, and I needed to have three days just to myself. I will actually get to see my roommate, clean my apartment, and hang out with some (very) missed friends. Yay!
I have the opportunity to line up a show for the end of August through the second week of September, so I might be picking up yet another show, but I'm waiting to hear back on exact production dates before I say yes or no to that one. I'll have to see how that works out. In the mean time, Pygmalion rehearsals are in full swing, and the DC fringe show is starting to warm up, which is very exciting. The NY fringe show is developing, so all of that is incredibly exciting as far as my life in the arts goes. There is more to say about things, but that will be saved for a time when SFTBP is done, and I can really take the time to talk about that show. For now, skeleton details will have to do.
My love life at the moment is non-existent, which I'm kind of loving. Well, non-existent isn't quite an accurate description. Houdini and I are doing our (seemingly) constant dance, which is actually working for me right now. I don't really have time for anything more than what we have anyways, so it works out perfectly for me at the moment. Then there is Eager Boy. I feel so bad about that situation. He is so very clearly so very interested, and I'm simply not feeling it. Even if I were, I don't really have the time to commit to the type of relationship he so obviously wants from me. I'm trying to just let that go away on its own. It seems to be doing okay at the moment. He hasn't called or texted me in a couple of days now. I'm taking that as a good sign.
Of course, I wouldn't be me without being stuck in a sticky situation somehow. Enter SoundGuy. He is a good friend of mine. He is cute. He is unhappy in his relationship. He has a crush on me. Damnit! He is so my type, and I absolutely adore him. We have fun, conversation is easy and relaxed, and we both get the demands of theatre life. Instead of being mad at me for not being able to see him often, we relish the time we have together. The huge hitch is that he has a girlfriend. I don't care how unhappy he is with her, I do not want to be the girl a guy leaves his girlfriend (or wife) for. If he were to leave her, he would still be off-limits to me for several months considering the situation. So why are you telling me you have a crush on me? Why can't you just continue to let us be friends? Then, of course, he sends me to most adorable e-mail because he's going away for the weekend for a wedding, and doesn't want me to think I'm being ditched all weekend long. Absolutely adorable e-mail. Almost melted down my cold as ice "don't leave her for me" mentality. Almost.
Don't forget to tune in next time to hear what happens!