Um, Hi...
So I haven't posted in over a month. Whoops. Maybe I was busy with rehearsals? I wasn't actually cast as a villain, I was cast as a character who quotes Shakespeare constantly and turns out to be someone important at the end of the show. My sister ended up dropping out because she didn't like her character, wasn't crazy about the cast, and didn't want to be tied up in rehearsals all summer. I don't have a terribly large part, though. I guess this is probably a good thing, because if nothing else changes I'll have missed five shows by the end of the run... I had to go to my cousin's wedding on opening night (second opening night at this theater that I've had to miss due to a family wedding) and I was sick yesterday and ended up not going because it was stressing me out too much (I've had a cold for like a week. How does that even happen in July?). I made the matinee today, couldn't really hear out of one ear because it was stuffed up and kept running back to the dressing room for Kleenex, but apparently it was our best show yet.
And I got an email saying that a counselor had dropped out last minute for week 1 of Sugarloaf and asking if I could fill in. I said yes, because FUCK YEAH SUGARLOAF and it would be an actual job/good opportunity and I really wanted to do it, but it means I'll be missing three shows. I'm so grateful they'll be able to find someone, but I do feel really guilty for missing so many shows. Not regretting doing the show, though, because it's given me something productive to do with my summer and I've been enjoying it, despite all the frustrations (such as "dear lord our villain is terrible" and "how many of these people have even been in a melodrama before"). But this has been the most accident-prone cast I've ever been a part of. The lead heroine broke her ankle and is on crutches for the show, and apparently got an infection or something in her foot on Friday and was in the ER. The gypsy fortuneteller injured her knee and was using a cane for half of rehearsals. Last week one of our heroes smashed his face on the bottom of a pool during a pool party and we had to call in an emergency understudy. And then I was out sick yesterday. I won't be the only one missing shows, either, based on the calendar. It's been kind of crazy.
Catching up with things mentioned last time- I did see the Avengers. It was awesome. My sister, dad, and I went up to Tahoe in June to spend a few days enjoying the outdoors, planning to ride bikes and go fishing and maybe go hiking or canoeing. Instead, it snowed. Started as rain, but we got a good two inches. It was in the twenties outside. We were freezing in our cabin with only a fireplace for heat, all huddled under blankets and layers watching movies. We went to the movies when we realized it was raining. I also saw Dark Shadows, when my sister and I went to our grandma's house to go to the Chico fair, got tired, and went to the movies instead of staying until the fair closed. That was a crazy weekend, because I had woken up at like six the morning of the fair to drive up from San Jose, where I'd been for Fanime.
Fanime was great! Different than I expected, because there was a lot less going to panels and such (I only went to one panel and it was about Homestuck) and a lot more plopping down on the floor in spontaneous gatherings of Homestucks. Cosplaying was fun. I was an airship pirate the first day (during which we got a much later start than I'd anticipated and spent something like three hours waiting in line to get in even though we had pre-registered- apparently it was slow all weekend because there was a blackout on Thursday that prevented them from admitting a bunch of pre-reg people). I was also Pirate Dave (from Homestuck) the first day. I was Dave most of the weekend, with a brief foray as Tonks. I was just bummed that the steampunk convention going on at the same time wasn't located closer, and that I had to leave instead of being there for the last day. I think I might've been more tempted to buy stuff/go to panels etc. if it had been, say, a comics or fantasy convention, because anime isn't really my thing. It was great getting to catch up with my friends after a month of summer, and getting to run around being a dork with them again. Also, wow, the Homestuck meetup was enormous. Just waves of people crossing the street one after the other to get to the park where we were meeting. Then a group of us went out for ice cream afterward, which was awesome. It was hilarious- after Fanime, I suddenly had a bunch more followers on Tumblr and my dash became much more Homestuck-filled.
What else have I been up to? Well, the 4th of July was on Wednesday. My family was planning to go up to Tahoe, but the boat was having issues and none of us were feeling super strongly about it, so we ended up staying home. We saw the fireworks in Placerville (a first for me) and actually had excellent seats. We were so close we could hear them shooting off the fireworks. My only complaint is that at times it was really bright and sort of overwhelming when a bunch went off at once. Then we saw Brave on Thursday, which was actually pretty awesome, and I bought a bunch of stuff for Sugarloaf at Michael's. I'm going to make my cabin vaguely nautical-themed and everyone gets a bandanna to wear at orientation. We're probably going to look a bit like pirates. My bandanna has skulls and crossbones on it. My sister kind of laughed at me for deciding to make my campers pirates. She dissuaded me from making the cabin Batman-themed, though. Wow, Sugarloaf is in less than a week. I need to get my TB test done soon, better find out if I need an appointment for that... Good thing I got fingerprinted right away, or else I wouldn't be able to work.
So Sugarloaf looks like it'll be my only actual job this summer. I've been working for my parents, mostly my dad, which is... not ideal, but not that bad. They pay me really well ($10/hour, because it's a nice round number) and the work isn't too bad. Gives me gas money, at least, since they're making me pay for my own gas due to not wanting to pay for me to drive to Coloma and back all the time for the play.
Well, I think I've about covered the most prominent parts of my summer so far (I guess it's a bit over halfway done by this point). Hopefully I'll update sooner next time.
And I got an email saying that a counselor had dropped out last minute for week 1 of Sugarloaf and asking if I could fill in. I said yes, because FUCK YEAH SUGARLOAF and it would be an actual job/good opportunity and I really wanted to do it, but it means I'll be missing three shows. I'm so grateful they'll be able to find someone, but I do feel really guilty for missing so many shows. Not regretting doing the show, though, because it's given me something productive to do with my summer and I've been enjoying it, despite all the frustrations (such as "dear lord our villain is terrible" and "how many of these people have even been in a melodrama before"). But this has been the most accident-prone cast I've ever been a part of. The lead heroine broke her ankle and is on crutches for the show, and apparently got an infection or something in her foot on Friday and was in the ER. The gypsy fortuneteller injured her knee and was using a cane for half of rehearsals. Last week one of our heroes smashed his face on the bottom of a pool during a pool party and we had to call in an emergency understudy. And then I was out sick yesterday. I won't be the only one missing shows, either, based on the calendar. It's been kind of crazy.
Catching up with things mentioned last time- I did see the Avengers. It was awesome. My sister, dad, and I went up to Tahoe in June to spend a few days enjoying the outdoors, planning to ride bikes and go fishing and maybe go hiking or canoeing. Instead, it snowed. Started as rain, but we got a good two inches. It was in the twenties outside. We were freezing in our cabin with only a fireplace for heat, all huddled under blankets and layers watching movies. We went to the movies when we realized it was raining. I also saw Dark Shadows, when my sister and I went to our grandma's house to go to the Chico fair, got tired, and went to the movies instead of staying until the fair closed. That was a crazy weekend, because I had woken up at like six the morning of the fair to drive up from San Jose, where I'd been for Fanime.
Fanime was great! Different than I expected, because there was a lot less going to panels and such (I only went to one panel and it was about Homestuck) and a lot more plopping down on the floor in spontaneous gatherings of Homestucks. Cosplaying was fun. I was an airship pirate the first day (during which we got a much later start than I'd anticipated and spent something like three hours waiting in line to get in even though we had pre-registered- apparently it was slow all weekend because there was a blackout on Thursday that prevented them from admitting a bunch of pre-reg people). I was also Pirate Dave (from Homestuck) the first day. I was Dave most of the weekend, with a brief foray as Tonks. I was just bummed that the steampunk convention going on at the same time wasn't located closer, and that I had to leave instead of being there for the last day. I think I might've been more tempted to buy stuff/go to panels etc. if it had been, say, a comics or fantasy convention, because anime isn't really my thing. It was great getting to catch up with my friends after a month of summer, and getting to run around being a dork with them again. Also, wow, the Homestuck meetup was enormous. Just waves of people crossing the street one after the other to get to the park where we were meeting. Then a group of us went out for ice cream afterward, which was awesome. It was hilarious- after Fanime, I suddenly had a bunch more followers on Tumblr and my dash became much more Homestuck-filled.
What else have I been up to? Well, the 4th of July was on Wednesday. My family was planning to go up to Tahoe, but the boat was having issues and none of us were feeling super strongly about it, so we ended up staying home. We saw the fireworks in Placerville (a first for me) and actually had excellent seats. We were so close we could hear them shooting off the fireworks. My only complaint is that at times it was really bright and sort of overwhelming when a bunch went off at once. Then we saw Brave on Thursday, which was actually pretty awesome, and I bought a bunch of stuff for Sugarloaf at Michael's. I'm going to make my cabin vaguely nautical-themed and everyone gets a bandanna to wear at orientation. We're probably going to look a bit like pirates. My bandanna has skulls and crossbones on it. My sister kind of laughed at me for deciding to make my campers pirates. She dissuaded me from making the cabin Batman-themed, though. Wow, Sugarloaf is in less than a week. I need to get my TB test done soon, better find out if I need an appointment for that... Good thing I got fingerprinted right away, or else I wouldn't be able to work.
So Sugarloaf looks like it'll be my only actual job this summer. I've been working for my parents, mostly my dad, which is... not ideal, but not that bad. They pay me really well ($10/hour, because it's a nice round number) and the work isn't too bad. Gives me gas money, at least, since they're making me pay for my own gas due to not wanting to pay for me to drive to Coloma and back all the time for the play.
Well, I think I've about covered the most prominent parts of my summer so far (I guess it's a bit over halfway done by this point). Hopefully I'll update sooner next time.