On A Desert Island With Thee
AKA The Longest Livejournal Entry EVER
Tuesday, January 5
Had my first English 103 class. I was pretty convinced I was going to be on my own in that class, as there's not very many of us that survived English 102. Turns out Gennieve is in my class, so that's awesome because I love Gennieve so much. The class is going to be AWESOME. My teacher seems really super duper awesome, and kind of hippieish, which I, of course, enjoy. One of the books we're reading is Heart of Darkness, which I did last year and ACED the essay on. So yeah, I am excited for Literature. It will be good times.
After class me and Gennieve went down to the bookstore and bought all our English books, and I got some of my Theatre Prod books. My Wardrobe book cost a lot of money, so I didn't buy it... Because I didn't have enough.
After lunch we had Stage Craft. It will be interesting. On the one hand I think it would be cool to know how to do, and my teacher is SO AWESOME, but on the other hand I am mildly terrified of the power tools. A lot. But I will get through it and pass and never touch a power tool AGAIN.
Lighting is the new Audio. I hope to learn though osmosis again. It shouldn't be too hard, the hardest part is the math and we did it in Audio, so... Yeah. I will be good.
Then I had a call and stuff went down. Me and Julius made armour until 10:00 at night? Yeah, that's pretty much it.
Wednesday, January 6
Wardrobe is going to be SO AWESOME. I will loooove it. Geri is our teacher, and I mostly just love her. She takes good care of us Wardrobe Crew types. Plus the sewing seems pretty basic and such, so I should be able to get a good mark.
Theatre History could possibly be interesting... If John didn't go on random speils about things that are not really relevant to the subject at hand really at all. I will probably also learn this class through osmosis. It will be awesome.
More call stuff. More armour making until 10:00 at night.
Thursday, January 7
English in the morning. Poetry and stuff, I think?
Also Stage Craft.
Paint class! I will love it! Mostly because I looooove George. He's so interesting, and has pretty much done everything. The man was in a movie! Because he painted a helicopter in 25 minutes or sth like that! Idk he's awesome. Also, he knows Brad Pitt. Now, I don't like Brad Pitt, but that's pretty cool.
More call. More armour. Too much Julius.
Friday, January 8
I got to sleep in! Kind of. History doesn't start until 10:00 on Fridays, so that is DELIGHTFUL. Oh so DELIGHTFUL.
Then there were call antics. More armour until 10:00 at night. The same 10 songs over and over and over and over and over and I wanted to KILL MYSELF.
That's pretty much it.
Tech Week
Was... Interesting? AND SO INCREDIBLY BUSY OH MY GOD.
David got in on the Saturday. It was awesome and cool.
Basically me and Julius worked like psychopaths, with help from Kate. She was supposed to help us out for one day, but she ended up staying for at least 3. Me and her made all the helmets by ourselves. It was GLORIOUS.
I really really really missed Wardrobe though. Especially my Wardrobe homies. I missed them all dearly while I toiled away in Armour Alley.
Julius became an abusive dictator, also. Not for real. He only beat me twice, both because he was excited about things going well/working out/etc.
Quotes from the Week of Hell
Izzy: I know where to draw my line; with a tasty, tasty steak.
Wendelynn: What the fuck is wrong with you?
-=-=-=-
Trent: Love is making out with someone after they throw up.
-=-=-=-
Tyler: Every single dinosaur, including the woolly mammoth.
Matt R: Not a dinosaur.
Tyler: Well, that's debatable.
Costume Parade
Costume Parade is basically exactly what it sounds like. We run around like crazies and dress the actors in all their costumes and parade them around in from of the designer, choreographer, and director.
I spent a good hour running up and down three flights of stairs, hauling armour down. Then April freaked out on Julius and I kept getting sent to do repairs and things. It sucks aaaass. But I got a lot of exercise, so there's that...
Behind the scenes was pretty crazy and hectic and wow, but apparently in the room went really well and smoothly.
I got called in at one point to see the armour and be congratulated and complimented and all that fun stuff. Can I just say... All that work? WORTH IT. SO WORTH IT.
Afterwards we went over notes and things, April FLIPPED SHIT on Cassandra, that was emotional. We don't like April. Then eventually we got to go home. At, like 7:30. It was AWESOME. I LOVED IT SO MUCH.
Me and Izzy went grocery shopping, ordered a pizza, and hung out and watched a movie with David.
The Rest of Tech Week
After Costume Parade all the work on the armour that had to be done in the shop was done, so I got to return to Wardrobe World for the HELL that is hand sewing.
One day me and Celyne spent a good hour yelling at each other in fake British accents. We were alone, except for Jill, who just laughed at us. It was SO FUN. We yelled nonsense insults and other such things at each other. It was awesome. I loved it. At one point the security guard came in, went "Sounds like someone's having fun..." and then left. It was awesome.
More Quotes From Tech Week
Cassie: Why are there still stains?
Kate: Well bleach doesn't get out everything.
Cassie: Does it get out DEATH?
-=-=-=-
Julius: Ugh, what's that smell? ...Canceeeer!
-=-=-=-
(scarecrow pick up lines)
Julius: I've got a lot of sticks.
Gennieve: How about you help me with my stuffing?
-=-=-=-
Julius: I was fine, and I didn't even wear gloves.
Me: ...I'm supposed to be wearing gloves? ...AGH! It's on me!
-=-=-=-
(possibly the best idea we've ever had. The following events did not actually happen)
April: What's this? Why aren't you sewing?
Wardrobe Mistresses: We've spent the last three hours digging a hole. This. Is. WARDROBE! (kick)
-=-=-=-
Cassandra: Why not just push It off the roof, to save time and all.
Celyne: How are we supposed to get It onto the roof?
Cassandra: There have cranes.
-=-=-=-
Cassandra: They'll all look like crabs! Pretty, pretty crabs!
-=-=-=-
Celyne: I think you need to leave for a little while.
Cassandra: No, I think she needs to stay.
Celyne: She can sew out in the-
Cassandra: SORT OUT YOUR ISSUES!
-=-=-=-
Julius: I'm going to tell the future. ...Meaghan, you're going to die. It also says you're quite the ho.
-=-=-=-
Izzy: It would be gooder if I was still sleeping.
Wendelynn: Yeah. Maybe you could form a sentence without the word 'gooder' in it.
Izzy: ...Yeah!
-=-=-=-
Izzy: 1 plus 3 equals 4!
-=-=-=-
Cassandra: Who unplugged the iron?
Jill: We were all leaving, it was for safety.
Cassandra: I was still here!
Jill: It was for safety!
-=-=-=-
Me: What are you doing, Cassandra?
Cassandra: DESTROYING EVERYTHING!
-=-=-=-
All of us, continuously: Yo, what's up barracuda! Suddata suddata 6 o' clock!
Dress/Quick Change Rehearsal
This day was a whole big mash up of "Wtf how do I quick change people?" I am a master at quick changing myself, but changing other people? God no. Never done it.
We got to practice one quick change before the dress rehearsal, because there was a big change with everyone at the end that was about 1:15 seconds. I, for some reason, ended up with more actors than everyone else. But it's okay! Because Geran came off before everyone else, so I changed him, then ran past Tyler as he and Tim came off, and changed Tim, because he had the most complicated change. It was good. Not terrible. I don't know how useful I was, but whatev, I did it.
During our supper break Cassandra rearranged the Don/Doff sheet so that we really only worked with a couple actors each. I got Bracken and Colin and it was awesome. I love Bracken.
During the dress rehearsal we all kind of ran around like crazy people because we didn't really know what was going on. During my second change, with Bracken, which was about 2 minutes long I was definitely missing a piece of her costume. I didn't realize she didn't wear her bodysuit in the first scene like all the other girls. So I ran down to the dressing room, grabbed it, ran back upstairs, changed her and she STILL made it onstage on time. I am awesome.
In the second act Tyler came up to me and was like "Hey, I have a quick change they didn't account for. Wanna help me out?" So I did. But he wasn't sure when it was. So that was fun. I basically just sat around and waited for him to appear so I could change him.
Preview
Preview was a lot less crazy than Dress Rehearsal. There were, however, a lot of "WTF is going on in this play?" moments. It was the weirdest, most random play EVER in the existence of the world.
Opening
Opening went well, I think, anyway. Nothing went horrendously wrong, so that's a good thing.
After the show me and Morgan went to Res to pick up David, then we went to Brado's. April had given us drinking money because we had done such a good job. Julius and Cassandra convinced me to do a shot, so I had a porn star. It was good. I actually liked it. At one point Chris did the whole "You need to be more drunk!" thing and went off and bought me a bottle cap. That was also good.
Around 1:00 Izzy said she was leaving, so me and David went with her. We dropped off Crystal and Craig at their respective homes and then decided to go to Denny's.
This just in - Denny's at 2 am... MY NEW FAVORITE THING. Drunk people everywhere, and really good breakfast. It was so fun. I loved it so much.
Saturday, January 23
Got to sleep in, and that was just awesome. Best day ever.
I think we went in for 2:00, and just did some repairs and finishing touches and things, so that was decent.
The show itself went good too, not that I really remember all that much at this point.
Sunday, January 24
At this point everyone in Wardrobe was kind of like "Why were we so hectic and crazy the first few days?" We knew the show a bit better and ended up sitting A LOT backstage.
We started reading at this point, so yay getting homework done during shows.
Dark Day
Return to classes. Which was decent. Stuff went down? Idk.
Me, Wendelynn, Izzy, and Erika went grocery shopping, so I had food again. Yay food!
After that Crystal, Mel, David, and Serena joined us and we helped move Wendelynn from her room with the evil roommate to a bachelor.
After we were done moving Wendelynn we hung out in the 4 West lounge and watched Noises Off! which is SO FUNNY and ate pizza.
Noises Off! might be one of my favorite movies ever. It's totally good for theatre techs, and actors too, probably.
During all of this I was also running about doing the laundry for the shows.
January 26-28
Regular classes and shows and things.
Friday, January 29
Was a regular class day, until lunch when the crews for Pacific Overtures got posted. I had signed up for Assistant Stage Manager, Wardrobe, and Audio, and had gotten drafted to Carp. I was so not into that. I started crying in homeroom, not that I meant to, it just kind of happened. Dana pulled me aside and tried to make me feel better, and Cassandra did too.
Then basically a whole lot of stuff went down and I somehow ended up on Wardrobe. Not sure on exactly how it happened, but I was not going to complain.
My parents also arrived on this day. They took me to Moxie's for supper and it was SO GOOD. I enjoyed greatly.
We did a show, and it went well, as far as I can remember. Armour was breaking left right and center this whole time, so anything that went wrong there wasn't new...
Saturday, January 30
Woke up, got ready, and went to Kingsway with my parents. Had breakfast at Second Cup, and that was yummy and delightful. We shopped around and I got some clothes and things. It was good. I had fun shopping with my mom.
Then we went back to Res, got ready, and went to supper at Red Robin. Also tasty and delicious.
Then I got dropped off for my call time. Izzy brought David over from Res, and Kaitlin flipped out when she finally got to meet him. It was adorable and cute and awesome. I lol'd.
Closing night was awesome crazy times. As the actors were bowing I ninja'd into the green room and stole Matt R's helmet, since he was trying to steal it from me. I bolted out into the lobby after, met up with my parents and gave them a tour. There was a whole big thing with Matt and his helmet, he gave me puppy eyes... I gave him the helmet. I couldn't resist the puppy eyes.
After I was free to go we went out to Boston Pizza and had delightful desserts. It was fun times.
Sunday, January 31
Me and my parents went out for breakfast to Denny's, and then went shopping at West Ed. It was cool. I got a lot of CDs and DVDs and stuff. I got the Pirate Radio soundtrack, the I <3 Jonas DVD (shut up), and Hitch. I think I possibly bought other stuff too, but I don't remember at this point, ha ha.
We hung around West Ed for a long time, and we went to the Sherlock Holmes pub. It was pretty cool.
Around 4:30 we left and went back to Res. We changed and then walked up to the Mongolie Grill. I love it there so much. I got a lot of stuff this time, it cost more than any other time. I also got a xanga for dessert. SO GOOD. Ugh. Loved it.
Then we went back to Res and I attended a sundae night with my floor, then did some homework and stuff.
So yeah. That was January. It was good times. I will (hopefully) never have to write an entry this long AGAIN. I hate it so. It takes so much time... (large dramatic sigh)
Tuesday, January 5
Had my first English 103 class. I was pretty convinced I was going to be on my own in that class, as there's not very many of us that survived English 102. Turns out Gennieve is in my class, so that's awesome because I love Gennieve so much. The class is going to be AWESOME. My teacher seems really super duper awesome, and kind of hippieish, which I, of course, enjoy. One of the books we're reading is Heart of Darkness, which I did last year and ACED the essay on. So yeah, I am excited for Literature. It will be good times.
After class me and Gennieve went down to the bookstore and bought all our English books, and I got some of my Theatre Prod books. My Wardrobe book cost a lot of money, so I didn't buy it... Because I didn't have enough.
After lunch we had Stage Craft. It will be interesting. On the one hand I think it would be cool to know how to do, and my teacher is SO AWESOME, but on the other hand I am mildly terrified of the power tools. A lot. But I will get through it and pass and never touch a power tool AGAIN.
Lighting is the new Audio. I hope to learn though osmosis again. It shouldn't be too hard, the hardest part is the math and we did it in Audio, so... Yeah. I will be good.
Then I had a call and stuff went down. Me and Julius made armour until 10:00 at night? Yeah, that's pretty much it.
Wednesday, January 6
Wardrobe is going to be SO AWESOME. I will loooove it. Geri is our teacher, and I mostly just love her. She takes good care of us Wardrobe Crew types. Plus the sewing seems pretty basic and such, so I should be able to get a good mark.
Theatre History could possibly be interesting... If John didn't go on random speils about things that are not really relevant to the subject at hand really at all. I will probably also learn this class through osmosis. It will be awesome.
More call stuff. More armour making until 10:00 at night.
Thursday, January 7
English in the morning. Poetry and stuff, I think?
Also Stage Craft.
Paint class! I will love it! Mostly because I looooove George. He's so interesting, and has pretty much done everything. The man was in a movie! Because he painted a helicopter in 25 minutes or sth like that! Idk he's awesome. Also, he knows Brad Pitt. Now, I don't like Brad Pitt, but that's pretty cool.
More call. More armour. Too much Julius.
Friday, January 8
I got to sleep in! Kind of. History doesn't start until 10:00 on Fridays, so that is DELIGHTFUL. Oh so DELIGHTFUL.
Then there were call antics. More armour until 10:00 at night. The same 10 songs over and over and over and over and over and I wanted to KILL MYSELF.
That's pretty much it.
Tech Week
Was... Interesting? AND SO INCREDIBLY BUSY OH MY GOD.
David got in on the Saturday. It was awesome and cool.
Basically me and Julius worked like psychopaths, with help from Kate. She was supposed to help us out for one day, but she ended up staying for at least 3. Me and her made all the helmets by ourselves. It was GLORIOUS.
I really really really missed Wardrobe though. Especially my Wardrobe homies. I missed them all dearly while I toiled away in Armour Alley.
Julius became an abusive dictator, also. Not for real. He only beat me twice, both because he was excited about things going well/working out/etc.
Quotes from the Week of Hell
Izzy: I know where to draw my line; with a tasty, tasty steak.
Wendelynn: What the fuck is wrong with you?
-=-=-=-
Trent: Love is making out with someone after they throw up.
-=-=-=-
Tyler: Every single dinosaur, including the woolly mammoth.
Matt R: Not a dinosaur.
Tyler: Well, that's debatable.
Costume Parade
Costume Parade is basically exactly what it sounds like. We run around like crazies and dress the actors in all their costumes and parade them around in from of the designer, choreographer, and director.
I spent a good hour running up and down three flights of stairs, hauling armour down. Then April freaked out on Julius and I kept getting sent to do repairs and things. It sucks aaaass. But I got a lot of exercise, so there's that...
Behind the scenes was pretty crazy and hectic and wow, but apparently in the room went really well and smoothly.
I got called in at one point to see the armour and be congratulated and complimented and all that fun stuff. Can I just say... All that work? WORTH IT. SO WORTH IT.
Afterwards we went over notes and things, April FLIPPED SHIT on Cassandra, that was emotional. We don't like April. Then eventually we got to go home. At, like 7:30. It was AWESOME. I LOVED IT SO MUCH.
Me and Izzy went grocery shopping, ordered a pizza, and hung out and watched a movie with David.
The Rest of Tech Week
After Costume Parade all the work on the armour that had to be done in the shop was done, so I got to return to Wardrobe World for the HELL that is hand sewing.
One day me and Celyne spent a good hour yelling at each other in fake British accents. We were alone, except for Jill, who just laughed at us. It was SO FUN. We yelled nonsense insults and other such things at each other. It was awesome. I loved it. At one point the security guard came in, went "Sounds like someone's having fun..." and then left. It was awesome.
More Quotes From Tech Week
Cassie: Why are there still stains?
Kate: Well bleach doesn't get out everything.
Cassie: Does it get out DEATH?
-=-=-=-
Julius: Ugh, what's that smell? ...Canceeeer!
-=-=-=-
(scarecrow pick up lines)
Julius: I've got a lot of sticks.
Gennieve: How about you help me with my stuffing?
-=-=-=-
Julius: I was fine, and I didn't even wear gloves.
Me: ...I'm supposed to be wearing gloves? ...AGH! It's on me!
-=-=-=-
(possibly the best idea we've ever had. The following events did not actually happen)
April: What's this? Why aren't you sewing?
Wardrobe Mistresses: We've spent the last three hours digging a hole. This. Is. WARDROBE! (kick)
-=-=-=-
Cassandra: Why not just push It off the roof, to save time and all.
Celyne: How are we supposed to get It onto the roof?
Cassandra: There have cranes.
-=-=-=-
Cassandra: They'll all look like crabs! Pretty, pretty crabs!
-=-=-=-
Celyne: I think you need to leave for a little while.
Cassandra: No, I think she needs to stay.
Celyne: She can sew out in the-
Cassandra: SORT OUT YOUR ISSUES!
-=-=-=-
Julius: I'm going to tell the future. ...Meaghan, you're going to die. It also says you're quite the ho.
-=-=-=-
Izzy: It would be gooder if I was still sleeping.
Wendelynn: Yeah. Maybe you could form a sentence without the word 'gooder' in it.
Izzy: ...Yeah!
-=-=-=-
Izzy: 1 plus 3 equals 4!
-=-=-=-
Cassandra: Who unplugged the iron?
Jill: We were all leaving, it was for safety.
Cassandra: I was still here!
Jill: It was for safety!
-=-=-=-
Me: What are you doing, Cassandra?
Cassandra: DESTROYING EVERYTHING!
-=-=-=-
All of us, continuously: Yo, what's up barracuda! Suddata suddata 6 o' clock!
Dress/Quick Change Rehearsal
This day was a whole big mash up of "Wtf how do I quick change people?" I am a master at quick changing myself, but changing other people? God no. Never done it.
We got to practice one quick change before the dress rehearsal, because there was a big change with everyone at the end that was about 1:15 seconds. I, for some reason, ended up with more actors than everyone else. But it's okay! Because Geran came off before everyone else, so I changed him, then ran past Tyler as he and Tim came off, and changed Tim, because he had the most complicated change. It was good. Not terrible. I don't know how useful I was, but whatev, I did it.
During our supper break Cassandra rearranged the Don/Doff sheet so that we really only worked with a couple actors each. I got Bracken and Colin and it was awesome. I love Bracken.
During the dress rehearsal we all kind of ran around like crazy people because we didn't really know what was going on. During my second change, with Bracken, which was about 2 minutes long I was definitely missing a piece of her costume. I didn't realize she didn't wear her bodysuit in the first scene like all the other girls. So I ran down to the dressing room, grabbed it, ran back upstairs, changed her and she STILL made it onstage on time. I am awesome.
In the second act Tyler came up to me and was like "Hey, I have a quick change they didn't account for. Wanna help me out?" So I did. But he wasn't sure when it was. So that was fun. I basically just sat around and waited for him to appear so I could change him.
Preview
Preview was a lot less crazy than Dress Rehearsal. There were, however, a lot of "WTF is going on in this play?" moments. It was the weirdest, most random play EVER in the existence of the world.
Opening
Opening went well, I think, anyway. Nothing went horrendously wrong, so that's a good thing.
After the show me and Morgan went to Res to pick up David, then we went to Brado's. April had given us drinking money because we had done such a good job. Julius and Cassandra convinced me to do a shot, so I had a porn star. It was good. I actually liked it. At one point Chris did the whole "You need to be more drunk!" thing and went off and bought me a bottle cap. That was also good.
Around 1:00 Izzy said she was leaving, so me and David went with her. We dropped off Crystal and Craig at their respective homes and then decided to go to Denny's.
This just in - Denny's at 2 am... MY NEW FAVORITE THING. Drunk people everywhere, and really good breakfast. It was so fun. I loved it so much.
Saturday, January 23
Got to sleep in, and that was just awesome. Best day ever.
I think we went in for 2:00, and just did some repairs and finishing touches and things, so that was decent.
The show itself went good too, not that I really remember all that much at this point.
Sunday, January 24
At this point everyone in Wardrobe was kind of like "Why were we so hectic and crazy the first few days?" We knew the show a bit better and ended up sitting A LOT backstage.
We started reading at this point, so yay getting homework done during shows.
Dark Day
Return to classes. Which was decent. Stuff went down? Idk.
Me, Wendelynn, Izzy, and Erika went grocery shopping, so I had food again. Yay food!
After that Crystal, Mel, David, and Serena joined us and we helped move Wendelynn from her room with the evil roommate to a bachelor.
After we were done moving Wendelynn we hung out in the 4 West lounge and watched Noises Off! which is SO FUNNY and ate pizza.
Noises Off! might be one of my favorite movies ever. It's totally good for theatre techs, and actors too, probably.
During all of this I was also running about doing the laundry for the shows.
January 26-28
Regular classes and shows and things.
Friday, January 29
Was a regular class day, until lunch when the crews for Pacific Overtures got posted. I had signed up for Assistant Stage Manager, Wardrobe, and Audio, and had gotten drafted to Carp. I was so not into that. I started crying in homeroom, not that I meant to, it just kind of happened. Dana pulled me aside and tried to make me feel better, and Cassandra did too.
Then basically a whole lot of stuff went down and I somehow ended up on Wardrobe. Not sure on exactly how it happened, but I was not going to complain.
My parents also arrived on this day. They took me to Moxie's for supper and it was SO GOOD. I enjoyed greatly.
We did a show, and it went well, as far as I can remember. Armour was breaking left right and center this whole time, so anything that went wrong there wasn't new...
Saturday, January 30
Woke up, got ready, and went to Kingsway with my parents. Had breakfast at Second Cup, and that was yummy and delightful. We shopped around and I got some clothes and things. It was good. I had fun shopping with my mom.
Then we went back to Res, got ready, and went to supper at Red Robin. Also tasty and delicious.
Then I got dropped off for my call time. Izzy brought David over from Res, and Kaitlin flipped out when she finally got to meet him. It was adorable and cute and awesome. I lol'd.
Closing night was awesome crazy times. As the actors were bowing I ninja'd into the green room and stole Matt R's helmet, since he was trying to steal it from me. I bolted out into the lobby after, met up with my parents and gave them a tour. There was a whole big thing with Matt and his helmet, he gave me puppy eyes... I gave him the helmet. I couldn't resist the puppy eyes.
After I was free to go we went out to Boston Pizza and had delightful desserts. It was fun times.
Sunday, January 31
Me and my parents went out for breakfast to Denny's, and then went shopping at West Ed. It was cool. I got a lot of CDs and DVDs and stuff. I got the Pirate Radio soundtrack, the I <3 Jonas DVD (shut up), and Hitch. I think I possibly bought other stuff too, but I don't remember at this point, ha ha.
We hung around West Ed for a long time, and we went to the Sherlock Holmes pub. It was pretty cool.
Around 4:30 we left and went back to Res. We changed and then walked up to the Mongolie Grill. I love it there so much. I got a lot of stuff this time, it cost more than any other time. I also got a xanga for dessert. SO GOOD. Ugh. Loved it.
Then we went back to Res and I attended a sundae night with my floor, then did some homework and stuff.
So yeah. That was January. It was good times. I will (hopefully) never have to write an entry this long AGAIN. I hate it so. It takes so much time... (large dramatic sigh)