Friday, September 26, 2008

LIFE!!!!

1. It is simply unfair that this phase of life is transitional. I haven't been this happy or life-satisfied for AGES and it's painful to think of leaving where I am right now!
2. SHOWS:
I'm still in Annie Get Your Gun right now as Winnie Tate at Theatre Arlington. We have 3 more weekends (woohoo!) It's fun and it's pretty odd to have a steady weekend performance job. The movement/lyrics/music is totally ingrained in all of us now and it's just what we do. I don't know how to explain it, but it's a wonderful feeling. I like to pretend like it's way more important than it is (aka pretending like I'm on tour) but it works for now. We run Thurs-Sun until Oct. 12.

I'm assistant directing The Taming of the Shrew with Emily Gray at Richland. I just had the chance to fully run rehearsals for the week while Emily was in Alaska and I had a BALL. It'd been a year since I'd directed anything, and even though it took a bit to get back in gear, I really enjoyed it and missed it. Shrew opens three days after AGYG close--Oct 15-22.

I just got cast in Footloose at Garland Civic Theatre. I'm thrilled they cast me, despite the fact that I'm missing 3 out of 6 weeks of rehearsal!! We run November 14-December 6. I'm playing Wendy Jo and understudying Ariel.

3. It's my sister's birthday--Happy Birthday Abby!

4. I love being in Dallas, being with family, and doing shows. Ahhh life is happiness.

5. College is still the plan despite this break of sorts, and I am excited about doing musical theatre in college. I'm pretty much down to OCU, UArts, Michigan, Elon, Sam Houston, Penn State, BoCo, and Carnegie.

I'll keep you updated!!

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Tina Fey for President

According to a new analysis by the Tax Policy Center, a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are both proposing tax plans that would result in cuts for most American families. Obama's plan gives the biggest cuts to those who make the least, while McCain would give the largest cuts to the very wealthy. For the approximately 147,000 families that make up the top 0.1 percent of the income scale, the difference between the two plans is stark. While McCain offers a $269,364 tax cut, Obama would raise their taxes, on average, by $701,885 - a difference of nearly $1 million.


PS: watch the SNL skit with Tina Fey and Amy Pohler in case you've been living in a cave.
PPS: www.sarahpaliniscrazy.com is an actual registered domain
PPPS: legitimate update soon. life is fabulous. so is obama.