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Saturday, July 10
New hair, y'all. I miss my old, long, locks, but love that it takes me ZERO time to style any more because none of it is gross and dead!
Today was a good day of Charity. I was really tired though because I couldn't sleep a wink last night. Thankfully, I have a day of rest tomorrow so I get to just sit and review my lines and everything before starting into tech week (Oh. My. God.). We had our designer "stumble-through" which went relatively well for stumbling. I only went up on a few of my beast amount of lines and knew my choreography, which was splendid.
I'm now stalking celebrities on twitter. I've never done it before. It seems like a reasonable waste of time...
Friday, July 9
Today... a lot of things went down regarding my hair.
I woke up bright and early and went down to Beverly Hills to meet my Director to try on wigs. Boom. Within five minutes of trying them on, Charity's hair miraculously makes her appearance on my head and we're set for the show. The problem is my hair/ head. My head is MASSIVE. HUGE. One of the things I get super self-conscious about. And on top of that massive Greek head is a mop of huge, thick hair. Not ideal for hiding under wigs. So what happens? I go home and decide I want to cut some of it off. I forgot what it was like to get a significant hair cut, because my mom only took off like... 3 inches and POOF- it bounced back up to the springy, frizzy curls I've been fighting since tenth grade. Freaking out about my triangle hair, I threw a fit and took a shower. The significantly shorter (and healthier) mop is now in a towel and is going to be untouched by hot things (irons, the sun, etc.) for the next week or two. I want it to maintain its health. This means I'm going to have to get creative with the ways I style it. And so begins my new discovering of how to make my hair look good after almost two years of long hair that was easy to style.
In other news, tonight is our first run through of Sweet Charity. I'm really nervous, but bouncing with excitement. I can't believe we open in ONE WEEK! :-o
I woke up bright and early and went down to Beverly Hills to meet my Director to try on wigs. Boom. Within five minutes of trying them on, Charity's hair miraculously makes her appearance on my head and we're set for the show. The problem is my hair/ head. My head is MASSIVE. HUGE. One of the things I get super self-conscious about. And on top of that massive Greek head is a mop of huge, thick hair. Not ideal for hiding under wigs. So what happens? I go home and decide I want to cut some of it off. I forgot what it was like to get a significant hair cut, because my mom only took off like... 3 inches and POOF- it bounced back up to the springy, frizzy curls I've been fighting since tenth grade. Freaking out about my triangle hair, I threw a fit and took a shower. The significantly shorter (and healthier) mop is now in a towel and is going to be untouched by hot things (irons, the sun, etc.) for the next week or two. I want it to maintain its health. This means I'm going to have to get creative with the ways I style it. And so begins my new discovering of how to make my hair look good after almost two years of long hair that was easy to style.
In other news, tonight is our first run through of Sweet Charity. I'm really nervous, but bouncing with excitement. I can't believe we open in ONE WEEK! :-o
Thursday, July 8
Love Me Some Charity
I really don't know what to say. Today was a fantastic day. I woke up early to go try on wigs at local shops for Charity. Damn, that bitch be hard to find the right hairstyle for! Of course it doesn't help that I have such a ginormous head... Anyway, so we found some that might work, but I have to go down the BevHills on Friday with my director to find the right one anyway. Then, I went home and reviewed all of my choreography. In the whole show. EVERYTHING! Then, I had a costume fitting, which went wonderfully (I love my costumes.) and rushed home to get ready for rehearsal and say goodbye to Jen.
As I mentioned in my last post, she is leaving for South Africa tonight (the plane left 3 hours ago) and will arrive in Johannesburg tomorrow at 11 pm... Which is mind-blowing to me. I said goodbye to her quickly before driving away and realizing the magnitude of my sister being half-way around the world from me for three weeks. It didn't hit me until I was at the top of my street on my way to get a Peach Perfection from Jamba before my beast rehearsal. I started bawling in the car to Gavin Creel's soulful new EP, "Quiet." I drove the rest of the way in a somber, depressed manner. I already miss Jen so much. I even walked into her room and started to get teary eyed a few minutes ago. :(
I love my sister so much.
Anyway, I successfully pulled myself together and got my Jamba. I sped over to the Pavilion to begin rehearsal. I learned a soft-shoe dance for "I Love....Weddings" in legitimately 30 seconds, then reviewed my "Brass Band" choreo, then learned a new scene, then danced and finished "Brass Band" which was a major major check off of the big list. Charity is getting easier to sit with. I'm finding the Charity in me. It's a nice feeling. Letting out all of my emotions in "Brass Band" through the seven minutes of expressive dance was... liberating. I was able to swing my arms while leaping, but then got to perform one of the cleanest, sharpest Fosse numbers every choreographed. I felt on top of the world. I almost started crying after my cast applauded when we'd finished the number and ran it twice. I was dripping (actually dripping... ew) with sweat, crouched over because of the monster cramp in my side, but wanted to cry with joy. I was excited again.... :) After a 10 minute break, we continued rehearsal as usual and went through some fine-tuning of scenes and called it a night. Molly and I went out for ice cream, then to my house to chill. I excitedly video chatted with Mark and feel so on top of the world right now, despite the forming shin splints that make me shudder every time I move my leg... yum.
Anyway, we're staging the show in the THEATER for the first time tomorrow and I could not be more excited.
I better get some sleep.
I loved today. I want this again.
As I mentioned in my last post, she is leaving for South Africa tonight (the plane left 3 hours ago) and will arrive in Johannesburg tomorrow at 11 pm... Which is mind-blowing to me. I said goodbye to her quickly before driving away and realizing the magnitude of my sister being half-way around the world from me for three weeks. It didn't hit me until I was at the top of my street on my way to get a Peach Perfection from Jamba before my beast rehearsal. I started bawling in the car to Gavin Creel's soulful new EP, "Quiet." I drove the rest of the way in a somber, depressed manner. I already miss Jen so much. I even walked into her room and started to get teary eyed a few minutes ago. :(
I love my sister so much.
Anyway, I successfully pulled myself together and got my Jamba. I sped over to the Pavilion to begin rehearsal. I learned a soft-shoe dance for "I Love....Weddings" in legitimately 30 seconds, then reviewed my "Brass Band" choreo, then learned a new scene, then danced and finished "Brass Band" which was a major major check off of the big list. Charity is getting easier to sit with. I'm finding the Charity in me. It's a nice feeling. Letting out all of my emotions in "Brass Band" through the seven minutes of expressive dance was... liberating. I was able to swing my arms while leaping, but then got to perform one of the cleanest, sharpest Fosse numbers every choreographed. I felt on top of the world. I almost started crying after my cast applauded when we'd finished the number and ran it twice. I was dripping (actually dripping... ew) with sweat, crouched over because of the monster cramp in my side, but wanted to cry with joy. I was excited again.... :) After a 10 minute break, we continued rehearsal as usual and went through some fine-tuning of scenes and called it a night. Molly and I went out for ice cream, then to my house to chill. I excitedly video chatted with Mark and feel so on top of the world right now, despite the forming shin splints that make me shudder every time I move my leg... yum.
Anyway, we're staging the show in the THEATER for the first time tomorrow and I could not be more excited.
I better get some sleep.
I loved today. I want this again.
Wednesday, July 7
Today was much better than yesterday. I made myself the best pancakes in the world, took a ballet class and did significantly better than I thought I would after months of no ballet, and went immediately into rehearsal for Charity. The rehearsal was productive. Some of my castmates have been really supportive over the past few days, and I love them for it. They're really making me feel more and more comfortable being in such a big role and are making me feel like I might pull it off!
It's thrilling. Tomorrow, I'm getting my wig fitted for Charity. This is the first time I've ever had to wear a wig on stage! How thrilling/annoying!
I didn't know it was possible, but the muscles in my forearms are sore right now... ?!
Quote of the day: "I think you broke my head." - Zoe Fiske
Goodnight. :)
I'm now sitting here after a Yogurtlandsesh with my sister who is leaving for Africa tomorrow. It actually is making me a little bit nervous... I'm not sure why. I don't want to be without contact for my sisters for so long. Last summer was seven weeks, and it was unbearable.
I've just gone on an iTunes spree of like... 10 songs. (naughtynaughty me!)It's thrilling. Tomorrow, I'm getting my wig fitted for Charity. This is the first time I've ever had to wear a wig on stage! How thrilling/annoying!
I didn't know it was possible, but the muscles in my forearms are sore right now... ?!
Quote of the day: "I think you broke my head." - Zoe Fiske
Goodnight. :)
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