Callbacks are done

Today we had callbacks for "Whales, Save Us!" it was a good time, went smoothly.

I still think that one of the most interesting parts of this whole experience is that four shows are casting from the same talent pool. I know that sounds easy when you have over 100 people auditioning but its not. For the most part most directors called back a large number of the same people, so this casting meeting should be fun. Truth be told, I think that after Callbacks for two of the shows the meeting seems like it has potential to go smoothly. But as any good boy scout would say its important to be prepared!

Update on the benefit show, there is some discussion that it may be canceled, which is nice for one reason, Tara is coming this weekend and we are going to have SO MUCH fun either way! But if its not canceled that will be fun because It will be a fun show! Well i'll let you know where that all falls out.

2nd week of GRAD school here i come! Bring it!

Two days, So Sorry! HOTTT!

I really can not tell you everything that I have been doing for the last few days, so it doesn't seem like a lot but it has!

Friday was a great day to sleep in, which on a side note I have not been sleeping well... I'm not really sure why, I am generally a really great sleeper! Anyway...

I got up a little later on friday i dont really know what time I think it was 9 am which isnt really that late i know but Im not a huge sleep in person, but the more I am in school the later I stay up so maybe i will be a sleeper inner soon!

I had to go meet Erica and Katy both MFA stage managers to make copies for our auditions. On my way i was going to stop by Judy Ryerson (professor, costume designer) and ask her a couple questions, mind you its 400 degrees outside and I am burning up, well i go to the Judy Bayley theatre (our big theatre) where the costume shop is, she is not there... they say she is in the design studio, a different building with two smaller theatres in it, so i sweat my way over there, nope she is not there whatever i have to go meet the other SM's anyway, as I am leaving the building, Shannon (my advisor) calls and asks what I am doing next week...

Now just a moment to interlude my thoughts here when your professor and or advisor asks what are you doing next week, what is the correct response. So what did i do????

I laughed out load, then she laughed. (then awkward moment) Well she wanted to know if i would stage manage a special benefit show for her next week. I said sure, she said they would pay me and I said why not! So off i went to her office to get the details, did i mention it was HOTTTTT in vegas on friday, not just hot, like devil's armpit hot. seriously i would rather have been in the kitchen during thanksgiving cooking, much cooler. anyway, details on this show are slim, so i sent an email to the producer to get some info... Linda Eder is coming i do know that, but thats about it.

Made copies for auditions, blah blah blah, had to go to a production meeting, and let me just say it was interesting, more on that later i would suppose, but to many eyes here... oh by the way the meeting was back up in the building on the edge of campus, and it is HOTTT!

After the meeting Erica had to get some things for company and we walked all over campus, no you do not understand ALL OVER CAMPUS! and mother of pearl it was HOT! we were going to go get lunch after but it was so hot that all you could think of was a jamba juice that sounded good, and for the love it was awesome... Erica Said it best "i want to dive in my jamba juice and swim around its that hot" anyway, we sat in ericas office for an hour and cooled, down, called ashlee (another SM) and met her at the Alumni center. where we decided to go to olive garden, and MAN IT WAS GOOD, i had been really good all day, and decided what the hell, just cheat, so i did, and in the end it wasnt that cheating, had some bread sticks, chicken with pasta only i didnt even want the pasta and so i didnt eat it, and tons of salad! oh yeah and some cheese dip.... anyway it was worth it, STILL HOT!

I got home and spent the night making a schedule for this show that is next week, its exciting, its a lot of hours, and a lot going on but it is going to be so fun, and it is right where i want to be! still no official word from the producer other then an email with his schedule which i promptly turned into a nice very nice excel spread sheet! with colors! LOVE IT! got ready for auditions and turned in, still didnt sleep well.

This morning had to be to auditions at 8:30 (HOT), and it went all day, schedules got off, time ran behind, crowds where big, it was long, and hard, but man oh man it went well. I can not even tell you how well the group of us stage managers worked together, i got home at 5:30 and all i wanted to do was eat a lot of fat and watch a movie cuddled on the couch! I DIDNT dont worry! (HOT) (HOT) (HOT)

I ate some chicken nuts cheese, couple grapes, it was a good meal. But then right back to work on Call Backs for tomorrow. I have every form you could want, broken down by person, character, i mean if you want it and I dont have it, it will be shocking!!! my Directors name is Josh, and I think its going to be a great expereince. Our writer was there as well and she is great! But with that said four shows are casting from the same talent pool and so as Kenn put it today we will be playing "kickball" (you know that awkward moment in grade school where you all stand in a line and wait to be picked, and one team always gets to go first and they always get the best) anyway we are going to be casting monday night, however My benefit show rehearses then, Did i mention how excited i am about this benefit show, I hope I can pull it off and keep everyone happy, on time, and getting everything they need!

So that brings me to right this minute still hot (they say it will start cooling down in september, believe that when i see it) where i knew I had to sit down and write about this all or i never would, one day this is going to be an awesome journal im sure of it!

Im off to bed! Just can't wait to start tomorrow! ( I know im a total geek, but i am in my element) by the way one day you should ask me about the compliment i got today! IT was great!

Long day of nothing huge

Today I did nothing much here at grad school, however i am pretty sure that I almost saw a classroom revolt today... Anyone who was in grad sem knows where this is going! But wow, i thought for a minute one of my classes was going to end in a revolt!

But in the end it didn't I defined my three words through web campus and now here I am.

I did however change my rehearsal calendar for "Whales, Save Us!" again! Someday we are going to stop making those changes! But whatever it all works!

Tomorrow is our design/production meeting! FUN!

GREAT DAY!

well let me just say today i had three classes, and did some great work.

I started my day with Stage Management One, this is an under grad class for ALL theatre majors so its sometimes daunting to be sitting in there, but Katy and I are in there together which makes it easier. This morning Shannon gave us an assignment to make an audition poster, and Im not going to lie i did it during class, there is a copy below, boring i know.

My next class is Directing, which i have also taken, but i must say that I am really enjoying this class so far, We are reading "Power of the Actor" by Chubbuck, and I must say its really a good book. The discussion today was very interesting, We talked a lot about objectives, what does your character want in this scene and the overall arch of the show for example. It was very very interesting to think about how characters need to be humanized, they need to take every step a normal human being does, They have no idea what happens next, just like you and me. One of the most interesting things from the book and our discussion to me "You must earn the right to die" okay really? doesn't that sound interesting in more then just a theatrical term. I mean an actor knows that their character is going to die, but the character just like you and me has know Idea when that is going to happen. I mean think about it, that character has to earn the right to die, they have to work every minute of that script earning the believability of the death and the knowledge or lack there of, of it coming. I don't know why that is so interesting to me but it is.

I went home and read the next three chapters of that book, im really into this class, great professor, I am learning and feeling like its making a difference in my career already! Whats so interesting is that I have seen good actors and directors do some of the things we talk about but never really knew why? but now looking back things make so much more sense!

I went back to Stage Management studio where all of the SM's in the MFA program get together and we chatted, good times with 6 good people, and we have decided that we are team awesome, and that we should all have a different color and a logo and such. Well I made us a logo, im pretty much in love with it, 6 colors, 6 of us, funny sayings on it, and pretty excited to stamp that baby onto all of our papers! funny, very funny!

Today was a really good day! I also took some pictures of the fact that UNLV is not that crowded!

If anyone reads this and wants to respond to this question or if you are annie and you want to ask your children this question i would love to know the answer.

What is a Stage Manager?

Love ya!

I have really nothing to report today!

My big accomplishments of the day?

Laundry

Cleaned

Shopped for some food

set up a meeting with three shows for the same time, not easy,

took a nap

ate some chicken

So as you can see my second day of grad school has been VERY VERY VERY hard! Please do not judge!

Today was a really great day!

Let me just say, my first day back to school was a great day.

Let me just say how interesting it is to be back in school, I'm 28, seriously 28, And I'm back in school. My two classes on mon-wed right now are Stage Management and Directing. Both of which are going to be good classes, I felt like i was going to my first day of High school again today, I am not sure why i was so freaked out, but alas, I met up with Katy (1st year stage manager) and we walked to class together today. We got lost together, then found the class in BFE! Well Stage Management one is meant for Under grads getting a theatre degree, So lets just say that Katy and I are going to be very bored for some of that class, but I suppose a refresher never hurts anyone... My second class was Directing, with Michael Tylo, Great guy, seems like its going to be a great class, where I will learn a new prospective on theatre and directing. After class i came home read my chapters for Wednesdays class then went back to Meet with Team Awesome (the 6 MFA stage managers) and Shannon, and It was a great meeting.

I must say I got dressed today in my skinniest pair of pants that I have worn in forever, seriously I don't remember even in high school having this small of pants! Well it was a great moment for me, Seriously I have been going through some life changing moments in the last few months of my life but the biggest was getting my self confidence back by loosing over 100 pounds to date! Seriously, I look back and think there is no way that I had did that, and To be honest it hasn't been the most terrible thing I have ever done! I mean I have made good choices and bad choices and there has been times I had to deprive myself of things but it really has been a great life changing experience. Losing this weight has given me the courage to step out of my comfort zone and get involved in other things like the minor thing of getting my MFA! I thought that after losing this weight I had gotten over my fear of eating in front of people, but that is no so. last Friday at the grad welcome party, I could not bring myself to eat, There was no way I was walking over there and eating! Seriously the oddest thing in the world, but life goes on, and it helped me not cheat ;-)

I got to talk to all of my favorite people today, Princess and I can talk for hours and every time it makes me happy! Halee who got a new puppy (what is she thinking) and Tara who booked our concert tickets (I GET TO SEE TARA IN JUST OVER A WEEK) and to top it all off, my Mom called and they were booking tickets to come out and see me! So I think they will be spending Thanksgiving here in Vegas with me, and my Grandma and Grandpa will be coming too! How exciting!

Well my first official job as stage manager starts this weekend with auditions for the first show i am SM'ing called "Whales, Save Us!" Should be a great experience I am excited to get started, I have done everything I can to get ready, Hope i don't seem to anxious to everyone I just really want to get to what I'm here for and hopefully do it well!

Sandy's House Party

Last night a few of us went over to Sandy's house for a little get together! WE HAD SO MUCH FUN! it was great getting to know everyone there, and I think we will be going out many more times!

I also did my rehearsal calendars and got ready for school which starts tomorrow! I can not believe Im going back to school, It has been really good being here a week early getting to know everyone. Tomorrow I will officially be back in school, REALLY? Well wish me luck, i'll let you all know how it goes tomorrow!

Grad Welcome Party

Tonight some of the Grad Students and the faculty had a get together at Shannon's (production coordinator) house.

It was awkward at first lot of people, little warm, but in the end it was nice sitting and getting to know of few of them. I must say I am in LOVE with kitty! she is a second year Stage manager in the MFA program, and we think very similarly. Anyway, i sort of feel like a grade school student telling you all of that but whatever, I had a good night, Now im at home watching season three of Dexter!

Safety Meeting

Wow!

Today was a pretty great day!

Still missing one class that hopefully will get all figured out tomorrow! But we had a 4 hour safety and tour of our three theatres.

It was awesome to see the theatres, and how things work, made me very excited to be here! Nothing really huge and exciting! I met the technical director for the Dance Department and he wants me to stage manage for him (which i would get credits for) So that would be awesome. I also found out that I will be stage managing a new play this semester (I forgot the name) and then next semester i am doing "Musical of Musicals" which I'm really excited about! I'm hoping that I can work hard and prove my worth!

I have to go to Wal*Mart soon, Dexter season three is out and I LOVE THAT SHOW! and i have to get something to take to our theatre graduate party tomorrow night at my advisers house, it should be a pretty good time. Still weird around here but I'm starting to get to know people and who i think I may fit in really well yet! Mind you I haven't pulled out the boot leg copy DVD secret weapons yet!

At this point I have no classes on Tuesday or Friday YIPPEEEE!!! Mon/wed 10-1245, and thurs 4-515. That's not bad right?

Well that's all for the day!

Freemont Street

Last night my parents and I after seeing Phantom went and walked Freemont street it was awesome! They have this giant LCD canopy, i took as many pictures as I could Ill post them for you! It was really interesting, lots of people, great light show! I would recommend it for anyone that hasn't seen it.

All alone

Well, today my parents went home, I dropped them off at the airport at 12:30, I had a lunch meeting with the other Stage Managers at 1, I know that I am going to be okay, and that some how this is all going to make sense in the end, but what the crap am I doing!

I really don't know a single person here, and until this afternoon I atleast had my parents here with me and now its just me. I am so nervous about everything! I hope I can find friends that I like to hang out with and I don't have to pretend to like "parties" and crap! I'm just not that kind of person, I just want some great friends to come home and play games with or watch a show...

I don't think that three years have sunk in yet, but Today when my parents left i think it was a huge slap! My parents really are the greatest people in the world, I know that they give so much to me and my other brothers, and I hope that they know how much we all appreciate it! I could not have done this move with out them, and now they are gone, and Whats funny i will probably see them just about as much as I did when I lived in Utah, but its still hard.

I hope i find some nertz fans soon!

I SAW PHANTOM!!!! IT WAS AWESOME!!!!

A few pics, it was hard to take pictures but I did, and some are good some are not, there was fire, and fireworks, amazing costumes, AMAZING sets!  You must see it!

In my new place FINALLY!

Well update here it is!  

I AM IN MY NEW PLACE!!!! I am sitting in my chair, watching my connected to cable tv, in an air conditioned room because the power turned on today!  SHUT UP, RIGHT? 

Yesterday I WAS SO exhausted that I couldn't stay up past 9:15, so i went to bed and woke up this morning at 6:30, which was alright, I got up, pack up my things in the model and headed over to my no power no air apartment to start un packing.  It was warm, it was hard, but it was work to be done, and let me just tell you started doing and didn't stop till much later, including three trips to walmart!  but during the day, the power got turned on, the cable connected!  Got back on track with my diet!  

I sit here tonight with ALLLLLL of my boxes unpacked, everything put away, and even my walls have hangings on them! SHUT UP I KNOW!  

Today we went to campus and got some UNLV stuff, I got my student ID card, and I bought some of my books!  Found my adviser's office, went to the theatre, it was a pretty good day, Oh well if you hold out the fact that my apartment had a giant wet spot, that smelled like mold, and when we told the leasing office they said oh yea we just forgot about that, sorry, we will get it fixed, the carpet company came by, pulled the pad out, and there is a LOUD fan running constantly till tomorrow at which point they will come put new pad, and clean the carpet again, and then i think we are on to something here!  

Anyway!  Here are a few pics of my new place with the decor!  

In Vegas, almost in my house...

What a day, 

First of all let me tell you I AM EXHAUSTED!  we left early this morning to get a run on the day and we got here okay! My parents drove the U haul and I left them and went speeding on to las vegas when we got to St. George so that I could sing the lease and get the keys and stuff like that. 

Well I got here, walked in, said im here, and she said, oh yeah we were waiting for one more person.  Signed the papers and got the keys, drove around to my place, (mind you I have never seen my actual apartment it wasnt ready when I was here last week)  well walked in looks really nice, Im tired, and I wanted to get my fridge stuff put away and take a little nap till my parents got here.  Well I started looking around the apartment, and I couldn't get any lights to go on, check the fridge no power!  Some back story, on tuesday I called to have the power put in my name, but they don't do it on Sunday, so I set it for Monday.  Then i called my apartment complex and they said oh no worries, we have the power on in our name and they will just switch it to your name on monday.  So i said great... Well here I am NO POWER IN MY HOUSE!  the lady i spoke to on tuesday was here today and she said well thats what they do they turn it off and wait a day to turn it back on in your name... BULL!  so I said why didnt you tell me that when i spoke to you on tuesday then?  I called specifically to make sure that was going to be okay.  She had nothing to say but it was all my fault for getting it put in my name!  Well needless to say i was less then pleased.  She told me well you can just sleep in another vacant, And i said? so move my bed and stuff in there then move it out and move it into my place tomorrow? she says No just sleep on the floor, dont you have a blanket you can throw on the floor??? DID SHE SERIOUSLY JUST SAY THAT!!!! SERIOUSLY!!!!! well she was less then helpful, and i was not very happy, but there was nothing we could do, so I said okay, what apartment is it we will be sleeping in, and they gave us the keys and we started leaving for it, at that moment the other lady who was in the office came out and said what about sleeping in the model?  and i said i would really appreciate that if possible. Well she had to go ask her manager, and she agreed so here I sit in the model apartment of this complex, HOPING ON HOPING that things work out tomorrow.  We in the heat no air conditioning moved everything into my right apartment, and I am in the model.  HERES TO TOMORROW!  so much has to happen and work out perfectly for everything else to work...

we then ate at a buffet which was nice but not great for the diet but life goes on...

I am seriously drained, emotionally and physically!  SERIOUSLY! 

well More updates to come!  

One of the Hardest Days of my life....

Well, It happened, I had to say good bye, even to this moment I can not believe that it has really happened.  I feel completely torn apart inside.  The day started with Princess calling, and then it just got worse and worse.  I can not tell you how amazingly full my life is with love and friendship and how hard this is for me to keep moving forward with this what seems like crazy plan.  Driving away from the theatre tonight was seriously one of the hardest things I have ever done in my whole entire life!  

listening to Aria tell me she was going to miss me...

I am so glad that in this world technology allows an easier way to stay connected and involved with so many wonderful people, But I also hope that you all know what an awesome impact you have had and continue to have on my life!  I can only hope that as i close this chapter of my life that the next brings more and more amazing things!  

When I agreed to work on Titanic four years ago and started working on it later that year I had no idea what an adventure it would be from that point forward. I would not change one minute of those times.  I have learned so much, grown so much, and met the most inspiring people.  I hope that Dennis Ferrin knows what he does is far more than theatre, and I hope that he can continue to change lives for years and years to come, it has been an honor and a life changing experience for me to have the opportunity to join you these last few years. 

I can not wait to see what comes next but it hurts alot to look back right now, but i have comfort knowing this is a decision that I felt comfort in and strongly feel that i am going where I am supposed to be going!  

Well I guess thats it my last blog from Utah atleast for the near future! 

Great night with great friends!

Just really quick I wanted to say!  I had a great night, 

The wind at the Boyfriend still BOOOOO! but we made it through, but after, tara, annie, ashley, kelland, RACHEL (WHO I LOVE AND IS AMAZING) and I went to Burger bar, and then to tara's house, where Lucy (taras mom, and becky tara's sister joined in) and we ate and chatted, and played nertz, and ofcourse i won, but it was such a great night with really great people who I am going to miss so badly, 

I also made a five year old cry because i was moving, Im so sorry Aria!  I love you! I will bring you a Las Vegas Present I promise!

Tomorrow I pack, do the Boyfriend one more time then sunday I pull out and head to vegas!  Ill keep you updated as I can!  

2 days, getting harder

I have been keeping myself SO SO Busy that the insanity of leaving has not really been hitting home.  Every day i just work work work, get things done, and go to bed, and yet sunday just keeps getting closer.  

Tonight I had to say good by to one of my dearest and most closest friends, Princess, what an amazing friend she is, She came to meet me and we chatted for a little while.  We have grown so close since that first day I met her when she was judging miss cache valley in like 2002 ish, IN the pageant world we have been like the dynamic duo always one and the other never missing the partner, well, im not in the pageant world anymore which was hard enough but now im leaving and its hard.  Anyway, she gave me a wall plaque that has a quote that fits me to a T.  I did the show tonight (more on that in a minute) then got in my car, and it just hit me then when i saw her present, boy this is getting hard, I have the most wonderful friends here and thinking about walking away from that is just getting terrible.  Princess is really the one that said the most powerful thing to me about going to UNLV, and it was reminding me that it was time for me, time for me to do things for me, I have lived the last years of my life giving every thing possible to everyone around me and it has been a blast every step of the way, but now its time for me.  anyway...

the show opened tonight and it was fantastic!  The wind was whipping and boy did we have to be on our toes!  Outdoor theatre BOOOO!  Rachel and I were running around moving sets, and weighting sets, and changing entrances, and sets, and yada yada yada, but the show was fantastic,  I hope we can get some better weather to finish the run!   Let this be a lesson Dennis Ferrin, BOOO outside shows!  

Well thats all for today, i have to try and pack, and sleep, and stop worrying about the next few days!  its gonna to be good, its gonna to be great, HOMEWORK! SURGERY! RABIES!  

Three days in Utah left!

Well, 

I have three full days left, the U haul pulls out sunday morning.  I spend my days working, trying to pack at lunch, and working plans out for the move!  then straight to Rehearsal for "the boyfriend"  

This show is so cute, i mean really the cast is really great when they put their heads in the game!  the dancing is great the songs are great,  I am really glad that I am spending my last few days here working on this show with these people!  

Tonight after the show I meant Halee for a walmart run, thats what we do best!  Had to say good bye to her, and thats hard, but you know we are going to be great friends for ever!  

Well let the good byes continue! But the road ahead is going to be great! 

COME SEE "THE BOYFRIEND" 

New Place in my New Home!

Okay, HELLO!

 This blog has the potential to be very long but I’m not sure yet!  I have to recap my weekend in Vegas, and update you on all the plans! 

On Saturday morning we left the hotel bright and early and started driving around to all of the apartments that we had already mapped out!  Well it was long and daunting, we stopped at 8 that we had already scoped out on the net, and then started calling random ones we passed along the way!  It came down to two one studio and one one bedroom, when we were going to our last one, and we past one and my mom said we might as well call, so she did, and the lady was very pushy and set up and appointment we weren’t sure we would keep because of how pushy she was, we went to the one we were on the way to it was a no, then we decided why not lets stop by the pushy place ill call it!  Well we did and it was

 going all right then I noticed they were Riverstone, which is the company I work for here in Salt lake and things started looking up!  She showed me the property and the model And I liked it, it was really nice, big, and not to expensive, so now I had THREE TO choose from, but after hunting for hours and hours, we decided it was time to eat some lunch, we went to a Mexican joint near by UNLV and sat down, I took my computer in to make an excel spreadsheet of the best place to live!

 

Well I decided on the pushy place, and we went back to give them the deposit and she says, well we may not have one available, WHY DID YOU SHOW US ONE THEN! We told you when I was moving and everything, and now you may not have one!  BOOOOO!!!!!  We lucked out she has one, now I just PRAY she follows through and gets it ready for me or I will be homeless in Vegas, not pretty.

We then went to campus to take a look around and it felt so home!  It was really nice, easy to get around, not as HUGE as I thought, or at least it didn’t feel huge!  After that we went to the hotel to rest up and head to the strip, we went to the strip to see the treasure Island show!  First of all it was PACKED!  Took a long walk to get there and a lot of people and by a lot I mean A LOT of people standing around for the show.  I noticed there was a bar on the other side of the pond where the show was and said that we should go in there and sit and watch it!  My parent decided that was a good plan and to the bar we went FUNNY RIGHT???? Would be much funnier if you knew my parents, well the show rocked it was amazing, the fire balls were HUGE and so hot, the fireworks, the water, the GIANT sinking and moving ships!  IT WAS AMAZING!!!!! Here are a few pics!

 

See the people on the left that was where we were.

 

LOOK HOW CLOSE WE WERE!  It was awesome!

 Anyway we headed home on Sunday, it was a great trip and I am SO EXCITED to go to Vegas now!  Felt so right!  

HOLY MOLY! I am in vegas tonight!

Today has been an exhausting day and I think its going to get worse, so this is going to be short and sweet,  well maybe. 

I had to work today and it was a weird day, lots to do, lots to get done, and lots of people needing my attention.  My parents were coming into town to go to Vegas with me to find a place to live, well, they got here, we left and were on our way!  hours and hours in the car, with my parents who i love, but man we talk about weird things, and we don't agree on many of them!  I was really good about eating and staying on my diet, but about 8 we stopped in Mesquite and I had a chicken Tuscan sandwich (6 inch) on wheat whole grain,  And i feel like that was a great choice, besides the fact that it tasted SO SO SO SO GOOD!  my dad kept saying, do you want some M and M's, do you want do you want, do you want,  I kept saying no no no, my mom finally said, We talked about this don't force food on him!  I was like I'm fine, if i want it ill ask for it, but don't worry!  Anyway he was just trying to be nice and all but my word enough with the food!  Here is the subway we stopped at in some gas station somewhere in Mesquite. 

We then got in the car and headed to Vegas!  and it was only an hour from Subway and so it happened quickly!  here is the picture i took as i was driving over the hill and seeing the first sight of the lights!  What a great great moment, but HOLY CRAP ITS HUGE!  I can't even tell you how big it is!  

After spending a little okay a lot of time trying to find the hotel, and My mom saying go this way and dad this way and me driving and wondering who to listen to and who is right!  Well anyway, pulled up HUGE casino, shopping center, food court, movie theatre!  ALL INSIDE THE HOTEL I'M STAYING IN! I know I'm a geek but its fun to take random pictures, and I figured someone might relate! 

Well now here I am, we just planned our day for tomorrow and Let me tell you I HOPE WE MAKE IT!!! one day to find a place to live!  I have done a lot of research, we have lots of maps, and an order to look in, but I'm really nervous!  I'll try to take lots of pictures so you can all see the options!  Well here I am in the city that never sleeps and I'm going to sleep!  

The days keep flying by, and the nights come to quickly!

Today, I got to see one of my best friends, he teaches down in st george and he is awesome, anyway it went so good!  But right after that, had to run to work, then to fedex, then to the bank, then to layton, then to clearfield, then to sunset, THEN HOME!  So let me just tell you I covered alot of earth today!  

I will say that I had sort of a crappy rehearsal tonight, we got to layton and the wind and terrible weather forced us to move to a city building in Sunset, which was great!  only the big room was occupied so where did we rehearse? in the basement, all cement, sounded like a great recording but was not the best for rehearsal, not to mention MANY MANY people were not there, if there is a Ferrin Dead to me List, I hope i can add and edit as well!  

After leaving rehearsal, i had to drive through the most horrible, awful smelling smoke,  It was horrible all the way up in Sunset and smelled ALL the way home,  seriously all of Utah Must be on Fire! 

Well that is almost true, there are a TON of fires even had to close done the free way by the airport and on the airport run ways!  I knew it was bad when the signs above the freeway that say how long it takes to get somewhere usually say 12 minutes to the airport, no it said 56 minutes!!!! YIKES!!!!!  Well I made it home, I even got some things packed, my suitcase for the weekend, and I HOPE this weekend goes well! I am really really nervous that I won't find a place, or something, but i am trying to stay as positive as i can!  Las Vegas Here i Come!  

So all in all my day was a bit like that band, lots of earth traveled, way to much wind, and the fire of a lifetime!  

I said that there would be no rain!

The day's fly by!  I seriously can not believe how quickly this week is going!  Today, i looked for some housing, fretted about packing, worked, then ran to rehearsal. 

Everyone was really worried about the rain, it looked terrible around us in the sky, i Said no rain, we would be fine, and alas! we were!

Well thats all the big news of the day, tomorrow more of the same, then friday going to Vegas for the weekend!  

I can see Clearly now...

My word is the next week and a half going to go fast!  Time to pack anyone? anyone?  Seriously, maybe ill just leave it all! 

I got new glasses and contacts today, im excited to get them and look cool, well i hope!  

No big news really, had rehearsal tonight for "The Boyfriend" its a great show, great great cast, and I can't wait to see it open!  I love the Ferrins...

Papa's got a brand new bag!

Last night off before two crazy weeks, and then Vegas. 

Tonight was really great, i got to spend a few hours with Halee, and that was really awesome.  I am so glad she is in my life, she is the constant that has been there for 5 years now, seriously since moving back to Utah she has been there every step of the way!!!!  Let's see!  I have two more weeks to lose Ashley (weight) and I don't think I'm going to make it, but darn it i will be so close! 

I have started packing and I don't know when its all going to get done, AHHHHH!!!! but on the exciting side, I bought a new back pack/ computer bag tonight, that was a necessity right?  

Its awesome!  now I have a bag to put my new lap top in when I am On My Way To An MFA!  

Hot day today!

I have nothing really exciting to blog about today!  But i must do this everyday because If i don't I'm afraid I will stop blogging!

So, last night when i got home it was late, and my place was HOT, the thermometer said it was 90, I thought that was weird, but i check the air turned it down, and waited, nothing but hot hair blowing out, well it was broken!  So last night no air, it was hot! I do not like sleeping in the hot! BOOO,  well today i had the Air guys come out and fix it so its better now but still feel hot, not sure why!  

I have one night off in the next two weeks before i leave, and that night is tomorrow, Halee and I are going out, she is going out of town next week and So will be gone when i actually leave!  I am way behind in packing and boy it has got to start sometime soon!  

Well Im off to my air conditioned bedroom ;-)

Watch out stars, Im shooting and you're in the way!

What an interesting day,  It was wonderful for the most part and full of people I love and that I am going to miss so much!  

But because this is a blog about learning and getting my MFA i think what is most important to document is that I am leaving Utah in two weeks. In two very short weeks I will be in Las Vegas trying to make sense of a new place and find a new place to fit in. Tonight i had to say good bye to friends that I am pretty sure I will not see again before i leave.  I have grown a lot of roots here in Utah, and I have really found that i have great friends and great things for me here!  Well, with my big move comes making some serious changes, I know that my true friends are going to be here or wherever for the rest of my life!  But still leaving this great situation is going to be very hard!  I have a lot of worries that the next two weeks is going to be full of a lot of hard moments and a lot of tears!  Well it is going to be worth i think, i hope, i pray!  

Well as i always say and as I wrote on baby Celia's (spelling) frame today "You will never reach the stars if you don't shoot for them first"  

Well start shooting, its time!  PULL THE TRIGGER!!!!

 

Registered, Watch people make whoopee, and played nutz!

It was a great day today, finally got actually signed into some classes! Stage Management studio 1, and Grad Seminar!  

Then i went up to work closing night of Whoopee!  What a great show and a great cast!  I wish i could stay with them every night for ever!  But the truth is that one of the best things about doing theatre is that the show must open and the show must close so past that nothing is ever the same!  Well closing night was a great success, then we cleaned and packed up the theatre it went quickly, and we headed to Chili's.  huge table with one waiter that didn't want us and gave us to his friend a much much nicer lady so that was great, sang to Kim and Annie ate wonderful cake made by the beautiful and talented Tara, and amazing oreo balls by Annie!  after eating WAY to much, we went to Tara's to play games, I love these people.  

Its the weirdest thing right now because i feel like i finally have true friends where i fit in and I know that they accept me, and I am making the choice to leave them and go to UNLV!  i know this is the right decision, well at least i really think it is, but its really hard right now because i really feel like i have found a great niche here in Utah!  

Alas, the journey ahead is going to be 

great!  But its going to be hard at times!  

its really late now, and Tara and I are sitting on her couch on our own laptops blogging!  Funny! 

Well good night!