HOLY SCHNIKIES!

joseph marcell is playing friar laurence. or, i should say, GEOFFRY FROM 'THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL AIR' IS PLAYING FRIAR LAURENCE!!!!

HAHAHAHAHA.

romeo is being played by paul whitthorne, who played PROTEUS in the two gentlemen of verona i saw at the shakespeare theatre last year!

too funny.

cast info about the show...clint is playing the role of gregory.

i swear, today is one of those days where i can't stop smiling or laughing. i don't really know why...i'm just in a fantastic mood. maybe because i'm realizing that things are going well, the weather is getting warmer, and i'm just determined to be in a good mood!

my schedule for next week in D.C. was fedexed to me today--looking at it, i squealed:

wednesday, april 17
7:30 pm - critic's institute sees "romeo & juliet" - the shakespeare theatre.

clint's show! he had told me he'd try to get me tickets if i had time during the week - he's got a small role in it - but now, forget that! i'm thrilled we're going to be writing a shakespeare theatre review again this year...i have to make up for the humiliating "proteus/petruchio" experience of last year. and i'll see a clint performance for the first time since shenandoah over a year ago...

if it's anything like last year, we'll go to the show, then get a little tour of the space afterwards. it amazed me last year--the theatre has next to nothing for wingspace, yet the design team can conjure up these grand, gorgeous sets that make it look like the space is huge. it's all an example of utilizing what's available. you'd never know how limited they are in terms of space unless you're actually on the stage or backstage.

i'm rather confused by the schedule--it says we don't meet until wednesday morning, but i wonder if we're supposed to write a review at tuesday night's show? otherwise, we'd only review two shows--which seems odd. i would think we'd at least do three. but going off the assumption that we're reviewing three shows, the lineup would be:

tuesday night - the lepers of baile baiste (the show i wrote my winning review for at regionals--i love this play!)
wednesday night - romeo & juliet (!!!!!!!!!!!)
thursday night - the movie game

it's amazing how i can be completely calm while thinking about actf, but the minute the package is in my hands, my stomach is turned upside down. i was like this last year (granted, situation was slightly different - i'd never been there before), and louns calmed me immensely. i was busy freaking out about flying and being at the kennedy center, and he was making comments about m&ms with the presidential seal on them.

too bad louns isn't here this year.

in other news, i had the oddest dream last night--i was on a version of the real world or maybe RR/RR challenge, and we were playing a field hockey game inside a small gym (keep in mind that i've never played field hockey before). we each had our own sticks with our name on it, and i was the star. i was kicking the shit out of people, scoring goals, the whole deal. one girl (who bore a striking resemblance to sharon from boston) was getting pissy because she said i was cheating (i swear, my dream would happen in real time, but be spliced with commentaries - including my own. if that's not an odd experience), and i maintained that she was a wuss and i was aggressive. and that i could kick her ass.

kyle from chicago was in it, he was on my team, we got along really well. but i don't remember anything else. and, when i woke up this morning, my neck was incredibly sore and i could barely turn my head to the left.

hmm.

so, upon investigation, i find that lucasfilm.com person found this little space by my description of "lord of the rings." with the LotR reference came an observation about star wars and how my favorite star wars movie is "the one with hayden christensen in it."

i would just like to inform lucasfilm.com people who visit here in the future that i am, in fact, very appreciative of all star wars has accomplished. i have clear memories from my childhood of the times in which i saw each film. one interested in theatre and film (and one who has spent a great deal of time focusing on technical aspects of theatre) cannot NOT like star wars.

that said, put me in Ep III. :):):)

hehehe.

so i decide to check out who's visited my site for the first time in forever (during all of my template switching, i'd forgotten to put the code back on for sitemeter), and i see that someone from lucasfilm.com stopped by...

yes, i would be more than willing to take the part of anakin's love slave in episode III. :) have your people call my people.

I am 77.5% British, just like
Michael Caine
Though you know your way around London you are most likely to retire to the West Coast of the USA.

Take the Brit Quiz at
www.darrenlondon.tripod.com/britquiz1.htm
Quiz written by Daz

i just need to focus on the fact that i only have two more issues and then i'm done.

BLEARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!

70s social tonight. i decided to be my rock star self...bought a black t-shirt with a little british girl playing records on it. it says "i love rock & roll."

i love this shirt. i feel rock star angst. rage rage rage.

i need to drink more.

becca gets five gold stars for the heads up on john mayer appearing on kilbourn.

old john! just him (on acoustic) with dela! besides the demonic faces he was making, it was the best television performance of "no such thing" i've seen yet.

happy happy...revel...revelrevel...

all i want out of life is to be able to play guitar forever and ever and ever.

too bad i don't really know how to play.

need to work on that.

i love having numb fingertips--i feel like i'm starting to accomplish something.

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i scored 16 (my highest) in types 4, 5 and 6, and scored 15 in types 2 and 3. no clear winner, but according to the site, type 4 wins by a hair.

so tired.

it was good to be able to get away to montreal for the day. the cinémathèque was pretty neat--i felt very much like i was in a jetsons-inspired reality. they have over 7000 films there, and you can access any you'd like. we sat at small consoles that are available for either one viewer or two in these armchairs that have the speakers located in this warped headrest type of setup...and, if you look to one of the far walls, you can see the robot (yes, robot) pull out the video disc that has your film on it and watch it set it up for you. my group was in a larger room upstairs initially, watching the robot work on a large screen--so, at the time, it looks like the robot is huge, operating in a room that could pass for a hidden chamber of the pentagon or something. in reality, the robot might be five feet tall and is in a tiny little space. just watching the thing operate was interesting enough, let alone being able to watch all of these examples of candian film (animation, experimental, features, you name it).

as i said yesterday, i hadn't been to montreal since sixth grade...i loved taking a day trip to a whole other culture...standing outside and watching everyone pass by with different fashion, mannerisms, speaking french to each other...

getting away was definitely nice. was able to focus on the new environment, instead of dwelling on stupid bullshit.

and i got another skyline to view and be happy about. as we drove away, i looked back at it (set against the twilight--so beautiful...) and baz laughed at me. "you just had this little-kid expression on your face."

ah...cities...i'll be living in one one of these days, i tell you...

the st. michael's student association voted today to NOT release vote counts in elections.

?!?!?!?!???!

"don't tell me how close it was, just tell me who won."

SHEEP!!!!

a good day was had. montreal tomorrow--senior sem trip to the Cinémathèque québécoise. should be pretty cool. and i know i'm a horrible st. michael's student for saying this, but i haven't been to montreal since...sixth grade?

elijah wood intrigues me immensely...and this article just added to that.

random defender photo, courtesy of the bazi girl...the caption is making me wince a little today (this one time, at ACTF...), but i chuckled at it nonetheless. :)

today has been a rather dreary day, thank you very much...but my friends are great. thank you.

jesse is the best. :)

"no such thing" was just on MTV2.

that just totally fucked with my head.

Oh what a shame that your
pockets did bleed on St. Valentine's
And you sat in a chair thinking
"Boy I'm such a Prince!"
Well life's a train that goes
from February on day by day
But its making a stop on April First
--rufus wainwright, april fools

I, I’ve got to tell you
But there’s only so much that you will hear
I got a head full of questions
That I just can’t make disappear

And you are always runnin’
To find a fire with water in your cup
So if we’re not burnin’ down
Then we will surely be dryin’ up

And I never thought I’d leave you, but I don’t belong
Seems right, I will always love you so don’t get me wrong
But I’m already gone
I’m already gone

And I, I watched you dreamin’
Sweetly sleeping
How could I turn on you
While I had been singing your praises
But you had so many faces
I couldn’t make them true
So who was fixin’ who
Turns out I never knew

And I never thought I’d leave you, but I don’t belong
Seems right, I will always love you so don’t get me wrong
But I’m already gone
I’m already gone

And it, it took a long time
Before I realized where I had been
While you were out savin’ strangers
To make sure they’d never leave you again.