Vickie,
Nothing more for right now.............sorry bout that....but Llama, who is opening in Burlingtion is a great band.......
Shawn
damn you shawn...aurgh. ;)
8.31.2001
it should be illegal to make people be awake and functioning at this hour. it is cruel and unusual punishment and the parties involved should be held accountable.
yet another reason why i really do not want to be at this job for another year...the only perks are 1) the people and 2) i got another raise, and with my work/study grant, it significantly cuts down on the number of hours i have to work each week. i think it comes down to five hours a week or something.
ok, howie is opening for O.A.R.--first date listed is the 20th of october. however, i think he should open that up a bit and come up to vermont when O.A.R. plays at higher ground on the 16th. it's only four days' difference...only thing we've got working against us is that they're meeting up in the middle of the country...but otherwise, it just works out too well!!! so, yeah, i was a real smooth girl (smooth criminal, perhaps?) and wrote shawn an email to ask. say yes shawn, say yes!!!!
yet another reason why i really do not want to be at this job for another year...the only perks are 1) the people and 2) i got another raise, and with my work/study grant, it significantly cuts down on the number of hours i have to work each week. i think it comes down to five hours a week or something.
ok, howie is opening for O.A.R.--first date listed is the 20th of october. however, i think he should open that up a bit and come up to vermont when O.A.R. plays at higher ground on the 16th. it's only four days' difference...only thing we've got working against us is that they're meeting up in the middle of the country...but otherwise, it just works out too well!!! so, yeah, i was a real smooth girl (smooth criminal, perhaps?) and wrote shawn an email to ask. say yes shawn, say yes!!!!
christine and i were out on the front porch of the aids house before walking back in and determining that meg and michelle must have left--they were nowhere downstairs. so we wander to the 100s, where we find the guys we'd been talking to before, and we ask to use their phone to call the aids house boys to find meg and michelle. they let us in to use said phone, and there is the most beautiful bar. we're talking "cocktails" type of gorgeous. christine is determined to pay homage to the bar with a shot, so we ask for one (i can't let someone drink alone, that's just cruel).
they understand what she's saying, and they're ready to give us a shot glass, but all they have is beer.
a bar like that with no shot-worthy alcohol????
i fail to understand.
in other news, one of my two "goals" (i must always have a goal or two for every academic year--haven't failed yet, can't go out on a bad note as a senior...) is officially off the list. the other, however...the word "adore" does not do justice. but i cannot consider it. it would just be wrong of me...
but such a worthy goal has not come my way in a looong time. aurgh!
they understand what she's saying, and they're ready to give us a shot glass, but all they have is beer.
a bar like that with no shot-worthy alcohol????
i fail to understand.
in other news, one of my two "goals" (i must always have a goal or two for every academic year--haven't failed yet, can't go out on a bad note as a senior...) is officially off the list. the other, however...the word "adore" does not do justice. but i cannot consider it. it would just be wrong of me...
but such a worthy goal has not come my way in a looong time. aurgh!
christine and i were out on the front porch of the aids house before walking back in and determining that meg and michelle must have left--they were nowhere downstairs. so we wander to the 100s, where we find the guys we'd been talking to before, and we ask to use their phone to call the aids house boys to find meg and michelle. they let us in to use said phone, and there is the most beautiful bar. we're talking "cocktails" type of gorgeous. christine is determined to pay homage to the bar with a shot, so we ask for one (i can't let someone drink alone, that's just cruel).
they understand what she's saying, and they're ready to give us a shot glass, but all they have is beer.
a bar like that with no shot-worthy alcohol????
i fail to understand.
in other news, one of my two "goals" (i must always have a goal or two for every academic year--haven't failed yet, can't go out on a bad note as a senior...) is officially off the list. the other, however...the word "adore" does not do justice. but i cannot consider it. it would just be wrong of me...
but such a worthy goal has not come my way in a looong time. aurgh!
they understand what she's saying, and they're ready to give us a shot glass, but all they have is beer.
a bar like that with no shot-worthy alcohol????
i fail to understand.
in other news, one of my two "goals" (i must always have a goal or two for every academic year--haven't failed yet, can't go out on a bad note as a senior...) is officially off the list. the other, however...the word "adore" does not do justice. but i cannot consider it. it would just be wrong of me...
but such a worthy goal has not come my way in a looong time. aurgh!
christine and i were out on the front porch of the aids house before walking back in and determining that meg and michelle must have left--they were nowhere downstairs. so we wander to the 100s, where we find the guys we'd been talking to before, and we ask to use their phone to call the aids house boys to find meg and michelle. they let us in to use said phone, and there is the most beautiful bar. we're talking "cocktails" type of gorgeous. christine is determined to pay homage to the bar with a shot, so we ask for one (i can't let someone drink alone, that's just cruel).
they understand what she's saying, and they're ready to give us a shot glass, but all they have is beer.
a bar like that with no shot-worthy alcohol????
i fail to understand.
in other news, one of my two "goals" (i must always have a goal or two for every academic year--haven't failed yet, can't go out on a bad note as a senior...) is officially off the list. the other, however...the word "adore" does not do justice. but i cannot consider it. it would just be wrong of me...
but such a worthy goal has not come my way in a looong time. aurgh!
they understand what she's saying, and they're ready to give us a shot glass, but all they have is beer.
a bar like that with no shot-worthy alcohol????
i fail to understand.
in other news, one of my two "goals" (i must always have a goal or two for every academic year--haven't failed yet, can't go out on a bad note as a senior...) is officially off the list. the other, however...the word "adore" does not do justice. but i cannot consider it. it would just be wrong of me...
but such a worthy goal has not come my way in a looong time. aurgh!
8.30.2001
i found the jeff buckley electronic press kit on audiogalaxy. something small like that made me very happy. it sounds relatively corny, but to be able to hear him talking about his music is pretty interesting.
no wait, there IS more to be said!!!
barenaked ladies
alanis morissette
3 doors down
david gray
jewel
everclear
billy idol
collective soul
uncle kracker
coldplay
nelly furtado
better than ezra
jeffrey gaines
five for fighting
alright. let's see who i love out of these artists. i've been desperate to see bnl for forever already. alanis, everclear, and jewel i've already seen (woodstock), so whatever, but everclear was fun, and i'd love to see them again. three doors down would be neat. seeing billy idol would be a riot, i'm not a huge fan of collective soul, so that's ok. david gray has already been bitched about. uncle kracker doesn't drive me wild, so that's fine. coldplay at an outdoor venue has already been witnessed--i want to see them at paradise or avalon. but still, the chance to see them again anywhere would thrill me (and the damn website can't even spell their name right, gotta love that). i love nelly furtado, and while "extraordinary" is an admittedly catchy, but also incredibly stupid song, better than ezra is also up there on the "wish i could see" list. i haven't listened to enough jeffrey gaines to offer an opinion, but all that PLUS five for fighting? do the people of the greater boston area appreciate this lineup enough? do they not realize what an absolutely awe-inspiring weekend that would be? ninety-nine percent of my favorite artists in one city for one weekend. that thought alone amazes me, let alone the thought of seeing them and hearing all that gorgeous music.
LEAP will be amazing. it will, it will, it will.
IT BETTER BE!!!!
barenaked ladies
alanis morissette
3 doors down
david gray
jewel
everclear
billy idol
collective soul
uncle kracker
coldplay
nelly furtado
better than ezra
jeffrey gaines
five for fighting
alright. let's see who i love out of these artists. i've been desperate to see bnl for forever already. alanis, everclear, and jewel i've already seen (woodstock), so whatever, but everclear was fun, and i'd love to see them again. three doors down would be neat. seeing billy idol would be a riot, i'm not a huge fan of collective soul, so that's ok. david gray has already been bitched about. uncle kracker doesn't drive me wild, so that's fine. coldplay at an outdoor venue has already been witnessed--i want to see them at paradise or avalon. but still, the chance to see them again anywhere would thrill me (and the damn website can't even spell their name right, gotta love that). i love nelly furtado, and while "extraordinary" is an admittedly catchy, but also incredibly stupid song, better than ezra is also up there on the "wish i could see" list. i haven't listened to enough jeffrey gaines to offer an opinion, but all that PLUS five for fighting? do the people of the greater boston area appreciate this lineup enough? do they not realize what an absolutely awe-inspiring weekend that would be? ninety-nine percent of my favorite artists in one city for one weekend. that thought alone amazes me, let alone the thought of seeing them and hearing all that gorgeous music.
LEAP will be amazing. it will, it will, it will.
IT BETTER BE!!!!
alright. again, as i've said numerous, numerous times, i'm thrilled to be going on LEAP. really, honestly, truly am thrilled.
but this is just TAUNTING me. it's gone beyond "oh, that would have been nice," beyond "dammit!" beyond all that can be said.
boston is just being cruel to me.
thursday night: howie day
friday night: howie day
saturday day: david gray
saturday night: john mayer
the one weekend that i can't do anything would have consisted of howiedayhowiedayhowiedayhowiedayhowieday, john, and david fucking gray.
if LEAP isn't everything it's cracked up to be (which, from what everyone's telling me, it is), i will go mad.
this is too much for me. nothing more can be said.
but this is just TAUNTING me. it's gone beyond "oh, that would have been nice," beyond "dammit!" beyond all that can be said.
boston is just being cruel to me.
thursday night: howie day
friday night: howie day
saturday day: david gray
saturday night: john mayer
the one weekend that i can't do anything would have consisted of howiedayhowiedayhowiedayhowiedayhowieday, john, and david fucking gray.
if LEAP isn't everything it's cracked up to be (which, from what everyone's telling me, it is), i will go mad.
this is too much for me. nothing more can be said.
heeheehee...pictures taken from the howie/john show at paradise...it amuses me to see pictures of howie that have myself and michelle in them...granted, you have to be looking for us and know exactly where to look (right smack in front of the boy), but i find it amusing, for whatever reason. i'm looking down in this one and am smiling like a dumbass in this one.
i know, i'm silly. shut up.
i know, i'm silly. shut up.
thoughts:
when one rehearses a monologue with a british accent over and over again, having to deliver the same monologue with an american accent is ridiculously difficult. i think i'm just going to speak in a british accent from now on.
it's been a hectic day--work followed by two classes (including the first defender class) followed by the drama picnic (thought: i miss louns) followed by auditions followed by the free press meeting. i went over to visit becca tonight, which was great.
we all spend so much time convinced that we haven't really grown all that much since arriving at college. i've been looking at the past three years and have been amazed that they've raced by in the manner they have. most of the time, i don't feel significantly different. but already, this year has shown me that we have grown up...and this change is good in some ways, and sad in others. i'll be honest, i miss the way things used to be a lot of the time, the faces that were a constant part of my life, and things that i never thought would change. but they have, and they could never be that way again because i've changed. and, while things are rough at times, i've got to keep in my head that i've changed for the better. and i have great things about my life now--the good friends that i have are absolutely amazing and keep me sane, an all too difficult task sometimes. :)
other people need to remember that they're good people too. i just keep on hoping that someday, things will change yet again and the people i miss will be a part of my life again...and if they aren't, there was a reason for it.
it's just hard to keep in mind at times.
when one rehearses a monologue with a british accent over and over again, having to deliver the same monologue with an american accent is ridiculously difficult. i think i'm just going to speak in a british accent from now on.
it's been a hectic day--work followed by two classes (including the first defender class) followed by the drama picnic (thought: i miss louns) followed by auditions followed by the free press meeting. i went over to visit becca tonight, which was great.
we all spend so much time convinced that we haven't really grown all that much since arriving at college. i've been looking at the past three years and have been amazed that they've raced by in the manner they have. most of the time, i don't feel significantly different. but already, this year has shown me that we have grown up...and this change is good in some ways, and sad in others. i'll be honest, i miss the way things used to be a lot of the time, the faces that were a constant part of my life, and things that i never thought would change. but they have, and they could never be that way again because i've changed. and, while things are rough at times, i've got to keep in my head that i've changed for the better. and i have great things about my life now--the good friends that i have are absolutely amazing and keep me sane, an all too difficult task sometimes. :)
other people need to remember that they're good people too. i just keep on hoping that someday, things will change yet again and the people i miss will be a part of my life again...and if they aren't, there was a reason for it.
it's just hard to keep in mind at times.
8.29.2001
8.28.2001
so i'm reading dinner with andre, a play/screenplay/conversation between two theatre types. cathy told us to really focus on it when we were reading because you pick up on a lot about life during the course of the play...which, when i first started reading it, i completely didn't get. but it's starting to make sense to me--a lot of sense, actually. i highly suggest everyone reads it.
i'm rather tired and i'm in an odd mood--not sure why. i feel like i'm being a recluse or something, but at the same time, i have limited spare time because things are going to get hellish soon. so i've been doing what i need to do to try relaxing...but in an odd mood nonetheless.
BLEARGH
i'm rather tired and i'm in an odd mood--not sure why. i feel like i'm being a recluse or something, but at the same time, i have limited spare time because things are going to get hellish soon. so i've been doing what i need to do to try relaxing...but in an odd mood nonetheless.
BLEARGH
i fully intended to drop directing this morning.
instead, i think i'm taking it. there are only four of us--myself, baz, amanda, and jess. and to top it all, we got our plays today, and i'm doing i burn this by lanford wilson. i have a special place in my heart for wilson, as he wrote fifth of july, which i reviewed at actf.
it is going to be a crazy semester. but i brought it on myself, and i probably won't get cast in arcadia anyway, so it'll be ok.
it will!
Commissioned by the Circle Repertory Company, Burn This first appeared at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in 1987 to near-universal praise. Set in the bohemian art world of downtown New York, this vivid and challenging drama explores the spiritual and emotional isolation of Anna and Pale, two outcasts who meet in the wake of the accidental death by drowning of a mutual friend. Their determined struggle toward emotional honesty and liberation-by no means guaranteed at the play's ambiguous end-exemplifies the strength, humor, and complexity of all of Lanford Wilson's work and confirms his standing as one of America's greatest living playwrights.--jack kroll, newsweek
now playing: glen phillips, fred myers
instead, i think i'm taking it. there are only four of us--myself, baz, amanda, and jess. and to top it all, we got our plays today, and i'm doing i burn this by lanford wilson. i have a special place in my heart for wilson, as he wrote fifth of july, which i reviewed at actf.
it is going to be a crazy semester. but i brought it on myself, and i probably won't get cast in arcadia anyway, so it'll be ok.
it will!
Commissioned by the Circle Repertory Company, Burn This first appeared at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in 1987 to near-universal praise. Set in the bohemian art world of downtown New York, this vivid and challenging drama explores the spiritual and emotional isolation of Anna and Pale, two outcasts who meet in the wake of the accidental death by drowning of a mutual friend. Their determined struggle toward emotional honesty and liberation-by no means guaranteed at the play's ambiguous end-exemplifies the strength, humor, and complexity of all of Lanford Wilson's work and confirms his standing as one of America's greatest living playwrights.--jack kroll, newsweek
now playing: glen phillips, fred myers
i don't know why i always do this...i swear i enjoy beating myself up sometimes.
so i'm auditioning for another play. arcadia, by tom stoppard. it's all because of this stupid desire i have to be on stage for a mainstage production, where i will cast off my shell and magcially transform from vickie to another person in completely different time.
but i've been onstage (just not for a mainstage), i've tried my hand at acting, and i cannot do it. i've been ridiculously frustrated with myself because i can't do it because it's something that, in the back of my mind, i've always wanted to do. and i cannot stand not being good at it, so i work harder to be good at it, and i get more frustrated. so after every time, i tell myself i'm not going to do it again.
then a new play rolls around, and i'm all about getting a copy so i can start learning it.
i never became involved with theatre when i was growing up, mainly because i was scared to do it. i had to work at sports just as much as anyone, but they came pretty naturally and i excelled at them (that sounds ridiculously cocky, but it's true). writing has always been a part of me, and i can't not do it. academics have never been really difficult for me (although in my time here, i've definitely met some challenges). acting was something everyone told me i should try, but i was always worried about failing, and i always had a reason to not try--i was playing sports, i was working on the weekends, whatever.
i can't not try now that i've got a place in the theatre department. i've come very close to not auditioning because i've got legitimate reasons not to--if, god forbid, i was cast as anything, this semester is going to kick my ass, with defender, drama club, and if i do take directing class. but if i don't audition, i'll be pissed off at myself and wonder what if...but i know after i do audition, i'll be frustrated with myself because there was something that i couldn't do, something that i wasn't good at.
and the whole thing makes me sound like a whiny, cocky little diva, which i hate.
AURGH. enough thinking about it already. sleep.
so i'm auditioning for another play. arcadia, by tom stoppard. it's all because of this stupid desire i have to be on stage for a mainstage production, where i will cast off my shell and magcially transform from vickie to another person in completely different time.
but i've been onstage (just not for a mainstage), i've tried my hand at acting, and i cannot do it. i've been ridiculously frustrated with myself because i can't do it because it's something that, in the back of my mind, i've always wanted to do. and i cannot stand not being good at it, so i work harder to be good at it, and i get more frustrated. so after every time, i tell myself i'm not going to do it again.
then a new play rolls around, and i'm all about getting a copy so i can start learning it.
i never became involved with theatre when i was growing up, mainly because i was scared to do it. i had to work at sports just as much as anyone, but they came pretty naturally and i excelled at them (that sounds ridiculously cocky, but it's true). writing has always been a part of me, and i can't not do it. academics have never been really difficult for me (although in my time here, i've definitely met some challenges). acting was something everyone told me i should try, but i was always worried about failing, and i always had a reason to not try--i was playing sports, i was working on the weekends, whatever.
i can't not try now that i've got a place in the theatre department. i've come very close to not auditioning because i've got legitimate reasons not to--if, god forbid, i was cast as anything, this semester is going to kick my ass, with defender, drama club, and if i do take directing class. but if i don't audition, i'll be pissed off at myself and wonder what if...but i know after i do audition, i'll be frustrated with myself because there was something that i couldn't do, something that i wasn't good at.
and the whole thing makes me sound like a whiny, cocky little diva, which i hate.
AURGH. enough thinking about it already. sleep.
8.27.2001
i finally downloaded some ben kweller...about damn time.
feeling rather conflicted the past couple days...on one hand, it's a bit depressing to be involved in coversations in which names are mentioned that apparently everyone knows, yet i don't. it feels a bit like i should, and therefore i wonder where the hell i've been for the past three years. was i under a rock? was i cast to stand under a sign labeled "other"? have i been missing out?
but then, on the other hand, do i really want to know them? because, while i'm sure they all have some good qualities about them somewhere, i don't feel terribly inclined to know them...if i've made it through three years without, i'll obviously survive...and the people i do know would make up for a million names without faces.
but still...it's an odd feeling to have...still strange feeling like somewhere along the way, i took a different path...i'm not sure what the hell i'm saying. i don't want superficial relationships with people--but there's nothing nicer than coming across someone in passing and getting a hug hello or being questioned about the summer and the prospects of the year.
i need to go make the rounds tomorrow or something.
it's been good to see that people are back, though. there are definitely faces that i've missed over the past few months.
i cannot believe classes start tomorrow. directing at 10:00--need to figure out if i want to take it or not. aurgh.
listening to: ben kweller, sha sha
feeling rather conflicted the past couple days...on one hand, it's a bit depressing to be involved in coversations in which names are mentioned that apparently everyone knows, yet i don't. it feels a bit like i should, and therefore i wonder where the hell i've been for the past three years. was i under a rock? was i cast to stand under a sign labeled "other"? have i been missing out?
but then, on the other hand, do i really want to know them? because, while i'm sure they all have some good qualities about them somewhere, i don't feel terribly inclined to know them...if i've made it through three years without, i'll obviously survive...and the people i do know would make up for a million names without faces.
but still...it's an odd feeling to have...still strange feeling like somewhere along the way, i took a different path...i'm not sure what the hell i'm saying. i don't want superficial relationships with people--but there's nothing nicer than coming across someone in passing and getting a hug hello or being questioned about the summer and the prospects of the year.
i need to go make the rounds tomorrow or something.
it's been good to see that people are back, though. there are definitely faces that i've missed over the past few months.
i cannot believe classes start tomorrow. directing at 10:00--need to figure out if i want to take it or not. aurgh.
listening to: ben kweller, sha sha
8.26.2001
next addition to the "they died way too young" list of artists is aaliyah...holy schnikies.
and not nearly as serious, but when we left joe's tonight, the red sox were in the seventeenth inning against texas. WTF?
and not nearly as serious, but when we left joe's tonight, the red sox were in the seventeenth inning against texas. WTF?
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