VID Blog 10.4.09

I'm posting this at 5am because I can't sleep. I wish i could go to sleep but I just can't.

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Enjoy!

Neen

I'mmmmmmm Baaaaaaaack!

Finally blogged since i've been back.

Not that interesting, but I figured some poor soul might be interested.

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We almost died!

So on our way to Ulysses, KS we actually drove through a tornado.... Well not actually a tornado! But we were pretty darn close! It was horrifying!


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I'll blog about the week a little later, as for now, I hope everyone is great!

No blogs this week. My cumputer is broken. Damn.

It's amazing how a good hike can change your day!

Today started off awful, but now by 8:20 I feel fantastic!

Watch both to see why it changed:

First Video (i was quite angry at the time)

Second Video (the reason why I feel a million times better)


Love you all!
Nina

Video Blog 3

Mid-week 6. Peterson air force base. Miss you all!

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Video Blog 2

This week the video quality and lighting is awful. But again hey. It's better than me never updating.

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Video Blogging

Hey all! I started video blogging! I know the quality isn't that great, but it's better than nothin right?


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Love you all!

Life in Stillwater, OK

Now the fact that Michale Jackson died today really dosen't mean much to me. I think it's more of the fact that I didn't find out till about 7:00 this evening. Today was one of the longest days we've had. In addition to having rehearsal, we had a screening of the little red truck. Our DVD documentary, in hopes that we would sell a few, but alas no go! I mean it's great to see the movie every time, but not when I've forgotten my lunch at home and we still have to put up the set afterward and I'm starving and beginning to get cranky.

Well that's how our day went today. I mean not completly horrible but, it's was deff. one of the first times where I wanted to go home way before it was actually time. I have really no idea what Michael Jackson has to do with this, but I guess it's just something sill in the back of my head. I mean as cheesy as it sounds I'm actually quite sad about it. I mean MJ was the man. Even when he had all the creepy kid stuff going on I still thought he was the awesome-est! (Yes, I just made that word up)

Other than that life is peachy. We're in Stillwater, OK about to start our second day of runs. And these kids are great. This week was one of the first where we had alot of kids show up and we actually had to cut people, which was rough to say the least. I mean every kid in the audition was good. I don't know what's in the water here but it makes all the kids were awesome at singing dancing and acting. I mean really if we had the costumes and stage space I totally would have been willing to put them all in the cast just cause it would be that awesome!

SO here are a few pics of my excursion through Stillwater yesterday:

This is on our way to OK, we passed Gainesville, TX of course I was excited!







So apparently the OSU cowboys are really really really into wrestling







and this is the really big OSU football player right outside of the car dealership near our Hotel (of course he's black!)

June 13 2009

*I wrote this when I was in a home with no Internet so it's a little delayed*

June 13^th, 2009

So! We made I through our first residency week out here in Austin Texas! Everything I’m pretty sure went off without a hitch. Throughout our entire week at One World Theater, I lost myself and found myself again about 16 different times. I’m forever thankful that our amazing trainer Eric was with us the entire week. He had the prefect mix of advise yet knew to back off when he could.

I think the craziest thing about this entire process is the fact that it works! Now I know that a million and one times all of our trainers at the home base constantly told us that if we just believed in the teaching process everything would work out fine, and honestly I believed them. I just think I’m still just as much baffled as the parents with the fact that these kids can put together a full hour length musical in a week. I mean they we so great! And the smiles that they all have during that final curtain call made this whole week full of stress totally worth it.

I’m sure I’ll have more to speak on with this kids, so I guess I’ll touch on Austin as a city itself. I’m actually still in awe that Austin still exist in Texas, I would have never placed this interesting city with such interesting people in one of the most notoriously county bumpkin state. Our first couple days we stayed in the HOJO which was a short drive away from downtown Austin. Now once you get to downtown Austin there is not a lack of things to do. I mean the amount of bars alone could make a grown man cry. We were lucky enough to experience some of the highlights such as the Alamo Draft House which is a movie theater where they serve you meals and you can get beers and stuff like that it’s basically awesome. We went and saw the Hangover which was one of the best comedy’s I’ve seen in a while. Which was pretty surprising as well.

Next week we’re off to Irving, TX where my father lives, I guess we’ll see what that bring.

MISS YOU ALL! LOVE PEACE AND HAIR GREASE!

Blug Buddies

So I'm sitting across from my blog Buddy Dave, who I usually call "Dan the Racist." I'm extremely sad that this relationship has begun and may end today. If any of you are questioning what a "blog buddy" is: it's a partner that you schedule blogging with. here he is in the act:

So as of now, we are one day from departing for texas, the first stop on our tour. the schedual of our tour is as follows:

6/8/2009 - 6/13/2009: AUSTIN, TX
6/15/2009 - 6/20/2009: IRVING, TX
6/22/2009 - 6/27/2009: STILLWATER, OK
7/6/2009 - 7/11/2009: EDMOND, OK
7/13/2009 - 7/18/2009: PONCA CITY, OK
7/20/2009 - 7/25/2009: PETERSON Air Force Base,CO
7/27/2009 - 8/1/2009: FORT LEAVENWORTH, KS
8/3/2009 - 8/8/2009: ULYSSES, KS
8/10/2009 - 8/15/2009: GOODFELLOW Air Force Base, TX
8/17/2009 - 8/22/2009: KINGSVILLE, TX


Lots of time is Texas if you didn't notice, what fun! This week has been crazy crazy. In these past two weeks alone we have learned how to run and block an entire show with children. And about a million other things needed in order to run a sucessful Missoula Children's Theater Show.

I would love to update more but I've gotta launder. So peace out cub scouts.

I'm about to board a plane with only 11 windows... oh lord.

More pre-planning!

Sorry it's been so long, but you know how last weeks of classes and finals can be...

Well things are now really staring to get moving. I received my script, score, and contact list of all other TAD's (tour/actor directors) plus who my tour partner will be in the mail yesterday which is pretty exciting, and i've begun making my travel plans to Missoula. I'll be leaving on May 24th out of Orlando and arriving in Missoula the same day. I haven't secured where I'll be staying on the night of the 24th since MCT (Missoula Children's Theater) doesn't start housing us till the night of the 25th so that's something I guess I could start thinking about. My training begins on the 26th and I should be on the road about 2 weeks from then.

So the most exciting thing about receiving my mail packet from MCT yesterday was probably finding out what my show is, who I am playing, and who my partner is. This summer for a three month limited engagement I will be playing.... *Drum roll please!*........ Buckaroo Bonnie in Beauty Lou and the Country Beast! The show includes riveting musical numbers such as County Fair, Barnyard Symphony, and Cowboy's Lament! I'm so freaking excited! Don't ya just love children's theater!!!?!?!?

I also found out who my tour partner is and that's a whole different type of excitement! I'll refrain from using her name yet, just in case she's all worried about stuff and whatnot. As soon as I got her name I contacted her like every other professional would... through facebook and she hasn't gotten back to me so I'm guessing that she's not as much of a hardcore facebook addict as I am. I'll probably email her soon just to make sure I Facebooked the right girl. I'm nervous to call since I feel like calling someone is alot more personal and I'll hold off on that till a little bit later.

Ya know? You would think that I would have alot more to say since it's been half past forever since I've written but really, that's about it. I'm trying my hardest not to "check out" and make it through the rest of the semester. But each day Missoula gets closer the more I tend to focus more on that than on schoolwork. Oh well... "C's make degrees right?" Well I guess that's about it. I'll update more when theres more to tell. Till then.... Stay Class San Diego!

Still can't believe it.

So yesterday I got a call from Victoria Larson from Missoula Children's Theater telling me they want me for a summer contract! AHHHHHHHHH! Was my first reaction, second was to run, and third was to find a mountain top, and to scream from it. I'm so excited that I don't know what to do! It's funny cause when she asked me when I could get back to her. I said that I would say yes at the moment, but my mom probably would think that was a bad idea. I know! I'm a tard! Well I'm still elated and I can't believe that I've found something that I've wanted to bad, and actually got it!

So now here's where the blog comes in. I decided that I wanted to be able to let all of you know about my experiences as well as a place to kinda just tell my feelings about everything. Make sure to check it prior to my departure, seeing as I plan on making a few updates before my trip to talk about getting prepared and all the fun jitters that come with that.

Thanks to everyone who helped me prepare for my FTC and SETC auditions cause without them I wouldn't have been graced with this wonderful opportunity. I'll get some more info later when I know more info.