Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Excerpt

Briana was super quiet when I drove her to the airport. It didn't bother me, but I felt like she wanted to say something. I walked her all the way to the gate before she said anything.
"Bye, sweetie." I said right as I was about to leave her.
"Dad, wait." She said abruptly.
"What's wrong?"
"It might not be my place. But if any part of you wants to be with Mitchell, then I think you should be."
I gave her another hug "Thanks, honey."
My nerves were practically jumping out of my skin as I drove home. It wasn't just that I was nervous, I didn't know what to do yet. The house felt so big when I walked in. Sarah always had an ability to make it feel smaller with all of her cluttering and moving. I looked around, worried that Mitch had already taken off and I had missed my chance. Thankfully he walked out and smiled awkwardly at me.
"I hope you don't mind. I felt like cleaning a little..."
I didn't say anything, I didn't know what to say yet.
"...I think I might leave now."
Without thinking I stepped forward and threw my arms around him. After more than a minute he finally spoke "Does this mean you want me to stay?"
I thought about it for a really long time. "Yes. Please." I said while still clutching him.
He nodded "Alright then"
I was filled with happiness that he still wanted to be with me, I was. But how was I going to get completely over Sarah?

Excerpt

All I had done since Mitch broke up with me was mope. I had been broken up with before but I'd really never been so caught off guard. It had always been easier to get over before. The doorbell rang and I ran for the door partly hoping that it was Mitch who had changed his mind. Mitch wasn't on the other side of the door, but Sarah was.
"I came to see if you were okay." She said as I let her in.
"I guess you heard?"
She nodded "Yeah. Mitch told me."
I felt so embarrassed. "What's in the bags?"
"Well, I wanted to cheer you up, but I wasn't sure which you'd be more in the mood for. " she laughed, "so I have milk and cookies," in one of the bags were a container of cookies and a bottle of milk "and the grown up kind" in the other bag was a bottle of tequila.
I couldn't help but laugh at her cheery mood.
"Thanks, Sar. You can stay if you want."
She smiled so brightly and beautifully "Of course I want to stay with you! <3 "

Monday, March 29, 2010

Excerpt

Jackie woke me up with her barking. It was almost noon but I had been up all night watching Sarah on T.V. The rumors about her freaked me out, but they had to be just rumors. I tried to sleep through the barking, but she just kept going. After 10 minutes of no luck, I got up to see what was wrong. Jackie was standing on the couch and barking at the window.
“What’s wrong, girl? Do you see a dog?”
She only looked at and then continued to bark at the window. When I looked out I saw Sarah standing in the pouring rain.
I left the apartment and ran downstairs and to the door. “Sarah, are you okay?”
“Everything’s all messed up.” She sobbed.
“Is it true, then?” I asked.
She nodded “What am I supposed to do?”
“Come inside. Where it’s dry.”
“No. this suits me.”
I sighed, thankfully I had my sweatshirt. I stepped out into the rain and stood in front of Sarah.
“It’s okay. It’s going to be fine.”
“Are you kidding? I’m totally screwed.”
I touched her gently “No. No. Please believe me. You have me.”
She shook her head “I don’t want you to pity me or feel responsible.”
“Then why are you here?”
I caught her as she burst into tears, “Because you make things better?”
“That’s what I’ll always do.”
“Huh?”
I would have gotten down, but I was in my favorite jeans and it was all wet and muddy. I pulled the box out of my sweatshirt.
“Oh no”
“What’s wrong?”
My dad said that this was like a questioning a witness in court. You’re not supposed to ask a question that you don’t know the answer to. But I really thought I knew.
“You shouldn’t” she said
“It’s not just about that.” I promised. “After everything that’s happened in the past few weeks and months I’ve learned that you mean everything to me. I like having you around so much that there is something missing without you.”
The miserable look was failing from her face and I could see her not-so-humble smile appearing. “Really?”
“Yeah. I knew you were awesome awhile ago. But you’re so awesome that there’s this whole without you.”
She smiled evilly “Am I like a drug to you?”
“You wish.”
“I think I am.” She raised her eyebrow.
“Is this your way of saying yes?”
She smiled “I think so.”
I pulled on her hand “Come inside.”
When we were inside I wasn’t sure what else to say. “Do you want anything?”
“Your couch” She laughed. “Come on Jackie! Sit with me.”
Jackie joined Sarah on the couch. I sat down on couch near her. She seemed pretty happy, and that made me really happy.

From: Marcus
Can you come now?
12:15 PM

From: Mitchell
What’s wrong? Are you okay?
12:17 PM

From: Marcus
It’s Sarah
12:18 PM

From: Mitchell
I’m on my way. Is it true?
12:19 PM

From: Marcus
Yes.
12:19 PM

From: Mitchell
Is she okay?
12:21 PM

From: Marcus
Yeah, I think so.
12:22 PM

From: Mitchell
Did you ask her?
12:25 PM

From: Marcus
Yes.
12:26 PM

From: Mitchell
And she said?
12:27 PM

From: Marcus
Yes.
12:28 PM

From: Mitchell
Yay! I’m almost there.
12:29 PM

Excerpt

It was nice to help Marcus, because he really needed it. But I shouldn’t have left Marcus alone, but I didn’t know what else to do (I can be impulsive, I just need to think about it first!) I thought maybe I could talk to Sarah; she could put me to work and get Marcy off of my mind. As soon as I was on the elevator I started feeling even worse about ditching him. When Sarah saw me she looked confused.
“Why didn’t you stay?”
I faltered “I thought…I thought…I don’t know, it would be weird.”
Sarah looked upset “No. He needs a friend and you are his friend.”
I did want to help, but “Sarah, I don’t know if I can”
“Please!” She shouted loudly, getting a few strange looks “You have TO!” and she was practically shaking.
I grimaced, but I knew she was right. The most important thing I could do was be with my best friend, BEST FRIEND, I reminded myself. Not my ex, not my lover. I got back on the elevator and went back up to where I was.
I opened the door slowly and saw Marcus was sitting completely still. He looked so miserable, and I was next to him in a second.
“Is everything okay?” I asked gently.
“I really fucked up” he cried.
The first time I touched his shoulder, he pulled away from me, but the second time I tried he let me comfort him.
“No you didn’t” I assured him
He shook his head “How did I not?”
“Because you are going to be fine. Everything’s going to go back to normal”
“Thanks.” He responded hushedly “Are you leaving again?” he asked.
“Nope. I’m with you.”
“Where’s Sarah?”
“She’s working…”
His expression immediately turned to sad.
“You know how she feels about you. How she feels about this. Stop being stupid.”

Excerpt that will not be for much longer

Mitch held me against his chest as he carried me up the stairs. His arms felt so good and that made me feel terrible and so guilty. Once we got into the suite, he set me down on the bed. A second later he had left, and I felt sort of lonely. Part of me had hoped that he would stay with me. I cursed myself for feeling that way. That’s what got me in this mess in the first place. And this was what it had come to, I was on my own. I had managed to lose both of my best friends at the same time. Now I was all alone. I looked out the window, the whole city was all lit up and there were so many people. People who hadn’t ruined their lives, people who had people to be with them

Excerpt

When Sarah and I met only occasionally, I first saw that there were more sides than I would have thought. I had expected that living with her I would get to know her. Rather than just know there were many sides, I could actually know the sides. I remember when Mitch and I first picked her up at the airport and instantly noticed how timid she was. It was quite unexpected, she seemed practically unwilling to speak unless it was of the utmost importance. I felt awful that the house was so cold for months, and she never complained. She didn’t even ask for an extra blanket or a heater or anything. When I eventually gave her a blanket, she had it practically every moment, and I just kept feeling worse. She was southern, she was probably used to the warmth. Being here must have been just awful for her, probably didn’t help that her housemate was acting like a jerk. I was certain that she was miserable, every time I woke up in the middle of the night to go to the kitchen, she’d be awake. But she never said anything, not about moving home or not being happy. It wasn’t like I wanted her to act like a spoiled brat

Excerpt

“We haven’t talked in awhile” in fact I was slightly surprised that she was calling at all, “What’s up?” I asked.
“I don’t know how to say this but you have a new coworker.”
“That’s great Sarah, are you moving here?”
She laughed “no, I’ll be onstage via webcam”
“I take that as a yes?”
“Well yes. But I’m not really sure what I should do until I find somewhere to live.”
“You can stay on my couch if you need it.”
“Ha, that’ll work. I won’t be in the way, will I?”
“No, not at all.”
When I hung up, I realized that I had forgotten that as Mitch was living with me I should ask him as well. But there was no reason for him to say no, she’s a friend in need. I decided it would be a good idea to ask him later.
“Do you remember Sarah?” I asked somewhat hesitantly.
“Of course.”
“Well, she’s moving here, but she needs a place to stay for awhile. I told her she could stay here, but…is that okay?”
He nodded “Oh no problem. But she is, you know, alright with us?”
I wasn’t actually sure, but I said yes anyway.
“Then I can’t wait to see her again”

Excerpt

“I can help you rehearse.” I heard above me, I took my eyes away from my imaginary lover and looked up. Mitch was standing above me.
“Need a cute German boy to seduce?” he smiled craftily. I nodded nervously and he laughed and sat down in front of me.
I was more nervous now than I had ever been even onstage. I started from the beginning and proceeded to ramble through the lines, missing words here and there along with nearly sounding robotic.
“Are you okay?” he asked me.
“I’m sorry. Usually I don’t screwing up so much”
He put his hand on me, “You’re supposed to be trying to get into my pants. Is that really so hard to think about?”
I turned red almost immediately. I was just afraid of the bad impression I was making on him, I wanted to seem perfect but not like a jackass. But he was right, if I tried to think about him more it helped. When we were done with the lines I started to get up, but Mitch stopped me
“Aren’t you supposed to kiss me?” he asked, smiling slightly.
I couldn’t help but smile a little as well at that, I leaned in and kissed him, he leaned in as well and kissed me back. I didn’t want to stop kissing him, but after awhile I pulled away.
As Mitch was helping me off the ground he said “I didn’t just come here to freak you out and interrupt your practice.”
I smiled hopefully “Really?”
“Do you want to go out sometime? A movie or something?”
I only hesitated as to not sound desperate “Yeah. That would be great”

Excerpt (sorry Jesse Swenson! Thanks for letting me interview you!)

I had trouble believing what Sarah told me, but I knew that it was probably true. The apartment seemed empty when I came in, but I knew Marcus was probably home. I didn't see him anywhere until I noticed that the bathroom door was open. When I looked inside I saw Marcus sitting on the floor. He had this look that I'd never seen before, but I knew what was going on.
"What has gotten into you?" I asked, totally bewildered.
Marcus looked ashamed "I'm sorry."
I crouched next to him "No...tell me you won't do this."
He nodded. "I wasn't...are we okay?"
I smiled and stroked his hair "of course."
His smile back was so endearing, he seemed almost fine.
We walked out "Will you tell me what happened?" I asked
Marcus looked down sadly "Well, you know about the Hair audition"
I nodded.
"Well, I saw Jesse. And he got all in my head. Talking about how a big part of getting cast is getting, well, naked. Made a not-so-subtle comment that I gained weight"
I sighed sympathetically. "Why did you letit get to you? You knew what he was doing."
He shook his head "I didn't exactly believe him, but I thought it couldn't hurt to fast until the audition was done with"
"What about you? Didn't it hurt you?"
"Yes." he shrugged "it did."
"Well that's been over, what was that in there?" I nodded toward the bathroom.
He shrugged again "When it was over I couldn't stop. When Sarah took me to lunch, I felt better at first. But when I was alone..."
"You're not alone anymore."
"Thanks" he smiled
A second later the phone rang, I could tell by Marcus' expression when he picked up that it was the Hair casting director.
I listened as he talked "Yes, yes...okay...yes, thank you"
"So...?" I asked nervously after he hung up.
He shook his head "I didn't get it."
I wrapped my arms around him "I'm so sorry"
I felt him cry against me "Now I feel really stupid for what I did."
"It's okay. You know that it's just minutes until you're in a different show."

Excerpt

Today was my 3rd time this week wearing this outfit. Marcus clearly noticed.
"Let me take you shopping" he suggested.
No. "Hell no."
"Sweetie, you need clothes."
I shook my head.
"Sar, let Marcus take you. He's really good at shopping" Mitch encouraged.
"Fine. But I hate shopping"

Mere hours later, Marcus and I were on 5th Avenue.
"I can't do this." I protested "This isn't right for me. Especially not places like these"
He smiled and held my arm tighter "This is perfect for you. You need something as sophisticated and awesome as you"
He pulled me into Sacks and my stomache sank.
The first thing he picked up was this absolutely gorgeous mini-dress. A piece of me wanted it. Like really wanted it. But it wasn't the type of thing I could pull off and my god it was expensive. My eyes widened in shock at that label.
"I can't pay for that!"
He laughed at me "First, you can pay for it. Second, I'll pay."
"I can't..." I tried to protest
"Just try it on. I'll get you some other stuff."
In the dressing room I practically had a panic attack.
"Sarahhhh. Let me see you"
I crept out.
"You look gorgeous."
I shrugged. It didn't feel like me.
"Something's wrong with you." Marcus shook his head and grabbed my wrist. He pulled me in front of the mirror. "Seeee? You look beyond pretty."
I shrugged. "I guess. It's kind of cute. We'll see."
"Well, we're getting it. And I'm going to get you some other things that we'll look this gorgeous on you."

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Day 131-1/30/10

Show: Next to Normal
Date: 3/12/10
Cast: Jessica Phillips as Diana
Type: Audio

I have committed to full on love for Jessica's Diana. It's exactly how I feel that works. My problem with Alice is that she plays it crazy, but bipolar depressive isn't crazy. I have manic depressive tendencies so it sort of bothers me the way that Alice plays it. But Jessica played it realistically and sincerely and her voice was pretty much flawless. I really loved it.

Day 130-1/29/10

Seth’s Chatterbox with Krysta Rodriguez and Wesley Taylor: So much cuteness and happiness :D Wesley’s story about the Addams Family Audition was sooo awwwdorable.

Day 129-3/28/10

Show: RSO

So I ripped 36 songs from Ryan Scott Oliver’s youtube cannel which only took, like FOREVER. But the outcome was positive. It’s really nice to have all these awesome songs. I gotta say, I really love Jay’s Song of the Dead Fairy and he and Lindsay singing Make Me Happy. Out of the two versions of Hemming and Hawing I think I like Alex and Natalie more than Alex and Lindsay. Not that Lindsay isn’t awesome, I just like that Natalie’s is a little more mellow-ish. I also fell in love with Jay singing The Seraph. Uch. So beautiful. And To Do. Gosh.

Day 128-3/27/10

Show: In the Heights
Date: 1/31/09
Cast: Krysta Rodriguez as Carla
Type: Audio

Good. It doesn’t seen like Carla’s that big of a role but I thought Krysta did decent.

Day 127-3/26/10

Show: Hair
Date: 3/14/10 PI DAYYYY!
Cast: Kyle Riabko, Ace Young, Diana DeGarmo, Annaleigh Ashford, Josh Lamon, Rachel Bay Jones, Briana Carlson Goodman, Jeannette Bayardelle

Still not 100% about this cast. Ace is just not quite fitting. Kyle is pretty decentish. Jeannette was a fierce Dionne. I hardly even missed Sasha. Diana, I was iffy about. Maybe I shouldn’t have listened to this right after Addams Family because I thought Josh’s Maggie sounded like a younger version of Jackie’s Grandma. And omg, Rachel’s Buddhalirama sounded just like Grandma. And I’m still on the fence with Annaleigh. I feel like she’s pushing too hard. Trying to sing Air a little bit like Kacie. My biggest problem was sometimes in Air it didn’t even sound like she was singing, it only sounded like acting.

Day 126-3/25/10

Show: American Idiot
Cast: John Gallagher Jr, Tony Vincent, Matt Caplan, Will Espers, Mary Faber, Rebecca Naomi Jones, et al.
Type: Video

I sort of understood this better seeing it, but I’m not going to lie, I was still kind of confused. But it was fun. I don’t know if it’s just because he wrote on my wall, but I really liked Tony Vincent. And Theo. Whenever I listened to Holiday before I had wondered who had that part and when I saw that it was Theo and that made me happy. Also I had been wondering if Gerard was in the ensemble or if he was just an understudy or something. And then I saw this little spazzy kid run across the stage and my question was answered.

Day 125-3/24/10

Show: Addams Family
Date: 3/8/10
Type: Audio

I found this really great and funny. Except there were some changes I wasn’t crazy about. I liked Clandango and I missed it. I also missed At Seven. And I wish there was more of the swordfight. Also I missed Wesley’s “Married, yeah, freaking married” But everything else was great. And I love Jackie Hoffman. She is absolutely hilarious. It takes every fiber of my being to not literally laugh out loud during some of her moments.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Day 124-3/23/10

Show: Kacie Sheik and Caissie Levy at Joe's Pub
Date: Forgot
Cast: Kacie Sheik and Caissie Levy
Type: Audio

I wasn't a fan of all of the songs, but those two have gorgeous voices. I've never realized that Kacie's speaking voice was so pretty. One thing that bothered me was that the person who tracked this titled a song as "Teenage Wasteland." What song is that? I only know a Baba O'Reiley

Day 123-3/22/10

Show: Catch Me If You Can
Date: 2009
Cast: Aaron Tveit, Nobert Leo Butz, Tom Wopat, Kerry Butler, Shoshana Bean, et al
Type: Demo Recording

I liked it. Although I fell asleep during it. There was something that was both familiar and new that I liked.

Day 122-3/21/10

Show: Kerrigan and Lowdermilk: Under the Influence
Date: 3/1/10
Cast: Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk with guests: Annaleigh Ashford, Jenni Barber, Nick Blaemire, Lisa Brescia, Matt Doyle, Meghann Fahy, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Morgan Karr, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Caissie Levy, Kacie Shiek, Vienna Teng, Katie Thompson and The Spring Standards
Type: Audio

I feel bad because I fell asleep during this. Haha. But I actually liked quite a bit of it. Freedom was really good. I just like the way that it sets such a positive opening. Last Week’s Alcohol was a lot deeper than they were at the other concert. But I think he also enunciated better. I understood a lot more words than I did the other time. I really liked Celia’s My Party Dress. It was just really cute and fun. I’m definitely going to mention it at dance, because she mentions a lot of dance moves and other fun stuff like that. The introduction to Two Strangers was definitely funny. “This is really supposed to be for a girl. But then we met Morgan Karr” That’s another thing I want to bring up at dance because there’s this girl that thinks that nobody and certainly no boy could go as high as Kristen Chenoweth and I’m going to be like “Morgan. Freaking. Karr”

Day 121-3/20/10

Show: Next to Normal
Date: 1/1/10
Cast: Meghann Fahy as Natalie
Type: Audio

After listening to Jessica as Diana, Alice is almost painful. She sounds nuts and crazy and uneven and just not as good. Meghann was really good. She sounds quite similar to Jenn except when I really focus I can hear that her voice is softer, and more vulnerable.

Day 120-3/19/10

Show: Hair
Date: 3/9/10
Cast: Kyle Riabko, Ace Young, Diana Degarmo, Annaleigh Ashford, Josh Lamon, et al.
Type: Audio

So I was kind of expecting to hate Kyle. I didn’t hate him. But I wasn’t absolutely in love. He’s really got potential and good characterization. Ace I was very iffy on. Berger is always annoying and crazy and all over the place and too much, but this might have been too too much. One thing I thought was cool was how they sing “transcendental meditation of the ocean of reality is love” rather than just speaking it. I’m torn on Annaleigh’s Jeanie. I think a piece of me loves her so that I wanted to love it, but I also read bad reviews so I was prepared to hate it. I’m a little neutral. I wish she had played it a little more naturally, it seemed like she was trying to hard at some parts. Diana was really interesting. She needs to tone it down just a little bit. But her singing was interesting. It was like a combination of all other Sheilas. I think I liked the new Woof. But wow, the new Hud was fine, but I missed Darius so much. Like seriously, he may be the one I missed the most. As weird as this may sound, I wasn’t quite as impressed with Josh’s Maggie as I have been. Maybe I wasn’t focused enough because he wasn’t an understudy this time, but it seemed a little more like Andrew’s; less connected.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Day 119-3/18/10

Show: RSO at the Kennedy Center
Date: 2/9/10
Cast: Lindsay Mendez, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Alex Brightman

This was awesome. I really liked listening. And the stories about each song were so interesting!

Day 118-3/17/10

Show: Ragtime
Date: 10/24/09
Type: Audio

I wasn't unbelievably into it. It was a little too quiet and the halls and bus are really loud. But I got into it. It's just really real. I think the mother overall had the best voice.

Day 117-3/16/10

Show: Next to Normal
Date: 7/31/09
Cast: Jessica Phillips, J.Robert Spencer, Jennifer Damiano, Aaron Tveit, Adam Chanler-Berat
Type: Audio

Wow. Jessica blew me away. Her voice was flawless and she actually sounded like a real person.

Day 116-3/15/10

BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH!

Show: Marvelous Wonderettes
Cast: IDK, I'll look it up or something
Date: 10/20/08
Type: Audio

Really cute, kind of hard (almost impossible) to hear because of how loud the halls were. But yeah, I think it's a cute show

Day 115-3/14/10

Show: Hair
Date: 3/7/10
Cast: Gavin Creel, Will Swenson, Caissie Levy, Andrew Kober, Kacie Sheik, Vanessa Ray, Darius Nichols, Sasha Allen

Okay, so this was all very emotional. Gavin was riffing like nuts in I Got Life. And Kacie made me cry before Frank Mills. Ugh. Emotional freaking overload

Friday, March 12, 2010

Day 114-3/13/10

Show: Legally Blonde
Date: 1/10/09
Cast: Lauren Ashley Zakrin (*u/s Elle Woods), D.B. Bonds (Emmett Forrest), Jeff McLean (Warner Huntington III), Leslie McDonel (*u/s Vivienne Kenzington), Mamie Parris (*u/s Paulette Bonafonte & Courtney/Mom/Whitney)), Coleen Sexton (Brooke Wyndom), Ken Land (Professor Callahan), Alex Ellis (*t/r Margot), Sara Andreas (*u/s Serena), Crystal Joy (Pilar), Tiffany Engen (*t/r Kate/Chutney), Gretchen Burghart (Enid), Tally Sessions (Aaron), Adam Zelasko (Nikos/Padamadan), Ven Daniel (Chad/Dewey/Kyle), Paul Jackel (Dad/Winthrop/Reporter), Nick Dalton (Phorzheimer), Joshua James Campbell (Lowell), Josh Walden (Carols), Brian Patrick Murphy (Ensemble), Jay Garcia (*u/s DA Jack Riley/Mystery Male Delta Nu), Sarah Marie Jenkins (*u/s Leliani/Stenographer/Ensemble), Amber Efe' (Store Manager/Judge)
Type: Audio

So many understudies! Lauren, I wasn't crazy about. Her voice was lacking a little bit. Not crazy about the Emmett. I didn't think I'd miss Christian, but I did. The Vivienne also wasn't good enough. She failed to do snotty. I liked Mamie pretty much, but I had been kind of looking forward to hearing Natalie.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Day 113-3/12/10

Show: Hair
Date: 2/24/10
Cast: Jay as Woof. Briana as Crissy.
Type: Audio

I liked Jay's Woof. It's so cute and quirky and youthful. This show seemed just really great overall. Energy was great, music sounded beautiful.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Day 112-3/11/10

Show: Spring Awakening
Date: 8/15/09 Matinee
Cast: Taylor as Moritz. Ben Fankhauser as Ernst. Everything else normal
Type: Audio

Taylor is an improvement on Blake but he's not there yet. I honestly didn't hear much of a difference from Ben to Ben.

Day 111-3/10/10

Show: Spring Awakening Season For Dreaming Cabaret

This was a pretty weak concert overall. With A Little Help From My Hands was absolute crap. Neither of them sounded good. The one song that I really liked was Julie's Man of My Dreams. She seems so quiet yet whenever she performs she always seems to have so much character, and I really think that's great. Matt Shingledecker may be hot but he's been a pretty weak singer. I absolutely hated Come Home. They paired up two bad singers for that. Krystina's Never Neverland was alright, she's got a sweet voice. Don't Stop Believin wasn't quite right. Krista sounded like she was struggling, the notes didn't come with ease. Although I do like Seasons of Love when it doesn't feature Gabby. Steffi's medley was real cute, but I don't like the way she transitions from high to lower.

Day 110-3/9/10

Show: Spring Awakening Cabaret for A Cause
Cast: Tour Cast

I kind of like how they did all these mash-ups. In almost all of them I knew at least one of the songs which made me more inclined to like the other. One interesting thing was for some reason I thought that Anthony was singing What I Wouldn't Do For You. I think that made me want to like it more, even though I didn't. Turned out it was Andy anyway. I'm torn about how I feel. I'm not completely sold on it.

Day 109-3/8/10

Show: Spring Awakening
Date: 1/8/09
Cast: Claire as Wendla, everything else was the same
Type: Audio

Wow. Was everyone like really weak today or something? Claire was really good. She sounded a little like Christy but more natural and real. Not quite as hit-the-nail-on-the-head as Alice and Phoebe. But better than Christy and Lea for sure.

Day 108-3/7/10

Show: Jersey Boys OBCR

Wow! It's so catchy and fun! I started dancing the minute I pressed play, and I didn't even know what I was dancing to.

Day 107-3/6/10

Show: West Side Story OBCR

It's interesting because there's something more raw and maybe a little more real about this one, especially you hear in the gang parts like the Jet Song. But the voices are not as good as the NBCR

Day 106-3/5/10

The Sleeping playlist:
This is where Matt proves useful:
Last Week’s Alcohol
Storybook Life
What I Wouldn’t Do For You
Role of a Lifetime
Best Kept Secret
Are You There?
See Me
Bare
Queen Mab
Once Upon A Time

I had this on last night and I dreamt that I saw Hair and was sitting on the stage. And Annaleigh was Jeanie and she was sitting like Buddha on a carpet that everyone has holding up. Sounds random, but it was a pretty good dream.

Day 105-3/4/10

The Jolt Playlist: Here’s a challenge. Find 10 songs that give you a jolt/energy. If you don’t know what I mean think of it this way, your jolt playlist may make you want to dance or lip sync or super model strut around the school. That’s how I suggest finding your jolt playlist. Think of some songs and then walk as you listen. If you find your self walking with more attitude, flair, soul, and hell you could out-do Tyra, then put it in your playlist! But only 10 songs. You can change it if necessary. Here are mine:
Tik Tok
Bad Romance
American Idiot (AI version)
21 Guns (AI version)
Holiday (AI version)
Last Week’s Alcohol (I might take this off. I might replace it with an RSO song)
Positive
Telephone Hour
Three-Five-Zero-Zero
Mrs. Sharp

Day 104-3/3/10

RSO playlist: Because I have become so obsessed, this is the 10 songs that have completely grown on me:
Crazytown
Caralee
The Plane is Going Down
The Mess
Mrs. Sharp
What I Wouldn’t Do For You
The Ballad of Sara Berry
Hemming and Hawing
The Song of The Dead Fairy
Halfway

Day 103-3/2/10

Sara Berry: This is lame, but this is all I can listen to today. I am so obsessed with this song! I was a good girl and did my research and found out so much amazing stuff about this song and this show in general. So this song is from a series called 35MM which is songs inspired from photographs… apparently this is the picture behind it http://www.ryanscottoliver.com/images/WebUpdate%201-7-10/19%20Sara%20Berry%20URBAN%20BIG.jpg
What I find amazing is that you have people like Taylor Swift who are writing music based off of their lives and full events that are so unimaginative and obvious, and then you have this! I was actually explaining the song and everything to my friend and she goes “That sounds like something the Beatles once did.” I find it just incredible.

Day 102-3/1/10

Show: Wonderland
Date: 1/20/10
Cast: Janet Dacal (Alice), Julie Brooks (Chloe), Tommar Wilson (Theo/Caterpillar), Jose Llana (Hector/El Gato), Karen Mason (Queen of Hearts), Darren Ritchie (Jack/White Knight), Nikki Snelson (Mad Hatter), Ed Staudenmayer (White Rabbit), Tad Wilson (Jabberwock)
Type: Audio

I thought this was a really great show. It seemed witty, it was really a new fresh take rather than what Disney and Tim Burton are doing by just using special effects. I especially loved the emotional aspect with her realizing her love