The Blackout Playlist!
I made this playlist during the Blackout:
Low - Flo-rida
When There Was Me and You – HSM
Gotta Go My Own Way – HSM2
This is Me – Camp Rock
Pon de Replay – Rihanna
Tom Sawyer – Rush
Won’t Get Fooled Again – the Who
Viva La Vida – Coldplay
Who Will I Be – Camp Rock
Too Cool – Camp Rock
Work This Out – HSM2
You Are the Music in Me (Sharpay) – HSM2
Start of Something New – HSM
Cold Hard Bitch – Jet
Minority – Green Day
Who Are You – The Who
SOS – Rihanna (I actually forgot about the Matt video when I added this. Oh gosh!)
Pinball Wizard – The Who (I’m playing pinball right now)
2 Stars – Camp Rock
So What – P!nk
Play My Music – Camp Rock
Handlebars – Flobots
Stand-up – Flobots
Natural Disaster – Plain White Tee’s
Hasta la Vista – Camp Rock
Everyday – HSM2
We’re All In This Together – HSM
Fabulous – HSM2
You Are the Music in Me – HSM2
Breaking Free – HSM
Bop to the Top – HSM
What I’ve Been Looking For – HSM
What I’ve Been Looking For reprise – HSM
When There was Me and You – HSM
Bleed it Out – Linkin Park
Gotta Go My Own Way – HSM2
All For One – HSM2
Baba O’Riley – the Who
My Generation – the Who
Substitute – the Who
I Kissed a Girl – Katy Perry
Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) – Offspring
Gives You Hell – All American Rejects
Crank That – Soulja Boy
Stronger – Kanye West
Numb/Encore – Linkin Park and JayZ
Apologize – Timbaland
Yahhhh! – Soulja Boy
Fergilicious – Fergie
Clumsy – Fergie
Let it Rock – Kevin Rudolf
Move On Up – Curtis Mayfield
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Day 81-2/8/10
Show: Hair
Date: 6/11/09
Cast: Ryan Link as Berger
Type: Audio
Let me begin with an explanation. This was Ryan's first time as Berger. He didn't go on again until September. That doesn't seem like TERRIBLY long, I mean there was a multi-month stretch in which Matt didn't go on for Melchior. But what makes it interesting is that during this 3-month stretch was Will Swenson's vacation. Why didn't Ryan go on during the vacation? Because the producers thought he was a crappy Berger and took the spots he would have done and gave them to Steel Burkhardt.
Now, Here's what I thought about his Berger in a nutshell: Pretty good.
He has a normal voice. That sounds like a stupid thing to point out but he had to force some of what Will does naturally. But you could hear the effort! Will uses a very interesting voice in Stone Age and you could tell that Ryan was trying to pull it off. I did not totally hate his Berger at all.
Date: 6/11/09
Cast: Ryan Link as Berger
Type: Audio
Let me begin with an explanation. This was Ryan's first time as Berger. He didn't go on again until September. That doesn't seem like TERRIBLY long, I mean there was a multi-month stretch in which Matt didn't go on for Melchior. But what makes it interesting is that during this 3-month stretch was Will Swenson's vacation. Why didn't Ryan go on during the vacation? Because the producers thought he was a crappy Berger and took the spots he would have done and gave them to Steel Burkhardt.
Now, Here's what I thought about his Berger in a nutshell: Pretty good.
He has a normal voice. That sounds like a stupid thing to point out but he had to force some of what Will does naturally. But you could hear the effort! Will uses a very interesting voice in Stone Age and you could tell that Ryan was trying to pull it off. I did not totally hate his Berger at all.
Day 80-2/7/10
Show: Spring Awakening
Date: 11/29/08 M
Cast: Alice as Wendla, Zach as Ernst, Eryn as Martha
Type: Audio :(
I know I listened to the audio from the evening already but I needed to find a show and I randomly clicked this one. Alice is absolutely gorgeous, I wasn't totally in love with Zach and Eryn was super haunting and beautiful. Hunter was weak, Matt was gorgeous.
Date: 11/29/08 M
Cast: Alice as Wendla, Zach as Ernst, Eryn as Martha
Type: Audio :(
I know I listened to the audio from the evening already but I needed to find a show and I randomly clicked this one. Alice is absolutely gorgeous, I wasn't totally in love with Zach and Eryn was super haunting and beautiful. Hunter was weak, Matt was gorgeous.
Day 79-2/6/10
Show: In the Heights OBCR
It's got catchy parts but I found it difficult to understand the plot. Some songs I did understand. I was listening during JLC and Atencion and Alabanza made me cry which really isn't good because people are constantly passing by me giving me weird looks. One thing that makes me sad is every time they say Vanessa I want to throw up.
It's got catchy parts but I found it difficult to understand the plot. Some songs I did understand. I was listening during JLC and Atencion and Alabanza made me cry which really isn't good because people are constantly passing by me giving me weird looks. One thing that makes me sad is every time they say Vanessa I want to throw up.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Excerpt
exNot long after I had gotten to my dressing room, Lexi was standing by me looking very cross.
"Where were you?" she asked angrily.
I didn't want to answer, so I only said "Sorry!"
"That's all I get?" Do know know all the trouble your not showing up caused?"
I nodded "Probably alot. I'm sorry."
"Where were you?" she yelled viciously.
"At the library?"
"Does it have to do with the movie?"
"Nope." I was reluctant to say more.
"Then what was so important?"
I sighed and pulled out everything that I checked out of the library and put it on the table. Lexi looked confused as she read the titles.
"You have an eating disorder?"
"No." I said firmly. "But can you think of anyone who might?"
"I don't!" She said defensively.
I shook my head "I'm not saying it's you. I know you're not the one who just spent hours researching signs and situations, but just think..."
And then it dawned on her.
"Oh my gosh. What are you going to do?"
"Everything said that just talking is the best idea. So I'm going to do that, see where it goes."
"Mmkay" she nodded "let me know if you need help."
And then she left
"Where were you?" she asked angrily.
I didn't want to answer, so I only said "Sorry!"
"That's all I get?" Do know know all the trouble your not showing up caused?"
I nodded "Probably alot. I'm sorry."
"Where were you?" she yelled viciously.
"At the library?"
"Does it have to do with the movie?"
"Nope." I was reluctant to say more.
"Then what was so important?"
I sighed and pulled out everything that I checked out of the library and put it on the table. Lexi looked confused as she read the titles.
"You have an eating disorder?"
"No." I said firmly. "But can you think of anyone who might?"
"I don't!" She said defensively.
I shook my head "I'm not saying it's you. I know you're not the one who just spent hours researching signs and situations, but just think..."
And then it dawned on her.
"Oh my gosh. What are you going to do?"
"Everything said that just talking is the best idea. So I'm going to do that, see where it goes."
"Mmkay" she nodded "let me know if you need help."
And then she left
Movies I saw (In theatres) in 2009
Holy crap!
- 17 Again (with Dad)
- Super predictable. Should have had more Matthew Perry. Hunter was really super funny.
- All About Steve (with Dad)
- Got terrible reviews. Wasn't horrendous but it was poorly constructed. Sandra, Bradley, and Senor Chen from Community are good actors. But they were used in the wrong way.
- Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 (with Mom)
- Ahhhdorable. And really it was quite a cast. The Chipmunks were Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse McCartney. The Chipettes were Amy Poehler, Christina Applegate and Anna Faris. Interestingly, Christina and Anna were both on Friends. Theodore (Jesse) was so cute he kept making me cry. And when I saw that Matthew played Simon I was not at all surprised. His character on Criminal Minds is so similar.
- Angels and Demons (with Katherine)
- It's like National Treasure if you subtract all the funny and make it more confusing. I don't understand the religious stuff or the science stuff. And they never explained things!
- The Blind Side (with Mom and Dad)
- I would have never seen this if I hadn't been dragged to it. But it was amazing. So touching. Sandra was incredible. It was inspiring and everything.
- Bride Wars (with Dad)
- It's like watching Gossip Girl except with a serious lack of cute guys and longer and you can't walk out of the room.
- Confession of a Shopaholic (with Dad)
- So predictable but really great. I really liked Isla Fisher's acting. And the Luke was super charming
- Couples Retreat (with Dad)
- Thank god for the other 3 couples because I can only take so much Vince Vaughn. There were quite a few Community cast members who were quite funny.
- Did You Hear About the Morgans? (with Dad)
- Also a terribly reviewed movie. It was very predictable but it had some really witty jokes about democrats, PETA, and New York. What really made it so bad was how much Sarah Jessica Parker sucks at acting. Seriously, she sounds whiny and emotionless. Hugh Grant on the other hand was quite good. He had a charm and sparkle and whit that worked so well.
- Duplicity (with Dad)
- Not Oceans 11 but it had that aspect of "wait? what? Go back!" Clive Owen and Julia Roberts were great actors. It's a clever movie with a sprinkle of suspense
- Duplicity (with Katherine)
- I had a very hard time paying attention. I actually took out my ipod and started watching a Spring Awakening bootleg.
- Everybody's Fine (with Dad)
- My dad is very smart. Except when he's not. An example of being not smart was picking this. He thought it would be a comedy with a pinch of drama to make things interesting. He's an idiot. This was probably the worst movie I saw in 2009. I tried to fall asleep during it. I hated it. It was just depressing and boring. Blah blah.
- Funny People (with Dad)
- Adam Sandler is not funny. Seth Rogen is not funny. Jonah Hill is not funny. Leslie Mann is surprisingly funny. This should have been called Funny Person And The Comedian who totally isn't. Not a funny movie except Leslie Mann sobbing at her daughter's rendition of Memories from Cats
- Ghost of Girlfriends Past (with Dad)
- Got terrible ratings but was not the worst movie ever. It was tragically predictable but I always appreciate movies that feature a huge player as the main character. I just wish they didn't try to make him reform. They really could have used Lacey Chabert (who played Gretchen in mean girls) more than they did.
- The Hangover (with Mom)
- I put off seeing this for a long time thinking that it would be like SUPERBAD. Everyone says its funny, but it really sucks. But it had such a great cast! They were all hilarious. And it's so quotable. "Paging Dr. Faggot" "You can't leave a baby in the closet, there's a tiger in the bathroom!" I could have done without the elderly couple coming into the theater 10 minutes late and sitting next to me although the theater was empty and scolding me for texting. I also could have done without the spanish group sitting behind me commenting in Spanish.
- Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (with Mom)
- My least favorite Harry Potter book. Too much romance. Too much making out. Everything else was alright
- He's Just Not That Into You (with Dad)
- I saw this right after I had gotten into Bare. So I was a little distracted by the extension that I thought would fit well (if you know what I mean ;) ) But it's a decent movie. Justin Long and Ginnifer Goodwin were cute. Scarlett Johanson is a terrrrrible actress.
- Ice Age 3 (with Katherine)
- Katherine wanted to see 500 Days of Summer. I wanted to see this. So we saw this. I loved it. Sadly, it's my type of movie. There were 3 groups in the theater. The kids in the front with their mother. Me and Katherine. and the kids in the back with the father. There quite a few jokes that only the father in the back and I understood.
- The Invention of Lying (with Dad)
- Mehhhhh. It's original. That's for sure. But Ricky Gervais was not super funny.
- It's Complicated (with the Christmas Crowd. and Dad)
- Oh my god. So funny. Meryl Streep was brilliance. Steve Martin was super funny. Alec Baldwin was....Alec Baldwin. And John Krasinski was super awesome. I cracked up so much.
- Julia and Julia (with Dad)
- Meryl and Stanley were fantastic. Amy Adams was pretty good, but she's better than that
- Mall Cop (with Dad)
- It's exactly what you'd expect from a movie with Kevin James about a Mall Cop.
- New Moon (with Mom)
- Bleeeeeeccch. Robert Pattinson was a fucking mess, Kristen Stewart was crap on a plate. Taylor Lautner's hot but not a good actor.
- Night at the Museum 2 (with Dad and the Beach Crowd)
- I loved it. It took place in the Smithsonian which makes me happy. Owen Wilson and Steve Coogan were brilliant. Hank Azaria was good in all three roles. Ben Stiller was Ben Stiller :)
- Pink Panther 2 (with Dad)
- Really funny. Good for a sequel. The love stuff had strange moments. Someone told me that the villain reminded me of them :) I take that as a compliment
- The Proposal (with Dad)
- So great. Love Betty White. Love the mom (who was also in Did You Hear About the Morgans?) Craig T. Nelson played his character perfectly. Ryan Renolds was great. Sandra Bullock was great. But the standout was Betty. She was hilarious in the woods scene. And I was the only person in the entire theater to understand what Sandra was singing so I was cracking up a good 10 seconds before everyone else. By the way, that is now the theme dance of our basketball team.
- The Proposal (with Katherine)
- I spent the entire movie playing vortex on my ipod. The movie was great but it didn't require undivided attention.
- Race to Witch Mountain (with Dad)
- I was beyond impressed for a disney movie. It was really good! It was funny, Dwayne Johnson's a really good actor. And that girl looks like Catherine Blades.
- Sherlock Holmes (with Dad)
- Robert Downey Junior and Jude Law play their characters to perfection. Rachel McAdams was brilliant as always. It seemed a little more James Bond than Sherlock Holmes, though. I'm so glad they explained everything in the end.
- The Soloist (with Grandma Sue)
- My Grandma loves me. But because I was so busy we didn't get a lot of chances to hang out. When I was working on my Broadway Project for English, she called and invited me to see this with her. I didn't want to but my dad said sometimes we do things we don't want to do to make other people happy. The movie was terrible. Well, it wasn't terrible. It was really emotional and touching. But not a movie I would ever pick/want to see in a thousand years.
- Star Trek (with Mom)
- I was kind of confused by it, but the action was so cool and exciting!
- Star Trek (with Dad)
- Star Trek (with Katherine)
- Star Trek (with Grandpa Marv)
- The theater was almost empty.
- State of Play (with Grandma Harriet)
- Grandma looooves Ben Affleck and she thought he looked fiiiine. But it was an exciting intense movie!
- State of Play (with Dad)
- Taken (with Rachel)
- So intense! Liam Neeson is such a badass!
- The Ugly Truth (with Dad and Grandma Harriet)
- Oh my god. Awkward. But hilarious. But so awkward
- Up in The Air (with Dad)
- George Clooney was really in his element. It was quite clever
- Year One (with Dad)
- Typical Jack Black+Typical Michael Cera = BLEEEECCCCH
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Day 78-2/5/10
Show: Spring Awakening
Date: 10/11/09
Cast: Jake Epstein (Melchior), Taylor Trensch (Moritz), Christy Altomare (Wendla), Steffi D (Ilse), Sarah Hunt (Martha), Andy Mientus (Hanschen), Ben Fankhauser (Ernst), Matt Shingledecker (Georg), Kimiko Glenn (Thea), Gabrielle Garza (Anna), Anthony Lee Medina (Otto), John Wojda (Adult Men), Angela Reed (Adult Women), Krystina Alabado, Justin Scott Brown, Lucas A Wells, Kayla Foster (Ensemble)
Jake was pretty good. Taylor was refreshingly normal. Christy was inconsistent. Sometimes she hit a really nice not and then she'd hit a not so great note. Ben F was better than Ben M but not very impressive. And everyone else was pretty much ignorable.
Date: 10/11/09
Cast: Jake Epstein (Melchior), Taylor Trensch (Moritz), Christy Altomare (Wendla), Steffi D (Ilse), Sarah Hunt (Martha), Andy Mientus (Hanschen), Ben Fankhauser (Ernst), Matt Shingledecker (Georg), Kimiko Glenn (Thea), Gabrielle Garza (Anna), Anthony Lee Medina (Otto), John Wojda (Adult Men), Angela Reed (Adult Women), Krystina Alabado, Justin Scott Brown, Lucas A Wells, Kayla Foster (Ensemble)
Jake was pretty good. Taylor was refreshingly normal. Christy was inconsistent. Sometimes she hit a really nice not and then she'd hit a not so great note. Ben F was better than Ben M but not very impressive. And everyone else was pretty much ignorable.
Day 77-2/4/10
Show: Hair
Date: 5/7/09
Cast: Gavin Creel (Claude), Will Swenson (Berger), Jackie Burns* (Sheila), Bryce Ryness (Woof), Darius Nichols (Hud), Sasha Allen (Dionne), Kacie Sheik (Jeanie), Allison Case (Crissy), Andrew Kober (Father/Margaret Mead), Megan Lawrence (Mother), Theo Stockman (Hubert/Principal/Tribe), Briana Carlson-Goodman* (Black Boys Trio/Tribe), Megan Reinking Black Boys Trio/Tribe), Kaitlin Kiyan (Black Boys Trio /Tribe), Nicole Lewis (White Boys Trio/Tribe), Saycon Sengbloh (White Boys Trio/Tribe), Ato Blankson-Wood (Tribe), Steel Burkhardt (Tribe), Lauren Elder (Tribe), Allison Guinn (Tribe), Michael James-Scott* Tribe) John Moauro (Tribe), Brandon Pearson (Tribe), Paris Remillard (Tribe), Maya Sharpe (Tribe), Tommar Wilson (Tribe)
So I just have a few comments:
-I Believe in Love was kind of shaky
-But her story about the march and scene with Berger was perfect.
-Easy to be Hard was good, minus her occasionally odd pronunciation.
-I hadn't noticed that the chorus parts in many of the songs, but mostly Where Do I Go were so pretty.
-Gavin was a little weak vocally.
-Let The Sun Shine In was pretty emotional.
Date: 5/7/09
Cast: Gavin Creel (Claude), Will Swenson (Berger), Jackie Burns* (Sheila), Bryce Ryness (Woof), Darius Nichols (Hud), Sasha Allen (Dionne), Kacie Sheik (Jeanie), Allison Case (Crissy), Andrew Kober (Father/Margaret Mead), Megan Lawrence (Mother), Theo Stockman (Hubert/Principal/Tribe), Briana Carlson-Goodman* (Black Boys Trio/Tribe), Megan Reinking Black Boys Trio/Tribe), Kaitlin Kiyan (Black Boys Trio /Tribe), Nicole Lewis (White Boys Trio/Tribe), Saycon Sengbloh (White Boys Trio/Tribe), Ato Blankson-Wood (Tribe), Steel Burkhardt (Tribe), Lauren Elder (Tribe), Allison Guinn (Tribe), Michael James-Scott* Tribe) John Moauro (Tribe), Brandon Pearson (Tribe), Paris Remillard (Tribe), Maya Sharpe (Tribe), Tommar Wilson (Tribe)
So I just have a few comments:
-I Believe in Love was kind of shaky
-But her story about the march and scene with Berger was perfect.
-Easy to be Hard was good, minus her occasionally odd pronunciation.
-I hadn't noticed that the chorus parts in many of the songs, but mostly Where Do I Go were so pretty.
-Gavin was a little weak vocally.
-Let The Sun Shine In was pretty emotional.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Day 76-2/3/10
Show: Legally Blonde
Date: 2/22/08
Cast: Becky Gulsvig (u/s Elle), Christian Borle (Emmett), Jason Gillman (u/s Warner), Kate Shindle (Vivienne), Michael Rupert (Callahan), Orfeh (Paulette), Michelle Kittrell (u/s Serena), Haven Burton (Margot), Asmeret Ghebremichael (Pilar), Nikki Snelson (Brooke), Kate Wetherhead (Kate/Chutney), Andy Karl (Dewey/Karl), Natalie Joy Johnson (Enid), Gaelen Gilliland (Mom/Whitney), Kevin Pariseau (Dad/Winthrop), Matthew Risch (Carlos), Manuel Herrera (Nikos/Padamadan), Bryce Ryness (Aaron/Guard), Rod Harrelson (u/s Judge - swing)
Type: Audio
Snaps for Becky! I thought she sounded really beautiful. Less twangy than LBB. I have to say I really missed Annaleigh as Serena :(
And the plot annoys me a little. First, applying to Harvard law is like applying to TJ. If Elle got in over me, I would kill myself. And second, Brooke did not have enough evidence against her. The DA should have never filed that case!
Date: 2/22/08
Cast: Becky Gulsvig (u/s Elle), Christian Borle (Emmett), Jason Gillman (u/s Warner), Kate Shindle (Vivienne), Michael Rupert (Callahan), Orfeh (Paulette), Michelle Kittrell (u/s Serena), Haven Burton (Margot), Asmeret Ghebremichael (Pilar), Nikki Snelson (Brooke), Kate Wetherhead (Kate/Chutney), Andy Karl (Dewey/Karl), Natalie Joy Johnson (Enid), Gaelen Gilliland (Mom/Whitney), Kevin Pariseau (Dad/Winthrop), Matthew Risch (Carlos), Manuel Herrera (Nikos/Padamadan), Bryce Ryness (Aaron/Guard), Rod Harrelson (u/s Judge - swing)
Type: Audio
Snaps for Becky! I thought she sounded really beautiful. Less twangy than LBB. I have to say I really missed Annaleigh as Serena :(
And the plot annoys me a little. First, applying to Harvard law is like applying to TJ. If Elle got in over me, I would kill myself. And second, Brooke did not have enough evidence against her. The DA should have never filed that case!