"hey, i've got The Hives for you" "i beg your pardon"

two words.
Carol Channing.
oh my goodness.

so, thursday night we got to hear her talk for an hour or so about her childhood, theatre, and the meaning of life...you know, the usual. and let me tell you, any fears i ever had about getting old are gone when i see that woman. she is 87 and not only is she still kickin', but she is hilarious and still the tony award-caliber performer she was 60 years ago.

towards the end of her lecture, she started into this beautiful monologue from Hello Dolly and then started singing "before the parade passes me by" (or whatever it's called)....it was AMAZING. it was like "is this really happening? am i really watching this legendary Broadway star perform in front of me?" wow, it was amazing.

so Friday night, as if i wasn't geeked out enough already, we got to perform on the same stage as her. we sang "santa evita" (among other awesome songs performed by the amazingly talented CSUB theatre students) and after a brief intermission, got to watch her perform. it was spectacular, to say the least.

she invited us to sing a chorus of "Hello Dolly" with her.
.............
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

i geeked out even more.
oh, and she blew a kiss at me and smiled at me a lot :D
she's such a sweet lady!

so yeah, all the carol channing-ness gave me some happy thoughts for the weekend of boredom at work i just endured while some of my besties were out having a grand ole time in frazier park...but now the weekend is over, thank the Lord :D

until then,
mjl.

"she was young, but now she is dead. dead like any animal who's ever died."

i love The Office.
i am beyond ecstatic that it's back on the tele.
last night's episode was awesome.
i love jim halpert, as well as everyone else in the entire show, but especially jim.

news for today:
-got a 62.5/60 on my music exam :D (we got 4 EC points to "curve" it out, but i had already missed 1.5 for getting a song name wrong)
-went to the gym & re-fell in love with the ab machine *sigh*
-made more cookies (=cancel out any good things brought about by the gym)
-i do NOT want to go to work this weekend. i'm not-so-secretly hoping that the country club burns down so i don't have to go back there ever again


oh, and i'm going to see the Jonas Brothers this summer.
sure this is old news, but it just kind of hit me that i'm going to a freaking awesome concert this summer that will totally be amazing :D

that is all

mjl.

"oh, you're hardly my first!" "THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!!!"

our vocal director for Evita, Ms. Peggy Sears, makes me laugh (among many others in the cast of Evita), though she tends to do it unintentionally by vocalizing what we are all thinking but dare not say...here are just two examples.

Peggy:"Where are the people who keep messing that note up? Where's John Paul?"


Mandy:"You guys need to sing that last chorus of 'Rainbow Tour' sort of disheartened"
Peggy:"Oh, they won't have any trouble doing that."

mjl.

ashton kutcher, oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, & love

so my day has basically gone like this.

wake up at 9:00.


eat a microwaved cinnamon/brown sugar poptart.


watch punk'd for an hour.


bake cookies while watching That 70's show for an hour.

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sit on myspace & facebook while listening to Love by The Bealtes

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Conclusion:
-I love not having class on Tuesdays or Thursdays.
-Ashton Kutcher is pretty funny.
-All you need is Love.

mjl.

los descamisados

I love being in Evita. I really do. Apart from maybe "Beauty & the Beast", this is the most excited I've ever been about a show.

Though as glorious as it is, it's preventing me from seeing my family or friends (except for the ones that are in it with me :D). I'm lucky if I can get an hour or two with my family on any given day.

I'm hardly coherent when they leave for school in the morning and then when I come home from rehearsals at 10:30, they're asleep :( And I can't even see them on the weekends cause of stupid work. GAH! But whatever, at least I get this weekend off.

mjl.

put me down for a lifetime of success...

give me credit, i'll find ways of paying
stand back! Buenos Aires! Because,
you want to know whatcha gonna get in me
just a little touch of star quality!
*and pose*

two words.

dance solo.

so as marilyn was teaching us the rest of "Buenos Aires" she called Cassie and I forward to have this little dance duet thing followed by dance solos by cassie & myself :D yay! thank you Lord! though i won't lie, it's a little bizarre to be the "dancers" in the show...that sounds stupid, what i mean is, we've always been shoved to the back as the real "dancers" got to be up front doing all the cool stuff, so yay for me & cassie :D
granted, my solo is only an eight count of me on my own and cassie's is two, but whatever, it's definitely a step up from what we're used to :D and then for the rest of the dance cassie and i are in the front :) it's very very cool :) so i hope you all enjoy when you come and see our magnificent show.

in other cool evita news...
i found out last night that i suck at rumba-ing. gah, i am hopeless at dancing "sensually" as marilyn puts it...i am supposed to be very close and pressed into gabriel while we dance, without looking too awkward/not somewhat in love with my partner like i'm supposed to :/ so hopefully that will get better....hopefully.

so yeah. evita is so fun. easily the best show i've been in. i love everyone in our cast and crew...almost, haha, just kidding...but not really :D

God is good.

Amen & Amen,
mjl.

should i start this song out with a question?

i might be getting my braces off today.

cross your proverbial fingers.

these stupid things are causing me some serious pain and cancor sores. hopefully dr. martz will listen to my monologue of how suckish they are and how i can't wear rubberbands due to the pain, therefore making me continue to wear rubber bands won't do anything for my teeth since i can't even wear them so he might as well take them off....
but hopefully i'll say that more eloquently.

i've had braces since the beginning of my jr. year (aka...2005).
before that i had them for the entirety of the 8th grade (aka...2002-03).



i want them off!!!!!

mjl.

*UPDATE*
....not only are the braces still on...

i now have two more rubberbands stretching across my teeth T_T

supposedly, during my next visit in may, i will receive my last adjustment and the appointment after that, i'll get my braces off.....i don't believe them, but whatever...hopefully it's true.

have i not commanded you...

be strong and courageous? do not be terrified, do not be discouraged for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go....Joshua 1:9

*the names and locations have been changed to protect the guilty*

man. what a week. although this is now old news, i awoke thursday morning to hear that mum had called Mrs. Josefina to tell her about the rumours I'd been hearing about Josefina's affiliations with drugs. this came as a bit of a shock to everyone and flung quite a bit of rage my way from a couple of my friends in particular.

yet oddly enough, this did not phase me...because as mad as they were, i had no doubts that what i did was the right thing to do. God obviously has a plan for everyone's life and I know that if he didn't want Josefina's mom to know about her doing drugs, he wouldn't have had me talk to mum about it and in turn, have mum talk to Josefina's mom about it.

i truly love and care for my friends, which is the only reason i did what i did.

mum later talked to mrs. josefina the next day at an awards assembley and relayed to me that mrs. josefina said josefina wasn't mad at me (ha) and that if all of us knew about her doing drugs and i'm the only one who did something about it, i'm the only true friend she has. :/
i don't know about that...i have no doubts that my other friends care about josefina...i'm just not sure they realized the gravity of the situation josefina put herself in. i will assume from their reactions to her doing drugs that they haven't had loved ones' lives ruined by drug use...for which i'm grateful, because i wouldn't wish that on anyone :( it's horrible...though i wouldn't have minded a little support. but what's done is done.
it turns out only one of my friends was seriously ticked about me trying to help josefina, and josefina called friday to say thank you and ask if we can just put it behind us...so whatever. cool beans, i guess. if she meant it, that's awesome, if not, then whatever. what's done is done and i'm cool with moving on.

trusting God in times of trouble brings such peace and, honestly, it feels amazing when things are going to pot (wow, bad un-intended pun) and He grants you with a spirit of peace and serenity.

Amen & Amen.
mjl.

and the money kept rolling rolling rolling...

Evita Status: Still amazing. Rehearsals are like the highlight of my day. I love it so much. I found out the other day that I get to learn the Rumba (sp?) for marco's tango song with this really nice guy named Gabe who graduated from Cal State a few years ago. i'm excited to be getting good stage time as an ensemble member, it's something new to me who usually gets shoved to the back with a giant bonnet covering her face T_T ok that's a lie, i got pretty good stage time in "Beauty and the Beast" considering it was my first musical ever, it's just "annie get your gun" and "wizard of Oz" that gave me some trouble...

oh, and i also may have a singing solo! yay! In the song "Santa Evita" there are supposed to be little girls singing, so we have four "young women" (as peggy calls us) singing it. Amanda sings the first verse, I sing the second, and Aly & Maria join us on the third...though it's probably, more likely than not, going to be changed to me having to sing a duet on the second verse cause maria wasn't there yesterday and peggy said they might have it so that there are voices being added on with each verse...but whatever, i'm still in love with rehearsing for this show :D

...moving on...

Jonas Brothers Status:
Lodge 7 Row SS

eh. i'm a little perterbed that I've been on the computer since 7 and had my code ready for forever only to have the middle section be the best seats i can get right at 10:00 AM when the presale started...especially when some girl on Team Jonas (who doesn't even live in California, but lives in Pennsylvania!) was able to get row 4 orchestra seats at 10:02...but whatever, i need to be appreciative of the fact that i got tickets at all, and they really aren't too horrible.



so thank you God for giving me the opportunity to be able to go!
and thank you me for getting myself such an awesome 19th birthday present...I am such a giver.

goodnight and goodbye.

...ok, not really, it's only 11:25 AM, but whatever...

mjl.