I danced...

today for 45 minutes by myself.

Empowering. lol.

Tonight we have our first read-thru of Sarah and the Secret Cellar at Chaffin's. It should be fun. : )

a relaxing, much-needed hiatus

Today has been so so wonderful. Well, starting from last night really.. I went to bed at a decent time, got up on my own time, having gotten the first full complete's night sleep I've had in a long time, and waking up without an alarm!! I had my phone turned off the majority of the day, which factored into the relaxation. I'm house-sitting for Kim, so my day simply consisted of: exercising, reading, writing, running with Sawtelle, and listening to music(Beethoveen, mostly... except when I decided to listen to Schoenberg, fell asleep, and woke up to the extrenuous sounds of "Pierrot Lunaire" when it reached an incredibly forte moment...ugh). As far as working out goes, now that I HAVE TIME!! YAY!!... I am going to be even more hardcore. lol...

I'm still working on Sophie's Choice. It's a loooong book...good, but long... and I am very a.d.d. when it comes to reading. I am actually reading about 5 different books right now... a few pages of each daily.: As I Lay Dying, a book on African history, Collected Poems of Plath, along with her college journals, a book of poetry by Emily Dickinson... hmm.. oh, and I read some Self magazines today.... I'm kind of a bit of a health nut. I just enjoy being knowledgable in an area that COULD POSSIBLY DECIDE THE LENGTH OF MY LIFE! lol. By the way, the book Fantastic Voyage by Kurzweil is great. So great that it convinced me to take a total of about 12 vitamins daily... sometimes more. I mean, if you can do something to make yourself healthier, why not??

After a beautiful day, I have decided to start scheduling myself "me" days. It really is necessary. And the way that my life is always busy and scheduled... it would be necessary to plan my selfism. That's just the way my life goes. Maybe one day working my butt off will actually pay off!! ha!

A vent

I don't understand why people feel the need to buy cats and dogs. There are so many animals that need homes....that are free (other than shots) at shelters. Why is it that people just have to have the teeny tiny dogs...or the full-bred dogs? When you buy a dog, you are supporting these people that "grow" these dogs. There are way too many dogs without homes to support people breeding dogs unnaturally. Please think about it. All I ask.

Slumdog Millionaire

No wonder the movie won tons of awards. From what I've studied about Mumbai, they really seemed to hit the nail on the head in this depiction of life. It's sad but a lot of the movie reminded me of Honduras-- the conditions, the children having to fend for themselves and fight for their lives. : ( I wish I had magical powers so I could steal all the children away and make their lives better. When I see those children, it makes me want to adopt like fifty kids...or as many as I could take care of. : / Which probably isn't many at the moment...I have tons of love though!!

the times they are a changin'

Went riding with my daddio tonight. It's so weird that I get more freaked out riding on motorcycles than I do jumping out of airplanes? I don't think that will ever make sense to me. However, riding the motorcycle tonight did make me want to go skydiving again. If I weren't so busy with other things, I would sooo become certified so I could go allllll the time.

Spent some time with my grandparents tonight. It's amazing how things can change so much from one generation to the next. Sometimes it seems as if we are all on completely different planets from each other-- which is fine, I guess. I love my family so so so much. I would truly do anything in the world for them. When I talk to some of my friends about their families, they don't seem like they even enjoy spending time with them. I don't get it. I mean, we are completely different and sometimes we butt heads horribly, but that doesn't change the comforting feeling I get when I walk into their house. Let me tell you though-- I really am the odd one out in my family. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but when my papaw asked me who I voted for tonight, I couldn't just lie to him. : /

The Sounds of Smooth Jazz

Up here at WMOT doing the weather and traffic. Going to the Heritage Dance Project tonight at 7:30. You guys should come-- Cannon County Arts Center.

Last night, I hung out with Matt. It's nice to talk with a person who is as passionate as you are about theatre. Theatre is definitely an area that you have to continuously encourage yourself in. It can be such a downer being such a competitive field. You just have to overlook the negativity and keep your head on straight, not letting anything get you down. Encouragement is also nice. Being immersed in theatre is such a wonderful thing and I truly feel that theatre is life-changing... It has such a great impact on so many people's lives. I think that is what keeps me going strong day to day. Seeing it change people is enough to continue.

Thoughts on the Holocaust

Did a reading of Dear Finder last night. Twas wonderful. It's weird that we're doing it at MT this Fall... Not too long ago, I randomly started doing research on the Holocaust. I had this weird overwhelming interest. I think it's because I knew there was more to it than my mind knew about. We are raised with the term just thrown around... like "oh yeah... the Holocaust... Hitler and the Jews... Yeah, I know about that." We become so desensitized and disconnected from the idea. When I started doing research, I definitely learned a bit more than I had bargained for. It's a horrible though that so many people can do such a terrible thing and no one actually stands up to tell them how wrong it is. The Jews reached out to every other country during that time and no one would help them. They were just waiting for another country to do it...and waiting...and waiting... and waiting...