Seuss Seuss Seuss Seuss...SEU-UUSS!

I'm sure you guys are sick of hearing about Seussical, but I just had to post about our first three runs last weekend.  It was spectacular!  Our energy was the highest it had ever been on opening night, and we had a great crowd.  And now we get to do it again Thursday through Saturday night of this week and next week.  Here are some pictures my mom took during our final dress rehearsal:

Oh! The thinks you can think!

We're Whos, here.

Amayzing Mayzie!

Ms. Getrude McFuzz, played by my beloved drama teacher.

Jojo and the Cat in Hat

Ah, good times.  In other news, I got a lot of art stuff for my birthday, as well as a Starry Night print for my new bedroom (which still isn't finished), and a lot of gift cards.  So now I can't wait to go shopping.
 
My cat Lucy died last night.  It was really sad, but he'd lived a long happy life.  Still, it's kind of a strange emptiness, since he'd been around ever since I was one year old.  Well, it had to happen sooner or later.

On a happier note, it's looking like my family and I will be headin' back to Orlando this September for some fun at Universal Studios.  I'm so ready for some thrill.

Okay, this post is beginning to feel very unorganized and random, but bear with me.  I am our church's vacation Bible school music director this year.  Unfortunately, the whole theme is Gold Rush, so the theme song has a very cheesy country sound: "Saddle up yer pownies, and dust awff yer boots/ Grab yer bandanas, we're minin' for thu truth."  On the other hand, I'm free to make any changes and choose the songs we'll sing, so it really isn't too bad.

My sister gave me some purple mood nail polish for my birthday.  I went to bad last night with purple toe nails and when I woke up, they were pink.  The odd thing is, purple is supposed to mean hopeful, and pink is supposed to mean happy.  This morning, my throat hurt really bad, so I was ever so hopeful I'd get better before tomorrow night.  Yet my nails were pink.  Perhaps my moods aren't very readable.

And this is my first ever pair of converse!  My younger sister wanted me to say that she has the same pair. Anyway, they're my favoritest I've ever seen.

I could go on and on with all this randomness, but I believe this is enough for one post.  I am going to try to stay on top of my blogging more, because I love doing it, and I should have more time to now.

DBF Out!

I haven't disappeared...well, maybe a little

All this week I have been getting up at 7:30 AM to arrive at 9:00 at a kids' art and drama camp I'm helping with.  It runs for two weeks, and today ended week one.  On top of that, I've had Seussical rehearsals every night except tonight, so I was always getting to bed late, worn out from dancing my little heart out, then getting up early again for camp.  But it's all good.  Next week I get to do it all again *tired happy dance*.  So you may not hear from me much.  But anyway. The camp.  It's run by a local artist, and she is really nice and fun and lives in a yellow and purple house with a pool and an art room and a piano and a ton of lovely flowers and a cute little dog named Poncho.  Throughout the week, the kids come up with a play idea, a script, characters, props, costumes, and a set, then perform their play for their parents on Friday.  This group did Candy Land theme.  It was adorable. 
Finally, I have a short brake tonight and tomorrow until 2:00, when I have rehearsal again.  So tonight I kicked back with popcorn and an iced chai latte and watched August Rush, which my dear little sister gave me for my birthday.  Yeah, it was pretty much lovely.

DBF Out!

I don't think I've ever laughed so hard while watching an interview...

So I was surfin' youtube for Logan Lerman interviews, and I stumble across this one:

This is what came oh-so-close to happening:

DBF Out!

Busy, Busy, BUSY!

Did I even spell that correctly? After typing the word three times, I keep imagining it sounding like, "bus-ee."  Never mind.  I've been very occupied with Seussical rehearsals, but I'm getting more and more excited about the show!  The songs are perpetually running in my mind and mouth.  The dances are soooo much fun, and a couple of the characters will "fly" around at one part (I, unfortunately, am not one of them).  I just wish you guys could see it.

On Friday, my mom, sisters, grandparents, cousins, and I visited my great aunts and uncles, who live a couple hours away in a really nice house on a really nice hill with a really nice view and a really nice pool and three really nice horses, Merlin, Paris, and Georgie-Girl.  I love the place.  It's romantic, in a story-bookish sort of way.  Upstairs in the house, there is a cozy little window seat from which I can see lovely green mountains, and it has got to be my most favorite reading spot in the entire world.

Speaking of reading, I read the whole Percy Jackson series in about one and a half weeks.  I was extremely sad when I finished "The Last Olympian," knowing that I wouldn't be getting my Olympian fix the next night.  But I was very pleased with how it ended, even though I got choked up, which surprised me. (I won't go into detail, since I'm not certain Kellie has read it.)  So to help ease the end-of-amazing-series-blues, I read Ella Enchanted.  I loved it.  But now I'm finished reading that too, so now I'm stuck with finishing volume two of Le Morte d'Arthur for school.  Don't get me wrong; I find Camelot and kings and knights rescuing fair young damsels very enchanting.  What I don't like is numerous, lengthy recounts of jousting tournaments and errant knight spars in which Sir so-and-so smote Sir other-so-and-so wonderly sore upon the helm and sent him groveling.  It gets kinda old.

Last night, we went into town to see the fireworks show.  Fireworks shall forever hold a special place with me, inspiring a sense of awe that makes me feel like a little girl again.  Today, we went on a picnic after church, and I took some pictures that I hope to post later.  And tomorrow, the plan is to go on an early bird picnic, leaving at seven and eating breakfast at the picnic area and hanging around there the rest of the day.  I've tried to my family explain that my mind will not be in picnic mode at that hour, but to no avail.  At least it's my favorite picnic site.

And to you, my DBFs, I wish a fantabulous Fourth! ;D

Songs 'n Such

I feel like a slacker.  Kellie has posted three times since I last posted.  And it's not like I've been extremely busy or anything, it's just that Percy Jackson seems to call for my constant attention.  I've been going to Seussical choreography rehearsals this week, as well as vacation Bible school at a neighboring church.  Happily busy, with still enough time to read and blog and play piano.  Seussical is crazy fun already, and we haven't even gotten to singing rehearsals and blocking yet.  I'll have to see if my mom can video a rehearsal sometime so I can post it and torment you guys trying to figure out which ones are me AND my youngest sister! (But I will tell you....eventually ;)

And now, for some of that untouchable, beautiful, magical stuff we call music.
First, "By Your Side" by Tenth Avenue North, which I've been listening to quite a bit lately:

And now, a really cool Ingrid Michaelson video:

And finally, one of my favorite Regina Spektor songs:

DBF OUT!
(Don't you wish there was a music note key on laptops?)

Caroline shopped a spree

Kohl's+Rue 21+T.J. Max = Three new shirts + a pair of shoes on the way+my wallet's weight loss program getting a bit out of hand.  You guys know how it is.  And I love how we share our shopping experiences.  Kohl's has got this new kiosk that lets you scan an item that they don't have in store in your size or color and order it online.  It's pretty sweet.  I went to Rue 21 for the first time in my life and found that tons of their stuff is just my style and the prices are decent also.  I gots a new favorite.

And then I went to Cold Stone and got some birthday cake remix ice cream and lived happily ever after. The End.

As I snack on a blue bowl of blueberries

The berries are coming in.  Just another reason I love summer.  The blueberries are first, but now the red raspberries are sparsely dotting their leafy bushes.  And this morning I picked and ate one of the black raspberries, but it wasn't quite ready, so my tongue told me.  The red raspberries are the best though. I could eat them instead of candy.

We recently rented The Sorcerer's Apprentice and August Rush.  The former was fast-paced and funny, the latter captivated me.  I remember Kellie posting about August Rush once, saying how good it was, so now I've finally come around to it.  I loved it.  The music was awe-inspiring, and left me thirsty for more.  And I must admit, Kellie, Freddie is pretty adorable. ;)

As far as my educational life goes, I am preparing to take the ACT tomorrow at 8:00 in the moaning, er, morning.  So all week I've been taking practice tests, studying test-taking strategies, and trying to remember how functions and factoring works and what the heck sine and cosine mean.  And I've been getting practice at writing an essay about some random topic that I don't care about in 30 minutes.  But I'm feeling pretty confident, nonetheless.  I'll just be glad to finally do it.

As far as my artistic life goes, I'm learning to play "The Call" on the piano, I've got an idea for my next song, and I've painted another watercolor and collage.

The daisies are real, I picked and pressed them myself.  I'm thinking about calling this one "Innocence."

This is just a random weird one I decided to paint.  It was inspired by a dream.  Oh, and speaking of dreams, I had a dream a few weeks ago that Kellie was at my house and we had an epic, I've-been-wanting-to-meet-you-forever hug.  But I kept wondering where Meg was...

DBF Out!