White Elephant

This exercise was so much fun but it was a lot harder than it seems. I mean, so many of the things are in boxes. There's only so much you could do with a box before running around with it and saying it's your dog and you're walking it. I'm going to sound totally conceited here, but my present was awesome. It even reached the maximum can only be stolen three times. Okay, bragging time over. None of the improvs were that great but it's not like I could do any better than them so I shouldn't be saying anything. I stole Kavita's gumball machine and pretended like the box was a tissue box. Not very original, I know. Sorry. I really wanted to steal a scarf just so I could pretend to be one of those Asian ladies at the park stretching with those towels. I don't know if that counts as an improv but my grandma does that and I think it's so cute. Old people are cute. White elephant was fun because of all the food though. Chinese food and Froot Loops are like the best post-breakfast snack of all time. And my new gumball machine is having quite a fun time guarding my locker.

Ushering

So today, I finally realized how everything in the theater works. Being in it for orchestra and dance for the past two years meant nothing. There are so many hidden little doors and stuff. We should make a theater map because I really believe that future drama kids will need one. Especially the stagecraft ones. Or maybe they spend so much time there that they're pretty much used to it but I think it's important. I finally found out where the ticket booth is and also where everything is stored. The lights are extremely heavy, just so you know. The orchestra is also pretty cool but extremely scary. It's really dark and there should be a haunted house down there. It would win at life. I had no idea everything in the theater was so connected or needed that many rooms. I always thought it was just the Performing Arts Center, a building on its own because of its magnificence. Apparently it's not, but it does sit a lot more people than I thought it did. There are a lost more seats than there looks like there should be. Ushering is pretty exciting though since I get to actually see the people that go to performances and half of them look so depressed to be there, it's funny. The best are the really supportive friends and family who scream and yell like crazy when their person shows up on stage. Everybody needs one of those. Too bad there aren't that many. And there was this one lady that was like,"If I can't bring my Starbucks in, why do I need to go inside?" Way to support your kid, lady. Anyways, I finally know where everything is in the theatre and that the poinsettias on the side for Christmas are fake. Great discoveries.

Seussical Auditions

These were even worse than the ones for the seniors' plays. My gosh, I can't believe I thought those were bad. And I had to be auditioning at the same time as Stephanie Lee. I should just go kill myself. Everyone was so much better than singing than I am. Curse my vocal cords. Although I'm pretty sure I'm not going to make it, I really hope I do. This was a really good experience though, especially since I got to watch Stephanie. She was so confident and everything she did was so different from everyone else. She even acted out her songs. I'll try to be more like her next year and stop being so self-conscious. Royal told me I started to make weird faces at some point. What a fail. I never realized how much talent you need to have in order to be in drama. Singing, dancing, AND acting. Triple threat. I know that little Filipino kid is auditioning for JoJo though, and I really hope he gets it since he'll be so perfect, he's even the right size and he has big ideas. He even looks like him. Anyways, I really need to work on my singing; I sing at like the same octave as the guys. I was also pretty surprised there were only two guys at the audition. Drama didn't seem like it was THAT dominated by girls, but I guess it is since some guys are just boring and only play sports. By the way, Ms. Karr, if you read this before you cast people, I really think I should be Fish since it rhymes with my name (Trish) and in the spirit of Dr. Seuss, it would fit WONDERFULLY. End advertisement.

Auditioning for Senior Plays

This was extremely nerve-wracking. I know it was just in front of a few people, but I realized that I can only play dumb-ish characters and both of these plays were so smart being about politics and Like Water for Chocolate. The only thing I had fun with was reading for the part of the chickens since that fit the type of thing I'm good at. Oh, I had fun pretending to be Juan and dying on the floor, too. It was a really good experience and I hope that it'll be able to help me for Seussical auditions next week. I do have stage fright but hopefully that'll be over soon. Watching the seniors talk over who they wanted as part of their play was kind of scary since I'm really afraid they're all going to choose people and I'm not going to be chosen. I'll be pretty depressed. Imagine if everyone else is cast, even some seniors, and I'm just sitting there by myself. Dang, drama can be depressing sometimes.