Jamy!!!

Tue, 12 May 2009 05:59:40 GMT

This made my night.

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:50:32 GMT

GO SEE THIS

Tue, 13 May 2008 05:20:52 GMT

school is over! huzzah! i made b's and and an a, so i'm happy.

i auditioned for high school musical tonight, which is wasn't planning on doing. but it's gonna be a fun way to spend the summer. the dancing was intense though. i'm so awkward and i can;t spot. i ended uop behind monica at one point, and we were in the same line. but the singing and acting were pretty easy. we'll see

my birthday party is gonna be 90's themed, and it will be splendid.

speaking of brithdays, mina and shanyn will be home. that's my birthday present enough.

WHAT THE FUCK IS TWILIGHT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:46:19 GMT

My phone short circuited or something on Thursday. I've been sliding my SIM card into various t-mobile phones since then. But I'm not gonna lie. I don't mind not having it so much. It's kind of freeing. I know I probably SHOULD get a new one, what with this crazy modern world we're living in always keeping us connected. But there's a huge part of me that just wants to just keep my SIM card and use it when I need it.

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:09:49 GMT

TIRED!!!

School, work, Ballyhoo. All sucking the life out of me. Same story, different day I guess. I love being busy, but I'm all but totally burnt out now. I'm going to take a long break after the show opens and I get my nights back. No shows for a whule. I'll tech High School Musical in the summer MAYBE, but I'm just gonna chill for a while.

The Last Night of Ballyhoo opens April 4 at the Harbor Playhouse at 8:00 PM. Come see it!

And I need to write a cause & effect essay for english class that requires some research. At least 2 sources. Any ideas?

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:56:16 GMT

forever and a day since an update. my last one was might bleak. still in mourning, btw.

tenor ended about a month ago. it was one of the best shows i;ve ever doen, and certainly the funniest. and i got to work with a pretty stellar group of people. it never got thje attention it deserved, but we had really appreciative houses. looking forward to a drunken sammy reunion.

slowly trudging through the semester. mid terms are coming up, oh joy of joys. i'm trying to brainstorn a good comparison and contrast essay idea. any suggestions are welcome. i have a crush on a fellow in my english. like, full on smitten. he's in the navy, and he's a journalism major who works for the talk radio station. he's ridiculously intelligent. he always debates with this douche bag psuedo revolutionary and puts him in his place. he's marvelous. my other classes are pretty much a breeze.

work is so tiring as usual. there's a part of me that kinda wants to look for another job. the museum is hiring, and i'm sure i'd like it there. but it just works with my schedule so much right now, and i really do love it there, so it least for the next few months i'll stay there. i'd like to reach the 1 year mark.

i'm the stage manager for 'the last night of ballyhoo' at harbor. another small ensemble show, in the studio this time. alexis is directing, and i couldn't be more thrilled to work with him, and the rest of the cast. it's going to be a great show.

jacqui and i got matching Noah's Arcade shirts. If mine comes in this weekend, we're gonna wear them together. i don't think i would do that with anyone else.

i'm off to get my karaoke with minica, steph and alex. maybe scuba steve won't hog the mic this time.

i wish i knew how to quit you

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 02:31:46 GMT

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so i wake up this morning to boomer's text that james mcavoy , keira knightley, and joe wright were snubbed for oscar nominations. my heart hurt.

i thought that would be the low point of my day.

not so much.

i get a text from ramina. then boomer. then ericka told me when she picked up lyndsie. then mom called me. then i got texts from jacqui and jonathan. then i finally read ONTD for it tofinallybe true.

heath ledger is dead. and i'm inconsolable

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:55:27 GMT

got some time to kill between clalss and work, so i though an update was in order.

that's right, class. the nice little break has concluded and real life commences. i;m kind of glad. i like feeling productive, and i've got a decent course load to keep me busy. i just liked sleeping till 10:30. it's ok though. i really like my speech professor. it sounds like we're going to be doing some cool things in that class. i haven't met my other professors yet. i hope they don't suck.

opening weekend of lend me a tenor was great. the houses were really small, but receptive. and that's what matters. i just hope that word of mouth will bring in bigger crowds the next 3 weekends. soif you haven;t seen it, GET ON IT!

i'm really happy with who maggie has become. i've struggled with developing this character almost the entire run. but i think i've finally become proud of who she is. maybe this whole acting thing is actually right for me.

mina's visit has been really nice. i've missed her so fucking much. i don't want her to go back. especially since i won't see her again till june. this week has just been a tease.

that's it for now i guess. i meet the rest of my instructors tomorrow, and then resume tenor over the weekend.

jacqui valdez, ramina mirmortazavi, kaitlin steinberg, and boomer matthews are the greatets friends a person could ever have.

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:41:50 GMT

rikki came up with the female equivalent of the term cock block...

pussy pass.

it's vulgar. but it's not supposed to be wholsome.

it's been a long week.

new year's eve was insane. what i remember of it. we wne tto the water street oyster bar for dinner (amazing sushi) then big bobby's for a huge blast. copious amounts of alcohol and people. i'll spare the details, but i ended up crying on bobby's bathroom floor wanting to go home. rikki and boomer took such good care of me. it was an insane way to ring in 2008.

shanyn went back to NYC. it was really depressing, because i didn't get to spend much time with her at all. she won;t come home until june, and that's if she doesn't have a job.

i don't want to go back to class.

my best friend comes home in 3 days. i'm so fucking ecstatic.

what are yoou doing this weekend? i'll tell you what. you're coming to see...

Lend Me A Tenor
January 11 - February 03
8:00 PM

$16 for Adults
$13 for Military and Seniors 55+
$6 for Children and Students

Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm with Sunday matinees on the last two weekends at 2pm.

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:14:43 GMT

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:16:30 GMT

TIRED ALL THE TIME!

i get 3 days off from work next week and i couldn't be more thrilled! it's been so hectic. i have 9 kids again, including lyndsie. every day is so exhausting. but it goes by fast. i got a bonus, and a christmas present from one ofthe parents, so i can finish up my christmas shopping. and i am really looking forward to 3 days off, even though i'm not sure if they're paid or not. i also get new years eve and day off. so that's a blast. celeste is working there now in the other toddler class, which is great. although i'm gonna have to help show her the ropes, and that's kind of intimidating!

tenor is trucking along. i wish we didn't have so much time off forthe holidays though. it's such a short rehearsal process, some of those days could be really crucial. and i'm struggling with my character. maggie is more like me than any other character i've played, but for some reason, i'm having such a hard time with her onstage. i don't feel natural for a lot of the show. but i'm working on it. otherwise, it's going well. the cast has a great, intimate dynamic.

the semester's over. boom and i got A+ on our acting final. on the 8th i'm gonna register for next semester. only 1 theatre class, then a few core classes. and i'm auditioning for dancing at lughnasa in february. i forgot howmuch i loved doing straight shows, even though i miss musicals.

the brown house is in the christmas spirit for the first time in years. we even have a tree! and lights outside! we have a lot to celebrate though. our family healing and prospering and all that yummy stuff. i love it.

so that's life right now. it doesn'tsound like too much, but i am tired ALL THE TIME. i just can't seem to get enough sleep.

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:30:33 GMT

It's been forever. I've just been way too busy and tired to update. But I've got some time to kill before work (payday!) so here I am.

i thought i was gonna get my weekends back. not so much. rikki & alexis asked me to help with 'a christmas carol' so now i'm down sound for that. it's an easy enough job, and it helps me build my tech resume, which is important at del mar.

work has been so hectic. so many kids now! including one that i just can't stand. he's mean and uncooperative and rowdy. he was kicked out of kinder care for biting, and he hasn't lost his mean streak yet. and his mother is nohelp. she'll just say in a soft voice 'milo, you need to be nice.' it's so frustrating. juanita told us they're going to start random drug testing soon. the last time i smoked was saturday. i hate the random part. i just want time to get stuff out of my system before they do it. i have no problem quitting smoking, i'm just afraid of failing a test if i haven't done anything in a while when it happens. i wish there was a casual way of asking when the first test will be.

and the big news, at least for me. doug has cast me as maggie in 'lend me a tenor' at harbor. this is the closest i've ever come to a lead before, and i couldn't be more excited. i have to make out with boomer, and possibly peter, which is gonna be WEIRD, but it's a great cast and it'sgoing to be too much fun.

christmas shopping starts tomorrow. have you been naughty or nice to me?

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:07:01 GMT

well, it's over. twelfth night ended last night, after what i think may have been the longest day of my life.i'm onply slightly sad about it closing. i'm going to miss working with alex, danny, lavert, and most of all omar. oh, omar. my beloved sir toby. he and kaitlin are the most fulfilling people i have EVER worked with. other than that, i'm ready to
move on.

lyndsie's going to st. bart's now. it's harder than i though. i just want to hold her and play with her, but she;s in her own class and i have mine. we kept calling to each other from our respective playgrounds. it was pitiful. i don't want her in my class though. i don't want to be responsible for her potty training.

i'm doing sound for christmas carol, which is apparently one cue.so, yay for an easy job.

i feel like there was so much more i wanted to write, but i can't remember any of it. not surprised.

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:59:34 GMT

Has it really been this long since I posted?

I have seen Across the Universe 7 times. I have never done that with a movie before, but it's just so unbelievable, I keep going back.

Tech week starts tomorrow. A few of the actors are soweak on lines, that's our only major hiccup. I guess because I have a job that enables me to do nothing for almost 3 hours everyday, I have more times to focus on them. But I hope that by tomorrow, everyone will be solid and opening night can be smashing!

Work has been hectic because of Halloween. We had Fall Fest, with lotsof games and a moon bounce, which the kids LOVED. And they all looked precious on Halloween!

Luc- Skeleton
Luke- Power Ranger
Jakob- Superman
Starlight- Bumblebee
Max- Dallas Cowboy (and his baby sister was matching him and a cheerleader)
Isaiah- Dragon
Ara- Cavegirl (my favorite costume)

7 kids is a lot to deal with. Our little vacation of just the 5 is over.

Halloween was pretty uneventful. I was Janis Joplin and I accompanied Amy Winehouse (Boomer) about town. Alex & I were the least slutty girls in costume at rehearsal.

Last night was the Sammy Awards. The Rocky Horror Show went out with a bang, with and INSANE *and mildly drunk) rendition of the Time Warp. After that, we threw a massive party at the Playhouse on account of a bunch of the town being out of power. I danced like a crazy club kids, and got my neck bitten. It was just this giant Harbor Playhouse cast party, and the awards didn't matter. Even though Rocky was screwed. I can't remember the last time I had so much fun.

We're going to visit Katy today. Hooray for 4 hours in Taft!

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 07:27:55 GMT

it's 2 in the morning and i'm wide awake, because i just saw across the universe and i can't get in out of my head. it was the most magnificent thing i've ever seen. i didn't even let the obnoxious scene kids that kept getting up every 10 minutes wouldn't tarnish how mind blowing this film was. go see it...now.

what have i been up to?

twelfth night- delightful. we have a really funny strong cast, and a to die for set in the making. there are no visible egos or tensions, and even if there are, they are being handled professionally. i love getting to play this conniving, witty, smart ass. and working opposite someone as talented and sweet as omar makes the experience even better. i'm felling great about it!

work- aside from one day last week when i had the heathen brats of the other toddler class, work's been great. i only have 6 now. my 5 originals (reed, ara, luc, isaiah, max) plus jakob, who was moved up from the pre-toddler class. they are all so amazing. i've become rejuvinated with my kids over the last week. planning halloween art projects and door decorating for open house never sounded so exciting!

school- my acting class is working on streetcare, and i'm SICK OF IT! ifi have to hear people mispronounce 'galatoire's' and 'napoleonic,' i will throttle someone. probably boomer. he has it coming. everything else is gravy. i'm gonna get advised on spring semester next week.

life in general- shanyn came home it was far too brief and pretty uneventful, but i loved just hanging out with her like she'd never been gone. we rented out a theater in the dollar cinema and watched hairspray. it wasa blast. we danced and sang as loud as we could, which i probably shouldn't have done, but i loved it.

alex is throwing a murder mystery party. it's 20's mob themed, and i am carrie crooner ravioli, a lounge singer trophy wife to a mafia don. i'm singing 'stormy weather' and 'funny honey.' and my voice is shot. i can barely talk, much less sing. i'm terrified and sounding awful and having some people judge me.

go see across the universe

where is the cahse and how do i cut to it

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:13:29 GMT

i fell down grammy's stairs yesterday in the rain. i think i have a very mild concussion because i've been getting dizzy and i feel like i have a sinus headache. probably shoulda gone to the emergency room when it happened.

also, i've had this AWFUL pain in my right wrist for weeks. it's popping nonstop and now it's hurting to write. mom thinks it's carpel tunnel.

basically, i'm a walking 'caution' sign.

i've been cast as Maria in del mar's production of Twelfth Knight. this is the first shakespeare i've ever done, and the first play i've done in 2 years. this also means i'm fucking terrified. but i'm looking forward to a new theatre experience.

dad got some wonderful news in the mail. everything is going to be ok very soon.

at work, rylan is being moved up to the big boy class, and wyatt is being moved to the other toddler room. i am thrilled. that means that even with ara & isaiah the brats, and jakob the cry baby, i'm losing 2 trouble makers and my class will be a lot much easier to deal with. i'm actually looking forward to work tomorrow. i mean i love my job, but now i'm not gonna be dreading what the day will bring when they wake up.

one of my first big celebrity crushes was charlie sheen (after river phoenix, JTT and robin from batman). i watched him on 'inside the actors studio' and i think i'm in love with him again.

laura's baby shower was today. it was really precious. i felt kinda sad because jacqui & i were the inly people her age there. the rest was just family and friends of family. but she looks wonderful and glowy and she got some really great gifts. and i got 2 prizes for winning games. jacqui and i are gonna try to keep her busy and having fun in this last months of pregnancy.

6 days till shanyn comes home!!!

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:09:25 GMT

really long time no update. sadly, things are not dramaticly different in my life.

- i read streetcar named desire for acting 1. it's BRILLIANT
- auditions for twelfth knight are monday and i'm dreadfully nervous
- one of my kids is having to leave the day care for biting another one on the face. on my watch. i feel awful.
- tivo and sleep rule my life
- i have 2 crushes that i shouldn't have
- we're taking care of a dog that boomer and i found outside of elva's. she's a cute puppy but annoying as fuck.
- emeri's baptism is sunday. i have nothing to wear!

boomer sent me this chain text that said to describe him in 1 word and see how many different responses you get. i called him .indescribable.' i sent it out, and these are the responses i got:

boomer- passionate
shanyn- extraordinary
travis- independent
christina- wonderful
stephanie- almanac
monica - witti-ful (a combo of witty and wonderful)... that's cheating.

feel free to do it.

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 06:38:28 GMT

haven't been updating lately. i've been too tired/uninterested.

school is going ok i guess. i love my acting class (though we haven't really dont anything.) but i don't like my english class. it's all based on like crime and justice and writing about crime and justice. and my early classes combines with work is wearing me down fast.

speaking of, work is also going well. 3 of my girls have been moved up, and i don't think rylan is too far away. my boys are far outweighing my girls, so it's very noisy and fast paced. i'm so worried about my reed not being consistent on the toilet. he;s got less than 2 months before he turns 3, and if he's not trained by then, he's gone. i can't imagine not seeing him every day. but other than that, it's exhausting and amusing and pretty rewarding as usual.

i miss doing rocky so much.

last night alex, sara, christina, christin, lorissa and i got all dressed up and went to opening night of may fair lasy. it was VERY long, but enjoyable. afterwards, lorissa had a sleepover. we drank champagne and watched a bootleg copy of halloween and ate way too much food and had alex read our tarot cards. i had more than one question floating in my head, and her reading eerily pertained to all of them. then this morning weate lefotver pizza and tacos while drinking mimosas.

i hung out with jacqui tonight. if i can make that happen once a week, life would be pretty complete.

did you know that eating ice is a sign of sexual frustration? it actually explains a lot

happily, happily, happily ever after

Sun, 02 Sep 2007 07:08:09 GMT

i'm watching once upon a mattress at steff's house with travis, gitt, steff and jacqui. not MY jacqui, her sister jacqui. what are the odds?

i really wanna play princess winifred. so does monica. she wouldn't stop talking about how badly she wanted the part, and it made me kind of uncomfrotable. auditions are in january. i'm not gonna sweat it yet, but damn that's frustrating!

the new halloween remake is fucking frightening!

say it, somehow i will understand...

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:45:37 GMT

i'm in the del mar computer lab. i'm here an hour and a half early because i learned the hard way that my english lab doesn't start till after labor day. i start actin 1 today, and english 1301 tomorrow. i'm so excited to go back to school. last semester, being at an unfulfilling job and not going to school made me lose a lot of self worth. then rocky came a long and gave me something to be proud of. then i got my amazing job which is invaluable, and now i'm back in college. i actually feel like a productive member of society again!

yesterday boomer and i were bouncing around town with total glee at being college kids. we're psyched to have carl yowell as our acting 1 professor. can you imagine he & i in acting together? having him here with me makes all of this so much better.

rocky is over, and i already miss it. during the final 'i'm going home,' i just started bawling. i haven't dreaded the end of a show so much since i did godspell. i made indredible new friends, and got even closer to people i already loved like alex. and rikki? she has easily become one of my best friends. who know the rocky horror show come have such a profound impact on a person's life? whichever show comes next, be it twelfth knight of christmas carol, it's got some big shoes to fill in my heart. we'll all be together again in a few weeks for the hearns' ranch party, so i have that to look forward to.

on the bright side, i get my weekends back.

for the first time in MONTHS, i feel really good about my life,

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:39:44 GMT

long time no update. for me anyway.

rocky and work. that's my life.

i've made in a month at the day care. an impressive feat i must say. i'm so in love with the little heathens. rylan is starting to be consistent with his potty training, which is a relief because if a child isn't potty trained by age 3, they're kicked out. i'm worried about reed though. he's still dependent on his pull ups and keeps having accidents when he wears his big boy underwear. reed is my favorite. i don't think i could handle losing him. emi and locelyn will probably be moved up soon, and i'm worried about the next kids i might get.

friday night was christin's birthday party, which was princess themed. i was the childlike empress from the neverending story. and i looked precious. but you shoulda seen isidro and me walking through the HEB at moore plaza getting beer. me looking like a space hippie and him with his slightly glittery face and fake blonde hair. we were freaks. the party was a blast. except for the part when i got really drunk and this douche bag made me cry. stephen & sara, boomer, christin (in the bathroom) and isidro all had to comfort me at different points towards the end of the night. boomer & idisro were ready to defend my honor, but i didn't wanna make a scene. i had an awesome dream that they did though. i didn't get home till after 4.

saturday was equally fun albeit sober. after the show, we went out to KC's for karaoke. it was the time of my life. i pretty much organized the whole thing, so it felt really good seeing everyone have so much fun. i had a bomb dropped on me and had to do a lot of soul searching at the end of the night, but i think i finally made the right decision.

with the possibility of hurricane dean thrashing corpus christi, we prepared ourselves for last night being the end of rocky, even though we knew mexico was the target. we just had to consider all the options. so corey arranged for photo call after the show. everyone was doing everything they can to break each other onstage, and i caved a few times and couldn't sing because i was laughing so hard. then the photos lasted 80 million years, but there are some gems. check out my facebook to see them.

one more weekend of rocky, then i start at del mar! i'm so excited to be back in school.

i'm thinking about moving into an apartment with rikki and david. the complex is right near my work, and david & i will both be going to del mar so i can give me rides. the rent is fair and the company is good. i'm seriously considering it.

oh... and i got a new camera!!!

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:25:34 GMT

there's currently a big red target where corpus christi resides on the map. first the water gets contaminated with e coli and fecal matter. now there's a tropical sotrm warning. go us!

on the bright side, i got today and tomorrow off from work. and i was able to go in and get my paycheck. because my bosses rule.

who wants rocky pics?

Rotten, but sexy

My full coustume. I'm an alumnus of FU class of 2007

Even as a Phantom, I can't resist the Jamy smile

If you disregard the fuzzuiness, Mina's eyes look heavenly

Dirty girls

Isidro, the Sweet Tranvestite. I was telling him how sweaty he was.

"and so i'm starting to think that this maybe might work. and the second it entered my head..."

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 06:52:14 GMT

i feel released, bad times deceased, my...confidence has increased...

musings:
-two weekends down. two to go
-i saw my first meteor shower last night. life changing.
-half of my tuition is paid. thank god for marla.
-i love who i am around the rocky cast. they make being me a lot more fun.
-it's always disappointing finding out that people aren't who you think they are. i shouldn't have wasted my summer on you.
- i'm not treading too lightly or thinking too clearly in a current situation. which makes it all kind of exciting.

there's probably more. but i'm exhausted.

Sun, 12 Aug 2007 07:03:46 GMT

i found the caller times article on rocky horror. it's a good read! and you get to see a pic of alex, stephen, and isidro's legs. complete with easy access holes!

http://www.caller.com/news/2007/aug/03/rocky-horror-gets-audience-involved/

i'm so in love with this show. i'm terrified of it ending.

The days are getting longer, we're not getting any stronger...

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 02:11:37 GMT

Longest few days of my life. Would you like a legitimate update?

I thought so.

Opening night was a smash! Even though I forgot to set my bouquet, so Janet didn't have an essential prop,, and Isidro stumbled coming down the stairs, it went off hitch free! Afterwards, Alexis had a cast party at his apartment. I got way too drunkand stayed out way too late, but what I can remember of the night, I enjoyed. I did end up getting horrid mosquito and ant bites from insisting on being outside and having various heart to hearts with certain people. But it was worth it...I guess.

The Saturday show was good, but rough. The Austin Rocky cast and a few other 'enthusiasts' where there, and they were RELENTLESS. Like, to the point where dialogue was being lost. But our principals remained in control of the stage, as hard as it was. The Mina and I went to Friday's with some of the cats and Carla. Too much food and watching Mina flirt with our sexy Rocky always makes for a good night!

Sunday was SUCH a long day! Mina and I went to Longhorn (like we do) and had a huuuuge lunch. I went with her to try on her bridesmaid dress and see Courtney get her wedding dress. Tears? Of course! Then an another awesome show, followed by another cast party. I didn't plan on drinking (Mina had me on a 2 beer limit,) but I found out some things I didn't want to know, and needed to numb myself for a night. And it worked. I had lots of beer and champagne and had a blast talking to Lorissa and Isidro, whom I desperately wish could be straight. I never thought I'd be that girl. But alas...

Having a hangover while working with toddlers is hell. Yesterday was the longest work day of my life! But I got to have dinner at Snoopy's with the best of 3 worlds. My friends since middle school (Kait, Jacqui and Phil), my high school boos (Mina, Jon, Boomer, Leigh, and Carla,) and my new Rocky friends (Lorissa, Isidro, and his boyfriend,) as well and friend and family of our various guests. We went to Saratoga Lanes and bowled. Jacqui, Mina and I didn't bowl, just enjoyed the atmosphere. I really, really love my friends.

Having my nights back is a dream come true. But I'm looking forward to getting back to the show!