It has been far too long since I've blogged.
Thus, a life update.
'As you Like it' has been over for one week now. It ate my life, as most of you know, but it was a really fun & fulfilling experience that allowed me to meet some awesome people, re-realize how passionate I am about theatre, and gave me some serious bonding time with Jordi. :) She is one of the best people I know, and definitely one of the best friends I have. Loveee her!
School is ridic. Luckily I don't have a ton of work outside of class, because if I did I'd be failing ALL my classes. But that presents a problem in itself because I find myself having no idea what's actually going on in any of my classes... Thus, when I do have to do homework and/or study, I find myself completely lost and it takes a lot longer than it should.
Work is going well! They want to make me a trainer at some point (soon I hope) which would involve a new name-tag and a tiny raise.. the self-satisfaction of it is the only thing that matters to me about it really. I am kind of competitive when it comes to things like that, so I am working my ass off to prove to the managers that I am a kick-ass employee. Which I think I am! lol. :)
In other work related news, I am very very attracted to one of the managers.. He looks like Elijah Wood, is probably only a couple years older than me, is absolutely delightful, loves the live music scene, is ALWAYS in a really good mood, is sweet/helpful/kind/not a douchebag about being in charge, smells really good.. is hilarious and fun. I just adore him.
Is this even like.. appropriate?? I don't know whether it would be or not. But he is absolutely precious and I would DEFINITELY date him if he showed interest.. just sayin.
Advice, y'all??
ALSO! The best news yet!
I WENT TO SEE EFFING SARA BAREILLES IN CONCERT ON FRIDAY. It was so incredible. I ADORE her.
Pre-show, Taylor and I went to get some yummy foods at The Loop, and then I had to return some movies at Blockbuster, and then we were off to Cat's Cradle.
We got there about an hour before the doors were supposed to open, and we stood there (sans jackets because together we ALWAYS forget jackets) until a bit after 7, when they finally opened the doors. We were both quite eager to get inside because not only was it cold, but we were both wearing heels. However, we get inside and LO AND BEHOLD- STANDING ROOM ONLY. So I had Taylor save us a spot while I went to the bathroom, and then we switched places. The crowd was MASSIVE. We were standing about 4 rows back, which was great, but my feet were KILLING me and I was SOOOO TIRED.. When Sara finally got onstage, I was thrilled, but then I was like oh yeah, she's going to introduce her opening act and then peace out. Although, to my delight, her opening act had an opening act, and that act was an adorable new singer/songwriter named Holly Conlan. Look out for her because I think she's going to be really big. She is super cute, super talented, and kind of a fusion of Sara, Regina Spektor, Ingrid Michaelson and Lenka. Fierce girl is going places. Anyway, she was great. I've already downloaded several of her songs and plan to download the rest soon.
ANYWAY, the actual opening act was Greg Laswell. He was uh.. fine... but not great. Not super entertaining. I was less than amused. And my feet were in even more pain by this point and I was even more sleepy and yeah.. it was not cute. (ALSO they let him play like a million songs and Holly only got to play like FOUR. WHAT.)
After that, the dudes had to reset the ENTIRE FREAKING STAGE for like half an hour (literally, maybe more) while we all STOOD THERE IN PAIN AGONY AND EXHAUSTION waiting for Sara to perform. I was pissed and SO over it. lol. I realize I was being immature and stupid and should have just sucked it up, but I honestly thought I was going to pass out. It was a bad time.
HOWEVER, when Sara FINALLY graced the stage, life became good again. I decided to take my shoes off, which was a definite risk of tetanus, but it was worth it. I felt alive again once my feet touched the ground, flat. (Men have no idea the agony women go through to look good, for real.) Anyway, I was VERY impressed with the awesomeness of the concert. Lighting effects were SUPER COOL. I had no idea Cat's Cradle had such good tech abilites! And Sara is an INCREDIBLE performer. She makes the audience feel really involved and keeps the energy way up the whole time. SO entertaining. Just a wonderful time, over all. Oh, and the woman is hilarious. And she curses like a sailor, which I kind of adore. I like it when people curse in a funny/classy way. Because not many of us can pull it off. lol. Anyway, THE SHOW WAS SO SO GOOD. I took about a million photos.
Afterwards, Taylor and I stood outside for a really long time in the really cold weather still without jackets to wait to meet Sara... We met Holly, who was super sweet & humble... very quiet & demure. We both took photos with her. She is quite stylish too! The Stacy London in me was proud. Anyway, we were outside for a like a year. And then it became like 12:15am and Taylor decided to give up and wait for me in the car. Upon her departure, I made friends with a delightful Asian couple and almost got hit by the sketchy white van in which some of Sara's band's equipment travels. If I had gotten hit, it would have been a much better story.
APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED HOURS LATER, SARA CAME OUTSIDE. I had decided by this point that due to my lack of anything for her to sign, I was going to ask her to sign my bra. I realize this was a risky thing to ask, and my plan was to give her no pressure to say yes, SO anyway.. The Asians got pics/autographs before me, so I took the pictures for them. AND then it was my turn. I was like "So, I don't have anything for you to sign..." Sara interrupted and said, "That's ok because you've got a SUPER cute bow!" (referring to my giant purple flower) I thanked her and then the Asian yelled something at me, and I was like, "..so uh, I was wondering, would you sign my bra?! You don't have to say yes. Its fine." She said, "How about the strap of it? Does it HAVE a strap?!" (I liked the way she emphasized that second question.) I said "Yeah it does but its very thin!" She said something like, "its ok its going to be so cute!" as I dug out my bra strap and she signed it (The Asian girl yelled GO KELLEY) and Sara threatened to track us down if any footage of this moment ended up on youtube. I assured her that no such thing would happen, and she smiled (very sincerely actually) and then we took our photo together, and I thanked her and told her she was amazing or something like that, and I was off.
It was SUCH a wonderful experience.
I love meeting people I admire.
And I am seeing more and more my weird need to have some unique/absurd story after meeting such a person... (Brendan James signed my pants and practically molested me in the process, Stacy London gave me a beer in front of 500 people, and Sara signed my bra...) I like to make an impression I guess.
I am a strange bird.
But I like it that way.
Uhmm also thanks to that lovely concert experience, I have lost my voice. COMPLETELY. I had coffee with honey and hot tea with honey at work today, and cough drops, and tomato soup... nothing is helping and I am getting quite bothered by being a mute! lol
Fall break is soon, also. I am pretty stoked about that. I am in desperate need of a vacation.
