//location//a school that is a pool of women
//mood//indiana jones-a-rific
//music in head//theme to indiana jones
//garb//wishing i was wearing my costume

//first and foremost, to the canyon drama department
i gave myself the priveledge of hanging out with the canyon drama department last friday at the fullerton college theatre festival.

everytime that i've seen them this year, i regret the fact that i left the department with such a strong bitterness last year. but...at the same time...i am super-proud of the department, and what it has blossomed to become, and i can only hope that it continues growing in that direction.

the drama group that i see is a very talented, but most of all, positive group of students, which i am very glad to see. i'm glad to see the new-comers, and i'm am just as glad to see how each performer has grown in his or her own way.

okay, so you may have walked away from the festival (notice, it's not a competition) without any trophies or material awards...but, you have walked away from it with at least one thing: my complete respect, admiration, and adulation of this flourishing program.

just remember, theatre is not supposed to be a competition...no form of performance should be a competition. for example, it is very difficult to compare two different products: you can't compare divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood with another movie like amelie...the same goes for theatre pieces.

don't be discouraged because you didn't walk away with material awards. if you're doing theatre to win stuff, you're doing it for the wrong reasons. do it for yourself.

take the judges comments, positive and negative, and apply them to each of your future performances, they're not out to get you. you never know what influences a judge's decisions, you never know what each judge is looking for, just saw, or just ate on any given day. it's like an audition, a judge/director with either see it fit to her/his liking, or not...it's almost random.

keep on doing what you're doing. there are a lot of people who, like me, thoroughly enjoy what you're doing.

//the disneyland orientations
i've never had so much fun in a long time. whod've thought that job orientation could be fun? i guess that's disney for you!

anyways...i found out where i am working. now, on my hire sheet, it said somewhere in fantasyland or toontown, but, i found out that it was meaningless (insert sigh of relief here).

actually, i am going to be working at indiana jones!!! now, i am really really psyched about it, especially because we get really cool costumes, and the jackets are soooooooooooo warm, and it's indoors. so, hell yeah baby!

//random notes
--hi t!ff.

--i'd just like to apologize to sean and chris, who called me this last weekend, i was damn near asleep when you guys called in a bad cell-phone reception area...so...sorry we couldn't...i had really early mornings this last weekend.

--canada rocks...at least, my canadian readers do.

--i've been watching american idol lately, and feeling a bit whoreish at the same time, and, wow, clay aiken does rock. wow.

--oklahoma sucks.
--cal does not suck. go bears.

--the oscars were good this year.

--if you've noticed, this is a no-war-zone entry. don't want to talk about it today, don't feel a pushing need to talk about it...other than: don't buy into propaganda, be informed, and support our troops.

dance break.
-- ryan, an orientation leader. after hearing of my past job (almost a hip-hop choreographer), he implemented a rule where if he said dance break, i'd have to break out in a 5-second dance routine. disney rocks.