". . . . and like I always say If it's not Baroque. . . .don't fix it!" - Cogsworth

OK so this blog has been a long time coming, it has now been a month since Beauty and the Beast wrapped up, and I'm just now getting it blogged about, how silly! Any who, sorry for the poor timing, but here are some pics I rounded up, I apologize that they are mostly of me, I realize how self-centered it looks, but I never said I was perfect!

HOW'S ABOUT A BEFORE AND AFTER?

Pre-Diva

Enchanted Diva!

Human Again Diva!

A BIG thanks goes to the Mommala for not only finding and financing my finale dress, but helping me get ready every night and taking my dress home to iron it, washing my gloves, constructing me wig caps, she just did SO much that I can't even begin to tell you how grateful I am for her, she always takes care of me, I love you Mom!

I've been informed that my blog posts can on occasion be a bit wordy, and sometimes have too many pictures, so this is a . . . .

WARNING: This blog post contains many photo's and possibly lengthy descriptions so proceed at your own risk!

True story Madame De la Grande Bouche does not have very many scenes maybe one more then the Disney cartoon, but Toby was nice enough to insert me in even though I really had no place.

For example just before the big "Be Our Guest" number I had a scene with Belle where she decides to go against the masters wishes and leave her room, but Toby thought it would be funny if at the end of that scene I take advantage of the time and sing a little opera diddy since after all I am a Diva, so I started singing a little snippet of Carmen I learned from a different musical, then I decided it would be cooler If I actually learned it in French. Tami Lybbert volunteered her husband Dave to help me with the pronunciation (he served his mission in France) Once I finally started rehearsing with my actual wardrobe costume, Danny Law (The Beast) was kind enough to show me some moves he thought I should try, and the rest as they say is history! I believe it was a hit, I mean nobody came up to me and told me what an awful job I did, so, you know! This picture below is a shot of me singing my Aria.

Cogsworth (Richard Law), Lumiere (Dave O'Neill), Chip (Jaimyn Law), Mrs. Potts (Jasmine Turner), and me singing "Something There"

Here's a shot of LaFou and I at the end of the mob scene when I dress him up as a woman for invading the castle (Yes Kevin Jackson I suggested it mainly because you commented about it)! David Anderson who played LaFou was so freakin' hilarious it was really tough for me to keep it together, because he would scream louder then I would sing, and then when he'd pretend like I was attacking him, it would make me laugh so hard (Milo Bushman you know why!)

Another shot of me in my home!

The scene just before the "Kill the Beast" number

Gaston's "Lodge"

You'll notice I put Lodge instead of Tavern, well here's the story. We are Mormons, we don't drink, so in our plays we don't drink, well mainly we didn't want a big ruckus from any of those Uber Mormons out there who may have had an issue with it meaning as it is an "appearance of evil" or whatever you would like to call it.

You'll notice in the backdrop their appears to be a very large mirror and a sign just adjacent to it! We borrowed this backdrop from a high school that had just recently done the production but that was not originally what appeared there. . . . .

Oh yeah, upon unraveling we where amazed to find this classy number! my favorite is the "Beware Loose Women" sign! This is funny, no?

A shot of the final scene when everyone is back to normal!

Danny the Beast and Jessica Kincaid as Belle. . . . true story, this dress originally had sleeves, but Jessica removed them, and you wouldn't believe the difference, the lace sleeves made it look seriously little house on the prairie!

Here's Shawn Turner (The Prince) Mrs. Potts, and Amy Jorgenson (Babette aka the Feather Duster!)

Here's two of my favorite guys Milo Bushman and Kyle Noyes! I know what you are thinking "Hey, I didn't know Hugh Hefner was in that show!"

Here are our Gaston loving Silly Girls. . . .all six of them!

Awe come on Gaston. . . . no playing favorites!

Here's me and my sis after our opening night, she wore purple just for me!

My Grandma Schaat and I. . . . I left her something to remember me by!

AHHHH WOLVES!!!!! Ferocious looking aren't they?







Angie took this shot, she says it's her favorite face! You know me though I love a good kick line!

Here's me and Rianne Jones! I wanna give a little shout out to her and her Mom, because on stage Rianne was 100% effort all the time, I was impressed with her commitment, and her Mother was the best backstage hand you could ever have, she was always right there with a safety pin, a band-aid or a drink of water, she was amazing! LOVE THEM!!!!!

I stole Maurice's hat for a photo op!

My Daughter. . . Odd?

Ok so this is my costume when it was a size 2 and had doors, those were removed when they realized they'd be a big hassle. . . . and they would have been, that costume was huge and I was knocking over small children as it was, I can't imagine the damage that would have been done had I had appendages like that to boot! David was kind enough to model it for me!

The real Beauty and the Beast! ha Ha Ha

A few more shots from the stage!

Toby Black was our Director, Darrin Vernon was our Assistant Director, then Valaree Roylance and Eric Knowles where our producers/stage director managers, pretty much every other behind the scenes position and they came up with the idea to give out an award each night for the best performer of the show that evening. They called it the T.E.V.D award which stood for Toby, Eric, ValaRee, and Darrin.


Belle thought it sounded more like a venereal disease, and I thought that was hilarious!

I won for Wednesday's performance, here's me with my trophy that I didn't get to keep, sigh!











I promised myself I wouldn't do this!

So, people I would just like to state for the record that playing the Wardrobe in Beauty and the Beast was my most favorite of all time! I had a blast on stage every night, because my character was so much fun to play!

And might I also say I really loved everyone in the cast they where all so awesome to work with, and I miss them terribly!

I think most of us where worried that the show wouldn't be as good as Joseph was last year, but in my opinion it was, and I hope all of you who got a chance to see it thought so too!

Here's to next year!

Peace out!

“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson

So remember that one time when I was all jazzed about getting to work at the radio station well pretty much since the beginning of October I haven't been because they haven't had anything for me to do. I got to read the news on the AM station for approximetly a week and then nothing,




Now I got a lot of good feedback from people that heard me, so I'm assuming it didn't have anything to do with me just completly sucking, although I'm not ruling it out, but all I was told was there isn't anything for me to do, so just today I emailed them again and asked if this summer I could do another internship and now i'm waiting to hear back.
I'm not interested in getting paid, I just want to learn, and while I'm here in Moses Lake KDRM is my only hope.




The good news though is that a month ago I got a job at the Boys and Girls club in downtown Moses Lake and they have put me in charge of the Art room.




Now you would think that this would be a dream job for me right. . . .well let me just say while it is fun to think and plan craft projects it's quite another to execute them with 20-30 kids running around shoving eachother and tattle-telling and constantly asking. . .what are we doing? I don't know how to do this? and yada yada yada!

So it's been hard and between this new job the play a couple weeks ago and school I've been crazy busy and didn't have much time to think, let alone blog.

By the way I originally had pictures posted of the kids, but i just found out that's a big no no, so I deleted them!

Anywho, the job is harder then I thought it would be, but it's turning out to be a good thing, and you know how kids are, they drive you crazy one minute and then they do something cute and you forget all about it. . . so it is with the Boys and Girls Club!

Posing for a pic in my art room, the kids love to steal my camera!

Me doing my chores around the club!!! I love garbage duty!!!!!

sweeping up the never ending sequin supply on the ground!!!

Like I said this job is going to be trying on my patience i'm sure, but the positives outway the negatives, and i think I've got a lot to gain from this!Oh and if anyone has any great kid craft ideas I would love to hear about them! my email address is missem_27@hotmail.com, if you have ideas, advice or anything please please please let me know! until then. . . . . .




Peace out!

"...That's why I'm here right now, because I dreamed of these moments. Kids need that. If they don't dream, they have what?"- Britney Spears

Ok so I've been thinking about it lately and I really think I should be on a reality show sometime in my life, with the genre being as huge as it is, and the endless options, it really should be something I do. . . .right? so I've made up this little list, here goes. . . . .



Top 5 Reality Shows I'd like to be on!


1. Say Yes to the Dress-

Have you seen this show? It is one of my favorites on TLC! Say Yes To the Dress is all about Brides finding their perfect gown for their big day at this amazing store called Klienfeld in Manhattan. Consultants collect various gowns from the stores amazing collection and cater to the bride to be's every whim until the customer gets that glow or her eyes fill with tears and she knows she has found "The One". When ever I get married, if I have a few grand to blow on the dress of my dreams, I will move heaven and earth to have someone from Klienfield help me find the perfect wedding gown!

2. MTV's Made -

True story. . . .the first MADE ever was filmed right here in Moses Lake about 7 yrs ago. This kid named Isaac Jones wanted to be a Bull Rider so MTV hooked him up with a coach and taught him the ropes. I saw him last year at the Rodeo I'm not sure if he competed, but anyway enough about him. I've mentioned before how much I want to learn how to drop some beats on the ones and twos and learn how to scratch, but I don't think there is anyone in Moses Lake or close by even that knows how to do that. I think MTV is my only option for learning how to become DJ EmKDubb! And even though they've already filmed here, it still would be interesting to teach this 25 old white girl from Farmtown USA how to kick it to you urban style via the turntables. . . . am I wrong?

3. Big Brother-

Last year I discussed with Angie how much I think i'd really like to be on this show. Last year was the first season I watched it, and although strategy is not my strongest suit, I think I might be able to charm people into keeping me around long enough to make an impression, and maybe win a fan favorite award or something! That would be my game plan anyway.

4. Real World -

I've watched this show since they first started in New York, and I always wanted to be on it until Las Vegas happened and I realized I might not be trashy enough to make what MTV apparently thought was good television. Now after the Brooklyn cast just wrapped up their season, I've decided it is back on my list of possibilities. . . . not to mention maybe I could make the rest of my living winning prizes and money on all those duals and challenges they invite you to be on after you've appeared on one of their shows. . . . just a thought!

5. Little Miss Perfect-

This last option is a little different from the rest, I don't actually want to be on this show, nor would I like to put one of my own children into one of these pageants, but Angie and I have been watching "Little Miss Perfect" quite a lot and I'm pretty sure Angie and I have what it takes to run our own pageant and coach little girls on how to have stage presence. From the looks of it, it doesn't look to difficult. I mean I can sing cheesy songs and give pointers on how to smile just as well as this guy. . . . .



Michael Galanas who is the Director and I think creator of the "Little Miss Perfect" pageant and well I can't really describe him, you'll have to see for yourself and form your own judgements.




See. . . .I told ya. . . . .Piece of Cake!


Let me know your thoughts, What reality show would you guys most like to be on?

Peace!

"That is the definition of faith -- acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove.”- Dan Brown

I am a fan of Twilight, I read all the books, waited in line at midnight to see the movie, and all that stuff, but I don't consider myself a crazy obsessed fan, I didn't put a countdown on my blog, I don't own any Twilight Merchandise, and I don't want to marry a vampire as a result of reading those stories, I am just not that obsessed.


I tell what I am obsessed with, and that's the book Angels and Demons by Dan Brown.

You may remember him as the Author of The Da Vinci Code, but Angels and Demons is the pre-qual to that book and the first adventure Robert Langdon embarks on. I love this book so much i've read it twice, and i'm contemplating reading it again!

I highly recommend it! For some reason the story line just gripped me and I bet it will grip you as well, the mixture of science and religion, and the fact that it incorpporates actual historical facts is pretty fascinating too. Then the crazy twist at the end! Once Robert gets into Rome the story starts rolling, and you can not put the book down.

There is more good news for you none readers out there, the movie Angels and Demons comes out May 15th 2009! Does that make your heart skip a beat or what!

I have included the official movie trailer to pump you all up like me, and if Blogger would update it's countdown widget, then i'd also have a countdown! But Oh well can't win them all!

You can officially consider me a member of Team Langdon!

Hope you enjoy!

Peace Out!

"If You Can Read This, Flip Me Over!"- Annoying bumper sticker

Hello Friends!

I'm very sorry for my sabbatical from the blogging world, but finals week and spring break where CRAZY!!! I promise to be back on top next week, because I've got some blog topics I'm psyched out of my mind about, but first. . . is anyone having a rough time viewing my blog? If you can read this, will you comment and let me know, otherwise I will try to fix the problem for next weeks extravaganza's!

Thanks

Peace Out!

"I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up."- Lana Turner

It's Spring Break here at Big Bend and so technically I'm supposed to be on break, but I got asked a few favors and so instead of vegging on the couch I've been here at school helping out with a few things. One of which was this program called Gear Up where they get middle school kids psyched about college and careers they might be interested in. I guess Big Bend hosts it and they have Thor our college Mascot make an appearance, well our original Thor was busy so Kim asked me If I could do it. I was like sure why not, wouldn't be so bad, all I have to do is get dressed up and dance around. . . . not unlike what I normally do, and this time I get payed. So I started working on my dude moves, and getting myself pumped up and ready to perform, I rolled into school this morning got the costume on, and lets just say I have a hole new respect for Mascots. . . .those outfits are A) Really Hot, and B) kind of hard to see and breathe in! The flesh colored cap I donned underneath the mask had to be adjusted so it didn't gag me to death, and when I started dancing it crept up and covered my mouth so I had an even more difficult time breathing, but luckily no one could see my face, I may have ruined the mood if that was the case. Anyway, I hope those kids couldn't tell it was really a girl working that gym.

Can you spot the difference between these two mascots???

This is the lovely shot of me afterwords. . . . good call Kim!

Now, when I left the house this morning I thought to myself, should I do my hair and put on make-up? Then my practical side. . . (which I rarely listen to anyway so why I chose today to do so I haven't a clue) said "What for? No one's gonna see you, but maybe Kim and some of the gym guys, and it's all gonna get messed up anyway right?" So, out the door I went, I did my thing and as I was getting ready to get my blog on in the ASB office the Gear Up people in desperation asked me if I could fill in for the Cosmetology person who was supposed to speak to some of the students that day, she had just called and cancelled on them, and they where desperate. I mean I knew they had to have been desperate if their only option was make-up less frizzy haired me! So I agreed to help them out, even though I informed them that all I knew about cosmetology is what I've learned from my friends, but they had no problem with it. So for three 20 minute sessions I spoke to a classroom full of 8Th grade girls about what it takes to become a beautician I showed them pictures from my blog about good and bad hair cuts, and for being thrown into the ring about 20 minutes before the show, I'd have to say it went pretty darn well!

The lesson to be learned here is from now on I go no where without my face! I mean you just never know when you're gonna be asked to speak to a room full of girls about beauty and you look like this. . . . . . .

What a funny day eh?

Peace!

". . .If Your're a Fly Gal get a pedicure, get your nails done, get your hair did!"- Missy Elliott

I am a firm believer in a new hair cut making your life better, I'm not sure how exactly why, but sometimes a new look can work magic on your dispostion!

I went in about two weeks ago to get my hair fixed up for my Grandma's memorial service the following weekend. Heaven forbid I have any old family members judging me, I mean my roots where looking pretty fierce!

This is me the day before I got it chopped. . . .I wasn't lying about the massive grow out. . . you probably can't even tell i'm wearing a black head band!

This is me. . . . Having my roots done! Oh and this is me with no make-up. . . now you all know!

I was getting a little tired of my align bob with bangs, that I noticed was becoming the "go to" style for everyone else, I was trying to think of ways to change it up a bit, but what I ended up with was something way better then I had initially thought of. . . although it must be said I felt a little bad because I'm pretty sure I stole the style Angie and I had discussed once that she wanted to try next, and for that I feel guilty, I hope Angie will not be upset with me for long! I do really love my new hair though and I think I must give mad props to Shannon (Estoos) Herrin who works at R'Tistics for those who'd like to know. She has been my sisters BFF and a friend of our families for quite sometime. Also, she has done my hair for every special occasion over the past decade and I have never once been upset, she has never steered me wrong, and for that I must say

THANK YOU SHANNON!

here's the big reveal. . . . . . . . .

This is my Diva Face!

It's short and choppy, and takes me approximetly 15 minutes to do, and I don't know if any of you recall, but it was on my life list to do a crazy style like this once in my life, so chalk that one up as done!

Here's my own little photo gallery of some of the my favorite hair cuts by Shannon

For my Birthday 2 years ago I decided I wanted to get my hair done, and my Mom and Sister made it happen, this is the end result!

This is me in for a touch up that summer!

Angie got me hooked on teasing my hair, so for the last year or so I've been attempting this style

And then of course I decided blondes have more fun. . . . . . . .

I seriously can't say enough about Shannon, not only is she one of my favorite people, but she seriously never leaves me unstaisfied with my hair. R'Tistics is located across from Frontier Middle School on 3rd if anyone is interested. . . . . you won't be sorry!

Peace!