If I Could Go Anywhere

There are a ton of places I want to visit someday. I feel as though with every year of my life my "bucket list" of places where I want to travel seems to get longer and longer. It's almost impossible for me to pick just a single place to go.

Lately though, I have been on a London kick lately. Maybe because half of what I find awesome comes from Great Britain. Sherlock, Mary Poppins, Downton Abbey, Jane Austen novels, Doctor Who, The Beatles, Shakespeare, Harry Potter... you get the gist. Even beyond that though, there's so much history there along with culture. Several people have told me I would love London for all of the theatre and the history.

Also, they speak English. So... not having to learn a new language would be a plus.

How amazing would it be to see The Globe Theatre where all of those historic plays were first performed? It would take everything in me to not jump up on the stage with a sword and try to learn how to stage fight and randomly burst into sonnets and soliloquies.

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Or hang out at Buckingham Palace and wait for royalty to come out? I mean... William is married but Harry is still available, right? He's gotta come out of there at some point if I stand outside long enough.

No, I'm not a stalker. Why do you ask?

Then there's the Tower of London. SO MUCH WENT DOWN THERE! It would be super creepy I think, but also awesome.

Then of course, there would be going to Kingscross Station and posing at Platform 9 3/4. Because... obviously.

Westminster Abbey is a MUST. So many historical figures, as well as writers!, are buried there, and it's absolutely beautiful. 

I also would need to go have a proper tea at some point. I'm not really a tea drinker, but in London I'll make myself be one.

Okay... I'm going to start gushing. Let's be honest, I'd probably visit every single place where anything British happened ever (real and fictional) and pretend I'm the people in the stories. Guess I better go practice my British accent...

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Stupid Rain

I made it! I survived my crazy week of Vacation Bible School and tech for Romeo and Juliet!

Friday was awesome and I was surprised at how many people I knew came to see the show. Even two of my youth and their family came to see me, which really meant a lot to me. From what I can tell, everyone who came to see the show loved it.

Then... Saturday happened. That afternoon I texted my friend and cast-mate Michael because he said he might need a ride to the show that night.

Monday Morning Ramblings

If I were a good blogger, I would have done a lot of things.

Such as:

• Taking pictures of my weekend
• Sending people guest posts on time (which I normally do, but time got away from me this week)
• Linked up with two bloggers that I said I would link up with
• Wrote this post on Sunday night

However, if these are the standards I am not a good blogger.

It's not that I didn't have things to take photos of this weekend. I did. It was a great weekend. It kicked off early on Thursday by me taking Bandit up to St. Louis to visit with some friends. We went to Shakespeare in the Park to watch 12th Night (which was hilarious!). It was a perfect night for outdoor theatre too. Wine, sandwiches, fruit, puppies, friends, and Shakespeare. Could a person ask for more? I didn't think so.

The next day while my friends were at work, I spent the morning at my favorite St. Louis coffee shop, Kaldis. Lucky for you, I did take a picture of that. Because every blog needs pictures. Or so I'm told.

Thankfully I was able to sit there for about four hours catching up on other blogs, reading City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare, and memorizing lines. The rest of the day consisted of hanging out with Bri, watching the newest Star Trek movie, and eating the most delicious homemade pancakes for dinner in the history of the universe.

A weekend that included seeing this face for a couple hours
 is a good one in my book.

Unfortunately I had to head home Friday night, because I had play practice the next morning. (Yes, I realize my life revolves around Shakespeare right now.) However - that was glorious as well. When you have beautiful summer days that are warm but not scorching hot, outdoor play practice is the greatest thing ever. Even if my shoulders did get burned a bit.

We also did some filming for our kickstarter which was good times. I might have drooled a bit over our camera guys awesome equipment and made How I Met Your Mother references in my interview.

Oh look at that. I took two pictures this weekend. Maybe I'm not such a bad blogger after all.

Then Sunday I was able to leave the last church service early and head home for more reading, watching Netflix, and overall relaxing.

There was a slight panic at one point in the afternoon. My TV antenna broke as I was making sure I had everything set up to watch the Tony Awards!!!!!! Thankfully, the people at Best Buy were able to point me in the right direction and I was able to get home in time to get it set up and not get caught in the rain.

Whew.

Speaking of the Tonys....

AH! They were amazing. If you want to see my commentary, check out my Twitter. Here were some of my favorite moments (via Tumblr and Google Images):

“There’s a kid in the middle of nowhere who’s sitting there living for Tony performances; singing and flipping along with the Pippins, and Wickeds, and Kinkys, Matildas, and Mormanses. So we might reassure that kid, and do something to spur that kid, ‘cause I promise you, all of us up here tonight, we were that kid.”

—	Neil Patrick Harris, Tony Awards 2013 Opening Number (vianewyorkshows)

"Revolting Children" from Matilda

Aurthr Darvill (Rory from Doctor Who) performing with the cast of Once.

“I am the spirit of Tragedy. Screw you.”

—	Liam Neeson

Patina Miller Winning Best Actress (Musical)

Billy Porter Winning Best Actor (Musical)

Playsicals

The elephant man of La Mancha
42nd streetcar named desire
Children of a lesser god spell
Cats on a hot tin roof
The testament of Mary poppins
A midsummer nights dream girls
The diary of Anne Frankenstein the musical (Justin briber would love that show)
Cabaraisin in the sun
Bring it on golden pond

There are a million other moments that were amazing, and so many great performances. Go Google and YouTube all of it. Personally, I was rooting for Matilda for Best Musical and Cinderella for Best Revival. However, Kinky Boots and Pippin were the two I would want next and they both totally deserve their wins. 

For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about - I'm sorry, and... what else is new? I mean, really.

Also- Neil Patrick Harris should host every award show ever. 

Last night I also decided to try out Scrivener for my writing. At first it was outrageously scary and intimidating, but now I'm in love. I might be adding it to my birthday wishlist. It also might need it's own blog post at some point.

So, that was my weekend. That should suffice for a Monday morning blog post - right? Right.

What did you all do? Did you watch the Tonys?

And don't forget to link-up with these lovely blogs!

 

A Day in the Life

It is a shame this prompt didn't land on a Monday or a Wednesday. Heck, my whole week other than Tuesday are going to be far more interesting than my Tuesday. I could have shown you play rehearsals, the school where I volunteer, Starbucks, along with my regular day-to-day stuff in the office.

However, the prompt was for today and therefore you get to experience my boring Tuesday.

Tuesday because I am attempting at scheduling my posts the day before so that way, the day they are supposed to be up it's good to go right away in the morning.

I did my best to make this interesting for you all.

If you follow my Instagram, you've already seen all of these photos clutter your feed. I'm sorry.

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Down With the Montagues!

Last night I had rehearsal for Romeo and Juliet at one of the local photography studios. It was so much fun. I can't wait for this show. 

(Shameless plug- it's the weekend of June 22, and we're selling cookie dough and ads to raise money. You can also get a t-shirt that says either "Down With the Capulets" or "Down With the Montagues." If you want info about any of these, contact me or like the Facebook page. Shameless plug over.)

Anyways.... already this show is a blast. I'm simply loving it. 

How To Land a Part in Romeo and Juliet

Monday night, I kind of squealed all over Facebook and Twitter that I had gotten the part of the nurse in the play Romeo and Juliet for a local community theatre production.

YAY!!!!!!!

Since I'm into lists this week, I'll share with you the story of how this came about in the form of a very scientific and thought of process in 10 easy steps.