Currently Listening Hair (Deluxe Edition) (1968 Original Broadway Cast) By Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, Melba Moore see related

So... my life in the past week has been a multi-color blur for the most part.  Things just seem to happen so fast, and a lot of times there's nothing there to slow it down.

I got my class ring exactly one week ago... it's shiny and blue and makes me very happy, but it's too big... drag.  I'm going to have to send it in to be resized after the Christmas break, but I didn't want to say goodbye to it too soon, so I'm keeping it until then.

I talked to one of my counselors at school on Friday about this whole graduating early business.  She seems to think that it is a great idea and that I should go for it... Jayme and Lisa said the same thing.  I'm torn though, because I really hate to leave my friends, but here's the plan, as of now:

     *I enroll in the Pre-University Program at WT for this summer

     *I take Gov/Econ. and English 4 over the 2 summer terms

     *I graduate in August of 2006

     *I would then enroll at WT for a year, before transferring elsewhere

My view is that it will give me an extra year of upper-level preparation before auditioning at main-stream arts schools, but I haven't come to any final decisions.... but I'm definitely leaning toward going for it.

Who knows though?  I have until May to decide... any thoughts?

My sister an my niece will be here in 3 day, I can't wait!!

Happy Non-Denominational Winter Solstice Celebrations, (hehe)

Brennan

This makes me laugh everytime I hear it:

"When life goes down the old tubes again

And my self-esteem begins to drift

I strap on my fake boobs again

And literally, give myself a lift."

~La Cage Aux Folles

Currently Listening The Woman in White (2004 Original London Cast) see related

Hello All!

I haven't updated in forever... mainly because the last entry took me an insanely long time... I've decided that I am technologically challenged... changing font and color was a bit too much for me!

I've been in my basement all day writing essays... yes, you read that right, plural.  Three to be exact... I've written more in the last week than I have all year long!  I'm sorry, but if Graves thinks that we write a lot in her class she should try to take Abercrombie's... I wonder if she would pass it.

Hats off to Shae and all the newspaper kids for their great paper, it was really impressive.  Shae your story was great, and I'm really proud of you for doing it, and staying so open-minded the whole time, you truly are a journalist!

I Hate Hamlet was incredible, says me.  I really enjoyed it!  I sat down in the chair and I thought, "DON'T BE HARD ON THIS SHOW!"  I think in all capital letters.  And exclamation points... that's why I like shiny things.  But anyway, it worked.  Either that, or it was really just a great show... I'm just tired of people saying I'm really critical of everything, so I'm working on it.

I ate with Amanda today at Taco Bell... 1/2 pound burrito for 99 cents, Amanda you're the bomb, how do you find this stuff?  We talked about all kinds of things... it was more of a Roasters conversation than a Taco Bell one, but it worked just fine... seemed might philosophical to me, and I talked about it in my Humanities Final.

I also delivered for Eveline Rivers today, and that may be my absolute favorite thing to do with Key Club... it was quite an experience to see someone's face light up the way that these kids' faces did when we gave them their presents.  It was awesome.

We also went thrifting after Eveline Rivers, since we were downtown... I thought Crystal and Jill were going to die.  We had a lot of fun though... we being Amanda, Rose, and me... I don't think the Fischbacheye ever really got into it.

I've decided to start a vendetta against people who don't have voicemail of some kind... You are no longer allowed to leave your phone if you don't have voicemail!   Can you imagine what it would have been like for the Native Americans during war if no one was watching for the smoke signals?  There were no smoke signal voicemails, oh no, so be glad for what you have!  The technology is there, use it!

I think I've been walking around in a daze this last week... I can't explain it, but I think it has something to do with almost being out of school, I can't wait!

I hope no one has forgotten about us watching The Wizard of Oz sometime soon... I know I haven't! 

Well, that's all I've got for now!

Peace, Love, and 99 Cent Burritos,

Brennan

"The air is French
That chair is French
This nice sincere sancerre is French
The skies are French
The pies are French
Those guys are French
These fries are French!
Pardon me if I
Fly off the handle,
No place else on earth
Can hold a candle

So, Veni Vidi Vici, folks
Let's face it,
Je suis ici, folks!

Excusez-moi
If i spout-
I'm letting my
Je n'sais qoi out.
I'm sorry to shout but

HERE I AM!"

~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Currently Listening You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1999 Broadway Revival Cast) By Clark Gesner, Andrew Lippa, Kristin Chenoweth see related

Happiness Is...

~An amazing episode of Desperate Housewives

~A voice teacher saying nice things :)

~Makings Straight As

~Having incredible friends

~A good 2nd Act

~Talking on the phone until 2 in the morning

Laughing until you cry

Knowing that when you need to cry... there are people who will make you laugh

Learning what love is

Watching a good movie

Talking to someone you don't know how to say goodbye to

Making new friends

Being me

Trying new things

Reading a good book

Holding Hands

Feeling like a new person

Knowing someone who makes you feel better about yourself

Wanting nothing more than to spend time with people you love

The Movie Night at My House on Friday!

And all the great people who made these things happen for me!

Love, Brennan

"Open up your mind, let your darker side unwind in this darkness that you know you cannot fight... The Darkness of the Music of the Night"

~Phantom of the Opera

Currently Listening The Producers (2001 Original Broadway Cast) see related

Bueno!!

How is everyone?? It's great to be back in the great big world of Xanga... and I'm glad to say that "Aladdin" is up and running with even more success than I expected.

I just want to take the oppurtunity to thank all of the amazing people I have gotten to work with on this project, and I just want all of you to know that this is the type of show that you never forget, and I'm cherishing every moment.

On the flip side, if one more person asks me if I'm "feeling blue," I will be forced to stab them in the eye... so if you've said it, you're not funny... and if you were thinking about it, you're not original.  So, there!  Glad to get that off my chest!

Now that school performances are over, I realize how hard it is to be at school ALL DAY LONG!  It's so Left-Brained... sitting at a desk, taking notes, taking tests... the whole thing!  There used to be a time where I wanted nothing more than to learn the names of ancient kings and ways to disect triangles, but now I'm thirsty for a different kind of learning.  I'm so ready to be completely surrounded by my passion, and to be studying theatre and music, instead of physics and geometry.  Sometimes I just wish our high school could be as individualized as our college.

Tomorrow is going to be a lonely day at school, a bunch of my friends will be gone.  Seems like we have bad timing!  Oh well, we got to spend time together today, right?  Short as it seemed!

I hope everyone else's life is going as well as mine is right now... I really couldn't wish for anything... or anyone... better than what I have right now!

I love you all!

Brennan

"We all lead such Elaborate Lives"

"All I ever wanted... and I'm throwing it away..."

"Every story, tale, or memoir; Every saga or romance, whether true or fabricated, whether planned or happenstance... All are tales of Human Failings, all are tales of Love and Heart!"

A little sampling from AIDA... it's been stuck in my head a lot lately!!

Currently Listening The Last 5 Years (2002 Off-Broadway Cast) By Jason Robert Brown, Norbert Leo Butz, Sherie Rene Scott see related

      After my long stay in a Buddhist Monastery I have decided to break my vow of silence and appease my vast and very lovely readers by posting an entry on my Xanga... as I do I shall reminisce of the days in summer when I had nothing to do but post witty things... and now I fight for a spare moment to post a short entry. I am, at the moment, sitting at a computer in Yearbook... I've decided to write my entry in an email, email it to myself, and then copy and paste it into my Xanga when I'm on a computer that does not firewall all things Xanga.

     In the past few weeks, I have been doing some...evaluating. Just taking stock of the things and people that are important to me, and the things and people that are not. I've come to realize that there are people in this world who will dislike me without ever truly knowing me... that used to bother me, but now I think I'm okay with it. Whether they are jealous, or just spiteful... it doesn't matter! I have also realized that sometimes you have to go through tough times to appreciate what you have. Sometimes you have to lose something to get something even better. That's where I am right now... something better!

     "Aladdin" is going well, and it's become a solace for me... 70 screaming kids, 16 of which are 5 years old, and don't really have to sing the right notes... that one's still a mystery to me, but I'm dealing with it... apparently when under the age of 7 one can just pick a note, and as long as it's loud enough, nobody says anything... it's an amazing concept, one that I am thinking about incorporating into my own vocal style. That would at least mean less stress, right? Probably less applause too... but that's just a technicality.

     I have since my last post been grounded... for running a red light, getting pulled over, getting a ticket, going to court, pleading guilty, and having to enroll in a Driver's Safety Course... yuck! That is really an indefinite grounding, so no guesses as to when I will be free again... Which reminds me! While I was sitting in the courtroom, the judge balancing his reading glasses on his nose, trying his hardest to mispronounce every single name on his docket, I began to think... How come Juvenile Delinquent, the fancy word for Bad Kids is so ridiculously difficult to spell... I don't even think I spelled it right here! That's kind of like I was thinking when I ran the red light. Sometimes I just don't take time to think, and it all stores up and appears at the seemingly most unusual of places!

     Junior Company has been insane lately!! I leave so depressed and proud of what I accomplished... it's a good feeling to just release to your emotions, something that I don't do in my everyday life. This is the closest group I've ever worked with, and I appreciate it so much. I miss last year's group, but like I said, sometimes we have to give up one thing and wait for the better, and again, I got the better!

     I just got back from the mountains this week... it was very eventful! I hiked, and waded in a creek that was 19.5 degrees below zero, and had my shoe stolen, held hostage, and eventually executed... yep, you read that right! So here's the deal... I'm hiking up this creek in the middle of NOWHERE, and there is nothing in view but trees, and a little stream that branches off the creek. In my infinite wisdom I decide to jump the stream to get to the other side. By gross miscalculation and really bad aim, I landed on what I assumed to be solid ground... until it gave way under my foot. In one split second I was up to my knee in mud... not the cool, nature-guy mud, but the black smelly rancid with bear shit type mud!! (Harsh language, I know, but you should have seen this stuff!) In order to remove the stench of this toxic waste disguised as all-natural mud, I had to walk THROUGH the creek... that's right, THROUGH the creek, all capitals!! This was both a failure and a success... on the one hand, I was no longer saturated with noxious mud... on the other hand, I was saturated with water cold enough to preserve a human body well into the next millennium. Fearing hypothermia, pneumonia, and all other forms of illness, I turned around, bound on making back to the cabin alive, or at least far enough to reach a place where I could leave my friends and family and sincere and unbelievable melancholy note telling them that I loved them, and that I was going to better place... Apparently my sense of survival was better than I gave it credit for, because not only did I make it out of the river... yes by this time it might as well have been a river... but I made it to the highway, which I proceeded to follow to our cabin... but did it end there, oh no my friends, by no means. While I was in Nature-Mode I decided that rather than putting my shoes in the very modern and very convenient Dryer, I would leave them outside to dry... that's what they did with their tennis shoes in the Cavemen’s time, you know... Well, what should happen, but two hostile dogs, obviously upset with our habitation within close proximity to their Lair, decided it would be nice retribution to kidnap my left sneaker! And in my fear for my shoes well being, I left the cabin in my slippers, in the middle of the night to find my forsaken shoe. I returned unsuccessful... cold and wet... AGAIN! The next day the dogs decided to seal their threat by delivering my destroyed shoe... that's right DESTROYED!!! It was missing pieces, had holes... unbelievable. I mourned my shoe, and buried an image of it in the creek... after the proper burial rights, I took the remaining shoe home with me... forever a tribute to its fallen brother... a reminder of the hostility of nature, and the danger of city-slickers impeding upon it's immense power!

     Well, that's enough adventure for one entry... hope to have brought a smile to your face, and I hope that this helps make up for all the posts I haven't put up in the last few months...

Much Love my Xanga-Buddies

Brennan