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[04 Jun 2008|10:15am] |
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Well... Josh and I are off on our "stayaway." I coined the term, fyi... it's a combo of a get-away and the new term, staycation (a vacation at home). Except this is one of those things were you just get away from it all in your home town, or a place very close by...
So, if you're gonna be at Disney over the next few days, gimmie a call and let's get together! :-)
Otherwise... stay away! ;-)
<3's
~Dan
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| WOW! What a WEEK! :) |
[07 Apr 2008|12:13pm] |
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OK!
So last week was a doozy! But I loved (almost) every minute of it.
Lion, Witch, Wardrobe Started rehearsals and wow, it's gonna be a good show. Still not a fan of the individual scripts, but combined like we've managed to work out royalty wise it works. The transitioning to and from Narnia is going to be hell, but we'll make it work out. Act 1 is all about transitioning, but eventually we're in Narnia and we stay in Narnia until the end of the show when the kids return to England.
And I taught classes last week as well, so I did 14 hour days. So it was very very productive... and very very exhausting. :-)
Ok... that's all I have time to type!
Check out the new user icon! It's me and one of the beavers while they were naked. :-)
~Dan
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| RIP Debbie Dean |
[31 Mar 2008|11:55pm] |
So this morning at about 6:37am, I received a phone call. I assumed it wasn't anyone I knew since it was 6:30 in the morning and everyone I know knows that I'm never up that early. I hopped into the shower shortly there after and then eventually checked my messages...
Terry, Debbie's partner of 15 years was calling me letting me know that Debbie had passed away around 6 in the morning. For those of you who don't know, Debbie was diagnosed with cancer about this time last year. She fought a good fight, but in the end succumbed to the disease.
Debbie was a mentor to me, and I'm very thankful for the time that I had to spend with her as my mentor. She believed in me, and she believed in each and every single child that walked through the doors of The REP. She always made sure to talk to not only the parents of each child who entered the building, but also to every child who was coming to see the shows.
Debbie will be sorely missed by everyone that she worked with and whose heart she touched.
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| Why and What? |
[20 Mar 2008|12:08pm] |
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It's been a while since I've posted something meaningful and topical, but I don't really have any other place to air the air in my head... so... here goes some non-coherant rambling, cause sometimes you just have to use those index cards...
I hate not being motivated.
I hate that I have become this apathetic blob.
I hate that I'm starting to look like I'm getting the feared "Davis Belly" despite the fact that I don't drink and I'm not gaining any weight.
I hate that my thesis isn't writing itself... and that I'm not writing it either.
I hate the fact that I'm just mediocre, when I'm supposed to be this great thing according to everyone else.
I hate that I can't get a full time job doing what I want to do.
I hate that I don't really know what I want to do.
I hate that I'm 25 years old and am starting to get blemishes again.
I hate the feeling of being scared that I'm going to end up at a retail/hourly job somewhere with an MFA... if I ever get that.
I hate that just as I got the office/spare bedroom cleaned up, my parents deliver the next wave of boxes from my old bedroom. Shit... it all fit into one, 11' x 10' bedroom at one point, why the hell am I having problems fitting it into over 1300 square feet of space?
I hate that I cannot concentrate in this office because of everything that has to be done to this room...
I hate not having enough time to do everything that I need to do.
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| Update!! |
[08 Mar 2008|07:05am] |
Hi All!
I'm in North Carolina at the moment with Josh visiting his mum and step-dad.
It's COLD!
We're off to see the Biltmore Estate today. YAY!
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| Rest in Peace Granny |
[14 Feb 2008|07:22pm] |
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This is my great-grandmother's Obituary that ran today and was found on Jacksonville.com.
Lucille Groover Hare
HARE Mrs. Lucille Groover Hare, 88, died Friday, February 8, 2008. Mrs. Hare was born December 25, 1919 in Savannah, Georgia where she lived until age 18. She then married John B. Hare, Jr. and relocated to Jacksonville. Lucille was preceded in death by her husband and oldest daughter, Mary Darlene Lemacks. She is survived by 4 sons: Dan Nelson (Margie Pratt) Hare, Van Oliver Hare, Al Ronald (Cheryl) Hare and Perry Lee Hare; 3 daughters: Brenda Harlene (Steve) Whitlock, Lelia Patricia (Karen) Hare-Boyd and Vickie Gail Woodbury; 16 grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren; 5 great great grandchildren and multiple nieces and nephews. Interment will be at 2:30 PM on Saturday, February 16, 2008 at Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia. PEEPLES FAMILY FUNERAL HOMES, North Jacksonville Chapel, 2220 Soutel Drive, is serving the Hare family. Please Sign the Guestbook @ Jacksonville.com
Published in the Florida Times-Union on 2/14/2008.
Rest in peace Granny. We're gonna miss you.
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| An update... |
[19 Jan 2008|06:35am] |
Good Morning LiveJournal...
It's really freakin' early and I've already been awake for an hour. The Doodlebops are scary, FYI... but the real actors are cute Brits, so it's an odd trade off.
Josh and I are supposed to be on the road to North Carolina right now, but when we woke up at 430, his eye was scratched and his vision blurry again. Since this is a reoccurring problem that could leave him blind, we have to play it safe and stay home so he can get to the eye doctor or normal doctor ASAP.
Ok, random tangent, but how do the Higgleytown Heroes pedal their bikes when they have no legs (They're based off of those Russian nesting dolls)?
Back on track... it's been a while since I've updated. Real life doesn't seem to be as interesting and dramatic as life in college. It's interesting, but still... not as dramatic.
The past 2 months (wow! 2 months!) have been good. Adjusting to "married" life has been easy for me. Budgeting has been harder for us, especially without me having a stable income, but we're managing. I'm back to part time at Universal again (just waiting on the paperwork to finish processing). I've profiled out there for the new Assistant Stage Manager position, as well as the Stage Manager position in the parks. There's an open SM position out there now, so we'll see what happens.
I've also been applying for teaching jobs. There's a temporary drama teacher position in Lake County that I'm looking into, as well as about 6 or 7 Language Arts positions in The OC. SO many hoops to jump through just to apply though, so it's like, ARGH! Either way, if nothing happens for a full time job, I'm slated to Stage Manage The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe at The REP. It still feels so weird to be there and not be a TYA. OY. So many adult things to do!
Then there's the whole thesis debacle. More hoop jumping with that, but I have a committee, and an approved abstract... but now I'm just waiting on the author of the book I want to adapt to get back to me about the rights. I hate waiting, and there's really no point in starting to adapt the book into a play before having the rights because that's an awful lot of work to do. Another ARGH!
Oh, and Josh and I now have a pet fish in addition to Cashew and Xander. We named him Stewie after Stewie Griffin from Family Guy.
OK, TV Tangent again... Higgleytown Heroes has the kids getting Wayne a pet turtle... and legless Higgleytown Heroes turtles are cute. I want one now... :)
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"Well we'll just have to find him someone who's not good in gay math."
This is my newest favorite quote from Desperate Housewives
Oh, by the way....
Merry Christmas
Happy New Year
and I'm sick. :(
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Hello LiveJournalers!
So, here's the dealio... I just got my grade back from my internship semester...
B+ in Lifespan Human Development
S in Internship
YAY!
GPA dropped some more, unfortunately, but it's all good.
Newest dilemma with the Grad school thing... getting my damn thesis committee approved so that I can be registered for those credit hours. AND my new graduation date is Fall 2008 due to the theatre department's desire to not allow Summer Thesis Defenses. Oh vell.
So... I interviewed at Disney... probably won't get it. It's ok though.
Josh and I are psuedo-settled into the apartment.
Gotta go.
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| TA DAAAA!!!! |
[18 Nov 2007|10:45pm] |
After 14 Weeks...
I HAVE RETURNED
Now... anyone interested in helping me move at the end of the week out to Apopka? ;-)
~DAN~
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[06 Nov 2007|03:11am] |
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School is driving me crazy! I just now finished an assignment that was due last Wednesday. It's now... oh... 5 - 6 days late, which means I will be automatically losing 25 - 30 points off the top of the assignment. Oh well... I got the damn thing done, and for me, that's the most important part. NOW... I have an annotated bibliography to write... after I get some sleep.
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| I'm HOME! |
[29 Oct 2007|01:58am] |
Well... after spending all night on airplanes, and an hour delay while American Airlines employees learned how to count, I'm finally in good old Orlando! YAY! :-)
Goign to bed now!
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| My boyfriend and other fun things :) |
[22 Oct 2007|12:44am] |
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First off, I have to blog this somewhere... My boyfriend is absolutely wonderful and amazing... and absolutely precious. I'm currently watching his webcam's video feed of him sleeping on the futon, curled up with Cashew, his (our?) cat. Cashew is laying half on his leg, and Josh has his hand by his head, as if he was petting him when he fell asleep. And they're both asleep right now too. It's absolutely adorable. This is a screen shot that I captured...
So, Josh and I got our first choice apartment. We're moving into the Verandahs out in Apopka at the end of November. Actually, two days after Thanksgiving we move in. It's kinda scary, thinking about moving out of the family home, but since I've been here in Omaha for the past 2 months, the fear that this would have brought about a year ago isn't there. The fear this time is "how can I make sure we can afford it?" Josh makes enough to move in there, but I want to be able to pull my weight in this relationship... and right now I'm looking at coming home with no steady job. But, all that aside, I'm really excited about moving in with him. This is our apartment...
And for the most exciting news, This time next week I'll be HOME in Orlando!! YAY!! Mickey's Not So Scary is planned for Tuesday, October 30, and Halloween Horror Nights on the 31st. I'm really excited about these this year! New costumes for the characters at Disney, and some well themed and excellently rated houses from Universal. :)
And now, since I've avoided homework for long enough, I'm retiring to my bed so that I can rest up before tomorrow's 24 hour homework marathon!
*HUGZ*
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| Apartment Update!!!! |
[12 Oct 2007|04:27pm] |
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JOSH AND I GOT OUR APARTMENT!!!! YAY!!!!!
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| Correction... again |
[09 Oct 2007|02:32pm] |
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I was just informed that the exact title of the song Josh is hammering out on Guitar Hero is "Message in a Bottle" not "Sending Out an SOS."
He's being rather particular today, and in the process is making me grin and giggle like a school-girl. :D
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[09 Oct 2007|02:29pm] |
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LOL. My baby is totally freaking out because I called both Orlando and Omaha home... so... just to fix the confusion...
Home = ORLANDO.
Orlando = HOME.
That is all. :)
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| I'm Coming Home! |
[06 Oct 2007|11:24pm] |
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YAY!!!
Vacation is right around the corner! :-)
I'm returning to Orlando for a 3 day vacation. I arrive at 12:30am on the 29th, and fly home on the 1st.
SO... Mickey's Not So Scary on the 30th (I already have me and Josh's tickets... so get your own this year!) and maybe Horror Nights on the 31st. :-)
SO.... PARTAY!!!!!
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[01 Oct 2007|01:08am] |
YAY!
I won $100 at the casino tonight!
YAY!
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[28 Sep 2007|01:24am] |
And OMG! I totally forgot! BARE is going to have a 3 CD recording of the show released on October 30!!!!
I WANT IT NOW!!!!
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[28 Sep 2007|01:11am] |
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wow... so last week I worked 70 hours.
That's right... seven-zero hours. That's a lot. But in the moment, it didn't seem like so much. This week however, it feels like an eternity in internity.
heh... it's amazing the puns you can come up with after 1am. :-)
So, not much to report. Pics are up on Facebook of the apartment, the theater, my first mainstage show, and the start of an album of the teen show. Also on there are my favorite pics from the zoo. I posted the zoo pics on Myspace, but Facebook is just a billion times easier to use with photos. So... go join and friend me, or ask me for a link to the albums. Either way, it's worth it to see some of these AWESOME shots. :-)
Josh is coming up this weekend. Gotta love visits from the boyfriend. And it's not going to be all conjugal. ;-)
We're of course going back to CB for some casino action, some fancy dining in the Old Market, and probably a trip to the mall. Speaking of the mall, there's this "mall" downtown that I want to go to that has what is almost a tributary of the Missouri River running through it (or Mississippi... never was good in Geography). I still wish that there were younger folk at the theater to be an intern with and do some exploring, because it's lonely to explore by ones self.
BUT that's what boyfriend visits are for... even if I am working for the first two days he's here and I have only one day off while he's here with me. UGH! Stupid schedules.
OH! And we're still waiting to hear back about our apartment... if all goes well, we're moving into this really nice place in Apopka. It may be a bit of a commute to get to Universal, but with I279 or whatever the new road is that I always take to get to Grandma's & Aunt Cathy's starting right by the apartment and ending at Disney, it means that I'll be able to bypass everything. I don't mind paying tolls to go to anywhere. :-)
And with that, I'm off to bed (even though I'm not tired). I have an 845am call tomorrow for the final school show of The Forgiving Harvest. Night all! :)
~Dan
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