Back to the routine

1:05am sitting in Main Stacks trying to study organic chemistry.

Three weekends, one preview, ten performances, much dancing, singing, laughter later, City of Angels is now over. It is time to go back to the daily routine of waking up and not knowing what to do for the rest of the day. Rather, worrying about studying, but not actually doing anything productive.

It was an amazing experience working on City of Angels. Looking back, it comprised of my entire second semester...all the way back to auditions the last week of January until now. What a ride! It was great getting to spend time with such talented cast members. Not letting anything get in the way. Each rehearsal was fun and different. I was always looking forward to going to rehearsal because I never knew what to expect.

Before every performance with Sabrina while she was doing her hair. The dance parties before, during and after the show. Singing and acting along to the songs while the other actors were on stage. Prop and set mishaps...

Now that it is over. I am starting to return to not having any motivation to study or do anything at all. Rehearsals and performances kept me going. It took up so much time, but looking back, it was worth every minute of time and every ounce of effort. To think that I originally was hesitant about committing myself to the production. For once, I made the right decision.

On the other hand, I put my academics aside and have much to catch up on. Academics essentially were of little concern. I am still working on finding the balance between academics and doing a show. It is still a learning process.

There are only three weeks left until finals. Time to start learning the information! Not much time left.

If found, please return

It is 4:44am and I just finished energy audit report. It was quite an accomplishment. Even though homework tonight took twice as long as I hoped, I finally got it done. To motivate myself, I'm creating a list of incentives to indulge in once this semester is successfully over. There is still o-chem left blocking my way. If I can conquer that hurdle, I will be a free man.

1. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
2. Monterey Bay Aquarium
3. movies
4. Stanford Shopping Center (because sometimes I like to feel rich)
5. Exploratorium
6. San Francisco Zoo
7. Academy of Science
8. Wicked
9. UCLA (Sharon/Fir 4)
10. Disneyland
and the list continues...

Grumble...

Tech rehearsal is taking forever. We're in our third hour with three more hours to go. I am getting extremely restless. It doesn't help that my laptop battery only lasts an hour now. It only charges to 43% capacity because it's shitty like that. In addition, there are NO plugs in our rehearsal/performing space. We have a short break and I'm trying to charge my laptop so I can survive tech without falling asleep.

Tech rehearsal is taking FOREVER. We're running every single scene and adjusting and adding the lights. I'm sure I'm not the only that can't sit through it. It's so difficult to get through. There are a total of 40 scenes in the entire show. By the 2.5 hour mark, we only went through six scenes. Rehearsal today is six hours. Six hours, forty scenes. YOU do the math.

But I really need a new computer. In the beginning, I really hoped and wished for a MacBook...the ingenious designs and amazing media software (iLife - iMovie, iPhoto, GarageBand, etc.) At this point, however, I'm not asking for something really fancy especially since the economy is doing poorly and the unemployment rate is at its highest in a quarter of a century. A netbook would be just fine. I just need a device that can do word processing and surf the web.

I'm extremely tired and suffering from lack of sleep. This is going to be my life for the next month. I have no time to waste at all especially since both my finals are next week. Right now, I'm just trying to get through things little by little and keeping positive about this entire situation I'm in. I'm really glad I stuck with doing the show. The entire cast has a great time. We dance and sing and do crazy things in our down time. There is a lot of amazing talent and it's gonna be a great show. Until next time...(if I'm still alive, that is)

Tonight, Tonight!

I took this shot of the Campanile about an hour ago on my way back from rehearsal... Just a short update. I have NO time at all...need to sleep now so I can wake up early to study for my midterms. Tomorrow (if I remember), I'll update about City of Angels. We start tech tomorrow!! Or today rather since it's 1:04am on Friday.

Rehearsal, rehearsal, rehearsal!

April has finally arrived which means performances of City of Angels are looming. Performances also mean rehearsals and tech. For all of this month, rehearsal will be my life... I will have barely any time to study and do work for my classes. My psych and chem midterm are both occurring next week. The best part is that my chem midterm is right before the preview performance. My midterm is from 6:30pm-8:00pm and curtain is at 8:00pm so I will probably have to take the test in costume and DASH over to CRH.

And because of rehearsal, I'm not able to attend NUMEROUS events. This Thursday is Rotaract's cruise around the San Francisco Bay, Moonlight Masquerade. Tickets are only $20 which includes a DJ and food, but unfortunately I won't have time. It's the day before tech. The theme of Men's and Women's Chorale Spring Show this year is "The Musicals of Sondheim and Bernstein". We're singing a medley from Into the Woods and West Side Story. And with West Side Story comes Gee Officer Krupke with choreography. I'll have to miss BOTH dance rehearsals for the song and I was really looking forward to it. Hopefully Ill still be able to be in that scene.

This past Monday was the start of never ending rehearsals. I will have nonstop rehearsals until our first performances in a week and a half. So six to midnight will be blocked off for the next two weeks and all day Saturday and Sunday. Fun! Tech rehearsals start this Friday so really have to get my game on with academics. I don't have ANY time to waste. I will get through this however difficult it may be. I'm just glad that everyone in the cast gets along and we're all very sporadic. This will be such a fun show. Although rehearsing for the show takes up so much time, it is a rewarding experience.

Today, we rehearsed with the set for the first time. Tomorrow, we rehearse with the orchestra for the first time! I'm SO excited.