I just found out that I've been accepted into the Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre fellowship for "Into the Woods" this summer!Holy shit. And Im getting PAID for it. Holy Shit!! My part in it is the Grandmother Holy shit! but the sad part is that I cant possibly be in the UI Summer Opera Program because the two shows run at the same time. This shit is ( Read more... )

dood, nobody posts anymore. sadface. anyhoo, my life is so frickin normal, its insane. Recently I auditioned for the Ceder Rapids Opera House for some Summer Operas, one in which includes Into the woods, which UI just did like last month, which is crazy. On friday I audition for the UI summer opera program, which i will most likely get into, or ( Read more... )

last night, My teacher actually told me that my sound was first class. and then i waited and waited for her to say but, but she did not. last night is for the record books...never in my life have i gotten a real compliment from a real professional without a backhanded "but" to go along. But it never came. IT NEVER CAME!!!

so im leaving finally for back to school and im not sure what im feeling. I love being in this mansion and only having singing to worry about, but once i get back, ill have to worry about my stupid roomates' feelings and thats just too much work for me. but ok so you know how you get excited for something to happen but you know its not gonna happen ( Read more... )

So I went on Youtube to possibly see if there are any different versions of habanera to focus on, and it turns out that there are HUNDREDS of them. Not only that, but there are versions of all of my repitoire that I have so far. many of them are douche bag entries, but some of them are really helpful. Also tonight i saw Jennifer Hudson on letterman ( Read more... )

dood, i just got my grades back, and it says that i got a D in psych! ive never gotten a D in my life, so i looked at all the points and shit that they graded me on, and there are 10 points missing for discussion attendence. so ive been emailing up a storm to get my grade changed. The 10 points would raise my grade to a C- which sounds a whole ( Read more... )

My crazy food addict roomate's brother wants me. And he actually is completely my type, other than the fact that i cant stand his sister who shares the same first and middle name as me, along with sharing an appartment. I know it might be pretty aroggent (spelling?? seriously someone help me with this word) to say say he wants me, but now that Ive ( Read more... )

have you ever worried about something so much that your body hurt? these last 4 or 5 days have been so nuts, i cant even describe...ha but ill try. I have been going over and over in my head about how unhappy i have with my voice professor (doctor she likes to be called) and I talked and talked about it with my singing friends, and we came to the ( Read more... )

so im in cali, laguna, and having a great time. everyone here (strangers) are super nice, and totally chill. Surprisingly youd like to know is that there are 12 thousand people who live in laguna. Thats less than Spencer! The weather is awesome, and the views are amazing. My family right now lives on the shore, im looking at the ocean right now. ( Read more... )

so i freaked out for nothing. I really need to learn not to worry about the stupid shit. My voice is great now, and my songs are sounding good, so why the hell was i freaking out? Im perfectly fine with everything. I have no drama, so i need to stop making it. I guess we all have our freak out days.

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