Nocturnal Ejournalations

holdyourbatboy @ 2009-07-29T23:20:00

2009-07-30T06:28:17Z

Come see the Producers.

www.facebook.com/s.php

I'm in it.
It's going to be a hoot to boot

holdyourbatboy @ 2009-05-11T23:14:00

2009-05-12T06:31:21Z

holdyourbatboy @ 2009-01-25T22:06:00

2009-01-26T06:07:43Z

Don't see my bloody valentine...
Unless you're drunk...
and with friends...
and you shamelessly talk through the whole stupid movie.

holdyourbatboy @ 2008-09-29T00:02:00

2008-09-29T07:05:21Z

Some people have expressed interest in the funeral arrangements, but time has been difficult to come by.

The service is Monday, today, at 11am

Groman Eden Mortuary

11500 Sepulveda Blvd.

Mission Hills, California 91345

The last thing he did was play with his band. My mom spoke to some of the guys and the said he was having a great time that night, in very high spirits and enjoyed the show.

amazing cat!

2008-09-17T01:10:29Z

holdyourbatboy @ 2008-09-09T23:10:00

2008-09-10T06:25:19Z

Shopping for a car on the internet is so useless. I can't just sit and look and not want most everything I see. There is no simple way around doing this.
Unfortunately, my time is eaten by rehearsal, my money not very substantial, and my knowledge of cars inconsequential. I need a coach who can show me what I need to do, take me to possible purchase cars, and help me haggle prices.

I'm very afraid of buying a piece of crap, being in debt (well, more in debt anyway) for years and years over something that is just gonna be a headache. Part of me wants to spend as little as possible on something just so I can start saving for something nice a few years down the line.

Part of me wants to buy a new Mazda3, because they are the hip cheap car and I'm only looking at 6 years of car payments to get one.

seriously? I'll be in my 30's when I am done paying for it.

can't happen, I got dental bills.

new Kia Rio is about 3,000 cheaper and has 10 year 100,000 mile warranty. But still.

Edit: I miss the days when I was supposed to get my parents saturn (which I helped pay for btw).

holdyourbatboy @ 2008-09-07T23:23:00

2008-09-08T06:24:49Z

I love reading PostSecret on Sundays.

holdyourbatboy @ 2008-08-17T22:23:00

2008-08-18T06:23:02Z

Only one left unsolved!

1. Pick 10 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDB and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it.
5. NO GOOGLING!/using IMDB search functions or using social networking sites. They aren't too hard if you know me and good movies in general.
6. To guess, write a comment below with the number and the name of the movie

*******BEGIN!******

1. The whole Judy Garland thing kinda turned me on. Does that make me some kind of fag?

~~2. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and then - explode.~~ (Gregg)

~~3. Nobody sits like this rock sits. You rock, rock. The rock just sits and is. You show us how to just sit here and that's what we need.~~ (Lorinne and Gregg)

~~4. Lose it? I didn't lose it. It's not like, "Whoops! Where'd my job go?" I QUIT.~~ (Louis)

~~5. You are young. Life has been kind to you. You will learn.~~ (Lorinne)

~~6. How a young man gonna take care of his financial responsibilities workin' at motherfuckin' Burger King?~~(Jessica)

~~7. If there's an empty space, just fill it with a line, that's what I like to do. Even if it's from another show.~~(Lorinne)

~~8. Yes, Pete, it is. In fact , it's pronounced "mill-e-wah-que" which is Algonquin for "the good land."~~ (Lorinne)

~~9. Squeaker, squeak, squeak, squeakin'?~~ (Josh)

10. "I did find it odd when you said you were in love with her. She's married you know."
"Yeah."
"And she's your sister."
"Adopted."(Louis)

holdyourbatboy @ 2008-06-16T23:02:00

2008-06-17T06:15:08Z

There was Kasey.

And then along came summer.

holdyourbatboy @ 2008-05-12T21:54:00

2008-05-13T04:58:22Z

I stopped thinking chuck norris jokes were funny a while ago, but every once in a while the absurd ones are rather entertaining.

Today I saw a piece of flair that said, "Chuck Norris rhymes with orange."

I also enjoyed: The darkness is afraid of Chuck Norris.

holdyourbatboy @ 2008-05-05T22:53:00

2008-05-06T05:58:02Z

useless anxiety about turning 25.

forgot keys to work.

chewed out for something someone else did.

jogged to get money put on my laundry card and had to wait 45 minutes for the manager to show up.

had an amazing weekend, guess life evens itself out on mondays

holdyourbatboy @ 2008-04-18T22:43:00

2008-04-22T06:00:34Z

So, I didn't get into Millie.

I am really surprised and angry. I believe that there were lots of politics involved and am somewhat distraught over the fact that this was the first musical I haven't gotten into since... umm, ever.

What is really annoying is that Ryan casted all of his Nipomo HS kids... I feel old and useless.

The only thing that made the least good was that I was asked to do another show in the same time frame. It is a best of Hollywood review with the same lady that did Razzle Dazzle last year. She was asked at the last minute and I guess there is very little time to rehearse, but she just did a similar show so it's gonna be pretty much the same. I just don't want to be in a show that ends up sucking or having empty audiences or being no fun.

Oh, and some songs on AFI's December Underground just get better every month. I don't understand why, but the album kicks ass, and two years after its release I still find myself enjoying it more than ever. Especially this spoken passage in Kiss and Control:

"We all want to die like movie stars" you said, as you jumped from the height of our cutting room floor.
While above us glowing, exploding, our dreams burst forth in light in death.
Hold me and tell me,
"We'll burn like stars. We'll burn as we fall. Watch as the city lights DANCE FOR US!"

holdyourbatboy @ 2008-04-13T20:32:00

2008-04-17T03:52:27Z

Exciting News!

So, ABC is putting together a reality TV series called "High School Musical: Summer Session" and they called the director of my high school musical (i think they sent scouts up to our show) and asked if they could come up and film us doing parts of the show and interview us.

I've been told they wanted to follow Ally (Sharpay) and Joe (Ryan) around with cameras specifically, but Joe is just shy of 16 and might miss his chance at stardom because of a few lousy months.

We're filming saturday night, we have two days and one rehearsal to put the show back together and find a stage.

Oh my figgen god

holdyourbatboy @ 2008-03-31T20:30:00

2008-04-01T03:32:31Z

Getting really antsy about not having a car.

Still jobless.

oh, and there's an ice box where my apartment used to be

stupid stupid

2008-03-14T05:36:20Z

Last week my boss was let go.

Today I was let go.

What the fuck?

Apparently retail is a tough business, cause I was told my performance was fine, but they just aren't profiting enough. And, of course, the two ladies in charge of retail STILL HAVE THEIR JOBS.

In immediate retrospect, however, this will help motivate me to find a job which pays in the double digits.

holdyourbatboy @ 2008-03-03T00:35:00

2008-03-03T08:44:12Z

I'm mourning the loss of my pet ratzinger, who passed away quietly sometime this evening. I placed him inside his wood cabin for his final send off. The rats Hollie bought for me are now both gone, this surely has significance on my psyche. My guts say he died while I was watching Into the Wild. Yeah, I'm pretty drained.

It's Business time

2008-02-17T20:08:34Z

makin love. makin love for two.

achem.

And so I am understudying the part of Ryan in High School Musical, I am also a jock, a brainiac, and an auditioner for the play within the play. Fun time costume changes.

Valentines came, and then it went. Celebrated singles awareness day with my friends Ben and Nicole who are getting married (awesome). Nicole drew a sign that said Happy S.A.D. and had stick figures eating candlelit dinners all by their lonesomes. Ben and I traded some music and we watched the office and had ribs; a perfect distraction from V.D.

makin love for twooo minutes.

Fun news!

2008-01-17T05:26:17Z

Today I went out and got my Drivers License. It was quick and painless and I should have done it oh so much sooner. But, now I can live in the ranks of the status quo.

Now onto the next step. Getting a car.

Speaking of status quo, I am thinking about auditioning for High School Musical. You may laugh, but I think it might actually be fun.

holdyourbatboy @ 2007-11-06T23:05:00

2007-11-07T07:09:05Z

I can't believe it's over.

Oh, and since you probably watched all the videos I posted and even read the articles I will post one more for you.

We are in Variety!

holdyourbatboy @ 2007-10-24T22:45:00

2007-10-25T06:06:51Z

I am in a much better mood now that tumbleweed is in full swing, and yet with the looming backwards arch I fear a sickening lonely whiplash approaching.

Anyway there are videos online of tumbleweed connection!

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/videos/102507tumbleweed/index.htm

http://www.ksby.com/Global/story.asp?S=7248380 with video

http://www.ksby.com/Global/story.asp?S=7120423 now without video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rVKQ2LrPsk

SO much goodness.
Im going to watch pushing daisies while I do this thing

1. Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You must write that song name down no matter how silly it makes you look.

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Betrayed - The Producers (original cast)

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
Supermassive Black Hole - Muse

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
The Watcher - Dr. Dre

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Way Down the Line - The Offspring

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Love Song - Pippin (original cast)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Undone (The Sweater Song) - Weezer

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Bombtrack - Rage Against the Machine

WHAT DO YOU OFTEN THINK ABOUT?
On the Passing of Fairy Tale Heroes - Halfwayhome

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
The Poison - Alkaline Trio

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Certain Tragedy - Saves the Day

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Inside of You - Hoobastank

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Something Just Broke - Assassins (revival cast)

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - The Beatles

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Flowin' Prose - Beastie Boys

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
Intermission - Panic! at the disco.

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Pretty Girl - Sugarcult

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Problem Solving Skillz - Harry and the Potters

holdyourbatboy @ 2007-08-29T21:34:00

2007-08-30T05:05:32Z

The worst thing about this time of year is that the days keep getting shorter, and I hate midget jokes.

Razzle Dazzle was such an amazing experience. I have never been in a cast so well bonded from top to bottom. It seems like it was done in a flash, and with the end of the show came a realization that I had not seen any of my other friends in a long time.

Then I hung out with them and things seemed terribly droll. They've had all summer to putz around, use up all their creative energy, and it feels like they're in a holding pattern until things gear up for school again. We sit and do nothing and it thhhhhucks the energy from me. It is such a sharp contrast from the Razzle cast, which partied like there was no tomorrow... for there wasn't one.

Being single has been hard. During Razzle I hardly noticed it. I wanted to come home to someone, sure, but I was too tired to really dwell. Then the show closed and I crashed. I am still crashing hard. A theatre person stands up to a lot of rejection, but the closing of a show is an emotional sky dive.

A parachute only slows you down...

...It seems I leapt without one

holdyourbatboy @ 2007-08-21T21:28:00

2007-08-22T04:29:20Z

Who is coming to visit? Inquiring minds want to know.

holdyourbatboy @ 2007-08-02T23:58:00

2007-08-03T07:09:12Z

Yesterday we worked our broken cast member back into a couple of numbers. She isn't 100%, but she can still do a couple of the dances.

...then Ryan broke. Towards the end of the show a guy hurt his knee pretty bad and couldn't walk afterwards. He left the theatre on prop crutches and we were all told to expect and early call so we can *for the third time* re-work spacing in dances which will be effected. Unlike the last girl, however, he has solos in the show, so things could get interesting.

In other news I don't think my tumbleweed audition went well. Will I get in? Sure. Will I get a part? uh... let me put it this way, the Assistant Director, the same Ryan as above, asked me if I would still do the show if I got ensemble.

...I said I don't know, and I meant it.

holdyourbatboy @ 2007-07-31T23:25:00

2007-08-01T06:53:21Z

I auditioned for Tumbleweed Connection, and got a callback. Good news? yeah. There are three great guy parts, I don't think I am up for any of them, though, because I was asked to come prepared with one of the generic chorus songs from the show, and not a song specific to one of the main three.

Definitely didn't sing very well, which disappointed me greatly, but I danced with flying colors (a byproduct of dancing for two weeks straight at rehearsals maybe?). Should have had a vocal coach and been better prepared with my song.

Today was craptacular. I almost got hit by a car and fell over when I swerved on my bike (my roomates bike, actually. Mine was stolen). Some scrapes on my right arm and bruises on my left leg. Not hurt bad, but annoyed none the less. Now the shift on farley's bike is acting weird.

Then at work I realized I wasn't wearing my glasses. I thought I left them at home, but it turns out they fell off when I fell, and were crushed, probably many times, by cars. Fuck.

I'm going to read the script now and try to prepare for tomorrow's callback.

holdyourbatboy @ 2007-07-26T10:49:00

2007-07-26T18:01:00Z

Our last dress went very well. due to delays we didn't get to the bows till 11:15... Then a dancer fell over and twisted her ankle.
...We all stayed another hour re-spacing things where a missing body wasn't that big an issue and throwing tech girls into numbers where it was.

Lucky me I got permission to come in late today and I am going to milk it for all it is worth.

Set my alarm for 10:15 so that I could get a *drum roll* seven hour nap. It's most I've slept in a week.

This mornings plans, laundry, buying of some missing make-up items, a present or two, harry potter, has been condensed into half of laundry/rush off to work.

I should have taken the whole day off when it was offered.