I wrote this paper on euthanasia for my Ethics and Values class and I let my dad read it. Now he's been ranting for like an hour (and it doesn't look like he'll shut up any time soon) about how good it is and how I can make it newspaper worthy (he believes the newspaper is the highest form literature). It's so frustrating because I have another paper to write for English...due today too... Maybe I'll post the euthanasia paper up her later if I feel like it.
On Saturday morning I had rehearsal at 10 AM. I set my alarm for 9 AM but didn't even wake up until 10:30 So I slept through my alarm for an hour and a half... I got up and called the director and he wasn't mad. I got ready as quickly as I could. On the way there though, I was digging through my bag to see if I'd remembered my waterbottle. I was stopped at a red light and the car in front of me moved forward so I followed and then started digging in my bag. I guess he stopped sooner than I thought and I bumped into him. I have no idea what to do in the case of an accident, so I just got out when he did. There were a few marks on his bumper but nothing was really hurt and he let me go. Whew. I really felt so bad (and dumb) though.
I was at rehearsal when my sister called and began our conversation with "the police are looking for you." She was joking, but she did know about the accident. You wanna know how? My old young woman leader I guess saw me and called and left a message on our machine. BUSTED! I'm just glad it wasn't a big deal. I only got a little mini-lecture from my dad.
Oh yeah, that reminds me, they have changed my role in A Wonderful Life. I am now Dorothy, the person who marries Sam Wainwright. I'm kind of shaken up by the fact that they are changing my roles, but the person to be Dorothy quit the show. But I think I would rather be Dorothy anyway so I'm excited. Although I still do not have a script...
29 October 2007
19 October 2007
Update
School:
My classes are going well, I mean, it's still school, but for school, they are going well. I keep doing really well on tests and I don't know where it comes from because I do not exert myself or study nearly as much as I should, yet I continue to get As on tests. Works for me. It makes me wonder what I could do if I tried even harder though. Nessa says I would actually do worse... Could be, could be. And that prediction provides a good excuse to study less often... *evil grin*
The FAFSA went through, but I still have to get it cleared through UVSC. The final tuition due date came though, and my mom paid the tuition for me. Now I've got to finalize that FAFSA so I can pay back my mom. I hope it works out.
I am basically done with my CNA class now, at least the classroom portion. For the next few weeks, I will be doing various clinicals, and at the beginning of November, taking my final. I like doing the clinicals because I am learning a lot.
Work:
It's pretty much the same old, same old. I still only work one or two days a week, and I'm sure this average will go down even furthur since I've gotten myself involved in another show. I discovered that for tuition reimbursement, I need to work at least 3 shifts per week, so I'm trying to work on that. Hopefully, the FAFSA will come through and then I won't have to worry about getting that average until the next school year. I also hope that I'll be able to get promoted and work full time as a PCT so I can get my hours up. Hopefully they don't average from the beginning or that could be difficult...
My biggest problem at work is that I am SO shy. The best way to get a CNA job is to make friends with the nurses, but talking to people can sometimes be really hard for me. I'm working on it and I'm gradually getting to know more and more people.
Theatre:
Last week Crystal and I auditioned for A Wonderful Life. She was sick during the whole audition/call-back process, so it was a little difficult. But Adam really wanted her to be Zuzu again so it took a little convincing. But now that she is feeling better, it's a lot easier and I think she'll be OK with doing the show. As for me, I got the part of Ruth Reynolds Bailey. My character marries Harry, George's brother. I have a few lines when Harry introduces me to his family, and one line in the finale scene. It's going a be a lot of fun and I hope that I can pick up a few other random parts because there are some good ones. Last year, Karen, who played Ruth, portrayed her as kind of ditsy and I'm trying to see if there's a way that I could play her otherwise, but she does kind of seem ditsy according to the script, and it's hard to get past what I've already seen done a hundred times. I am so glad though that we are having rehearsals at Center Street Musical Theatre all the way up until nearly the time that we open. That is going to save me so much time and so much money because the Provo theatre is only like 2 minutes from my house, versus the 15-20 that it takes to get to the Springville theatre.
My classes are going well, I mean, it's still school, but for school, they are going well. I keep doing really well on tests and I don't know where it comes from because I do not exert myself or study nearly as much as I should, yet I continue to get As on tests. Works for me. It makes me wonder what I could do if I tried even harder though. Nessa says I would actually do worse... Could be, could be. And that prediction provides a good excuse to study less often... *evil grin*
The FAFSA went through, but I still have to get it cleared through UVSC. The final tuition due date came though, and my mom paid the tuition for me. Now I've got to finalize that FAFSA so I can pay back my mom. I hope it works out.
I am basically done with my CNA class now, at least the classroom portion. For the next few weeks, I will be doing various clinicals, and at the beginning of November, taking my final. I like doing the clinicals because I am learning a lot.
Work:
It's pretty much the same old, same old. I still only work one or two days a week, and I'm sure this average will go down even furthur since I've gotten myself involved in another show. I discovered that for tuition reimbursement, I need to work at least 3 shifts per week, so I'm trying to work on that. Hopefully, the FAFSA will come through and then I won't have to worry about getting that average until the next school year. I also hope that I'll be able to get promoted and work full time as a PCT so I can get my hours up. Hopefully they don't average from the beginning or that could be difficult...
My biggest problem at work is that I am SO shy. The best way to get a CNA job is to make friends with the nurses, but talking to people can sometimes be really hard for me. I'm working on it and I'm gradually getting to know more and more people.
Theatre:
Last week Crystal and I auditioned for A Wonderful Life. She was sick during the whole audition/call-back process, so it was a little difficult. But Adam really wanted her to be Zuzu again so it took a little convincing. But now that she is feeling better, it's a lot easier and I think she'll be OK with doing the show. As for me, I got the part of Ruth Reynolds Bailey. My character marries Harry, George's brother. I have a few lines when Harry introduces me to his family, and one line in the finale scene. It's going a be a lot of fun and I hope that I can pick up a few other random parts because there are some good ones. Last year, Karen, who played Ruth, portrayed her as kind of ditsy and I'm trying to see if there's a way that I could play her otherwise, but she does kind of seem ditsy according to the script, and it's hard to get past what I've already seen done a hundred times. I am so glad though that we are having rehearsals at Center Street Musical Theatre all the way up until nearly the time that we open. That is going to save me so much time and so much money because the Provo theatre is only like 2 minutes from my house, versus the 15-20 that it takes to get to the Springville theatre.
20 July 2007
Newspaper Article I Was In
I know, this was only in the newspaper two months ago. I didn't think to post it back then and then when I thought to, I found it on the Salt Lake Tribune's website. Well, you have to pay for articles there, so I abandoned the idea. But I just found the article in an e-mail that the author, Ellen Fagg, sent me back when the article was recent news. Thought I'd post the article anyway, it's old but still valid! (And cool!)
'Mizzies' ready to pack Pioneer
Local production of the hit musical is breaking box-office records even before it opens
Article Last Updated: 04/25/2007 07:57:02 AM MDT
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Kenzie Stinger poses for her mother to take a photo before a... (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune )
Sarah Pendelton is counting the hours until this weekend, when she will see her first full-length, professional show of the supermusical "Les Misérables."
It's not like the 18-year-old is expecting any narrative surprises, having seen the streamlined high school version of "Les Miz" 15 times, even singing in Art City Playhouse's show last summer. '' 'Les Miz' has become such a part of my life that I don't even realize when I'm thinking about it anymore. It's just there, part of me as much as breathing," said the Timpview High School senior, who got hooked while reading an abridged version of Victor Hugo's literary classic in her honors English class three years ago.
On Friday, in a national theatrical event, Pioneer Theatre Company opens the country's first regional production of the Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg classic. The Salt Lake City company is the first of only eight professional troupes, including southern Utah's Tuacahn Amphitheatre, granted rights to produce the spectacle-sized show in the next year.
Like Deadheads who traveled the country following the Grateful Dead to each concert, obsessive "Les Miz" fans - who refer to themselves on Internet message boards as "Mizzies" - have made plans. Pendelton will attend the show with her grandmother and several friends. "Only four times," is how the Provo teenager tells it, "and I hope that'll be enough."
Judee Rodriguez, 48, of Sugar House, has purchased two sets of tickets and a Rush pass for $99, which gives her dibs on any unclaimed tickets if she shows up at the box office an hour before performances. She's already seen the show three times: twice when national tours played Salt Lake City and once on a London trip. "I cry every time I go," said Rodriguez, who credits her French ancestry for some of the story's resonance. "There's something about the story and music that just grabs me."
The longest-running musical in London theatrical history - 21 years and counting - is popular everywhere, of course, but Utahns demonstrate a seemingly insatiable appetite for the epic story of love, revolution and redemption set in 19th century France.
"Les Miz" set per capita sales records during eight national tours from 1991 to 2003 presented by Broadway Across America - Utah. Since rights to a condensed version were first released in 2002, Utahns have also supported 27 high school productions.
Despite that saturation, the demand for tickets to Pioneer's local production has caused an unprecedented five "held over" announcements - before the show has even opened. The state's largest professional company has sold 55,000 tickets to the planned 67-performance run of "Les Miz." That's more than double the 24,237 tickets sold to the 27 shows during the 2004 run of "Beauty and the Beast," previously the company's best-selling run, according to managing director Chris Lino.
The sweeping story of how ex-convict Jean Valjean regains his honor has been packing an emotional wallop since Hugo's novel was published in 1862. The story tracks Valjean as he takes on a new identity, adopts a prostitute's child and gets swept up in the era's Revolutionary movement, all the while outrunning his nemesis, Javert, a determined police inspector.
Yet Hugo's story seems to hold special moral weight for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Jana Riess, co-author of 2005's Mormonism for Dummies, underscores the power of Hugo's novel this way: A quick search on the LDS.org Web site turns up 27 citations in recent addressees and articles by church leaders. "For Mormons, to be hearing a novel quoted during General Conference is about as close as you can get to an imprimatur," Riess said.
The musical is centered on the Christian theme of redemption, and the Valjean character is depicted as more noble than in Hugo's novel.
"The musical has a much more romantic notion of human nature, and that's very consistent with the Mormon theology that tends to think of the elevation of the human soul," she said.
"Les Miz" has tremendous cultural cachet among Mormons, as if it had received a "wholesome entertainment stamp of approval," said Eric Samuelsen, a Provo playwright and theater professor at Brigham Young University. Even conservative LDS theatergoers seem undeterred by such slightly naughty bits as "Lovely Ladies," set in a whorehouse. Beyond the story's name-brand, rock-band-sized cultural recognition, it's set in the early 19th century, the same time period in which Joseph Smith founded the Mormon faith in upstate New York. "Mormons don't mind melodrama, and we like that period - that's where we come from," Samuelsen said. "It's about a basically decent guy who is unfairly persecuted who prays and his prayers are answered. That's a narrative with a lot of power in our culture."
The promise of the local production isn't felt just among Mormons and Mizzies, but seems to be affecting the professionals, longtime theater producers and the 36-member cast, which includes veterans of Broadway and touring shows, as well as a handful of Utah-based Equity actors. There were wet eyes all around in the rehearsal room during the first sing-through of the stirring score, a rare occurrence, according to Pioneer's artistic director Charles Morey.
"It's a terrific, terrific piece of theater," said Morey, who is directing the $1 million production. "It's a wonderful story, so rich, and to use a word I usually loath, it is truly uplifting. It's about grace and about the power of the human spirit to transcend."
05 July 2007
General Update
I'm finally registered for school. I'm doing a CNA course at a technical school and I'm really excited. I begin at the end of July and finish in November and then I can move on to more meaningful work (to me) and UVSC to get generals and eventually (hopefully) UVSC's nursing program. This class is going to be so hands-on and on exactly what I'm interested in. (I sound like an ad. :) )
I'm also really excited for The Scarlet Pimpenel. We began blocking on Tuesday, but we started late and cut it short so we're behind now. Also, we cut our other two blocking rehearsals this week, so now we really are very behind. Our next rehearsal is a dance rehearsals (yay).
Right now (I hate to say it) I'm kinda bored-ish/don't know what to do. I have absolutaly nothing planned for today but I'm slowly gathering up all the things that I do needs to get done, although you can only do productive things by yourself for so long. *shrug*
Hope everyone else is enjoying their summers!
I'm also really excited for The Scarlet Pimpenel. We began blocking on Tuesday, but we started late and cut it short so we're behind now. Also, we cut our other two blocking rehearsals this week, so now we really are very behind. Our next rehearsal is a dance rehearsals (yay).
Right now (I hate to say it) I'm kinda bored-ish/don't know what to do. I have absolutaly nothing planned for today but I'm slowly gathering up all the things that I do needs to get done, although you can only do productive things by yourself for so long. *shrug*
Hope everyone else is enjoying their summers!
17 May 2007
Update
Two exciting things I got accepted for as of recent:
1. I auditioned for The Scarlet Pimpernel at Peteetneet Academy in Payson for Payson Community Theatre. It was so fun! When I was younger I took ballet at Peteetneet so it was so fun to get to sing on the stage there. Anyway, they called me and invited me to be part of their chorus (which is really probably the best female part). I don't really know much more about the show except that we only do seven shows end of August-beginning of September. We have an initial meeting on Wednesday so hopefully that clears up a lot. This show's going to be a lot of fun but traveling won't be so pleasant. But since my grandparents live in Payson I may be able to crash there sometimes.
2. I got accepted for a housekeeping position at the hospital in Provo. I will make over $2 more per hour then I do at Smith's and I'll get benefits. Tomorrow I go to fill out all the paper work and junk. They're making me get a TB test and a blood test. :( Fear...of...needles... I have to buck up and do it though...
Explorers is getting much more formal now. We have to wear uniforms and we have organized leaders within the group. IHC called with the job offer conveniently right when Ness and I were to leave to the activity so we were late and now I'm all confused. (I feel so bad for being late too, but I had a good reason!)
I have begun voice lessons again which is very fun. I take them from Heather Glissmeyer and so far she seems to be very good. I really enjoy them although doing all this breathing stuff is sort of tedious. Soon we'll get to music though!
Oh, and most importantly, I GRADUATE ON THURSDAY! I'm so sick of school right now and for the first time this whole year I'm skipping school for senior sluff day tomorrow. I was going to be a relaxing do-whatever-I-want day, but now I have to go to all the stuff at the hospital. At least it's in the afternoon and I'll get to sleep.
*sings-To the tune of Food from Oliver!* "Sleep, glorious sleep!"
And I guess that's the basic rundown of my life. Pretty much everything will change for me within the next week or two--summer/not-high school, getting back into theatre, and a new job. Wow.
I hope I like my new job! It seems so rigid. Anytime anyone's called me it has been a different person and the hospital is so huge with so many employees! I have to take this on with confidence and get what I'm entitled from my job.
1. I auditioned for The Scarlet Pimpernel at Peteetneet Academy in Payson for Payson Community Theatre. It was so fun! When I was younger I took ballet at Peteetneet so it was so fun to get to sing on the stage there. Anyway, they called me and invited me to be part of their chorus (which is really probably the best female part). I don't really know much more about the show except that we only do seven shows end of August-beginning of September. We have an initial meeting on Wednesday so hopefully that clears up a lot. This show's going to be a lot of fun but traveling won't be so pleasant. But since my grandparents live in Payson I may be able to crash there sometimes.
2. I got accepted for a housekeeping position at the hospital in Provo. I will make over $2 more per hour then I do at Smith's and I'll get benefits. Tomorrow I go to fill out all the paper work and junk. They're making me get a TB test and a blood test. :( Fear...of...needles... I have to buck up and do it though...
Explorers is getting much more formal now. We have to wear uniforms and we have organized leaders within the group. IHC called with the job offer conveniently right when Ness and I were to leave to the activity so we were late and now I'm all confused. (I feel so bad for being late too, but I had a good reason!)
I have begun voice lessons again which is very fun. I take them from Heather Glissmeyer and so far she seems to be very good. I really enjoy them although doing all this breathing stuff is sort of tedious. Soon we'll get to music though!
Oh, and most importantly, I GRADUATE ON THURSDAY! I'm so sick of school right now and for the first time this whole year I'm skipping school for senior sluff day tomorrow. I was going to be a relaxing do-whatever-I-want day, but now I have to go to all the stuff at the hospital. At least it's in the afternoon and I'll get to sleep.
*sings-To the tune of Food from Oliver!* "Sleep, glorious sleep!"
And I guess that's the basic rundown of my life. Pretty much everything will change for me within the next week or two--summer/not-high school, getting back into theatre, and a new job. Wow.
I hope I like my new job! It seems so rigid. Anytime anyone's called me it has been a different person and the hospital is so huge with so many employees! I have to take this on with confidence and get what I'm entitled from my job.
19 March 2007
Stressed Out
Yes, so today I went along with my fam because they were going to a consultation at the ortho for Clint. When they were through, my mom mentioned my wisdom teeth to the doctor because she hasn't recieved any direction on them. So next thing I know, I'm in the waiting room and they want and Xray. So I let them shoot radiation at my head; that's not too bad right? But what's tough is that I have to get my wisdom teeth out sometime during this coming summer. I know, everyone goes through it, it's safe, easy, etc. No one can understand how much of my worst nightmare this is! I go numb going to the dentist for a cleaning and I'm in tears and fighting it for a cavity. Word I don't like hearing in the same sentence or conversation: Mandibular, surgeon, IV, wisdom teeth, etc. (you get the idea). But particularly that "surgeon" word. That scares me so badly! I don't know if I have a fear of just needles or if it's dentist/oral things all together or if it's just a fear of pain. I know I fear needles though and I'm pretty sure I fear pain. Algophobia.
I'm also stressed out because I asked someone to the MORP dance this Friday. I have no idea what I'm doing and I have no group. I'm also stressed because I already had to change one of my shifts and now I need to trade my Saturday shift with someone because I just found out my young women's group is going to the Young Women's Conference in Salt Lake. I REALLY want to go but now I'm going to have to bug Stephanie (my boss) about changing shifts again. Gack. She really hates it when we do this and I try to be a good employee (which I believe I am) but I'm still afraid she's going to rat me out! Not to mention, when we get evaluations, I'm not going to score very well in that area. You know what though, are these evaluation going to mean anything? Courtesy Clerk evaluations...This will seem so significant later.
Plus, it seems strange to me to stress about anything else when something as big as my worst nightmare looms in the near future.
I'm also stressed out because I asked someone to the MORP dance this Friday. I have no idea what I'm doing and I have no group. I'm also stressed because I already had to change one of my shifts and now I need to trade my Saturday shift with someone because I just found out my young women's group is going to the Young Women's Conference in Salt Lake. I REALLY want to go but now I'm going to have to bug Stephanie (my boss) about changing shifts again. Gack. She really hates it when we do this and I try to be a good employee (which I believe I am) but I'm still afraid she's going to rat me out! Not to mention, when we get evaluations, I'm not going to score very well in that area. You know what though, are these evaluation going to mean anything? Courtesy Clerk evaluations...This will seem so significant later.
Plus, it seems strange to me to stress about anything else when something as big as my worst nightmare looms in the near future.
20 February 2007
Update on my life
So, I haven't written for a very long time... I'm so lazy now that I have a little more time to be lazy!
I just had a lovely weekend, four days long, and I only worked one day of the weekend. I hung out with my friend, saw a musical, shopped a little bit, and generally relaxed and enjoyed myself. How lovely to not spend my WHOLE weekend working.
Since I haven't been in shows, I've adjusted to the extra time. I watch more TV (of course) and I'm part of this sweet after school club called the Explorers. It sounds super nerdy but it's actually really cool because we actually DO things. It's a police club and we meet at the police station. We've only had about 4 meetings/activities and already we've learned how to finger print and dust for finger prints, finger printed little kids, watched 3 guys get tazered, eaten doughnuts, cake, and ice cream, went paintballing (I didn't attend this one), explored a police car, among other sweet things. Ah, it's so facinating and so much fun! The group is still new and very small and we have a HUGE budget. (I realize I've turned this into an ad...but it's so cool!). If you live in Utah county and want to join, let me know.
Today I discovered a girl in my class who is both a Mizzie and a Jekkie. So that's pretty sweet. I barely know her an already we want to have a party and watch/listen to mucho sweet things.
This is getting lame so I'll just shut up now... My life is fairly dull (but still lovely) as of recent.
I just had a lovely weekend, four days long, and I only worked one day of the weekend. I hung out with my friend, saw a musical, shopped a little bit, and generally relaxed and enjoyed myself. How lovely to not spend my WHOLE weekend working.
Since I haven't been in shows, I've adjusted to the extra time. I watch more TV (of course) and I'm part of this sweet after school club called the Explorers. It sounds super nerdy but it's actually really cool because we actually DO things. It's a police club and we meet at the police station. We've only had about 4 meetings/activities and already we've learned how to finger print and dust for finger prints, finger printed little kids, watched 3 guys get tazered, eaten doughnuts, cake, and ice cream, went paintballing (I didn't attend this one), explored a police car, among other sweet things. Ah, it's so facinating and so much fun! The group is still new and very small and we have a HUGE budget. (I realize I've turned this into an ad...but it's so cool!). If you live in Utah county and want to join, let me know.
Today I discovered a girl in my class who is both a Mizzie and a Jekkie. So that's pretty sweet. I barely know her an already we want to have a party and watch/listen to mucho sweet things.
This is getting lame so I'll just shut up now... My life is fairly dull (but still lovely) as of recent.
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