A Few Minor Theatre Requests

Dear Everyone,

• I would like someone to put on a production of Hello, Dolly! and cast me as Irene Molloy.
• I would like someone to put on a production of Once Upon a Mattress and cast me as Winnifred.
• I would like someone to put on a production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and cast me as Lucy.
• I would like someone to put on a production of The Scarlet Pimpernel and cast me as ANYTHING!!!  (No, that's not a character in the show.  I just want someone to do the show!!!)

I also have a few additional requirements as to who plays Cornelius, Dauntless, and Schroeder.

Please adjust your seasons accordingly.  I look forward to your call.  Thank you for your time and consideration.

Respectfully,
Angela

PS.  Hey, a girl can dream, can't she?

The Blog I Never Got to Write

I really wanted to write a blog about the geese that were near my house.  I decided that I would take a picture of them, because you really had to see it to believe it, but once I decided to do that...I never saw them again.

For a couple of weeks, this gaggle of geese would come off Lake Loveland at 18th Street, block traffic on Taft as they crossed the street, and spent some time in the grass on the northwest corner of Taft & 18th.  After awhile, they'd stop traffic again and go back to the lake.  Now, these weren't just your regular Canadian Geese.  These were some white geese, and some of them were really buff looking.  Seriously, it was like the John Casey of geese out there!  And to top it off (this was the funniest thing of all) was the duck that hung out with them.  It was all these geese and this one duck.  He just strutted around with the rest of them.  Sometimes were there 2 ducks, but mostly just this one.  It was like the geese were a gang, and the duck was a little gang-banger wannabe!

But alas...I never got the pictures because the gang moved on.  Therefore...no blog.  Wait...  ☺

A Day in the Life of...

...a "working" actor.

No, not a working actor...a "working" actor.  That is an actor with a day job (or more than one day job.)  Today, I had an audition an hour after I got off work.  Here is what my day was like:

• While getting ready for work this morning, I had to be careful in how I did my hair so that restyling later would not be a problem.  This is quite the task, believe me.  My hair is crazy.
• Went to work at 8:00 am
• Home for lunch at noon.  After eating a very quick lunch, I restyled my hair with my flat iron, put in my contacts, and put on make-up.  I sang through my audition song a couple of times quietly to start warming up my voice just a little.  Also, did a final fix on my resume' and printed it out on Shauna's printer.
• Back to work at 1:00 pm
• Found out about 4:30 pm that auditions were running ahead of schedule.  Freaked out a little.
• Got off work a few minutes early (because I had to go to the bank to drop off a deposit).
• Arrived home at exactly 5:00 pm
• Changed my clothes, final fix on the hair, touched up the make-up, warmed up for real, practiced my audition piece once, filled up the water bottle.
• Left the house at about 5:15 or 5:20 pm
• Took the back way to the theatre in order to avoid the bad traffic
• Arrived at the theatre at 5:30 pm
• Rocked my audition, thanks!
• Back in the car at 5:50 pm.

Had I deviated from my tasks at all today, I might have been late.  Crazy day, but totally worth it for a good audition.

Thus is the crazy life of a "working" actor.  And you know what?  We love it!!

Vocal Coaching

Hey, please spread the word!  I would like to start doing some vocal coaching.  It would NOT be voice lessons, just help here and there with audition songs and the like.  I won't start charging yet, and I'll only do it for friends for now.  That way, you will be more forgiving if I confuse you.

So, with oodles of auditions coming up, let me know if you'd like some pointers!  Once I finally get moved this week, I will still have a piano!

NOTE:  Anyone who wants help with their 42nd Street Audition needs to talk to me NOW.  I will be out of the country the entire week before auditions (and the week after as well.)  But really, you should do the Audition Intensive on the 10th and don't even worry about me.  Unless you want help picking your song before then.  Then talk to me.  :)

In short:  Vocal Coaching Available.  Contact me via phone, e-mail, or Facebook.

Angela's (Mis)Adventures in Baking!

I love cake mixes.  I really do.  It's so easy.  Throw in the mix, add a couple of wet ingredients, maybe a little flour, and you're good to go.  Baking cakes from scratch?  Are you kidding me?  Okay, I do have one exception to the scratch rule.  I will make my Grandma's Chocolate Cake.  We are STILL trying to replicate it exactly, but so far I've failed.  This last time (a week ago), I came close.  But it's just not the same.

So today, I made a Sacher Torte.  This is a famous Viennese dessert.  We are having a German/Austrian Themed dinner for Easter, and I was volunteered to make the Sacher Torte.  Not being the most prolific baker in the world, I did a test run today. 

Oh, if you're interested, visit this site to learn about the Sacher Torte:  http://www.sacher.com/en-original-sacher-tart.htm

So this was seriously the most labor-intensive cake that I have ever made in my life.  Heck, it was the most labor-intensive ANYTHING that I have ever made in my life.  I seriously needed 3 hands a certain times, just so I could follow what the directions were telling me to do!  CRAZY!!!  I did the best I could, so we'll see what happens.

Here's a couple of pictures of the finished product:

And now...the verdict:  Craig approved the cake with some minor changes.  For the record, it has been 10 years or so since he had an ACTUAL Sacher Torte in Austria.  Everyone liked it.  Guess I'll make it again next week and not order it in from Austria.

Laptop Novice

It became very evident to me this evening that I am a Laptop Novice.  It was more a case of me not really thinking clearly, but it's still pretty funny.

We are in the midst of a massive Spring snowstorm.  I've been watching TV tonight (actually, watching DVDs, because the satellite went out in the storm) and surfing the internet on my laptop (that I have had for 2 weeks tomorrow).  All of the sudden, the lights started flickering a bit.  I thought maybe the power would go out.  So what do I do?  I shut down my computer.  It wasn't until it was completely turned off that I realized...my laptop runs on a battery.  The only thing that would affect it in a power outage would be the loss of internet.  DUH!!!!

I think the blonde highlights I got in my hair last year are starting to affect my brain.

Quote of the Day is BACK!!!

I have officially decided to bring back the Quote of the Day.  I went back and forth about how to do it (see:  http://tangents-by-angela.blogspot.com/2010/03/to-quote-or-not-to-quote.html) and finally decided to create a Facebook Fan Page.  I kind of wanted to do a blog, because then I could schedule the posts ahead of time (which would have come in really handy when I'm out of the country with limited internet access next month!) but in the end, FB Fan Page won out.  People can choose to be fans, and then the quotes show up in their news feed!  Convenient!!!

So...if you're reading this blog on the actual site, look over to the right and you will see a Badge for the Fan Page.  Click there and become a fan!  If you're reading this after it has imported to Facebook, just type "Angela's Quote of the Day" (without quotes) in the search bar at the top of the page and it will take you right to the fan page!  If you're reading this some other way, figure out a way to find the page and BECOME A FAN!!!!  If you are already a fan, I ♥ you!  As of press time, I have 104 fans!  Woot!

Oh, Happy Day!!!

I got a monkey off my back today.  That's right...I paid off my student loan!!!  FINALLY!!!!  Actually, I'm about 7 months ahead of schedule, based on the way they set it up, but still.  It's been a long time coming, and it feels GREAT!!!!!!!!

To Quote or not to Quote

Does anyone remember, back in college, when I used to do the Quote of the Day.  I sent out an e-mail every week day with a random quote that I liked.  I can't remember exactly when I started it, but I'm pretty sure I did it for most of college.  I kept it going a bit after I graduated, but then one day I lost the archive in a computer malfunction.  I stopped doing the quotes all together after that.

But today, I had the idea to start up again.  I've been putting up random quotes as my Facebook statuses (and as Tweets, when they are short enough) every now and then, and I kind of caught the Quote bug again.  I would either do it as a blog or on Twitter.  I won't send out mass e-mails like I did before.  So let me know if you'd read them!!

Flashback Friday

In honor of today's snowstorm, here's a picture from the infamous Christmas Blizzard of 2006:

FOUR YEARS!!!

Has it really been 4 years since we went to New York City?  Yes, it has.  4 years ago today was our last day in the city.  (That night we stayed up all night so that we could see one more show and make it to the airport really early the next morning!)

Here's one of my favorite pictures from the trip:

My Met Debut!!!

Spring has Sprung!!

It's almost the end of Winter!  YAY!!!!

I just walked down the mailbox and back...no coat.

There was a guy doing landscape work further down the block.

The sun was shining brightly, and...

ah...ah...ah...CHOOOOO!!!!

Yep, it's Spring alright.  *sniff*

Another Film Gig!!

I was a movie star again today.  Okay, not really, but I was involved in another film shoot.  This was a faux infomercial for a video series put out by a local Christian publishing company.  It was called "Really Reliable Rita".  I played a woman who had an over abundance of oranges (literally...there were like hundreds of oranges everywhere.)  An infomercial came on TV about getting rid of over abundances of orange, and I called.  Really Reliable Rita showed up at my door immediately.  She was a wacky inventor type.  She proceeded to show my "son" all these different methods of eradicating oranges.  It ended up with orange goop everywhere and a broken window.  It's really cute!!

I was only in the first scene and then the very last shot, so I sat around a lot.  Luckily for me, I always carry a book in my purse.  So I kept myself occupied. 

It was a lot of fun, and I got paid in oranges!  Just kidding...I did get paid actual money.  And I got a bag of oranges.

Naming Contest!!!

I got a brand new laptop!  It's so pretty!  I am trying to decide on a name.  Yes, it needs a name.  (My car is named Winnifred and my iPod is named Tiernan.)  I can't decide on the right name.  Here are the choices:

Aldolpho
Fabrizio
Fiyero
Marius
Cornelius

(In case you don't know, the shows represented are, respectively, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Light in the Piazza, Wicked, Les Miserables, & Hello, Dolly!)

Please vote for your favorite.  You may also write in another name, but it must be from Musical Theatre.  Or Opera.

The Thankful Blog - Birthday Edition

Things I'm thankful for today (in no particular order):

• That Facebook announces my birthday, so I get birthday wishes from so many of my wonderful friends who might have otherwise not known it was my birthday!
• My brand new cou-niece Kinley, who I get to meet very soon!
• Friends who are much younger than me and make me feel young (except for Jordan...who makes me feel old because he was born when I was in high school.)
• Okay, okay...I'm thankful for Jordan.
• My latest Student Loan statement.  It shows a total balance of $240.00.
• Finally paying off my student loan!
• The fact that Spring is almost here!  (My allergies have reminded me of that a lot this week, for which I am NOT thankful.)
• Britni...for giving me the opportunity to sing a song that blew the roof off the Rialto a few weeks ago.
• My voice...for being healthy enough to sing that song.
• The circumstances which allow me to go to England in 5 weeks.
• Pizza Hut...for having a special last night of $10 per pizza, any pizza!
• Emily, Rebekah, and George for being adorably awesome!
• My family!
• Sonic...for creating Cherry Limeades
• The creators of LOST
• Hugh Jackman.  Yeah, just Hugh Jackman
• And finally....the Atonement of Jesus Christ.  Without it, I'd be in big trouble!  We all would!!

The Oscars Blog

Just finished watching the Oscars.  Here are my thoughts:

• Loving Sandra Bullock's dress!
• Nice jacket, NPH.
• Opening number = nice!  Very classic old Hollywood.
• Damn/Dame Helen Mirren = LOL!
• Keeping Score:  Acting Winner Predicitions - 1 for 1 (Christoph Waltz)
• Loved the animated characters talking about being nominated.
• And the winner is:  UP!!  YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Miley Cyrus' dress = bad
• Wait...what?  They aren't performing the original songs?!  What the heck!!!  LAME!!!!!!!!!!
• Tina Fey + Robert Downey Jr. = FUNNY!!!!!!!!!
• Molly Ringwald & Matthew Broderick?  Have we returned to the 80s?  Ah...John Hughes tribute.  Yes, we have returned to the 80s.
• HA HA HA HA Avatar Ben Stiller!!!!!!!!!
• Yay for Star Trek winning Best Make-up!  That one was pretty much a given.
• Keeping Score:  Acting Winner Predictions - 2 for 2 (Mo'Nique)
• Sarah Jessica Parker looks awful.
• Best Costumes:  The Young Victoria.  HAPPY DANCE!!!!!!!  I adore that movie!
• Could have done without the tribute to Horror movies, thanks.  (And since when is Twilight a horror movie?  Or Young Frankenstein?)
• Still loving Sandra Bullock's dress!
• Very impressive dancing - best original score montage.  But seriously...couldn't they have performed all the original songs?  No, I'm not going to let that one go.  Boo.
• Yay Michael Giacchino!!!  (Up: Best Original Score)
• Why does George Clooney not look happy to be there?  Are we boring you, George?
• Host Report Card as of 9:10 pm:  B-  (I give them a hearty Meh on a scale of Gag to ROFL!!)
• Okay, the wall of lampshades is a little bizarre.  Just sayin'.
• Sound Report Card as of 9:15 pm:  D+  (Not as bad as the Tonys, which got an F-)
• You know, I still haven't been given a compelling enough reason to see Avatar.  (Aka Fernsmurfahontas)
• Keeping Score:  Acting Winner Predictions - 3 for 3 (Jeff Bridges)
• Peter Sarsgaard scares the crap out of me.  I've only ever seen him play creepers!!!
• I heart Stanley Tucci.
• Keeping Score:  Acting Winner Predictions - 4 for 4 (Sandra Bullock)  YAY!!!!!!!!!!!
• Don't care to see The Hurt Locker, but yay for the first woman winning Best Director!
• Did they REALLY need to nominate 10 movies for Best Picture?  Doesn't that just spread out the votes too much?
• Yes, it did.  Up should have won.  Or The Blind Side.  Wait....they wouldn't have been nominated if there had only been 5 nominees.  NEVER MIND!!!

Wrapping up:  Okay, on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the best, I give the show a 6.  No surprises.  Overall, pretty funny, but severely lacking in Hugh Jackman.

10 Years Ago Today

Ten years ago today, I gave my Senior Recital at UNC!  Crazy!!  Has it really been 10 years?!  Yes...yes, it has.  Wow.

Here is a copy of the program:

Good times!!!

And now I'm talking about doing another recital this year!  Probably in May.  Stay tuned.

My Forever Theme Song

Part Seven in the Continuing Series "The Soundtrack of my Life":


MEG:
If there's a prize for rotten judgment
I guess I've already won that
No man is worth the aggravation
That's ancient history, been there, done that!

MUSES:
Who'd'ya think you're kiddin'
He's the Earth and heaven to you
Try to keep it hidden
Honey, we can see right through you
Girl, ya can't conceal it
We know how ya feel and
Who you're thinking of

MEG:
No chance, no way
I won't say it, no, no

MUSES:
You swoon, you sigh
why deny it, uh-oh

MEG:
It's too cliche
I won't say I'm in love

I thought my heart had learned its lesson
It feels so good when you start out
My head is screaming get a grip, girl
Unless you're dying to cry your heart out
Oh

MUSES:
You keep on denying
Who you are and how you're feeling
Baby, we're not buying
Hon, we saw ya hit the ceiling
Face it like a grown-up
When ya gonna own up
That ya got, got, got it bad

MEG:
No chance, now way
I won't say it, no, no

MUSES:
Give up, give in
Check the grin you're in love

MEG:
This scene won't play,
I won't say I'm in love

MUSES:
You're doin flips read our lips
You're in love

MEG:
You're way off base
I won't say it
Get off my case
I won't say it

MUSES:
Girl, don't be proud
It's O.K. you're in love

MEG:
Oh
At least out loud,
I won't say I'm in love


I Won't Say (I'm in Love)
from Disney's Hercules
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by David Zippel

Caption Contest

Dancing with the Stars New Cast

I thought about doing this yesterday, giving you my initial reactions, but I was very sick with the stomach flu and could hardly sit up long enough to read the cast list, let alone blog my reactions.  So, I will try to recreate my initial reactions:

Aiden  Turner:  Never heard of him
Buzz Aldrin:  COOL!
Chad Ochochino:  Never heard of him
Erin Andrews:  Never heard of her
Evan Lysacek:  YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jake Pavelka:  Meh.
Kate Gosselin:  Seriously?!  Ugh...
Nicole Scherzinger:  Oh, great.  She annoyed the crap out of me on "The Sing-Off".
Niecy Nash:  Never heard of her.
Pamela Anderson:  Oh. My. Gosh.  Ummmmmmmm.....
Shannon Doherty:  Interesting.

Should make for an interesting season!!  I'm excited to watch!  :)