(Noh!) Theatre

October 2nd

Into October at last! Reese, my acting teacher, offered the class free tickets to see him in Damn Yankees at the Hale Center Theater in Orem. Who says no to free tickets? Miranda and I went to see the baseball show about a man who makes a deal with the devil so his team can win the pennant. 

Just like back home. However, the Hale in Arizona is a little bit bigger and newer.

The show was great! I haven't seen this one before. 

October 3rd

Break out time in TMA 201. Our group had our presentation on Japanese Noh Theatre and it was sick. One of the girls in our group served in Japan so she had connections to somewhat traditional costumes. We had instruments that we pretended to play to Japanese music while the guys sword-fought with fans. For those of you who are extremely cultured, it was the story of Atsumori.

It was nice going first out of the four theatre presentations. We set the bar high.

P.S. Every first Friday is free bagel day at SouthEnd Market. Yay bagels!

Animation Night

September 30th

This semester, Marie, Jenni, and I all joined the Disney History Club to make sure we could hang out. This activity was animation night, where some of the club officers taught us how to draw Disney characters.

I think they ran out of name tags, so Miranda made us a joint one. It says "Emilanda."

                        

Me, Marie, and Jenni. We nailed it.

Me, Jenni, and Marie

Look how long Marie's hair is now! Gorgeous. I look crazy in this picture. After animation night we went to Applebees for karaoke. Marie blew everyone away of course. Karaoke isn't my favorite, but it is fun with these two.

Not a great picture, but Marie and I can heel click like a boss. 

Miranda Stew

September 27th

It's only September and I'm already being harassed about not wearing a jacket. In my co-workers defense, it was raining. I'm so happy without sweater-weather though. At least it isn't snow yet. Here we are on a group shopping trip getting the essentials: food, phone accessories, and hair products. What more do you need?

Leilani, Emmy, and Mykaela

Sometimes you buy so many vegetables that you do not know what to do with them. Miranda and I basically cut up everything we had and dumped it into my crock-pot. Since they were all of Miranda's vegetables, we decided to call it Miranda Stew. It was pretty good if I do say so myself.

Just another cooking adventure with Miranda and Emily.

Wa-la!

P.S. A gem from Elder Stock. He is my favorite person to email and write to. lol Keepin it real Elder.

Actors from the London Stage

September 26th

Rachel, Alyssa, and I sat together in the Mary Lou Fulton Courtyard (aka JFSB courtyard) to watch some fellow thespians from London perform Much Ado About Nothing. Much Ado is my favorite Shakespeare play. Miranda and I were also watching a youtube series based off of the play around this time. It was by some kids in New Zealand. They called it Nothing Much To Do. I suggest it if you like modern takes on classics.

Anyways.... The show was great! Each of the actors played multiple characters on the small, blank stage. We loved Claire (Leonato/Hero/and others). She came to our acting class the day before and worked with the whole class. The games and exercises we did with her, I think, are the reason our class grew so comfortable and close so fast. She helped us create a safe family environment. We meant to send her some kind of thank you, but it still has not happened. Claire, wherever you are, know you rock and that Reese's Acting Fundamental class defined the semester for most of us.

Me, Rachel, and Alyssa.

We did have to move it inside though during intermission. It started to rain a little during the end of the third(?) act.

Brenna, Jessica, Me, Rachel, and Alyssa.

Brenna and Jessica saved us great seats when we had to move into the Pardoe for round two. The change of space did not phase the actors at all. I'm glad we had a back up theatre, rather than cancelling the show.

Me, Todd, Rachel, and Sean.

After a fun few hours with Shakespeare, Rachel and I went to a dance with Todd and Sean. It was so fun. The crowd and music were a little questionable at first, but we love dancing. We all dressed super classy for the event and got Sonic after a few hours of jamming in mess of fog and party lights. Sean saved the day by driving us to the dance since the rain was off and on all night.

P.S. It is very important to note that Laura Hawkes opened her mission call this very day! She was called to Washington Kennewick Mission to speak Spanish. Huzzah Hermana Hawks!!!

An Evening with Sutton Foster

Last year I got Megan a signed picture of Sutton Foster for her birthday. I had to beat her surprise party at Les Mis rehearsal for me. The picture came really late, but it was AWESOME! We both love Sutton Foster so much. She is part of the reason we do theatre. Now imagine me when I hear that SUTTON FOSTER is coming to do a show at BYU.

Megan and Laura came to stay with me the first weekend of September to hear Sutton. She was incredible. I wish I could be as talented as her in every way. Laura had just started at Utah State and Megan was a month away from turning 16. We had so much to talk about. I love having Laura so much closer. I can't wait for the theatre company we will all have together some day. Thanks Sutton Foster. You rock.

Women's Volleyball Game Story: Rachel and I were standing on the floor before the game started. Cosmo was walking around doing his thing and then he saw us waiting for the game to start. We might have cheered at a backflip or something, because all of a sudden he was moving the barriers to come sit with us. I should have saved the snapchat. I took a video of Cosmo moving the little fence that separates the court. The script on the video said, 

"Cosmo breaks barriers to be with me."

Our group for TMA202 rehearsing. Each group was assigned a type of theatre to present. Our group was Japanese Noh Theatre. It is not my favorite type of performance, but we killed it. I attribute most of that to Leah's sweet costumes. She had just gotten back from serving in Japan and had connections to everything we needed to make the piece authentic.

TMA202 was fun because I had it with Miranda, Rachel, Heidi, and Margaret. Professor Livingston always looked like she walked out of a hip Pinterest board. I wish I could have her style. Huzzah for theatre classes bringing people together.

Sophomore Year Begins

I have all this guilt about not keeping up with the blog Fall 2014. Although I do have a few pictures of highlights, I was just so busy I did not have time to adequately document this wonderful semester. The blog is back to being a priority! As I catch up, know that almost everyday was a blessing. I loved this semester so much. Here is a little bit about September.

Football games. Our season started off so strong. Siri even said her favorite football team was BYU when you asked her because we were nationally ranked. That all went downhill during the Utah State game though. A handful of guys got really hurt. When Taysom Hill was injured, we knew the season was over. It was fun while it lasted.

Making pie with Emmy. Kris brought us a ton of apples from her garden, so we treated the office. I can't remember if there was any other occasion. Emmy's recipes are so good.

I really like this picture. This soccer game was really empty, but it was good and we ended up hanging out with Cosmo for a bit. 

Miranda is so much fun as a roommate. Our room is crazy fun (and messy). The picture on the right was taken at a stake social at Kiwanas Park. A bunch of stake leaders are in this old man rock band. They were surprisingly good. 

Work Story: I do not wear the Batman shirt from the above picture a ton. I like it though. I walked into work wearing it, probably on the Friday this picture was taken, and Mykaela said something about it not being my style. It led to a funny conversation about how my style is much more cutesy and then everyone in the office turning on Mykaela because she does not like Batman.... What???

Look at this glorious tomato. It looks like a pumpkin! Three cheers for Kris bringing us so much food from her garden. I love tomatoes. 

Emmy is not a scanning error. Heheh

Midway Swiss Days

August 29th & 30th is Midway Swiss Days. Several girls from the ward piled into cars and went up the canyon to check it out. Swiss Days is a mix of an art festival and marketplace with entertainment. I love events like this. It made me really miss Camden Market in London.

Speaking of London, guess who I ran into! Justyne was at the festival with her family and we could not talk long. It was great seeing someone from London though. 

Not quite sure if all of this food is really "Swiss," but it claims to be. Maybe it is the Swiss cheese on the sandwich? ;)

Midway is a cute town. I am surprised how active it is for being so small. The architecture also has a heavy influence from... Switzerland? Even the LDS Church buildings look unique in this town.

No one bought very much, but it was a good time. Yay tent city!

Left to right: Joanna, Liz, and I in the back on the way home. Jessica rocks for telling us about the festival and bringing us along.

And now for a very sad story....

September 6th - I was on a grocery shopping trip with Mykaela, Leilani, and Emmy. Our first stop was Target. My phone had been acting weird for several days. It would turn off or the buttons would stop working. After checking out of Target, my phone turned off and never turned back on. I don't know what happened!!! I was so frustrated, and then my new debit card didn't work. Can you saw hot mess? I was a wreck. I didn't know what to do without money or communication. Thank goodness my coworkers are so sweet. My stress level sky-rocketed with how frustrated I was. 

News Flash: There is not an Apple Store in Utah County. Oh happy valley.... The Simply Mac Store could not help.  I had to take a trip to Murray, just to be told they did not have my phone and would have to come back once they had one shipped in. It could not be shipped to my house and the Iphone 6 was coming out, backing up all other orders.

 Over two weeks of being phone-less was liberating. but soooo annoying when everyone expects you to be on the grid. I also felt bad I did not have my own car to take care of all of these errands.

Half a month later, Miranda and I made it to Murray to pick up my new phone. At last!! She is a gem.