Halloween

MARK
How did we get here
How the hell...
Pan left
Close on the steeple of the church
How did I get here
How the hell...
Christmas
Christmas Eve last year
How could a night so frozen
Be so scalding hot
How could a morning this mild
Be so raw
Why are entire years strewn on the cutting room floor of memory
When single frames of one magic night
Forever flicker in close up
On the 3-D imax of my mind
That's poetic
That's pathetic
Why did Mimi knock in Roger's door
And Collins choose that phone booth
Back where Angel set up his drums?
Why did Maureen's equipment break down?
Why am I the witness
And when I capture it on film
Will it mean that it's the end
And I'm alone?
~*~"Halloween" RENT

Counting down... 6 more to go! It would be nice if I could finish before the new year but we'll see how that goes. So here's what's up (since I haven't posted in 3 weeks):

1. I am in the midst of "A Year with Frog and Toad" and ITC... working backstage
2. Speech is taking up what's left of my life, practicing 2-3 days a week plus Saturday meets that last about 12 hours (yes 12, not 2).
3. Thrown in are the occasional dance class or drama class, when I can get to them
4. Oh yeah, then there's that thing called homework that my teachers expect me to have done every day. Hah! (Yeah well, that's what music theatre class is for...)

Anybody see friends mentioned in there anywhere? Yeah me neither... Although i do get to see people at school, and some people at drama, dance, and speech. Then there's my F&T cast; they're some of the most awesome people ever. Here's a comprehensive (ish) look at my upcoming 3 weeks till the end of the year:

Tuesday, December 14, 2004: We have finals, so school gets out at 1:25. But I never leave then, right? So I have speech practice till 4. Then I'm actually home for a while (maybe) until dance at 7, home at 9:30

Wednesday, December 15, 2004: Again finals, and again speech. Then home for a while (maybe) until Frog and Toad at 7. I get home at 10.

Thursday, December 16, 2004: Again finals, and actually home after school ! But wait, I have a 1:45 ortho appointment. Then home (maybe) till drama at 4. Home at 6. Then back to the theatre for Frog and Toad at 7.

Friday, December 17, 2004: NO SCHOOL! But speech practice from 12-4 (maybe) and Frog and Toad from 7 to 10.

Saturday, December 18, 2004: Speech meet from 6-6. Off to ITC at 7 for Frog and Toad.

Sunday, December 19, 2004: Picking my sorry ass up and draging myself to church at 9, home at 12 (I got dragged into the Christmas pagaent... again). Then... gasp. ITC at 1:30 for Frog and Toad. Cast party in between shows, cause it's closing night. Another show at 7:30 (I would have to be there at 6:30). Home around 9:30.

Monday, December 20, 2004: Somewhere in the last week I must have packed, because we're leaving for South Dakota. Happy holidays.

Monday, December 27. 2004: We leave South Dakota, only 2 days after Christmas.

Tuesday, December 28, 2004: Home in time to leave again to go to a YRUU (youth group) sleepover at my church to plan for our CON!!!

Wednesday, December 29, 2004: SLEEP. And off to the chiropractor in the evening because my back is a MESS

Thursday, December 30, 2004: SLEEP (gasp - nothing else???) Oh no wait, I have a bio project I have to do at some point. This must be the day.

Friday, December 31, 2004: Must still be working on that bio project. And I've got a partay to go to in the evening cause it's New-Year's EVE!!! (I've got a song for that!)

And that's the whole year... Wow I can get a lot done when I'm not doing anything else. This only took half an hour. Now I'm going to watch Will & Grace.