June 2010
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Journeys of a Catholic Poster Girl » A new... →
New postulant, so we need more rooms!!!!! Help some sisters out!!! :)
Real-life dust ball! — Cute Overload →
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Wooo Awesome Feast Day!!!!!
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London Bridge (is falling down, falling down...)
Not really. Only in theory.
Well, and not even in theory. People are just falling off it. Very carefully.
The finale of Oliver!—where Oliver is reunited with Mr. Brownlow and Bill Sykes is killed—takes place on and near London Bridge. Since we have our lovely scaffolded set, the top part is, bien sur, the bridge. Some cast members are up there, and others, like me, are on the stage...
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We Got Rhythm
If it’s Saturday…there’s rehearsal.
The adults didn’t have to be at the PAC until 10:30, because the kids were being rehearsed first, but I was a little early and got to see “Be Back Soon” and a few runs of “Food, Glorious Food!” Our indefatigable choreographer was there, working with the kids, so that helped, and there’s another dance...
“The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty tress
The moon was a ghostly...”
– A. Noyes, “The Highwayman”
“Once upon a midnight dreary
While I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a...”
– E. A. Poe, “The Raven”
“OK, OK, enough with the titty dance!”
Opera singer rocks out - CNN.com →
Get the CD! Get it I say!
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Door one, two or three
So yesterday I saw my Thyroid Endocrinologist, as distinct from my Diabetes/Pancreas Endocrinologist…yeah. I Have two. Most of you don’t even have one. See how cool I am?
(Not.)
Anyway. So my thyroid is overactive. We have three treatment options:
Door Number 1: Meds, and monitoring.
Door Number 2: Radioactive Iodine treatment, which will kill my thyroid. Isolation for three days...
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Another Hundred People
Tonight—first blocking rehearsal for Oliver! with everyone.
And yeah, that’s a lot of people.
We began with the orphans singing “Food, Glorious Food!”, which meant that we adults got to sit in the auditorium and watch them do it. It’s a song and dance number, and some of the kids are teeny tiny. There’s one red-head boy (ADORABLE), who’s maybe 5 or 6!...
2010 Wimbledon: John Isner, Nicolas Mahut playing... →
This. Is. NUTS.
Behind the name: Emily - by Monica F. Bustamante -... →
Bl. Emily Bicchieri - Saints & Angels - Saints &... →
Ha! I have me a Dominican! :)
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Another retreat journal installment
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The Simple Woman's Daybook--First Day of Summer...
Outside my window…It’s going to rain. Again. This late spring/summer season has been very hot and very rainy. But the corn is super tall! I am thinking…That I can’t wait to go to Summit. I am thankful for…summertime From the kitchen…a pie from The Amish Cook’s Baking Book. Have not yet decided which type of pie. A real meal plan for the week is being...
Eucharistic Adoration for Priests: Fr. John Cihak:... →
“I’ve got Wheaties!”
– L.A. Laker RON ARTEST, excitedly holding up his very own cereal box during his post-Game 7 press conference.
Heh.
(via inothernews)
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Bucket of Parts--the transplant blog: Father's Day... →
It’s a re-run, but it’s good.
And the stats updates: Mom and Dad have been married almost 31 years! (Next week)
Something Better
Mary: But how could you give it up?
Mother Superior: I found something better
--The Trouble With Angels
2010 World Cup: Rick Reilly runs down the 10 most... →
'House' season premiere spoiler: Life's a beach... →
Celebritology 2.0 - The five Pixar movie moments... →
Charles Krauthammer - Obama and the vision thing →
Great Friday reading from Dr. K.
Gene Weingarten - Gene and Dan Weingarten, drawn... →
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What? Where? When? How?
Or: Music rehearsal, in many forms.
So tonight I had a double-whammy: Voice and Oliver! rehearsal.
Voice was first. It started as Rodgers and Hammerstein night with “Edelweiss”, “Cimb Ev’ry Mountain”, and “You’ll Never Walk Alone.”
Edelweiss: good.
Climb Ev’ry Mountain: Some trickiness re: intervals at end. Sigh.
But “You’ll...
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Swimming
Last night I had a rare evening of bonding with my little sister.
Even though we are, well, sisters, we’re also eight years apart. So when I was graduating college, she was entering high school. And now that she’s in college, I hardly ever see her, with her crazy nursing schedule and her summer job(s). And with my crazy schedule and job.
So—last night, we got to spend time...
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“Vocations can come to the most unlikely people in the most unlikely...”
– Rumer Godden, In This House of Brede
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“Real men don’t play bridge”
– A Good Year
Refreshing Raspberry Mojito « à la carte kitchen →
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Oliver! rehearsals, week 2
A busy week in the Oliver! universe:
Tuesday I attended a rehearsal to block Act II, since that’s where my character (Annie) has her lines. I’m in Act II, Scene IV, with Old Sally, Mr. Bumble, and Widow Corney. It’s a short scene, but there’s a lot going on—blocking, lines, music. And we did the blocking without the scaffolding to contend with, so that will have some...
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“I heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord,...”
– —Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen
(For Becky)
“And even though it all went wrong/
I’ll stand before the Lord of Song/...”
– “Hallelujah”, Leonard Cohen
Young Fogeys: Confessions of a Young Fogey →
I guess I’m one, too. Oh well.
Young Fogeys →
An excellent blog I have just discovered. :)
Q&A with Academy Award winning costume designer... →
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Today
Here’s today’s to-do list:
Copy Oliver! scene for tonight’s blocking rehearsal.
Listen to Dark Hope
Revel in the joy of Dark Hope
Pick up laundry
Go to Target
Make Phil’s bday cake
Unpack said Target things
Sweep kitchen floor after making mess :)
Make dinner
Rehearse Oliver! music
Get voice lesson stuff together. Or at least start picking stuff to bring.
...
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Renee Fleming's "Dark Hope"
You must, at this very moment, stop whatever you are doing, and go get Renee Fleming’s “Dark Hope” album. The “Hallelujah” is ecstasy on CD.
Really. Go. Buy. It. Now.
Puck-Rakers Blog →
A new era in CBJ hockey…
Journeys of a Catholic Poster Girl » Retreat... →
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Simple Woman's Daybook-June 7
Outside my window:A very nice, cool, QUIET evening! No tornadoes, no rain, and it’s not in the 8os! I am wearing: A Tiffany blue Nordstrom tank top, shorts I am thankful for: my talents I am reading:1984, House Rules, Roses From the kitchen:I made this guac all weekend. It was good. I am thinking:I’m glad it’s summer, and all that...
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On the Tube
So, I was just on the Children’s Telethon. Again.
I’ve done this before. They have this thing called “Children’s Champions,” where they take kids that have made some sort of hospital history and bring them to certain events, so we can be semi-spokespeople for the hospital. I like the telethon. It’s a lot of fun, you get to meet cute kids, and you’re on TV...
