Okay, so not completely satisfied

Okay, so I know I just made an entry talking about how I was satisfied...well, I never said I promised! lol, so unorginization seems to be a huge problem...not with me, but just recently. With the whole Ottumua thing, there has been no communication between them and our church, because they will not respond to emails, phonecalls, or even texts! So when all was said and done, we just decided with our youth pastor, that we would just plan on leaving at 3pm on Sunday, get to the church in Ottumua, and hope that we were still in their plans. So, if any of you out there are from Ottumua, please, RESPOND!! Are you still alive? Are you even there?

The Shirts are in!!

It's in times like these, that I really feel as though I have accomplished things. I got a phone call yesterday letting me know that the shirts had arrived! I was so excited! I went right after school to the Cotton Gallery, and picked up the shirts. They look so great!! I couldn't believe we actually had team shirts now! After all of the stress that I've been through, and all of the bad things that have happened, things are finally falling into place. We are performing at our first ever "away" performance. It's at a church in Ottumua. I am super excited for that and can't wait to go! We are a team, and with that there have been many ups and downs, and of course there are many more just waiting for me and the team, but until then, I am completely satisfied!

Essay Topic

I know this has nothing to do with the drama team or anything, but this blog is a school assignment, so I will post this here.
For my essay, I will be writing about music. No, not just music, but the effect of music on the brain. It's psychological effects. What are different ways that people use music to pursuade people to do things?, and the way that certain songs and genres will make you feel emotionally.
I am very excited to write this essay, I think that it will be very interresting to write as well as read, and I hope that everyone who comes along it will find it very useful to their everyday life. I think that this is an essay that anybody could read, because not only is it interresting, but everyone listens to music, or at least hears it while at a restaurant or shopping, or even standing in an elevator. This would mean that everyone has been effected by it. Although you're not even thinking about being 'emotionally altered' by the background music, you have been.
I am looking forward to writing my essay, and hope that everyone who reads it finds it very useful!

Easter Sunday

Well, Easter is over now and so is the performance. It went great, and there was nothing but positive feedback!! Everyone thought it was great!! I am so excited to perform it on Wednesday at our LOUD event. It is going to be great!

Once again, I will have videos posted on here soon of our performances, but seriously, its hard to find a spare second with my schedule!! But no worries, I'll have them up here as soon as possible!!

Until Later,
Marissa

Stress Relief

Okay, so you know how some people have different ways of relieving their stress? Well, I came up with the perfect solution, and it's not some crazy remedy either! I finally managed to get through our performance today, without getting too majorly frantic, but these last few weeks have been crazy stressful in attempt to prepare for our performances, and no, it's not finished, we still have a performance on Wednesday and next sunday, but the big one of these is finally through...our annual easter service where attendance is 3,000. Ummmm...yeah...BUT I am okay now.
So, you wanna know what the best form of stress relief is? It is simply this, get through it, make it to the day that you have been stressing over, take it as a challenge, and make it through. As soon as that stressful time is over, you will instantly feel relief! Yes, it is as simple as that!
Well, this has been great and all, but it is time for me to go relax.
Until Later,
Marissa

TSHIRTS!!

WOO-HOO!!!
I am super excited! We are finally ordering our team t-shirts! They are gonna look so great! We are ordering two per person. One is a shirt that we will wear for our dramas, this t-shirt is black, and will have our logo of "the Awakening" with a dove by/behind it written in white (dove in silver) and our second shirts will be red, with the logo (writing in black dove in silver) and all of our team members will have the nick-name that they picked on the back!! They really do look great! I saw some samples, and am so excited! We are going to put in our order on Saturday over at the Cotton Gallary.
Well, I will probably post pictures or something soon, I don't know about you but this blog is kinda dull without anything!!

Until Later,
Marissa

this is a test.

What Makes Me Cry?

So in the previous blog, I mentioned that this week, I need to learn how to cry. Now, you might say that I'm a freak...but it's not like I've never cried before...duh...but I am having a hard time making myself cry. So I am going to make a list of all of the things that make me cry;
1. Pain
2. Getting in Trouble
3. Someone making a rude comment or saying something rude to me
4. When my Grandpa died
5. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.....

Why is this so hard? I must have more things that make me cry! Maybe I don't cry as much as the average person??? Maybe? Whatever...

What makes you cry?

Monday Night Fights

So yeah, there were no "fights" last night, and my title is somewhat deceptive...but there is somewhat of a fight to keep up and keep going with everything that it seems like I need to do. Get chains for drama, get team shirt orders in, get everyone to pay for their shirts so that I don't have to, Figure out how to cry, Figure out how to look sad without looking mad, talk to Pastor Larry about red chains, talk to Duke about a cross, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah!!! Life is crazy enough without all of this added in!! I need to get all of this done within this week! AND, it doesn't help that Easter is the most attended to week of the year at church, so this drama has to be top notch, and I am so afraid that it's not. I have things to do now, but I thought I'd vent a little...so there it is.

Totally Random!!

UPDATE
Well, I decided that I am going to write about one of two things.
Either
1. Music and its affects on peoples additudes, reactions, and actions or
2. The History of Fashion, when, where, and what it did to society

I'm Back!

So just to let you know, soon there will be videos on this site. I am going to put the videos of our performances; Set Me Free, The Real Party, Can You Feel It, and after our easter performance, we will have the video of Lead Me To the Cross. I am super excited to make this blog un-boring... Along with this, I will probably add a slideshow of our practices or videos from them. I want to spice up this blog and it's going to be a lot of work probably, seeing as I am not that
computer-savvy. But because of this, I will need some help by the amazing Iben... lol, (He will love that) but seriously, he is pretty amazing when it comes to techie stuff that I don't understand...so yeah.
Anyways, I aim to have all new features up in a week or two...but hopefully within a week.
Until Later,
Marissa

Monday Nights Practice

This last Monday went especially well. Things are changing and changing for the better. There was a heightened level of maturity and focus in the room as we are counting down the days to our Easter Performance. For the Easter Sunday Service, we will be performing a drama to the song "Lead Me to The Cross" by one of the 'Hillsong' singers. It's pretty much the best song I've ever heard and my new favorite. It would take forever to explain what it's about, but once we have performed it, I will post the video on here. Anyways, I got slightly off track there...but that is not surprising...
Back to Practice...So usually, we start at 6:30 and go until 8:30 for practices, but I saw that no one was using the first 15-20 minutes of worship. So I decided that it would be a better idea to start worship at 6:15 for those who want to come, then actual practice starts at 6:30 as usual. Not only does this help to keep distractions out of the room, it also allows for more time for much needed practice.
Well, This is all that I have to update you on for now...
Until Later,
Marissa

There Will Be Practice Tonight!

With all of the Snow, Ice, Sleet, and Rain that we have been having within the last few weeks, one might ask if we are going to be having practice tonight, since we had all of those weather conditions simply last night. The answer to that question is YES!!! We are going to have practice tonight...we do not have time to listen to those weather reports! The Drama Team has been asked to perform for our annual Easter Service, and since we have only had one practice with the new drama, we absolutely must continue having practices. Now, I will understand if one or two members are not able to make it to practice because of weather, (for example they would have to shovel their way out of their house. But for the rest of us, we are going to have a actor/mailman's mentality. "Through Snow, Sleet, and Pouring Rain...The Show must go on..." Count on Having Practice!!!!