I'm Okay

So Last night's practice really did not go over so well... But that will not affect me today, it's a new day. There were issues with addittudes, and people not liking the part that they got...and other such nonsense. I could not belive that after all of the putting on a pedestal I did with my team, that they would seriously have an addittude with me! I was very upset that people would act like that, and although one person did actually notice my frustration, and apologized, it left me with a regret for chosing this person. It would be really easy to replace a character, with someone who would rather do it, or at least wouldn't talk down the drama and complain and mope the entire time. Once again, I don't care if you had a bad day. I have those all of the time. It's just that you need to put this stuff behind you and get on with your life, without making other people suffer for your lack of happiness. There's my two sense...now I'm getting on with my day.
Until Later,
Marissa

Drama Practice Tonight

Tonight is the first official "Precision Team" Practice. Tonight's practice will consist of deciding if we would like a new name for the team, one that sets us apart from, but still includes us in the rest of the team. We will also be beginning the first dance, which will be danced to the song "Frontline" by Pillar. It is going to be pretty stinkin' cool. lol
Also, at 6:30 when the rest of the team arrives, we will officially begin the new drama to "Tears of the Saints" By Leeland. We have chosen the main characters, and the other parts as well, and are very happy with how we are seeing it come together already.
I really need to go, since tonight is going to be a super busy night. I will write again sometime soon.
Until Later,
Marissa

A Day of Fun

Well, half days are always the best part of school, yes it's pointless to be there, but it counts for an entire day of school. My friends and I have had the tradition ever since Freshman year, that we always go out to eat on half days, and today we went to Fiesta del sol. It was really fun even though not many of us were able to go. It ended up being just me, three of the guys, and one other girl. But it was still really fun... Tonight we will all be going to a sleepover (the boys are just joining us for the movie...lol...sicko). Anyways, and we're gonna have a scavenger hunt and such... I'm excited. I need to go now, I have to work now until tonight, but anyways, half days are always good days...lol
Until Later,
Marissa

Casting

The hardest part of putting a production together is that of casting.

We started putting together a new drama which we will be performed at an event called "LOUD." LOUD is an event where there is a bunch of music performances, obviously our performance, a sermon, worship, and lots of basketball in the gym or hanging out in our coffeeshop. It's a pretty major event since there are always a lot of people there. Also we will be performing this at our summer camp this year it's called "Wired," and we will be renting out an entire level of a UNI dorm building. It will be a pretty major performacne as well.
Our new drama is to the song "Tears of the Saints" by Leeland. It is going to be a very powerful drama, as the story line is very personal and effective. I am hoping that it will really touch a lot of people who watch it. I am really looking forward to this one. I think it will be one of our best drama's yet. After discussing and debating who would be good in which parts, we settled on parts, and I feel really good about the parts we chose.
All in all, this is a tough job, because you never know who is going to be upset when all is said and done, but with this new drama, I really don't care, since I really do think that we chose the best people for the parts.
That's enough for now I think...
Until Later,
Marissa

Monday the 14th's practice...

Practice went well yesterday, as planned, except for a few minor frustrations, such as additudes of certain people on the team who think that they are better than I and have heads the size of fired up hot-air-balloons with the vain addittude to match the size of their puffed up ego and swelling mental state. Yeah, that was practice last night...I actually at the end of practice, had to take Leah outside with me and have her scream with me. She had been just as frustrated as I was during practice. But things got better as I just let it go, and the scream helped quite a bit as well. I am so glad I'm not doing this on my own. I think I would have gone insane by now. Anyways, I do still have other homework to do, and I need to go clean my room, and watch American Idol...So, yeah, I'll talk to you later.
Until Later,
Marissa

Random Survey I took

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1. Where were you 3 hours ago?

Sleeping

2. Who are you in love with?

Ha, There is no existant love-life at this moment...

3. Have you ever eaten a crayon?

Ummmmm...no, but if I did, it would have to be pink, tee-hee

4. Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?

My Sweatshirt, it's sitting on the floor next to me...

5. When is the last time you went to the mall?

Yesterday, I bought a new dress for a gala I'm going to tomorrow night, ooh, and I got new parfume, and a pair of earrings that are super cute!

6. Are you wearing socks right now?

Nope

7. Do you have a car worth over $2,000?

Yup

8. When was the last time you drove out of town?

Um, Last sunday, we had an out of town drama performance.

9. Have you been to the movies in the last 5 days?

Nope

10. Are you hot?

Ummm....no actually somewhat cold, it's super windy and cold and rainy outside. (lol)

11. What was the last thing you had to drink?

Water

12. What are you wearing right now?

Sweatpants and a grey/marroon striped shirt.

13. Do you wash your car or let the car wash do it?

I wash it, and vaccuum it, and other such things.

14. Last food that you ate?

Ummmm...last night....what was it? Ummmm...ooh, I ate some jellybellys last night after I got home!

15. Where were you last week at this time?

HERE!

16. Have you bought any clothing items in the last week?

Yeah, a dress and a cami and a sweater type thing for an outfit for tomorrow nights gala

17. When is the last time you ran?

Ummm...Unfortunately, I haven't gone running since Monday!

18. What's the last sporting event you watched?

Our team went to state for basketball. I went there, and haven't gone to any sort of game since then.

19. What is your favorite animal?

Panda Bear! They're just so darn cute!

20. Your dream vacation?

Woah, this is a hard one, I really want to take a vacation across Europe (a few months or something), but would also just like to travel the states... Pretty much any vacation is a great one...

21. Last person's house you were in?

Nikki's

22. Worst injury you've ever had?

Um, sore muscles??? I've never really had a bad injury before, ooh, I know, I have sprained my ancle before! lol

23. Have you been in love?

No

24. Do you miss anyone right now?

Yeah

25. Last play you saw?

Wicked!

26. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex?

Ummm...I have no weapons, lol, IDK!!!

27. What are your plans for tonight?

My little sister has a choir concert, so I'll go and watch her!

28. Who is the last person you sent a MySpace message or comment?

Eva

29. Next trip you are going to take?

Probably to North Dakota, we have family there

30. Ever go to camp?

Many times...

31. Were you an honor roll student in school?

Yeah

32. What do you want to know about the future?

That I want to become a worship pastor, and I want to get married and have two or three kids, and yeah...

33. Are you wearing any perfume or cologne?

Yeah, this new perfume I got called "Betsy Johnson" it's amazing!

34. Are you due sometime this year for a doctor's visit?

No

35. Where is your best friend?

Probably still sleeping, lol

36. How is your best friend?

Going through a hard time right now!

37. Do you have a tan?

Nope, I need one badly!!!!

38. What are you listening to right now?

Typing,and buzzing of computer

39. Do you collect anything?

Nope, not anymore

40. Who is the biggest gossiper you know?

Um, I won't say their name.

41. Last time you got stopped by a cop or pulled over?

Never, except the first time I went driving we were practice driving in the evening in my churches parking lot, and they were called because someone told them that there was someone slowly driving around the parking lot, and there had been some car-break-ins recently, but after they saw me they were just like "Oh, learning how to drive?" And were fine with it, lol

42. Have you ever drank your soda from a straw?

Yeah, it doesn't ruin your teeth...

43. What does your last text message say?

In my Inbox-"ya..."In my Sent-"When you get home just call me, love you so much!"

44. Do you like hot sauce?

OOh yeah!

45. Last time you took a shower?

yesterday

46. Do you need to do laundry?

No, my mom does my laundry

47. What is your heritage?

German and Scandinavian

48. Are you someone's best friend?

Yes, two people's best friends (that I know of...lol)

49. Are you rich?

Not Quite...

50. What were you doing at 12AM last night?

sleeping

Amatokin

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Sinking Feeling

Have you Ever felt that sinking feeling? The one that comes when you do something wrong? Well not wrong, but you know that someone is going to be angry with a decision you made, and worse yet, you know that you made a correct decision? Yeah, not good. You know how I told you about the Precision Team right? Well, a very close friend of mine tried out, and when we were talking about those who should be on it, in a comparison of the trier-outers, her name was not brought up, I automatically-subconciously just thought that she would be on it, but I guess I'm not sure why, because at the tryouts, she really was not that good. AHH...The bad thing is, neither me nor Leah (other leader) have told her yet, and she is both of our's really close friend! This is really stressing me, and I wish that I would have told her already, seeing as everyone else knows who's on the team. I'm just really not sure how to tell her! This is making me angry just thinking about it, so...
Until Later,
Marissa

Precision Team

Okay, So we are now going to have a "Precision Dance Team." This idea was inspired to me when I was watching "Randy Jackson's America's Best Dance Crew." (Which is really an amazing show!!) I was watching it and man were those teams PERFECT! I thought to myself, "Why can't our team do dances as cool as that?" And my solution was simple, we need the best of the best, and we should keep it SMALL! The smaller the team, the more "precise" they can be! So, we had been planning on it for some time, and I feel really good about this decision. We decided to have the team audition, and out of 25, 17 wanted to try out for what we decided would become a 7 member team. I didn't quite realize how many good dancers we had! I think this was one of the hardest decisions I've had to make, was cutting 12 (Leah and I are two of the seven) people. Less than 50% of those who tried out, got onto the team! Alll in all though, I feel really good about teh decisions we made. This team is going to be SUPER good. The people we chose, plus the dances we have in mind, plus the energy of the team, is going to result in an incredible dance team! I am really excited to see what will come of this team!
Until Later,
Marissa