Or from, um, callbacks.  Yeah, sorry, I always love that title, and I use it whenever it's not even applicable.

- You never really know what you're going to get when you get into some community theatre shows.  Shows like Grease, shows like West Side Story, the cast can vary WIDELY.  I've seen productions of either show where the cast is in their 20's with a few 30's sprinkled in.  Then you can come to an audition like I did last night where the average age was, oh, 15?  16?  I was the oldest guy in the room, which means I'm fairly sure which roles I'll be getting already.

Which sucks, cuz if it WAS one of those 20's-30's kinda shows, I'd have such a lock on one of the leads.  Man, I killed Greased Lightning.

- While the girls were auditioning their music, they left the guys with some sheet music and the song we were singing on CD.

The girls took a long time.

We ended up hearing the song about two or three dozen times before we turned it off.

It's still stuck in my head.

Help me.

- I've said it before, and I'll say it again:  It's really fun having bi female friends.  Hanging out before dance auditions, my friend sits down next to me, leans over, and whispers "My dance partner's really cute.  God, I can't stop looking at her!"

She was cute.  And so was my friend.  It was hilarious.

- In not-so-related news, my iPod's sitting at the post office for me to pick up tonight.

*does a happy jig*

You know, you'd think that, after having a three-day weekend, I'd have something to talk about.

Yeah.

Right.

Nothing much to say, really.  I had three performances that went fairly well, if not exactly glitch-free.  Which is bound to happen when you partake in a hugely-technical show like this one's turning out to be.

Hung out with a friend I haven't seen in a year on Friday, and plan to do so again on Tuesday and Thursday (woo!), had dinner with the fam on Sunday for Father's Day (while finally taking care of that bbq rib craving I've been having for the past few weeks), and doing a load of laundry.

Beyond that, the rest of the weekend was sleep and far too much video games.  I think it's partially making up for lost time, along with the completist in me having a flippin' field day.

Brief summary, for those not in the know:  In the game Kingdom Hearts II, there are two different endings.

Ending number one is very simple:  beat the bad guy.  This is considered to be the "easy ending" to many people.

Ending number two, the "true" ending, can be accomplished two ways:  beat the bad guy in Proud (Hard) Mode, or fully completing the game in Normal Mode.

Fully completing the game involves filling up Jiminy's Journal.  Jiminy's Journal contains:

- Every Enemy
- Every Map
- Every Treasure Chest
- Every Minigame, along with a particular score that must be matched
- Every Synthesis, which means taking a list of items, making one of every item, and collecting at least 20 of every synthesis ingredient in the game

Considering where I was at coming into the weekend, I've made quite a bit of progress.  A lot of that is probably due to the fact that I decided to say "Screw it, I'm using the occasional online FAQ."  Also, when you start playing at 11 am on Saturday, realize it's suddenly 3:30, and you don't even have any pants on yet...  well...  that's how you realize it's been an uneventful day.

Anyway, so, yeah:  I have to beat Sephiroth, I have two more Colosseum battles to beat with a high score, and I have a LOT of items to collect.  Otherwise, I have everything else completed.  Sweet.

I should have learned my lesson during Fiddler.

Or Oliver.

Or Brigadoon.

Or Music Man.

I should really try to find more shows that don't have kids involved.

Jeez Louise, we could have so much more done in this show if the amount of kids were cut in half.

Rehearsals that should take a half hour are taking over an hour because they won't shut up, won't focus, won't whatever.

Lordy, we open in a week and a half, and there's a few scenes that are so far from ready that it's not even funny.