Sing Your Song

Seeing as we're reaching mid July (so painfully soon) I thought I'd give this baby an update on this summer's happenings. I've been babysitting both animals and people like crazy getting money to go see some shows in the city AND I just got tickets to go see Idina up in Provincetown. Yes, I am driving 6 hours to a concert. I know (or know of) some people going and am excited to meet them. The theater only has 9 rows and I'm pretty sure she'll come out for a meet and greet afterwards, which would pretty much make me life. I'm going with Ruthie the Great and my mom who is nice enough to drive us there and back just to "see what all the fuss is about" but I think she secretly likes Idina too. Who wouldn't?

On a less happy note, my dog was put to sleep yesterday. She was disgnosed with cancer in her urethra yesterday morning and the tumor was so big she couldn't pee. There wasn't anything the doctors could do so she came home for goodbyes, hot dogs, and vanilla ice cream, and then we all made a very teary trip back to the vet so we could be with her. I really miss her but I know it was by far for the best so I can't really be too sad. She lived a very happy 13 years and was loved (and spoiled) like crazy.

Hope all is well with all of you, and that everyone had a nice fourth of July. I'll try and update more often.

<3

Current Mood: okay
Current Music: Wild Party

Choose any 3 roles on Broadway that you would want to be in:
1. G(a)linda Upland- Wicked
2. Mimi Marquez- Rent
3. Queenie- Wild Party

If told tomorrow you could go see any 2 shows for free and front row you would see..:
1. RENT
2. Avenue Q

What 3 shows would you want to be revived so you could just watch
1. Les Mis
2. The Wild Party
3. Hair

3 Broadway actors you'd want to work opposite of:
1. Anthony Rapp
2. Norbert Leo butz
3. Adam Pascal

3 Broadway actresses you'd want to work opposite of:
1. Idina Menzel
2. Jennifer Laura Thompson
3. Julia Murney

The 1 part that you wouldn't mind changing your sex for (male part if you're a girl and so on):
1.Angel-Rent

Your 1 dream broadway role:
1. Queenie- Wild Party (eventhough it isn't on Broadway right now)

The 1 part you would love to play but know you never could for some reason.
1.Elphaba- Wicked

1 Broadway show that closed too early:
1. The Wild Party

The one show you would never see again:
1. Cats

The one show you would see over and over again:
1. RENT. RENT is life. the end

Your Favorite Broadway Quote:
1. There's so many
"No day but today"
"Forget regret or life is yours to miss"
"Everyone deserves a chance to fly"
"Why does distance make us wise? You were the song all along, and before this song dies, I should tell you I have always loved you. You can see it in my eyes."
... so I have more than one

Current Mood: creative
Current Music: RENT

HAPPY *belated* BIRTHDAY IDINA MENZEL!!!!!!!

Current Music: rent

I finally started re-doing my room. I think my mom and I are painting later today. Brandon and I got 6 months. He made me dinner (chicken parm) and we went to a movie. It was all really nice. I like him, but don't tell. It's a secret. I got an awesome babysitting job this summer which I'm really excited about. It should definitely get me down to nyc to see RENT by July, maybe even enough money to buy tickets instead of lotto. This weekend has been crazy. Katie's surprise party went well, she had no idea so it was great. I slept there afterwards and then last night I slept at Toni's. We had a little bonfire, had some people over, it was all good fun. This is the longest I've been home in a few days. I think tomorrow I'm going with Ruthie to visit some STAR '03 people and I think some '02 kids that I don't know but we're all friendly. Summers coming quick, but not quick enough. I'm very ready for school to be done.

To the stage!
L.

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: RENT disk 2

today was boring. Ruthie and I were going to come to my house and hang out for a while and blast RENT but she had prom dress fittings so we'll do some RENT blasting another time. I did blast it on my own though, which was enjoyable, only less so. Brandon came over for a bit, nice surprize. Tomorrow is 6 months which is hard to believe. It went by fast. My math teacher is leaving at the end of the week whether she has her baby or not, which makes me very happy. My grades are awful lately because I keep stressing out about everything and then end up doing nothing. Idina is on Kevin Hill again tonight for the season finale, and this time it'll be for more than 3 minutes. Mom left again. She's in the city for a little bit. She'll be back by the weekend though. I wish she would stay here longer, I hate when she's only around for a few days. I think when she gets back she'll be here for a while though. I'm redoing my room in HUGE wall sized black and white photos of nyc with red trim and red velvet curtains like theater curtains. I'm really excited for it. I got a new bed frame for free at a garage sale last weekend. Ball is coming up soon which is exciting too, except that some of the people I have to share a table/limo with kind of make me want to jump off of a cliff or a very tall building but hopefully I won't have to spend much time with them anyway. Then after that, if mom lets me (fingers crossed) I'm going up to Lake George with Brandon and his friends for the night. We'll see.

quote of the day-
"Love=Art=Disease=Pain=Life

Humanness:
"Otherness"

In our desensitized society, the artists, the bohemians poor, discarded, "others", recovering addicts- all are more in touch with their human-ness than the so called mainstream.

Despite everything- Humanness,
Love,
Life,
Art

Survives."
-Jonathan Larson

Current Mood: anxious
Current Music: rent disk 2

I keep promising to be better about updating so I'm back to update. ummm...the last month of school is useless, i hate it. But the weather is finally nice which is awesome. Idina is on Kevin Hill (Tidina Love Cheer!) tonight and next wednesday so you all better watch it. 9:00 on UPN which is channel 4 up here. I'm hopefully getting a job in stuyvesant plaza so i can get money to go down to the city and see RENT, because why wouldn't you want to go to the city to see RENT? And I need a car, and a mothers day present, and a fathers day present, and a keyboard, and...oh man

Senior Ball is coming up soon so I got my dress, going with Brandon :) It's black and white and pretty.

Moms in Montana for the week where it's snowing so I'm here with the boys till saturday which will be interesting...

ta ta.
L.

I just read my last entry and decided that since I'm feeling much better about everything I was angry about in that post that I should update. So everything is wonderful with the afore mentioned "certain someone" which makes me very happy. I got my dress and shoes for senior ball. I got back from FRANCE! last week. France was amazing. Every day was my favorite day and it was all so beautiful. I bought some awesome stuff. maybe I'll post some pictures when I get them developed. I'm planning a NYC trip with Courtney From Texas (because thats how we refer to her) which looks like it might work out. I applied for jobs yesterday so hopefully I'll be getting some money soon so I can start saving the $350 that I don't have yet. If we do go, we're going to do lotto for RENT unless by some chance we get enough money to buy tickets so we don't have to worry about not winning. I'm really excited. (!) Not too much else is new. Review is starting for finals so all our teachers are going a little nuts. Well, more like a little more nuts than usual but what can you do? Alright, well ta ta for now!
L.

Current Mood: happy

i had a math test today that i think i did good on that will *hopefully* bring my grade into the 80s. a certain someone is being a piece of shit. hopefully he will stop because i hate goodbyes.

i was in a really bad mood today so i played idina's zipper concert because i hadn't listened to it in a while. it made me much happier.

shakespeare auditions are coming up. i should practice my audition, but i feel like shit so i'm just going to sit here until i can move more than my fingers.



to the stage.

Well I haven't updated in a good 2 months so I thought I'd fix that. I haven't been doing anything too exciting. Just finished Into the Woods at school. I did lighting because..well I'm awesome. RENT started filming which I'm REALLY psyched about because it's actually happening. I turned 16, Brandon turned 18. Everyone told me it was illegal. whatever. I auditioned for Wizard of Oz with Park Playhouse II and didn't get a part because I had less then 24 hours to prepare before the audition. I was a little bummed because I really wanted to be the wicked witch. If you don't know why, you aren't my friend. *wink* Speaking of winking, I found out that's something I can't do very well...I kind of just look retarded when I try. Oh! I got my permit yesterday. That rocked. I drove my mom's monster van around a SUNY parking lot for a while and didn't even hit anything! School's been pretty terrible, my grades suck, but I'm trying to make them stop sucking. Today there's no school which is really really really awesome. I think I'll start updating again. Yeah.

All my Love,
L.

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: RENT

( stolen from my red head loverrrrrr )

Current Mood: blah

MY WICKED TICKETS CAME YESTERDAY!!!! I got really excited first because I got them and then because I thought there were 5 when we only ordered 4 but the "fifth" was just a recipt thing printed out on a ticket..so we didn't end up getting a free wicked ticket accidentally. damn. I got my france passport pictures...they're..interesting. nothing terribley interesting to say.



<3

Current Mood: content
Current Music: RENT

I would like to take this moment to wish

DOUGLAS HAYES RICKERT

a very happy 16TH BIRTHDAY!

<3

I GOT WICKED TICKETS!!!!!!!!!!! February 9th me and the fam are taking a train into the city where I will have THE BEST 16th BIRTHDAY EVER! they ended up being $100 a piece so I can't bring anyone but it's ok. and i heard that the idina replacement is really good so I'm psyched. So in the 2nd week of february, I'll turn 16, go to my favorite place in the world to see my favorite show in the world and after I'll get my permit. SCORE! Alright I have to go take care of some things before I get my PASSPORT PICTURE taken for FRANCE because my mom seems to be perpetually agrivated by me so I'm going to go pretend to be the daughter she wishes I was. BUT I have Wicked tickets. so its ok. :) Oh, and I'm going to Lauren's today. Tres awesome. and tomorrow I'm going to AIR with Brandon and the crew, rock climbing, best date ever. :-P


<3

Current Mood: excited
Current Music: Wicked

So I decided to greenify my journal in honor of Idina's degreenification. I've been pretty sad about it because I'm just facing the reality that I'll never get to see her in Wicked. I looked into the new elphaba a little. Her name is Shoshanna Bean and she's really pretty and probably talented too but she just isn't Idina and that makes me sad. Anyway I don't have a whole lot to say, I just wanted to post in my new layout. Oh, and Idina cracked her rib at her matinee on January 8th. :(

<3
(> ...its a sideways witch's hat

Current Mood: sad
Current Music: Zipper

so. im bored, youre bored, lets be bored together! fill out this awesomely stupid survey-ish thing in the comments. what an excellent waste of time...

(1) Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it.
(2) Am I lovable?
(3) How long have you known me?
(4) When and how did we first meet?
(5) What was your first impression?
(6) Do you still think that way about me now?
(7) What do you think my weakness is?
(8) Do you think I'll get married?
(9) What makes me happy?
(10) What makes me sad?
(11) What reminds you of me?
(12) If you could give me anything what would it be?
(13) How well do you know me?
(14) When is the last time you saw me?
(15) Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't?
(16) Do you think I could kill someone?
(17) Describe me in one word.
(18) Do you think our friendship is getting stronger, weaker, or staying the same?
(19) Do you feel that you could talk to me about anything and I would listen?
(20) Are you going to put this on your LJ and see what I say about you?


<3

Current Mood: relaxed

it's a snowday!! but im sick. booo. that's ok though because i'd be home either way and this way i don't miss as much. today i managed to pull myself off the couch for the first time since tuesday night and it's amazing how a shower can make you feel so much better. so i figured, ok, now that im clean, lets do something other than watch lame MTV about who has more sex and drinks more which is pretty much all high school is. wooo! high school! lets see who can die their hair the most blinding shade of blonde and sleep with the most ignorant football player and smoke the most pot! wooo! oh damn, i lose. if you haven't noticed, i'm not in the best of moods today. i did notice though that on a digital camera, my eyes look really blue which is awesome because i like blue eyes. i think my eyes are the only thing i've ever consistantly like about myself. agh, im gonna go walk around my house aimlessly in my georgetown sweatshirt and pink pjs. i probably wont do my hair either which will result in a rather abominable-snowman-gone-gaukey-hormonally-unbalanced-teenager effect. i'll take pictures. except not. later.

<3

Current Mood: sick

Christmas break was lovely. Brandon came over for dinner and i got a bunch of clothes to return and a kick ass calendar that has pictures of nyc from the 1930s and 40s. I got some other stuff too but I think the calendar was my favorite. Oh, and this necklace I picked out in the city that my mom said i had to wait till christmas for and then i forgot about it so i was really excited when i opened it. I had rehearsals for my first night show-ish thing and then new years eve i had the show-ish thing which i was a little disapointed in because i know i could have done better. Brandon came to see that and then i lost my ring, freaked out, and then we went to dinner. Then we all went back to my house and tried to keep our eyes open till midnight. new years kisses are my favorite. :) now I'm sitting here listening to my shitty Idina recording. I think i'd like to be her right now. or definitely at least get her vocal cords put into my throat. good stuff. schools back. not so good stuff. whatever.

<3

Current Mood: blank

I'm very busy procratinating and since I haven't updated in aeons (ions? no thats science...eeons? no. whatever) i decided to update. hmmm. brandon and i have been brandon and i for a month as of yesterday. he was supposed to come over yesterday for dinner but my mom had a flip out attack that consisted of RAHH ITS TOO CLOSE TO CHRISTMAS FOR THIS LEAH!! AHHHGGG!! YOU DONT DO ANYTHING TO HELP!! ROOOAAAAAAARRRR!!!! and after a good 20mins of that we ended in a big no. so brandon didnt come over for dinner, but avoiding an awkward parental/boyfriend situation isn't the worst thing to ever happen. I have all my christmas shopping done. very exciting. Elizabeth is coming up soon and i think we're all gonna get together and pretend we're as close as we were 2 years ago for the sake of christmas...and elizabeth. and im going to aromi d'italia with brandon on christmas eve. first night rehearsals start the 28th so im super psyched to see some of my favorite people ever.  family is coming up for new years and i think brandons coming over to meet them all and be all new yearsy with me. i dont think i have anything else exciting to say. au revoir mes amies. je vous aime et j'espaire tout le monde a un bon noelle. unless youre jewish. then i hope you had a rockin hannukah.

<3 L.

today was a surprizingly wonderful day. i woke up at 6:30 (10mins before my bus comes) which kinda sucked but i made the bus in time but i thought since i woke up late it would be a bad day. oh how wrong i was. so i get to school go to french which is lovely enough. made up a test so it was nice to finally get that off my back. k here comes the best part. im walking to advisory and theres brandon with the two little balloons in his hands and he sees me and gets this big smile on his face and gives me balloons and says "this is part of Part Two (aka Leah's present: the Sequal) but the other part is still coming" so im all happy eventhough one of the balloons says thanks a bunch and they were for my broadway debut but shhhh. oh yeah, did i tell you i was on broadway? well i was but i'll tell those details in a sec. so im all happy and i go into advisory and im talking to doug on the other side of the room from the door and i turn around and brandons walking in with roses and two big balloons (a happy birthday and a youre my hero) and a tin of cookies. SO brandon being the wonderful boyfriend that he is walks across my whole advisory with all this stuff for me so by the time he gets to me everyone is watching. so im on cloud nine because i have the sweetest boyfriend ever and i like him very much. no, thats an understatement. very VERY much. so he leaves and then i got to go get my class ring which i like very much. its cute, light blue stone with an artsy picture and a naked man running (who isnt really naked but its fun to pretend) thats supposed to be aquarius. and then i got to see brandon in lunch and hes just so wonderful and im very happy.

good news part two: i was on broadway. for 6 days, 8 performances. i did a christmas carol with barry williams (greg brady) jeff conaway (knickie from grease and bobby from taxi) jackee harry (mom from sister sister) angela bofill (amazingly sweet, incredibley talented jazz singer) and malik yoba (new york undercover, a very awesome guy). it was the best experiance of my life despite pulling a muscle in my toe (yes it is possible) and getting mildly lost in the "good" part of harlem. i did miss a ton of work which im doing my best to make up but it was definitely worth it and then some. i got a bunch of stuff in the city. a Wicked music book, a ring, a bracelet which i used my sick suburban street skills to get the lady to take 2 dollars off the price and a tee shirt that has all the shows on broadway this season on it and a broadway key chain. score.

things are so fabulous right now and i dont think i could be much happier...although a better hair day would have been nice. i have no regrets for anything ive ever done, at least today anyway.

love to you all.

<3moi

Current Mood: wonderful