Stressful waffles

"Look at you.... yuck" (NAME THAT MOVIE!)

So. We had Waffles the other day. Waffles are one of my family's favorites, but I've never liked them for some reason and I've never understood why I get this deep down angry feeling when I eat them. Yesterday while I was sitting at the table, weak from coughing with snot rag in hand, I realized the problem. Waffles are stressful. Here's why:

1. Waffles come off the iron nice and hot. They have this splendid crunch that everyone enjoys. But wait about 5 minutes or less, (which is about the time it takes to get the family to the table) and they are luke warm and are no longer crunchy. More like pancakes then anything.

2. (Or, "An Added Amount of Fat" )
Because they are no longer piping hot, they cannot melt butter. And when you do butter them, the butter builds up in the freakishly annoying square holes that somebody decided would be a good idea for waffles to have. And you have a waffle full of extra butter that you don't want nor need.

3. (Or, "The Syrup is a Lie")
After the waffles have cooled and you've finally, with lots of effort, managed to spread a reasonable amount of butter on (HAH.) you're ready for your syrup. So, you pour a artistic swirly of syrup, and then, to your dismay, your brother dumps his milk all over the floor and you hurry to clean it up, and when you return, the syrup you have poured is no where to be seen. So with a heaaaaavy sigh, you poor some more on, and you quickly spread it around.

4. As that first bite enters your ready mouth, the waffle is cold, there is too much butter, and you realize that the waffle has absorbed every bit of the syrup, and you now have more syrup then waffle in your mouth. but, this is your breakfast. And you must finish it. So you finish it, and you now have a very bad tummy ache.

And this, my friends, is why waffles are the most stressful breakfast on the planet.

over the weekend.

there's this horrid cold thing going around my house. everyone has gotten it, even Clara, who came home for the weekend. JUST THE WEEKEND. and now she's knocked on her butt. I suspect it's my turn. I feel okay except that I feel like I've been screaming my lungs out this weekend. I can function. I just don't feel well. meh.
I have rehearsal tonight. :D hopefully I wont contaminate the rest of the cast with what my family has. but, I think it's better to get sick now, one week into rehearsals, then get sick on opening night and not be able to sing. that would suck. but yeah I'm excited for tonight. we're choreographing the big dance number in the beginning , and a few other things. it's gonna be fuuun. full cast and all. bonding time? I think yes. :D
I've been reading the book. it's been tremendously helpful and I'm so excited. Marilla is seriously an amazing character. it makes me so happyyyy!!! what a great book too... it's hard to put it down. it's fun to be reading something I haven't read since I was like, 8. I understand it so much better now... it's really exciting. I'm having a great time. I'm so pleased to be playing this part.

so enough about theater for now. friday was a pretty busy day. we had my cousins Aaron, Amanda and Rufus over again for dinner to bid them farewell one more time before they left. it was a good time. I made a lovely pumpkin pie for the occasion, thinking of Grandma Mannino all the while. she was famous for her pies and baked goods and I always think of her when I bake. later in the evening, my dad got out his guitar, Aaron used my guitar, Clara, who had came home that day for the three day weekend, got on the piano, I sang, and we had a big old jamming session. we mostly sang Beatles songs... yes, I am proud to say we're that kind of family. it was lovely though. I love hearing the Mannino's sing together. I love that music is a big part of our family. we could be sitting at the TV watching movies or playing video games. but no. we make music together. I just think that is the best thing ever. And of course, there was Rufus. and any visit is a good one when there's a 2 week old baby in the house. :)

A new project...

I love having a new project to work on... I'm so excited for "Anne"... we had our read through yesterday. we got through most of it. it's a pretty long show, so we had to skip some scenes. but from what I saw yesterday, it's going to be incredible. Marilla is a bigger part then I expected it to be... ya know, it usually happens like that. I get cast, and I'm pretty sure it's gonna be a breeze... but no. I'm in almost every scene in act one, and in act two there are only only about 4 scenes I'm not in. and Marilla is a great character too... she has a lot of depth I can explore and really get into her mind. I'm already starting to do mah research and all dat good stuff. Marila has always been my favorite character in this story (aside from Gilbert, who I adore because he's such a twerp.) and I'm just so excited to be doing this. :D I hope I can do the part justice. Oh! and you know what else is super exciting?! I get a solo for the first time!!! EEEE!!! :D :D
But of course, even with a show going on, I still have to make sure I'm not falling back in school and not neglecting my family... I think that might be the hardest part of this. cause it would be so, SO easy to just eat, sleep, and breath theater and not think twice about school or how much I'm helping around the house. and that wouldn't be good for anyone... this is the draw back to being a theater geek in highschool... it's really all I want to do. all the time. nothing else. but you have to have some veggies with your yummy meat and potato's I suppose....
... that was a weird analogy... I must be getting hungry...
It snowed about 4 or 5 inches today. hah. and we thought it was all gonna go away... naaaaaaaaaaaah. hehehe. but I suppose this gives me an excuse to make cookies and hot chocolate to warm up the house. :D
otay. I guess I should move on with my day. I just needed to do some processing real quick. I'm just brimming with excitement, I figured I better write some of it down to calm myself a bit. I think I'm good now. hehehe. :)

Auditions, call backs, and fresh babies.

well, glad that's over. auditions went pretty well I think... I sang "she's in love" from the Broadways little mermaid. and that was fun. I think I chose a good song. I had a lot of trouble with the chorus.. it's high and there isn't a lot of time to breath... but I had fun and smiled, and that's what matters. Maleny did a good job too. she was scared and nervous, so she wasn't her normal hammy self, but she sang very nicely, and I had a good time accompaning her on the guitar. So I'm pretty proud of both of us. I got a vocal callback for monday. I got there and we learned two parts from a song, and then sang it individually. I'm really liking the music for this show... it's really quite sweet... I felt really good about how I did for callbacks... I was nervous, but I got through it and was strong for the most part. it was a pretty good experience. later we did lots of cold reads which is always my favorite. maleny was there for that and did quite well. I just had a really good time. have I mentioned I love acting? hahahha. :) all the kids who auditioned were really fun people too. we were all supporting each other and it was just a good time all the way around. I really love TAC. it's such a great place...
and for the results? I have happily been cast as Marilla Cuthburt. I could not be more excited. Maleny did not get cast though... and I'm really bummed about that. but she's being a trooper and keeping her head high. there's always another show. plus, I think this is the way it needs to be. cause she just started Kung Fu, and I think she needs to focus on that right now. I think this is best. but I am sad. I was looking forward to being in a show with her and sharing my favorite place in the world with her. but oh well.
Rehearsals start tonight. we're doing a read through. I can't wait. it looks like it's gonna be a really fun cast. :) and so begins another adventure...

As for fresh babies (good grief, I sound like a creeper) My cousin is the new father of a beeeeautiful baby boy. the family visited yesterday. It's been so long since I've held a new born... it's the most beautiful thing in the world. he's only 9 days old. fresh fresh very fresh. ;) I'm so excited to have another Mannino in the family. Welcome to the world, Rufus Mannino. :)

Auditions.

Well, today's the day..... auditions for Anne of Green Gables are in about two hours.... right now, I'm feeling pretty confidant, but I'm sure that'll change. I figure, if I totally bomb the audition and sing like a goat, at least the song I've chosen is funny and I can really ham it up. it'll be fun. I think.
My little sister Maleny is auditioning too. I'm going to accompany her on the guitar. that's really exciting. her song is really fun to really rock out to. the hardest part is gonna be to balance her volume with mine. but I'm not too worried. she's got a nice strong voice and I'm good at telling when I'm too loud.
so yeah. pray for both of us. :D fingers crossed!

first post of 2011

What's on my mind? WHAT'S ON MY MIND!?!?!??!! auditions... auditions.. auditions...
Auditions for Anne of Green Gables are on sunday. I haven't auditioned for a musical in a very long time.. if you don't count Oklahoma. which I don't, because I didn't actually have to prepare a song for that. I'm good if you just hand me a script or a song or what ever, I don't get very nervous at all. but when I have to prepare something, I get nervous beyond all reason... I really have no confidence in my voice... I've heard it's beautiful, and I can sing quite well... but I just can't stand hearing myself sing. I'm slightly afraid of it actually.. it's very strange. but I'm afraid of how I sound. ahhhg. I don't know... I get panic attacks every time I think about it... plus I hear there's gonna be a ton of people auditioning... lotsa girls... lotsa competition... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
okay. NOT THINKING ABOUT THAT ANYMORE...

So, this is my first post of 2011. It's been an alright year so far. all 7 days of it. it's weird looking back on what I was doing a year a go... I was starting lifeguard training... getting a hang on that independence thing after my sisters had gone off to school. that was a pretty exciting month. I got my wisdom teeth out in February. hah. that was fun. glad I don't have to do that again. hahahahaha. a year ago from tomorrow, I found out my mother was pregnant... that was a ride... last year really was a tough one... I went through a lot of loss... especially when that baby died in march... but there was also a lot of exciting things that happened, too. it was a big theater year. I got to crew for a professional theater. I met all sorts of wonderful people there. got a bit of a sneak peak of what life is like when you do theater for a living. I also crewed for The Last Gladiator, I was in Juvie and A Christmas Story back to back. for someone who usually does 2 shows at most a year, that was a lot. and I learned SO much.
In the summer I taught swim and went to a family reunion and spent a week and a half with my wonderful out of town cousins whom I love very much. I'm hoping I can go visit them in Louisiana this summer. fingers crossed. :) I also turned 15... Got a wonderful camera, which is gonna help me along my road to hopefully becoming a photographer someday. oh yeah, and I learned that I love the guitar.
I met lots of wonderful people in 2010.... I met Rachael, who is now one of my best friends in the world, I met the Juvie gang, some of which are very close and dear to me now, and all of them I love with all my heart. some of my friendships were strained for a little bit through all the hard things that happened.... but they've grown stronger then ever now.
so I think 2010 was the "Cc learning what she loves to do, and Cc beginning to become the wonderful young lady God wants her to be, and learning who Cc needs to listen to" year. and I found out that my parents really are right... even when I think they're wrong.. they're right... and I love them. I love my whole family. and they love me. pretty cool. I think I did a fair amount of growing up, if that's okay and not egotistical to say. :)
Karen's going back to school tomorrow. we drove Clara back on sunday. it's hard to accept that winter break really is over. I don't like it. I like having all my sisters around. I miss them. it's hard knowing they don't know all my friends and they don't know all the adventures I'm going through, and I don't know all their adventures they're going through and the people met. and I don't like that. skype can only let you in on so much. and I'm usually away from home when we do skype. *sigh* so I'm not happy Karen's going home.
but, on the bright side, I'm going Ice Skating with my Juvies tomorrow. I'm very excited to see them. we're a fun group of kids. and then auditions on sunday. (AHHHHH)
And so, begins another part of Cc's life. whether or not I get into Anne. I think I'll find something else exciting and new to do if I don't. I have hope. God always has something in mind. even if it's not what I have in mind. that's another thing I learned last year. gah. God is GOOD.

I think that's all for now. I gotta go to bed. I'm gonna get up at 5:00 to drive Karen to the Airport. Meh.
I hope you all had a fabulous 2010, and I hope 2011 is even better. I love you! <3