Such fun at the Big Bear Renaissance Festival!  I look forward to attending once again...

On wednesday evening, I competed for a chance to become part of the Los Angeles cast of Wicked.  I worked really hard and put together an amazing rendition of The Wizard and I and then the moment I walked up on stage, all composed thought flew straight out of my head.  I still gave it my all, pulled my heart out of my chest and left it sitting on that stage.  And to my dismay, I will not be in the show (some other talentless hack was chosen, although he will be competing against someone else with an amazing voice who absolutely deserved to be there, so good luck buddy..I'm not bitter or anything.)  The point of all of this is it took me 8 years to try it all over again, and first and foremost I made it into the top 50 (out of over 1000 entries) and I was able to perform again like the last time I had done it was yesterday.  One of the judges told me I had an "enchanting disney voice, like I was one of thier animated characters".  So maybe that's where I'll go from here.  Goodbye Wicked Witch of the West, I'll miss you, hello Cinderella, glad to make your acquaintance.  (oh..and if anyone's interested in actually watching my performance, it's on youtube.  Look for Wanna be wicked..)

Oh, Oh, how I pray for crappy weather this weekend.  Last weekend was fun and wonderful. Full of great friends and family, beautiful wares, fabulous food (sin on a stick), never empty cups of ale, and a great number of men in kilts, BUT...it was hotter than hell.  Wearing literally 4 layers of clothing last weekend was, for the first time ever, absolutely no fun.  Everything else was great, except for the 102 degree heat in the middle of the desert.  So please, if you read this, pray, do alittle chant, cast a little spell, sacrifice a little something to the gods, whatever it is that you do, help us have a bit breezier, a lot cooler, and a little less sun filled day at faire this weekend.   I will do what it is that I do to make things happen in life, but I'm not exactly willing to go in the buff.  I'm damned determined to have a good weekend, but if it's as hot this weekend as it was last weekend, my faire persona may be changed from an Irish lass to one of the fae (and I'm sort of wingless at the moment, so I'm not sure how I'd pull that off.)   So with that said, a toast to good weather and a healthy weekend...SLÁINTE!