Gilligan's Long Island Iced Tea

Has anyone ever had a "giligans long island iced tea". Well, I was at some bar on Monday night here in Buffalo, NY and they were selling these HUGE ones for like $4. So we drank and drank and drank them....EW! Gross, seriously. And then this guy that went out with us from merchandise sat at a table in the last bar we went to and spewed...right at the table. And then didnt move-that is ill!! Just sat there looking at his own vomit. I left at that point. GROSS!!!

Whats the strangest/nastiest drink you ever had but kept drinking because it was cheap and tasted like koolaid?

Providence, RI

Tonight's opening night performance of "Elmo's Coloring Book" in Providence, RI was a disaster....can't win them all, right?

I take some major credit for being ill and dropping two lines....ridiculous.

Brokeback Mountain

I don't even really know what to say about this movie. Half way through it I was kinda like "So what's everyone been talking about" and then when it was over I felt like I saw an amazing movie but dont know exactly what it was that made it so good. Then I met some friends for some drinks and I got a little tipsy, walked home by myself and started thinking about the movie. By the time I got back to my hotel I was sobbing-damn alcohol. I had to call a friend who met me in the stairwell and calmed me down. I was a mess. So-that was that.

On a lighter note.

I also had some major problems with my contact lenses during the movie and it really pissed me off. They kept like drying up and popping out of my eyes, it really sucked. Also, I was very thrown by the choices in the casting of the female characters in this movie. I think they were brilliant but I had to get used to it.

WARNING: I'm going to say something about the movie so if you haven't seen it you may not want to read....my question is for those of you that have seen it:

Didn't you feel dirty when you saw Anne Hathaway's taddy's? I SO did.

So these are just some pics from last
week. Some are from the pot luck and the others from Aerosmith. I'm sure you can tell which ones are which. The guy in the red sweater in the one pic is my roomie Doc and he is awesome! Life is so much better on tour when you have a good roomie.

Muppet Heads...

A few weeks ago I asked my performance director if I could try on a few of the different muppet heads so I could really be "in the know" as far as what my fellow co workers can and can NOT see when they are in costume. After some arrangements were made with wardrobe and everything was approved for me to do this the day came. Now, before this I had total respect for everyone I work with. I myself did costume work as shown in the picture below in "Bitty Bear's Matinee" at the American Girl Place theatre in Chicago. as you can see, my face was still exposed and as you can see with Elmo here...everything is covered on these performers. After I tried on these heads last Sunday and did a couple jigs in them I am in complete AW of my fellow performers. I tried Elmo, Zoe and Blanche the Polar bear heads on. I can't even begin to imagine what it must have taken for a dancer to get used to wearing a costume of this nature. It feels like someone put a trash can over your head and punched a hole in it so you can "see". I have heard horror stories of muppets puking in their heads and just freaking out in them during production and I think I would totally be in that boat. So...Muppets-I SALUTE YOU! I could never ever do what you do and I think you are all AMAZING! Ecspecially those of you that seriously rock out in these costumes....you know who you are!

I have no question.

your 2005 taxes...

So??? Did you do yours yet? I just wanna say mine are done and like 3 days away from being deposited into my bank account. The last couple of years I did mine on H & R Block but this year I went with Turbo Tax. I'm so excited, I get mine back so soon! It's wonderful! These things can be such a pain.

So how are you doing yours this year?

The Simple Life

The Simple Life. Sometime over like a year ago my friend Niki bought me the DVD to "the simple life". I brought it out on tour with me after christmas because I realized I had never watched it in it's entirety. So I watched it last week. Um....and yesterday I bought "the Simple Life" season 2 on DVD. I know this isn't normal. But simple ridiculous phrases like "That's hot", "do you love it?", and "Love you bitch" make me giggle. And now they are working on doing another season of the show. However, now that Nicole and Paris hate eachother and stuff they are going to like split them up and make it a contest between the two or something. I dunno, they are rich and ridiculous but I can't get enough. I know this is wrong but I guess it's a guilty pleasure.

What's your guilty television pleasure?

Lenny and Aerosmith

Working in the performing arts I occasionaly get some perks out of it. My stop last year in Vegas was my first taste of that. More recently my performance director's boyfriend was hired on for the account manager for the Aerosmith tour. I know it's kinda dorky but I am an Aerosmith fan, have been for as long as I can remember. First saw them in Detroit when I was 18 with my friend Christina. That show rocked! The set list was amazing. When Rebecca (my performance director) told me that Scott (her bf) got a job with them I kinda freaked and told her that if our tours were ever close "I dont care if you can get me tickets or not I just wanna go". Well, we were just about 3 hours away from them this past week. I did not have to buy my own ticket...no. I had a backstage pass, 10th row seats, couple free shirts, some pins and buttons and some playing cards and all sorts of swag. Lenny Kravitz opened and he was awesome. His set list was actually WAY better than Aerosmiths. Then Aerosmith came on and I snuck down to the front row, but really, you can pretty much get away with anything when you have a backstage pass on I discovered. I would go to get beer and come back and be ushered through passed people that were squabling with security. It was great! I grew up going to concerts, my mother was very supportive in that area in concern of my need for music and shows and such. I had never had an experience like this. It was sweet! And yes, this is an actual picture of how close i was to Stephen Tyler. The top one is a pic of that fine man Lenny. The man is 58 and has a rockin ass, made me wanna go to the gym.

What concert did you go to last?

A Million Little Pieces by James Frey

I finished this book on our travel day this week, that was on Monday for those of you who haven't figured it out that I travel every Monday. The book was excellent, I wish I would have picked it up before the whole Oparah book club thing. Never the less, it was outstanding. I cried, often. I was reading it at work one day at a part when I have down time during the show and was literally almost bawling and couldn't stop. It hit close for me in a few places. I cried because I was happy AND sad. I laughed some too, I wanna be James Frey's friend.

The electrifying opening of James Frey's debut memoir, A Million Little Pieces, smash-cuts to the then 23-year-old author on a Chicago-bound plane "covered with a colorful mixture of spit, snot, urine, vomit and blood." Wanted by authorities in three states, without ID or any money, his face mangled and missing four front teeth, Frey is on a steep descent from a dark marathon of drug abuse. His stunned family checks him into a famed Minnesota drug treatment center where a doctor promises "he will be dead within a few days" if he starts to use again, and where Frey spends two agonizing months of detox confronting "The Fury" head on:
"I want a drink. I want fifty drinks. I want a bottle of the purest, strongest, most destructive, most poisonous alcohol on Earth. I want fifty bottles of it. I want crack, dirty and yellow and filled with formaldehyde. I want a pile of powder meth, five hundred hits of acid, a garbage bag filled with mushrooms, a tube of glue bigger than a truck, a pool of gas large enough to drown in. I want something anything whatever however as much as I can."

What's the last thing you read that hit close to home?

The Last house on the left

So I made a big purchase. I finally bought a portable DVD player and i LOVE it! I purchased a few movies along with it. One was Wes Cravins first film "The Last House on the Left". It was released in 1972 and I have always wanted to see it and on the road I dont have the option of renting movies so I bought it. This was some majorly disturbing F-ed up shit! Like.....seriously messed up. I dont know if i can ever watch it again. I mean, see, it was good....but like creepy and really REALLY disturbing but....good at the same time, you follow?

These two teenage girls go to the city for a concert and are kidnapped by two men and a woman. They take them to the an area in the country that is only 100 feet from one of the girls' house. The kidnappers rape and murder the two girls and then go to that house not knowing that one of their victims lived there. The victims' parents found out that they murdered their daughter, get them drunk, and murder them in strange yet painful ways. It's crazy!!!!

What is the last F-ed up movie you watched?

so much food....

Since I have this HUGE room this week we have had a good time entertaining our co-workers. Monday was just a regular drinking night. Tuesday night I had a small gathering of people over and I made a pot roast with some mashed potatoes and veggies. Last night the company had a pot luck and it was held in my room ...122. It was craziness!!! SO MUCH FOOD!!! 3 kinds of Lasagna, veggie wraps, ham and cheese wraps, bean cassoraole, cheese and broccoli casserole (made by me) , some bean and hot dog and corn thingy, pasta salad, fruit salad, some sort of jewish relish I can't pronounce and wont try and type, taco dip, chocolate mouse, strawberry shortcake, weenies wrapped in bacon, some green bean and corn casserole thing, oreo cheesecake, rum cake, sugar cookies, chocolate sunday cookies(made by me), peanut butter bars, twix bars, mac and cheese, veggies and dip, chicken casserole, and cocktails called caipirinha made by joice...um...someone brought a bag of dorritos....and I can't remember what else but there was more. I didnt pig out like I thought I would, but i ate well and my fridge is full of leftovers.

When is the last time you pigged out?

Residence Inn Marriot

I am in Spartanburg, PA this week. My new roomie Doc who is F-ing amazing by the way is a "Marriot Elite Member". He has been touring for a few years and get's upgrades and stuff here and there. Last week at the Omni Coffee, Juice and soda was delivered to our room every morning at 8:15a.m.-Lovely! This week, we were upgraded to a two bedroom suite at the Residence Inn. we have TWO FLOORS!!! We also have two floors and two bathrooms, a fireplace, a FULL kitchen and a wonderful living room with a sectional couch ....oh, and a balcony. we are the envy of the rest of the peeps on tour. Residence Inn elite members freaking rock! thanks Doc!

Moose Toe

So girls get camel toe right? Guys get Moose toe. Well, i dont...hahaha...but guys do really. No, actually my jeans were kinda tight tonight when I was out at dinner, they kept riding up and I was really worried about having some moose toe going on. But i didnt....I dont. Be good to someone this week, give them a compliment on their camel or moose toe like:

"hey Susie, nice camel toe!" or

"Wow Brad, I haven't seen a moose toe like that since Wimbleton in '82"

....I dare you.

James Frey

James Frey is the author of "A Million Little Pieces"- a memior about drug and alcohol addiction. I'm reading the book right now and I enjoy it very much. Some of the facts in the book are being disputed right now by certain people and he is on Larry King Live talking about it. The point of this post is not to defend James Frey or the book even though I am on his side. They have just been flashing this old picture of him on Larry King and I found it online and wanna post it cuz I think he was freaking hot! I still actually think he is pretty attractive, but this pic of him is way nice. the top one is now and the bottom is the 'freaking hot one'.

I have no question. Just pics.

HERSHEY's

Last week we played in Hershey, PA. The land of chocolate! I kid you not, I walked out of the arena one day and the air smelled like chocolate-it was kinda nasty. There is a fine line between the smell of chocolate and the smell vomit...no lie. So they gave us this isane amount of candy! twizzlers, hershey bars, kit kats...blah blah blah-anything Hershey-we have it and tons of it. I am addicted to the reese's peanut butter cup miniatures. I eat like at least 10 a day-they are so damn delicious but my belly is getting big and I cant stop! I sneak into the production office and steal them daily....I sneak them out of the bag that's in the tech crews crate-I must be stopped!!! Damn Hershey , PA.....damn the man!!!

What's your fav sweet treat?

Nasty Perms from 20 years ago...

So this perm is nasty right? Well...it was apropriate for 1986. but NOT NOW! What is it with women that think this is still okay? i swear-some women and their hair. I can't tell you how many women i see every single day with bad hair. It is so so sad. There needs to be some law against this hair and and there are some other styles that should just disapear as well. Actually, they have tried to vanish but some women just keep trying to keep them alive! Give it up yo!

Do you know a certain lady in your life who needs a talkin' to from the hair police?

Daisy Does America

I really love this show. I think just because I think Daisy Donnavon is fun and I really want to go out drinking with her one night. The show doesn't make me laugh until I pee myself or anything but i think she is pretty damn funny and freaking adorable. I want a british buddy!

Have you watched it? What do you think?

Friday the 13th

Who doesn't love Friday the 13th? I love it so much that I have arranged a cast and crew party to watch "Friday the 13th" part one tomorrow evening after the show. I can't wait!

Anyone else dig some Jason Voorhease? His heavy breathing is hot.

North Country

Once again me and Emily rented a movie on the hotel movie channel. I think I might be getting addicted to it. North Country...Just see this movie okay? Some seriously wonderful performances in it. You basically know what it's about so now all you have to do is see it, right? So go see it. oh yeah and....Charleze Theron is amazing...duh. And who doesn't love seeing Sissy Spacek a bit here and there? and then there is Frances Mcdormand, just go see it already yo!

have you seen it?

Tales of the City

I was introduced to the T.V. series "Tales of the City" by my good friend Joseph Bertucci about 5 years ago. I watched the first bunch of episodes and quickly moved onto "More Tales of the City" loving every bit of it. Then waited for "Further Tales of the City" to premiere on Showtime. It did, I watched it, I loved it. I am still waiting for the last installement of the series which i dont think will be made and that makes me really sad. I recently decided to read the books by Aumistead Maupin and they are brilliant! The series was made exactly like the book, every single last detail is in the series just as it is in the book. I have never seen anything followed so well, the screenplay takes ALL of the dialogue from the book, it's freaking awesome! And the characters are so wonderful in their own seperate ways. The series also features some great performances from Laura Linney, Olympia Dukakus, Parker Posey and so many more! If you are a reader go pick up the book and if you prefer T.V. go rent Volume one, seriously, you will NOT be dissapointed! I'm moving onto the book "More Tales of the City" next. Seriously, read or watch it-you wont be sorry.

Is anyone else familiar with Tales of the City? Thoughts? Fav Chracter?

Waiting

My friend Emily and I rented "waiting" on the hotel movie channel the other night. Just wanted a good laugh, you know, didnt feel like thinking to much. It's not as funny as like "Not another teen movie" or anything but if you have ever waited tables (Ecspecially at Bennigans) it's freaking hilarious! Emily has never waited tables. I myself in the begining of my glamorous career of waiting tables spent 3 years on and off at Bennigans. Also, Ryan Reynolds is freaking HOT!!! I'm so jealous of Alanis. And last, all to little is said about the multi yet complex talents of Alanna Ubach (Legally Blonde 1 & 2, Sister Act 2, The Brady Bunch Movie, and tons of other shit!) She is freaking hilarious! She always had these bit roles but she always always cracks me up. Her performance in "waiting" was no exception. Oh yeah, Anna Faris, the girl from like all the Scary Movies is really funny too-and she's in it.

Who is one of your fav "unkown's" that we all actually know??

doing stupid things...

dont you ever just do something stupid? I did something stupid yesterday. i really wish i were smarter.

Let's talk shop...

How many of you have jobs you hate with people you hate?

I'm assuming the rest of you are unemployed. I know hate is a strong word. But I had a co-worker come up to me and say "You are not happy right now are you?" and I was like "no...not really" and he continued to say "I can always tell when you are pissed or unhappy-you just have this really harsh look on your face". I do, and I know that. See, at that specific moment I was looking at this girl who will remain nameless and I was just kind of gritting my teeth because I was just near her and honestly she just said something so F-ing stupid I had to walk away. I didnt like her before break and I thought a break might help but it turns out I was wrong. She walks around calling people "sweety" and "honey" and I just wanna be like "You dont know me, just come to work and I'll be nice to you and you be nice to me but dont fucking over do it! And stop trying to get a hug out of me! I DONT LIKE YOU!!!" But I hold back because the reality of it is I work and live with her and have to do so for the next 5 months and she could potentially fuck things up for me in a couple areas when I am performing-you have to be nice to people with power like that. So I suffer.

Come on be honest-there is someone you dont like at work. Tell me who gets your blood boiling at work.

early morning pubs...

What time did I get up this morning? 3:45 a.m. Why? early morning publicity call. I had to be in the lobby of the hotel at 4:15a.m. Then got to the venue and had to be in make up and costume by 5:00a.m. until 7:00a.m. and smiling and happy about being on "the street" for the local news. I'm not complaining but seriously! It is hard to be so happy so early in the morning!

What time did you get up today?

Back on tour....Reunited and it feels so good...

Hey Everyone!
I'm back on the road. First stop Hershey, PA. Yup, where all that delicious Hershey goodness comes from. I will not be visiting the chocolate factory as it is shut down for some reason. I'm not really to bummed out about it though. Elmo was on the news this morning (I think it was this morning) where he recieved a 5 pound Hershey bar that was promptly taken away from him. Choclate that close to these costumes is a HUGE no no.
I was last in Pennsylvania in September of 2001. I was here learning choreography for a show called "Crash Boom Bang" for a childrens theatre company called "For a good time theatre" that was located in Saginaw, MI. They have since gone out of business. I was here the week of 9/11. It was crazy! I remember Paul and Amanda came and picked me up because we were all to scared for me to fly as I'm sure you can all imagine.
Um, not much has changed here in Pennsylvania. It's really pretty. Of course it is winter now and it was fall when I was here before but I have always thought Pennsylvania was pretty.
Yesterday was a smooth travel day. I miss Chicago and all my friends and my cat very much but it's back to work. Looking forward to doing the show tonight. As Tina said to one of her back up singers in the movie "whats love got to do with it"....."you know me, once I get on stage, I'm alright" I feel the same way.
We start the second half of the tour and we still have all of the original cast memebers from August which is kind of unheard of with this company. this tour actually has what is known as the "east coast curse". I think we may have broke it.
I also start the new year with a new roomie. As many of you may know I was driven nearly insane the first half of tour because of my living situation. I think I will be much happier with the new guy. His name is Doc and I have toured with him since last year and he's really cool.
Not much else happenin'. Sorry there is no pic, this hotel's computer is a bizatch!

How is everyone's New Year treating them? I hope well.

Muzzy Van Hausimier

This is my cat! Muzzy...Muzzy Van Hausimier. I LOVE HIM! I have to leave Chicago to go back on tour tomorrow and I am most sad..... :-( But I had a great couple of weeks visting with family and friends and just chilling at my apartment. This 2 1/2 week break has been a luxury. I know, no sympathy for me...BACK TO WORK!!!

I want to give a major thanks to my house mates Niki, Kim and Tara for watching over Muzzy while I am gone and giving him lovin'. He is the best!

Kim say's he is "slow".....I think he is just observant...um...of the world around him-yeah-that's it.

Hillary and Kathy...where are they now?

WOW...

Jessica's lips

Is it just me? Everyone can see the difference in her lips right? And this aint no pro active mircale. Damn she freaks me out a little.

the new year...

So here we are...2006. The things that this boy will do this year. I will finish out my contract with Sesame Street Live, I will begin school again in the fall, I will move from wonderful Chicago to New York City and....I will turn 25. At least, those are the things I can actually see right now, but as we all know life is one big freaking surprise after another-so here's to hoping everyone has a wonderful 2006!!!

What did everyone do last night? I went to my friend Jordan's friends party-Nate, Jason, and Pamela's house. It was a good time. Good peeps and good conversation. Jordan gave me a big smooch at midnight and then Nate and I had a very friendly New Year's Eve kiss. This guy is a sweetheart, he gave me his number last night. I think we are gonna try and hang tonight.

So I met Jordan at her work at like 8:30 and I was a little toasted already. We proceeded to the party and I drank some more. Then I ate a whole bunch of guacamole....like a lot of it yo! See, one of the host of the party made a batch and then a guest made a batch-there was a lot of guacamole going on...and it still is....on my shirt. Then I got a little to intoxicated to hold an entire conversation so I wondered around the party aimless for a while. Then I got really warm and started to sweat so I ...went outside. Then I went back in and that was my night! Oh yeah, Jordan and I also got a flat on the way home and she doesnt have a spare-that was a bitch. we pulled over and I hailed a cab and that was that. They say your new years eve is sometimes a sign of what the new year has in store for you. there may have been a storm but Jordan and I weathered it....I welcome 2006!

Tell me , tell me-what did everyone do last night?