Photoshop-you gotta love it!

So I'm in charge of PR for "Funny Thing Happened..." so I have to make posters flyers etc. Well the logo they gave me had a scantily clad woman on it. Sooooo....I decided to make some changes! I won't show you the before picture becuase I don't want it stuck on my blog forever, but here is the one I fixed:

Okay I have no idea why it is all blue and orange when I put it on my post but oh well you get the idea.

A Press Release!

Here is a news article written by 'yours truly" on the play!

Local
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
A 'Funny Thing' will be happening on Saipan

It's comedy night for the Thespians of the Western Pacific Islands on Saipan. This year's chapter play is entitled A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.Talented members of the International Thespian Society from all over the island will perform this hilarious Roman musical comedy. The actors and actresses are students from Marianas High School, Northern Marianas Academy, Ladera International School of Saipan, Cha Cha Ocean View Jr. High School, Kagman High School, Saipan Southern High School, Mt. Carmel School, Hopwood Jr. High School, Grace Christian Academy, San Antonio Elementary School, and Home School.The play was written by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart (the masterminds behind the TV series M.A.S.H) in the late 1950s. Larry Gelbart once said, “Having written enough words to circle the globe and the old globe dozens of times, it remains for me the best piece of work I've been lucky enough to see my name on.” Ideas for the plot and characters were drawn from Plautus' comedic works. Titus Meccius Plautus was a third century Roman playwright. Twenty-six of his plays are still being performed today.A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum underwent thousands of changes during the writing process. The student directors of this play have made a few small changes of their own and are pleased to present a fresh performance of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.Opening night is Feb. 16th and the show will run until Feb. 17th. Presented with the permission of Musical Theatre International.

A "Funny Thing" is happening

So I'm doing another play. That is the understatement of the year! I've bit off more than I can chew for this one. It's called "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", and I play the part of Philia. Jocelyn plays the part of Philia's lover’s mother, and she is a scream! This roman musical comedy has been quite the adventure so far. I some how got stuck with doing the publicity for the play (i.e. posters, T-shirts, flyers, press releases, programs, etc.) Then for the Thespian competition they have added Set design and Costume design to the already existing solo musical theater, duet acting, monolog, mime, and duo mime. I'm entering set design, costume design, and solo musical theater. Whew, wish me luck. As the volunteer choreographer for the show I've been busy trying to think up moves that can be done easily by non-dancers. The whole premise of the play is a little if-y as you will find if you look it up online, but I'm too busy being grateful that the drama teacher who is producing it is letting us edit the show to our hearts content. There won't be any Sunday performance thanks to the three LDS kids (myself included). So, in a nutshell "Funny thing" s are happening.

New Year, New Faces

Happy New Year! I'm finally back to regular sleeping hours, and I have some news! We have two homestay students from Korea who came this morning at about 1:00 am. The poor kids are tired to dead and everyone is trying to get used to having everyone else around all the time. Things won't be too different; we will simply have two little tag-a-longs where ever we go.

Tonight is the pinewood derby for Jay J. and the rest of the cub scouts. Jay has a pretty cool red car that Skylar helped him make. We will see how everything turns out.

This post is brought to you by SAND, it's everywhere get used to it!

I found this beautiful sand art done by Ilana Yahav. It's amazing! She does it all with her fingers. When you get a second this is definitely something you should see.

A Magical Time to Remember

I love this time of year!!!! This picture is a little Christmas memory from last year when we went to the beach on Christmas Eve and dad sculpted a nativity scene out of sand. It was a unique way to spend the holiday especially for us, since we'd had a white Christmas for 6 years prior to last year. That sweet little moment on the beach with no one crying or teasing, watching the sun set on our little nativity, singing Silent Night, was touching.

Now when we came upon this Christmas and I found that I'd grown up faster than I remembered and this was the last December 25th I would spend living at home. Every once and a while mom will make matching "jammies" for us. This year was one of the years she surprised us with light blue pajama pants. Here Starr models them:

One other way that this year was different than usual is we decided to give gifts to everyone in the family this year instead of drawing names. Despite the pressure of coming up with eight memorable gifts I was excited because I wanted to give something memorable to everyone. Carried away, as I often get, with the fantasy that I could sew matching skirts for all the girls and matching ties for the boys I set about to get the material. Unfortunately my dream ended in tangled frustration as I jammed the sewing machine time after time, the material was all wrong, and time was running out. So plan "B" came to life. Many of my gifts became gifts of time. Jay J received an all you can eat pizza hut coupon which he promptly redeemed the day after Christmas. Together we ate enough pepperoni and cinnamon sticks to feed the entire Saipan young men. Reece, a guy with a sweet soft side, dressed up in his very best to escort his sister (me) attired in her prom dress, to Hyatt beach where we had a picnic dinner and danced in the beautiful garden there. Starr was the happy recipient of a "Princess Day" complete with breakfast in bed, manicure/pedicure, hair styling, shopping, ice cream, and bubble bath. Tori has new curtains and shoes, Skylar won't be doing any dishes for three months, mom's got a years worth of pedicures, Dad will enjoy a clean car for quite a while, Sterling's going to learn to fly a kite, and Tikla is going to need a really long nap. (wink wink)
I sure love my family. It's easy to get busy with "important stuff" and miss the most wonderful moments of all. Conner's invited us up to their house for Christmas Day and it felt like I'd gone to visit my cousins. The Saipan branch is just like family to us. We got to meet the rest of their family, (Levi, Alexa, and Mallory) and had a laughter filled evening. I could ride around the entire world and fill my boat with really good people, but for now I'll enjoy the ones swimming in my own little pond. Happy Holidays Everyone!

Smashing continued

I guess I'd better confess all my crashes...

Crash #1
Took place on an already grumpy morning coming home from Judo. I had a full car of whiny brothers and sisters. I wasn't paying attention and my front tire dipped off the road, I panicked and over compensated around a sharp corner and went right into a mound of coral and some bushes. My first thought was "Yikes!" my second was "okay I'll just back out slowly" the third was "maybe you'd better get out and look at it" I got out to check it out and realized we were on the edge of a 7 foot ditch. If I had been going just a little bit faster we would have gone right in. The car would have been totaled and I might not have been alive. The yellow truck that had been right behind us pulled over to see if we were alright, and called the police for me. Not to long after that Bro. Conner (coisitendally the Judo Sensei) drove up with a van full of Judo kids. He took one look at the situation, piled all my siblings into his car, took them home, and came back with a machete. By then the tow truck had arrived to tow us out and the missionaries stopped on their way down the hill! It's great to have a ward family. You always have help. One police report later I was on my way home. My parents were enjoying their anniversary at a hotel. I was supposed to pick them up that afternoon, but now I had no way to get them. When Bro. Conner had heard the situation he offered to take me to the hotel to get them and I thankfully accepted his offer. Then came the part I'd been dreading, telling mom and dad. They took the news really well and life went on.

Crash #2
See last post

Crash #3
Doesn't really count as a crash, it was more of a scrape. I was on my way home from Ladera International School where I work as a part time secretary. The exit is flanked with two yellow cement blocks. After waiting for a clear road I turned into the street. Unfortunantly I turned much too sharp and instead of turning smoothly into the street I smashed into the yellow barrier. The tire was slashed and the side of the car dented in. Oh, and I forgot to mention the rather important fact that I was driving the rental car at this point. We hadn't even had the Echo back from the shop yet. So, I learned to change a tire and lost some money, but other than that no one was hurt.

Crash #4

This one wasn't my fault! I was driving home from American Memorial Park in the dark in the rain. The car in front of me stopped rather suddenly and I stopped quickly to avoid hitting him. The car behind me stopped, but the car behind him had been either tailgating or speeding because they crashed into him causing him to hit me. The back of the newly repaired echo was dented and I was shaken up. So, that is the end of my "smashing time." (hopefully)