“oklahoma!,” also known as “cheesefest 2006.”

well, i was hoping to post pictures with my next post, but they’ll just have to wait a day or two.

it was a fun weekend.  busy, but fun.  my parents and C came to see the show Friday night, and C brought me some white roses, which have turned out to be the most gorgeous roses EVER, which is kind of funny since he picked them up at the grocery store on his way to the theatre.  =)  i’ll post pics next time.  after the show, the cast and several boyfriends/girlfriends/husbands of cast members went out for dinner.  there was a table of about 30 of us, and it was a lot of fun.  i had warned everyone that C is “the quiet one in the relationship,” and of course they all reacted with “you are KIDDING, that is just IMPOSSIBLE to believe.”  ha.  i’m a bigmouth when i’m around other theater people/performers.  anyway, it was a good time: there was good food, good drinks, and good gossip.  this is about the most fun group of people to gossip with EVER.  and there is ALWAYS something/someone new to talk about.  it’s awesome.  i love to live vicariously through some new budding romance or catfight drama.  it’s hilarious.  not to mention all the time we’ve spent talking about the guy who plays the lead (”Curly”) in the show, who is 45, constantly hitting on all of us girls, and pretty downright bizarre and/or despicable.  he is a STRANGE, strange little man.  we like to call him such things as “lizard man” (same guy who slipped me the tongue in the last show), “midget,” “4 foot 3,” and “look at my crotch guy.”  Saturday morning C gave a moving rendition of “Oklahoma” while squatting around like this actor guy who apparently wants to draw as much attention to his package as possible.  it was funny.  now, everytime we do our mic warm-up before the show, and he starts in with his odd squatting stance, we all look at each other and stifle laughs.  good times.  ACTORS.  i’m glad i don’t call myself one.  they are just so full of it.  anywho.

friday’s performance was a mess overall, so was saturday’s (i forgot my glasses in act II because i clearly had lasic surgery during intermission).  sunday’s was much better, though i did miss one of my entrances in the second act.  WHOOPS.  i was helping “Gertie” get her costume back on after her catfight with “Ado Annie,” and i heard a line onstage that i normally hear WHILE ONSTAGE.  SHIT.  so i somehow snuck back out there during the scene, and all the girls were like “where WERE you?” and trying not to laugh since “Jud” had just died.  LOL.  it’s always something in the theater.

the mavericks lost game 5.  GEEZ.  i won’t get into it, but DAMMIT.

today is C and my 8 month anniversary.  doesn’t sound like very long really, but for me: eternity. i swear, i don’t think i ever thought i could be with someone longer than a few months.  and still like them.  ah, love.  last night we both had breakdowns (at separate times, mind you) regarding our own personal demons, and it felt really good to be vulnerable for ONCE.  of course, it wasn’t like i did it on purpose, lol.  i just couldn’t control myself, but now that i had no choice and it’s over, i feel much better.  and so does he.  it was nice for him to be so emotional and talk to me about such personal things, because i know he trusts me.  i know that’s something he’s probably never shared with anyone.  we’re getting closer, and that’s a cool feeling.

let’s see, let’s see…there are so many people i need to call.  H, if you’re reading this, i’m talking about you, #1!  i love you!  bestfriendK is in summer school, and probably up to her ears in espanol.  once this damn show is over i plan to catch up with a lot of my friends.

i have made a lot of friends during the play, and it’s pretty cool.  i hope these friendships will last.  when K moves to Chicago in a year or so, i don’t want to be completely desolate.  it’s going to be depressing enough as it is.  i honestly can’t imagine not being in the same place as her.  even though we don’t get to see each other as much now as when say, we lived together, or when we lived in new york, i still have the OPTION of seeing her.  chicago…not so much.  but i’m definitely going to NOT think about that anymore for now…k great.

a big shout-out to all of you who keep reading and saying hello over here and at myspace.  it’s great to feel connected to people, and to be able to talk about things in my life and feel support from all kinds of great people.  also, hello to Hedwig, who found me on myspace this week and whom i haven’t seen the likes of since diary-x bit the big one!  so hi!

hope all is well with you guys…

XO, G