on: Madge

With her third greatest hits album Celebration being released in September, Madonna has been the subject of many blogs I read as of late. I can remember when I was first introduced to Madonna's music by my uncle at a very young age. Gays and their Madonna, I guess. Ironically (or maybe not) Erotica was the first Madonna album that I owned. It was when people actually did those "pay $0.78 for 13 CDs!" things in the mail. I was so mesmerized and turned on by "Erotica" and listened to it all the time. I was clearly too young to be listening to it, but whatever. Eventually "Justify My Love" would take the place of "Erotica" on my turn-on list (I actually have a "Baby Making" Mix on my iTunes and "Justify My Love" is on it). Madonna really knows how to sell sex in a single song. That was probably my first listening of sexually explicit music, besides Janet Jackson's "Any Time, Any Place". "Bye Bye Baby" was another favorite of mine from Erotica, thanks to the VMA performance.

I own all of Madonna's albums (and am working on getting some lesser known tracks and remixes) and I've reviewed 2 of them on here: Madonna and Music. I would love to go back and review these albums and her other ones in depth. But, who knows if I will - so if you want that you can check adem with an e.com (who has a kick ass web layout); I'm pretty sure he's going to be reviewing all of her albums counting down to the release of Celebration. That's what I heard at least.

I thought I'd share some more interesting Madonna musings I've found lately. Boy Culture is full of Madonna entries; so just take a look around there and you'll find plenty. Stale Popcorn did a cool entry featuring Madonna's album artwork including singles. Remember when I was going to do that when I started the iLISTEN entries. Maybe I will go back and edit some stuff. I did it with X by Kylie Minogue, but then stopped. Another interesting article I found online was - Emily Nussbaum Remembers Why She Fell for Madonna and Tries to Learn to Care Again. Check it out.

What's funny about all this Madonna stuff is that I've been talking to my friend JP (the same feller I had the Brüno discussions with) about her and he claims that he probably couldn't name a Madonna song if he heard one. He also claims to have never heard "Like a Virgin" OR "Vogue". Really now? I don't believe that's possible, even if he is from Arizona.

Oh so spicy.

This week a few cast members and myself are taking salsa lessons! We're taking 3 days of class and we've already completed Day 1. Our instructors, Rodrigo and Wendy Jimenez are SUPER nice and they teach so fast; it's awesome trying to keep up with them. We're having a blast and even got to enjoy a delicious lunch after class with them. We picked their brains about dancing and traveling to perform (you know, we same stuff we do). Our instructors are married and met in dance class (ain't that just perfect?). I can't wait to go back to class tomorrow. We're going to try and get them tickets to the show so they can see us move, our way. The first lesson was great and I'm sure the second ones will be as well. I am going to try to take some pictures of the class to post. You can also follow my Twitter and stay up to date on my daily activities, including the salsa class.

on: Brüno, Pt. 4

I think this is the end of my Brüno rant. I discussed it online with a friend a few days ago, to much length. I meant to take the main points from that discussion but forgot to. I remember the two issues it had with it though -

1) It was dehumanizing.

2) Sacha Baron Cohen wasn't getting people's real responses to gay people; he was pissing people off.

Two very interesting points. What do you think? I found another Brüno review you should check out, courtesy of Blog Cabins - Fletch's Film Review: Brüno.

Back to before.

I'm back!!!!!!!!!

To what exactly you may be asking? Well, I'm back to listening to musicals. This may sound strange to some of you, but when I am in a show I don't listening to musicals. It's just something I got into the habit of a few years ago. When in a musical, I like to clear my head of musicals and just listen to pop music. Since January 2008 (praise him on high) I've been working, so I haven't been listening to musicals for that long. Since that time whenever I am listening to my iTunes (which, if I'm on my computer, iTunes is on) if a musical comes of shuffle, I skip past it.

Today I stopped doing that. You have no idea how happy it made me to listen to that old good stuff again. Right now "Come to Your Senses" from tick, tick...BOOM! is playing and my heart is full of warm fuzzies. The crystal clear voice of Amy Spanger is ringing true in my ears. Earlier I was reintroduced to "Astonishing" from Little Women, "For the First Time" from Tarzan (a personal favorite of mine, LOL), and "Someone Like You" from Jekyll & Hyde. These are all things I used to listen to on HEAVY rotation. It was like running into an old friend after years of separation.

Now, I know what you're thinking - "Mamma Mia! IS pop music, dummy!" Yeah yeah yeah. But the point is, I'm still onstage in costume hopping around, and therefore it's a musical just like all the other ones. (You better believe I haven't listened to "Dancing Queen" in a MIGHTY long time). Doesn't matter who wrote the music; as long as it's presented with a script, no matter how lack luster, it's still a musical.

Due to the fact that I got Magdelena (she says hi) in November 2008 all of my musical albums have ZERO play counts on them and that is going to change very quickly. Clearly, I've listened to the classics now and again - "Rose's Turn" from Gypsy, "Rainbow High" from Evita, and "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miserables (that's a whole lot of Patti LuPone we've got). Those songs can't be skipped, under ANY circumstances. But now I can give way to the little guys - Bat Boy, The Life, Working, etc. Here's to a life refueled by musical theater!

iLISTEN: List of Music Reviews

[Release dates of albums and singles reflect when they were available for purchase in the USA.]

Idea blatantly stolen generously borrowed from R, and G, and B. Click title for review. More reviews can be found at the 10 for 10 Music Expansion Project.

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808s & Heartbreak (Kanye West, 2008)

A

Aaliyah (Aaliyah, 2001)

"All I Wanted Was a Car" (Brad Paisley, 2007)

"Already Gone" (Kelly Clarkson, 2009)

B

"Back to Black" (Amy Winehouse, 2007)

"Best Thing I Had Goin', The" (Brad Paisley, 2003)

"Bless This Broken Road" (Rascal Flatts, 2005)

Brandy (Brandy, 1994)

Britney (Britney Spears, 2001)

C

"Celebrity" (Brad Paisley, 2003)

"Chasing Pavements" (Adele, 2008)

"Crazy for You" (Adele, 2008)

"Crazy for You" (Madonna, 1985)

Christina Aguilera (Christina Aguilera, 1999)

D

"Daydreamer" (Adele, 2008)

Different Me, A (Keyshia Cole, 2008)

Discipline (Janet Jackson, 2008)

E

F

Fantasia (Fantasia, 2006)

"Fast Cars and Freedom" (Rascal Flatts, 2005)

Fearless (Jazmine Sullivan, 2008)

"First Love" (Adele, 2008)

"Frozen" (Madonna, 1998)

G

"Give It 2 Me" (Madonna, 2008)

H

"Halo" (Beyonce, 2009)

"Here" (Rascal Flatts, 2008)

"Here Comes Tomorrow" (Rascal Flatts, 2009)

"Hometown Glory" (Adele, 2007)

Human (Brandy, 2008)

I

I Am... Sasha Fierce (Beyonce, 2008)

"I'm Movin' On" (Rascal Flatts, 2001)

J

Janet Jackson (Janet Jackson, 1982)

Jennifer Hudson (Jennifer Hudson, 2008)

"Just Friends" (Amy Winehouse, 2007)

"Justify My Love" (Madonna, 1990)

K

Katharine McPhee (Katharine McPhee, 2007)

"Kentucky Jelly" (Brad Paisley, 2008)

Kylie (Kylie Minogue, 1988)

L

"Letter to Me" (Brad Paisley, 2007)

"Life is a Highway" (Rascal Flatts, 2006)

"Like a Prayer" (Madonna, 1989)

"Like a Virgin" (Madonna, 1984)

Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (Gwen Stefani, 2004)

M

Madonna (Madonna, 1983)

Mariah Carey (Mariah Carey, 1990)

Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (Mariah Carey, 2009)

"Mud on the Tires" (Brad Paisley, 2004)

Music (Carole King, 1971)

"Music" (Madonna, 2000)

Music (Madonna, 2000)

Music Box (Mariah Carey, 1993)

Music from the Edge of Heaven (Wham!, 1986)

Music of My Mind (Stevie Wonder, 1972)

Music of the Sun (Rihanna, 2005)

"My Wish" (Rascal Flatts, 2006)

N

O

"Obsessed" (Mariah Carey, 2009)

P

"Papa Don't Preach" (Madonna, 1986)

Q

R

Robyn (Robyn, 2008)

S

"Saving All My Love for You" (Whitney Houston, 1985)

Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams (Solange, 2008)

"Spaghetti Western Swing" (Brad Paisley, 2003)

"Stand" (Rascal Flatts, 2007)

T

"Take a Bow" (Madonna, 1994)

"Tears Dry on Their Own" (Amy Winehouse, 2007)

Toni Braxton (Toni Braxton, 1993)

U

Unexpected (Michelle Williams, 2008)

V

"Vogue" (Madonna, 1990)

W

"Waitin' On a Woman" (Brad Paisley, 2008)

"Wake Up Alone" (Amy Winehouse, 2007)

"What Hurts the Most" (Rascal Flatts, 2006)

"When We All Get to Heaven" (Brad Paisley, 2007)

"Where You Are" (Rascal Flatts, 2004)

"Whiskey Lullaby" (Brad Paisley, 2004)

Whitney Houston (Whitney Houston, 1985)

X

X (Kylie Minogue, 2008)

Y

"You Know I'm No Good" (Amy Winehouse, 2007)

Z

iREAD: List of Book Reviews

[Dates of publications reflect the year the book was available in the USA; whether that be the single novel or collection of works.]

Idea blatantly stolen generously borrowed from R, and G, and B. Click title for review.

A

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Carroll, 1865)

Awakening, The (Chopin, 1899)

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

Madame Bovary (Flaubert, 1857)

N

Norwegian Wood (Murakami, 1987)

O

P

Party Monster (St. James, 1999)

Perks of Being a Wallflower, The (Chbosky, 1999)

Q

R

Raise the Red Lantern (Tong, 2004)

S

T

Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (Carroll, 1871)

U

V

Valley of the Dolls (Susann, 1966)

W

X

Y

Z

Random Rockfordian thoughts.

I wanna see Funny People. Adam Sandler, Seth Rogan, and Leslie Mann? Of course I'm there!

I don't really care about Jimmy Fallon but tonight Michael Ian Black and Jordin Sparks are on his show. I really enjoy both of them so that make me very happy. I'm watching right and anxiously awaiting their arrivals on the screen.

But anyway, to the point of this entry - I have added film review, book review, and music review directories to the side margins of the blog. Check them out! I like this, as it gives me a place to collectively keep track of what I've reviewed. There should be more books to come, because I do really think I'm going to buy the Kindle 2.

I am trying to spread the blog around - I mention it in any press I do with Mamma Mia! and hoping that you'll spread the word to your friends. If you're reading this feel free to plug me wherever you may like (...) and it'll be greatly appreciated!

[This entry officially marks that I've written twice as many entries so far this week, than I did in ALL of 2008. Go blogging!]

You know, just updating, like I do., Pt. 5

Ahh! Why do I feel like my life is spinning out of control? Okay, not really; I just wanted to be dramatic. Ugh, I know I still need to watch and review 2 films from June, and I promise I will get around to it before August comes around. I am hoping to do another film project in August, here's hoping. As I said before, I am still in the process of ripping all my movies to my external. Some don't rip correctly because of copyright issues, but bare with me. Once I can get rid of this extra 24 pounds of luggage, I will be one happy camper.

If you haven't noticed, there is some new stuff on the side of this blog. New features, new links, etc. Click, click away! I'm going to be borrowing some ideas from other blogs and making them my own. Let's see how this goes!

Question: Would you readers prefer more entries per day with less content, or less entries with more content? Let me know!

RECAP: Cincinnati, OH

Who would have guessed that Cincinnati, OH would be a city full of things to do and too little sleep to be had. I really didn't sleep at all this week. Lucky for me, my dear friend Megyn is home for the summer. Megyn and I went to Pace University together and she was happy to show me around her hometown. We had a blast! Her family was so hospitable and cooked me lots of delicious food. (I went grocery shopping on Monday because our hotel had full kitchens in each suite, but I ended up giving half of it to her family, because otherwise it would have went to waste.) Her mother and aunt even took me on a tour one day. They showed me all the sights and we enjoyed a lovely lunch downtown. They were such a blast to hang out with.

Megyn and I even took a little trip to Louisville, where I took her to Lynn's Paradise Cafe (you all remember how much I LOVE that place, right?). While in Louisville we checked out a bunch of vintage shops too. It was a blast. On Friday night her family came to the show and I gave them a backstage tour. I hadn't done one of those in a long while. People are always interested to know how the show works behind the scenes. I was so happy to have Megyn here this week, and tomorrow we're going to have brunch before I head out to the next city.

One of the coolest parts about being in Cincinnati was the tour of CCM that I took with Megyn. She showed me all around the school (she went there for prep) and it was so surreal. CCM was my top choice when I was auditioning for colleges (and was wait-listed) and it was such a treat to be able to see where I could have spent 4 years of my life. If I would have gotten into CCM, I knew that was where I wanted to go. There was no question about it. Their facilities were UNBELIEVABLE and I was in awe of how much space they have to work with. I couldn't imagine what it would have been like for me to attend there; but, if I would have, I wouldn't have this job. So I think I'm good.

We had tons of fun things to do during the week as well! On Wednesday night a bunch of cast members (and I brought Megyn along for the ride) went salsa dancing. That was a blast and a half, just watching the people who were actually good at it. We all got on the floor and tried our best. The girls kept being asked to dance by all the guys there, and the wonderful thing was that it wasn't sleazy like a club. These were gentlemen who truly just wanted to have a good time dancing. It was so much fun.

Thursday night we went to the Below Zero Lounge, where it was karaoke night. Let me tell you, Mamma Mia! knows how to do karaoke! From "Fancy" to "Dance, Ten; Looks Three" we had a great selection of songs and everyone was so great to watch. We rocked it out and had a blast. There were a bunch of kick ass locals too, so that was awesome. It's always great to go to karaoke with people who can actually sing. But I will admit, it's almost even more fun when they can't. Nothing like a good off key belty number. We ate pizza, got drunk and belted out faces off. Good times were had all around.

Friday night was a cast member's birthday, so we went to Nicholson's Tavern & Pub after the show. The food was awesome and while everyone was trying all of the different kinds of scotch, I kept it classy with my Malibu and cranberry - brings me back to high school. There happened to be a production of Oklahoma! (damn musicals and their punctuation) here and we got to meet a bunch of the cast. Sadly, we were not able to see the show, due to our demanding schedule. Small world though; I ran into a girl that I met over a year ago in Buffalo at a party. Love the theater world.

Saturday night we went back to Nicholson's for a farewell party. The beautiful and talented Stephanie Lynge finished her last week here on The Mia and is headed for the halls of higher education. She will be teaching at Indiana University in the fall, where we played in March (I still need to do an entry about that weekend). Congrats Steph, you will be missed!

And then the week was basically over. The weekend always flies by with so many shows. I really enjoyed my time here in Cincinnati, and would love to come back some time. Sorry I haven't really been doing many city recaps lately. I'm going to try to get back into the swing of tour life. I got so wrapped up in my film viewing that I lost track of where I was. More to come soon!

PHOTOS: Like a bat out of hell.

So yeah, the photos you see are from our stay in Austin, TX. The first day there (literally we checked into the hotel, dropped our bags, and ran because we didn't want to miss it) we watched HUNDREDS maybe even thousands of bats flew from under Congress Bridge. No idea where they were going. But I guess everyday around 8:30, or whenever the sun sets the bats fly from under the bridge. Yes, all those browns things are bats. It was really cool and there were tons of people watching. I guess it's a thing to do in Austin. The last 2 photos are from funny things I found in Austin. Swine flu shots = hilarious. And then the urinal. Doesn't that look that a penis to you?

on: Brüno, Pt. 3

To keep this discussion open (for anyone who cares) I figured I would post some articles from my favorite blogger in regards to Brüno.

Review: Brüno - Stale Popcorn

Behold, a white horse - fourfour

Vassup?! - Human Chameleon

Bruno: He's Here, You're Queer—Get Used To It - Boy Culture

BRUNO - Black Sheep Reviews

PHOTOS: 4th of July

I forgot to write about the 4th of July festivities! I got to hang out with a bunch of friends and watch the fireworks from a rooftop in NYC. I hadn't been in NYC for the 4th since I lived there so it was great. I grabbed some Woodchuck cider beer (raspberry flavor) and just relaxed. It was a beautiful experience. After the fireworks we went up to Harlem and watched Kill Bill on television, ate some freeze-pops, and just kicked back. So great to just relax and enjoy the day. I didn't have any plans and just let the breeze blow me around the city. (Let's not joke, organized 4th of July days can be stressful as hell). It was great!

The photos of the Coca Cola bottle are from our discovery that our unopened bottle was filled all the way. We want to mail the photos in and see if we can get something for free. Couldn't hurt.

on: Brüno, Pt. 2

[My dear friend Craig S. emailed me after reading my blog post about Brüno and this is what he said:]

I've been reading your thoughts on Brüno and GLAAD's response to the movie, and it's all really interesting. I haven't seen the movie yet, but I remember Bruno's sketches from back on Da Ali G Show, and I definitely agree with you on your points- especially the bit of just forcing people to face "the monster." I think it's important to remember that Cohen is not playing a gay character, he's playing people's fears of who a gay person is- he's just mirroring back their "worst" fantasies.

I understand GLAAD's position that it's not fostering a series of positive images about gay people, and that some people may not get the joke. But... c'mon, anyone who sees this cartoon and thinks that he's real (that their worst fears are true!) is not going to be someone who will be swayed by images of the normal reality of a married gay couple raising a child. Anyone who watches those dumb 'a gay storm is coming...' ads and believes them is just going to view ANY positive gay images as lies and propoganda. When you're that intrenched, you shut down about the issue and will filter any media into an image that you can sit with, REGARDLESS of what's shown.

The only thing that reliably converts people to a different position is when everyone around them disagrees with their bigotry- when they have a number of openly gay friends and supporters, etc. You can say a movie is propoganda, but you can't say your friends' lived reality is.

On that note, it's also important to remember that Brüno is not just a gay cartoon, but he's an AUSTRIAN gay cartoon. He is foreign, and I think this is really important to think about.* If he was that rediculous and portraying an American homosexual, most people (even in middle America) know that that's not how American gay people act.

The thick accent lets people create some distance from their actual experience with gay people and live out their paranoid fantasies.... "Maybe that's how gay people are over there?! Maybe that's how ALL gay people REALLY want to be?! I knew it!!!" etc.

I don't think Brüno would be able to get away with acting the way he does (tricking people the way he does) if he was played as an American... just as I don't think people would have believed Borat if he was an American anti-semite/masogynist. America's relationship towards foreigners is a whole other giant issue, but I think keeping it in mind is important here. Cohen's creating all sorts of layers of "otherness" to help us project our worst impulses on... he's making it easy.

*The foreign aspect of Brüno didn't even occur to me before Craig brought it to my attention. I think it's something else valid to think about in terms of people's reactions to the film and the character. When someone is that different from you, and not just in sexual preference, it is easier to push them further away from you. The Other. I also think that Craig's views on the people who probably won't be effected by the film is also interesting to me. It's a lot harder to change people's views on something than we think, especially when it's only a film that they can choose not to see.

[My friend James P. whom the original A BLOG ON: Brüno post was for is coming with his response soon. Let's keep this discussion going.]

on: Brüno, Pt. 2

[I had a great thing happen tonight. My friend James P. reads my blog and brought to my attention that I never really discussed what I thought the deeper meaning behind Brüno was. So then I took over his Facebook wall to better explain myself. I might have actually gotten my thoughts together and decided to post them here. Here it is.]

Okay, I am going to try to explain this as best as I can, and hopefully it'll come out clear.

What I think the deeper meaning behind Brüno is, is that people need to...okay, so it is hard to put it into words. Here is my drawn out thoughts: Brüno comments on homophobia, our generation's obsession with fame and the lengths people will go for it, and a bunch of other things that my mind can't bring forward at this moment (it's 3:33AM). The homophobia stuff is blatant; Brüno is as gay as they come and has no shame about throwing it in people's faces (though he doesn't see the issue). As far as the fame thing goes, in one scene he interviews parents who want their children to be on television and one woman even agrees to give her baby liposuction so it can lose 10 lbs and be on television. Yeah.

So yeah, I can't quite put into a sentence what I think the deeper meaning is, but it definitely tells us to look at the way we live our lives and the things we view as "right and wrong". It's "wrong" for 2 men to marry, but it's okay for parents to basically prostitute their children to the media for a little fame? There are lots of scenes that take place in middle-America, where in many cases homosexuals are not welcome; one with men talking about how thanks to religion they've been converted to heterosexuality. I don't want to give too much away (in case you decide to see it) but it's interesting to watch the things people say about their feeling towards gays, TO a gay man. There's even a segment where Brüno goes camping with a group of rugged backwoods men.

(I didn't think I'd be so passionate about this film, LOL) I think what's interesting to me about this film is how many people in the gay community are reacting to it. Many feel like it's playing into gay stereotypes and actually is setting gays back in the eyes of the heterosexual community.* I think that's false. The reason that Brüno is a COMPLETE cartoon is the only way to get the message across. Any subtle portrayal of the character would mean he could just be any other gay on the street; the point of Brüno is to display the idea of the outrageous "gay" that many extreme homophobes have in their mind. To bring this "nightmare" into their reality allows us to truly see how people think of gays in society. If the character was more down played, it'd be easier to sugar coat people's reactions; but with a more in-your-face approach it's harder to hide true feelings. We fear what we don't understand = when the monster is in our face we react how we TRULY feel.

So yeah, after ALL that: I think that Brüno is trying to tell us to look at ourselves and see how RIDICULOUS we are in regards to social issues, even in 2009 with all we, as people, have achieved. We're still pretty backwards in many aspects of our lives, and a gay-cartoon Austrian celebrity wannabe is Cohen's way of making us see this. I hope it works.

(Bruno grossed $14.2mil on Friday ALONE. Way to go, Cohen!)

*In reference to the members of the gay community and GLAAD feeling that Brüno sets us back in the eyes of the straight community - when are we going to stop relying on the opinions of the straight community to dictate our view of ourselves? I know that in the greater scheme of things, the heterosexuals of the world control and dictate what we are "allowed" to do (marry, etc.). But at the same time, we should stop allowing heterosexuals' view of us to alter our perception of things that aren't actually harming us, but may be harming them, which in turn might harm us (if that makes ANY sense); aka Brüno. If anything I hope this film gives people a harsh look at their own thoughts. Sadly, the comedic genre of the film might help blur this view. Also, the people the film is lampooning probably won't see it, or realize that they are the butt of the jokes.

Back to life.

I know y'all - and I'm not even gonna apologize. You know how it gets when I am in NYC gallivanting around and getting things done. This little old blog here has to go to the back burner so I can attend to some business. But don't you fret, I figured out that when I actually am back in NYC I will have time to blog because I won't be running around like a chicken with its head cut off.

I know I have not posted all of THE 30 FILMS OF JUNE entries, but they will be coming very soon. And while yes, I do know that it's July now, who cares? So keep your eyes out for that and hopefully a new film project in August. I need to watch all of these films that I own.

My Google Reader is becoming HUGE and I hardly got to check it last week and have over 700 entries to sift through. LORD. But I will be doing that is week. I've also decided that I should share some fun links with you guys here and there of stuff I find on the web for you to check out. Things that you may have missed on Playbill or funny little articles on dlisted. Stuff like that.

I am thinking of buying a Kindle. I was thinking about it until I found that that they cost $395 and lovely Apple has a FREE application for it on the iPhone. Yeah. But I don't know, I am still torn with letting go of the experience of holding a book in your hand. I like that feeling, but having them all electronically available would save me space and weight in my luggage. It's kind of fascinating how compact our world is becoming and I can see why some people hate this. If I lived in one place I probably wouldn't get a Kindle, but having to lug my stuff around with me at all times is a hassle and a half that can be eliminated with a simple 6" device, or a free application on my phone. The issue though is that the iPhone battery isn't the longest lasting and the Kindle claims to have an amazing battery life. So we'll see.

I did a bunch of cool stuff this past week in NYC and I think I am going to do separate entries about them so I don't jumble my thoughts all into one place. Get ready. I'm back!

Happy 300th entry!

Well, technically this will be the 300th entry once I post the rest of THE 30 FILMS OF JUNE entries. Alright folks, don't hate me. You know how it is when I am back in NYC. I am very busy and getting a lot of things done. Lots of exciting things going on around these parts. I saw The Wiz and Blithe Spirit and plan on seeing more shows this week. I am doing a workshop of a show that my friend wrote. Lots going on!

I know I still have to post those reviews, and it is technically July now, but the project was for June and I will definitely finish, don't you worry!

I will be back very soon with details and such, but at this current moment I need to shower and head out to rehearsal. I just wanted to pop in and let you all know what was going on.