Well, first of all, Acting class was really fun!!! We worked through the One Act I'm in today, and I got a LOT of notes.... yeah... I guess I wasn't doing it too well. But I'm learning!!! By the time we finished I was doing a lot better!!! I feel like I'm learning, at least. I still worry that what I'm learning in this class I won't be able to figure out how to carry over into other pieces I work on, but for now, we have progress!!!
I hardly paid attention in my Philosophy discussion... I tried, honestly, I just couldn't follow what my TA was talking about and I feel like the outline explains most of it anyways... the whole topic of Personal Identity is really confusing...
I wandered around in the bookstore for a while, then finished my outline for Philosophy. Once that was done I did some stuff on my to do list until class. Taking it fairly easy though...
Philosophy I basically paid 10 minutes of attention during the whole 75 minute class.
I think I'm ever over-exhausted or slightly sick. I've been out of it and tired-feeling all day... Ugh.
So tonight, I was planning on getting nearly all my homework done and then maybe going to Cru. Then I heard wonderful, beautiful news.
Kristin Chenowith was on campus.
O.M.G. right?!?!?
I was so excited when I heard the news that two security guys that work in Pardee got excited by my being excited. They helped me, over the course of the next half-hour or so, figure out the best place to see her.
There was an event going on on campus for a group of super prestigious people who've donated over a million dollars to the school. There were two huge tents built earlier this week, and this evening one tent was devoted entirely to check-in and wine and socializing. People were dressed up all over the place, there were people waiting for valet parking (to park, as the valets, that is), and another huge tent right behind the alumni house that had one see-through wall. It was lavishly decorated- A nice-sized stage, tons of tables, waiters, there was even a chandelier!
The security guys helped me maneuver all over and around Marks Hall until I could find a place where security wouldn't tell me to "keep moving" and where I could sit and do homework for a while. I pulled a chair out of the Marks Hall study room and sat in it from 7:30 until 9:30
At 9:30... I heard the announcer mention her name... and the curtain went back.
And I cried of joy.
The spot I was hiding was hidden from security, but gave me a nearly perfect view and I could hear every word she said.
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| She was wearing a USC t-shirt for her first number |
She sang Popular, then 9-5, then Girl in 14G, and then invited a USC alumni onstage to sing For Good with her.
I can die a happy woman. This is the part of me that is absolutely ecstatic right now. I saw Kristin Chenowith perform. Live. Maybe about 75 yards away from me and besides that, only separated by a plastic sheet.
I can't even put words to it. I can't. I just can't.
If you don't know who Kristin Chenowith is, go Google her and you'll understand why I love her so much. She's one of the actresses who's really inspired me... really, really inspired me. She's also incredibly, beautifully talented, beautiful, and... everything. The woman is a goddess of Broadway.
And, to why I'm partially devastated...
After her performance, I ran all around the stage trying to find the nearest place where she might come out so I could maybe possibly meet her. I saw a friend of mine in one of these gateways, and it turns out, he and three of his friends were able to go back and meet her because they knew someone who knew her. For obvious reasons, I couldn't tag along, but I was still waiting at the gate when they came back and were being completely ecstatic.... I'm so jealous...
I was eventually able to get backstage myself, just because no one really cared anymore who was back there and who wasn't. I spotted her trailer, stood right next to it, even, but she'd already left.... :( I was so close!!! I just didn't get back there soon enough... I'm sure if I'd gotten back there right after my friends had gotten back, I would've gotten to meet her. That and if I hadn't been so worried about being rude. I was trying to not be too awkward or odd or fan-girlish, but all that did was make me super shy...
I was so close... So close...
Maybe I'll get another opportunity to meet her... someday... If I ever learn how to act...
Since I'm still not feeling quite normal, I've been just hanging out in my dorm room since... I ought to get homework done, but I really need sleep too. I haven't gotten enough done today! Every time I sit down to be productive, I don't know what to do... :(
Maybe tomorrow I'll feel better and be able to do more. And hopefully I won't regret missing my chance to meet Kristin.... I got to see her perform. That's something incredible in itself. I just have to remember that!!! And in the moment, it was incredible!!!
So, Fight on, Friends.
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