Posts Tagged ‘school’

Posted on July 25, 2009 - by Lindsey

Theatre in 1965 (Blogathon ‘09 #10)

One of my favorite musicals of all time is Tony Award winning Best Musical Fiddler on the Roof.  This is just a stunning work, both on-stage and on-screen.  Topol is the embodiment of a time and place that no longer exist, and I cry every time!

When I was in high school we did Fiddler on the Roof my sophomore year, and that was when the theatre bug grew into the theatre interest that has brought me to where I am today.  I had always enjoyed theatre and thought it was a fun hobby, but that was the time when I realized that I needed to spend all my free time in rehearsal!

Fun fact: Fiddler on the Roof was the first run of a musical in history to surpass the 3,000 performance mark!

Once I start getting tired from the Blogathon, I’ll most likely pop in the Fiddler on the Roof DVD!

This post is for the Blogathon 2009! I am blogging for The Actor’s Fund. For more information about what I am doing, please click here, or you can sponsor me!

Posted on July 25, 2009 - by Lindsey

Theatre in 1956 (Blogathon ‘09 #3)

This important work won both the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1956.

The Diary of Anne Frank is the stage adaptation by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. of the book The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank.  At a time when America was still raw from World War II, this brought to light a completely fresh perspective, and created a work that would compel school children for years to come.

This post is for the Blogathon 2009! I am blogging for The Actor’s Fund. For more information about what I am doing, please click here, or you can sponsor me!

Posted on May 27, 2009 - by Lindsey

Everything changes at once!

I’m afraid my blog has become one of those blogs where all I ever do is apologize for not posting much.  We’ll see how things change now that . . . everything has changed!  This past Friday was my last day of classes for graduate school (and today I turned in my last assignment – all I’ve got left now is my internship and thesis) AND it was also my last day with Starbucks (and when I went in today my partner number did not work . . . so I’m really gone).  The move to Atlanta is happening in 2 weeks, and I don’t know if I’m ready!!!!  I’ve still got SO much packing to do, and before that I’ve got WordCamp Chicago to look forward to.  Phew!

To top it all off, mark of #49, #62, and #96 from my 101 in 1001!

This post is being re-posted on 7/7/09 – I had a backup malfunction and lost 3 months of posts, and so I am re-posting them through my findings with Google Cache. I did NOT delete the comments, I just have no way of restoring them. I am sorry if you commented and it is lost!

Posted on January 10, 2009 - by Lindsey

Oprah’s Best Life Series

Has anyone else been following Oprah’s Best Life Series this week? Since I’ve got school, I’ve been TiVoing it, and I just finished watching the last episode. Here’s a brief recap of the week:

Monday, “Your Weight”: Oprah discusses her recent weight gain and thyroid issues, her trainer Bob Greene makes an appearance
Tuesday, “Your Health”: Dr. Oz gives us his Ultimate Health Checklist and lots of other helpful information
Wednesday, “Your Spirit”: several spiritual leaders discuss living in a way that is open and honest to yourself
Thursday, “Your Money”: Suze Orman gives us her financial action plan for 2009 (and offers her book up as FREE download until January 15)
Friday, “Your Sex Life”: Dr. Laura Berman helps us get off on the right foot sexually

It’s interesting that the theme for the week is being honest – with yourself, your partner, your family . . . in general. This is not necessarily something that I struggle with, but it is something I try to be very conscious of in general. Right now I think about this in context with the big decisions I will be facing in the next couple of months (What internship should I take? In what direction do I want to start off my career?). Along with my internship comes moving (which means that I not only will face starting over in a new city with new people, but what does that mean for my relationship with my boyfriend, who is in school here and will not be coming with me?).

As I face these decisions, I’m really starting to shape who I am as an adult and what kind of person/friend/employee/etc. that I want to be. And with every decision, I ask myself “am I being honest with who I am and who I want to be?”.

As for Oprah – I always enjoy Dr. Oz (if for nothing more than a reminder of what I should be doing) and Suze Orman always makes me feel good because, for the most part, I already do all the things she says to do. I think that Dr. Berman is an interesting new character in Oprah’s line-up, and I’m curious to see how far this relationship goes. I thought the weakest day this week was the episode with the spiritual leaders, but it’s entirely possible that I feel that way because I have much more specific spiritual beliefs and desires, so all these general spiritual conversations leave me feeling unfulfilled. I’d personally rather talk about God, not a “power” or “universal truth” or whatever the popular terminology is at the moment (though I completely understand why Oprah is taking this route, and it’s her show, so she can present the material however she wants to).

All next week (January 12-16) Oprah will be having “webinars” with each of these speakers (Monday’s will be with Bob Green, Tuesday’s with Dr. Oz, etc.), and there’s actually a decent amount of content on Oprah.com regarding each of the episodes that occured this week.  I think it’s great that Oprah’s beginning to really utilize her website to add additional value to her show.

Any one else been tuning in?