I am a little late reflecting on 2009 but here goes:
It started out by sleeping on a beach in Texas. I traveled to Mexico / Honduras via a cruise ship, to the south eastern part of the US via a car, and to Paris via a plane. It ended with me in a cabin here in Oklahoma.
I moved to Branson. I got a dog.We had a car catch on fire on the 4th of July! I made wonderful friends. I also created my own photography business.
I acted in a million (not exaggerating...ok maybe a little) Ultimate Murder Mysteries. I performed at the Nightingale Theatre in Shades of Gray. I sang at a gay wedding (a hi-light in my book). I sang and danced at many functions in and around Branson. I performed in An Ozark Radio Christmas at the Branson Star!
It was a hard year to get through having been the first year out on my own but it was pretty dang awesome and I wouldn't change a thing about it.
2010 looks to be promising...
First up Los Angeles and Disney Land auditions. After that who knows. There is a world of possibilities (literally).
Friday, January 1, 2010
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
December Is Here Once More
Things are getting busy in the Land of Sam and Derick
Peter Pan is ending in 2 weeks and we have started to look for jobs over the winter months when Branson is deserted. We are auditioning for Silver Dollar City this weekend and I am very hopeful about that.
It seems as if Peter Pan is coming back to Branson next year hopefully we will be around and Derick can reprise his role as Smee. There is also talk of a tour in Dubai for Peter Pan. Due to resent financial problems with Dubai I'll believe it when Derick gets his contract. In the mean time I believe we will bounce around working on our photography business. We are starting to have people interested in headshots and the like so I am very excited about that. There might also be an excursion to California in January.
I am also doing “AN OZARK RADIO CHRISTMAS”
BRANSON, MISSOURI/The year is 1949, and Branson’s own WXMS- “The Biggest Radio Station South of Springfield & North of Little Rock!”- is about to perform their “First Ever Annual Ozark Christmas Eve Spectacular Radio Branson Broadcast Bash”. The problem is… none of the performers have shown up! Can the station manager, a group of stranded strangers, and a little Christmas cheer save the show? Local professional performers and the student youth of the Vagabond Stage Company will take you on a journey through Christmas memories of our community, so you can find out for yourself… at AN OZARK RADIO CHRISTMAS!
December 15 & 16 at 8:00 at the Branson Star Theatre
3750 W Hwy 76, Branson, MO 65616.
Admission is only $10.00, and $6.00 for age 12 and under.
If you are in the area on those days it is a wonderfully funny show with singing and dancing and mayhem.
Plus I have a rather large role in the production :-)
So we are keeping busy and having lots of fun while we are at it.
Peter Pan is ending in 2 weeks and we have started to look for jobs over the winter months when Branson is deserted. We are auditioning for Silver Dollar City this weekend and I am very hopeful about that.
It seems as if Peter Pan is coming back to Branson next year hopefully we will be around and Derick can reprise his role as Smee. There is also talk of a tour in Dubai for Peter Pan. Due to resent financial problems with Dubai I'll believe it when Derick gets his contract. In the mean time I believe we will bounce around working on our photography business. We are starting to have people interested in headshots and the like so I am very excited about that. There might also be an excursion to California in January.
I am also doing “AN OZARK RADIO CHRISTMAS”
BRANSON, MISSOURI/The year is 1949, and Branson’s own WXMS- “The Biggest Radio Station South of Springfield & North of Little Rock!”- is about to perform their “First Ever Annual Ozark Christmas Eve Spectacular Radio Branson Broadcast Bash”. The problem is… none of the performers have shown up! Can the station manager, a group of stranded strangers, and a little Christmas cheer save the show? Local professional performers and the student youth of the Vagabond Stage Company will take you on a journey through Christmas memories of our community, so you can find out for yourself… at AN OZARK RADIO CHRISTMAS!
December 15 & 16 at 8:00 at the Branson Star Theatre
3750 W Hwy 76, Branson, MO 65616.
Admission is only $10.00, and $6.00 for age 12 and under.
If you are in the area on those days it is a wonderfully funny show with singing and dancing and mayhem.
Plus I have a rather large role in the production :-)
So we are keeping busy and having lots of fun while we are at it.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Good News!
I am now an award winning photographer!!!!! Ok so it is only 3rd place at the Tulsa State Fair but its still awesome to me. Halloween is fast approaching. I am super busy. We are still going back and forth between Branson and Tulsa.
I also finally turned 21! I did not drink anything on my birthday though. I am very proud of myself. Carrie calls me ridiculous because the only thing I really drink still is wine. Every time I look at alcoholic drinks I think they sound good if they didn't have all that alcohol in them.
Things are going great right now. Performances galore, lots of friends and photographying it up. What more do I need?
I also finally turned 21! I did not drink anything on my birthday though. I am very proud of myself. Carrie calls me ridiculous because the only thing I really drink still is wine. Every time I look at alcoholic drinks I think they sound good if they didn't have all that alcohol in them.
Things are going great right now. Performances galore, lots of friends and photographying it up. What more do I need?
Friday, September 18, 2009
Round and Round We Go
We are back in the states and we have hit the ground running.
We are doing Murder Mysteries like crazy: One last weekend, one this weekend, at least one a week for the next month I think.
My birthday is in 11 days (I'm turning 21!!!) and I am planning a party in a park with all my friends
I started dance lessons again. 3 hours of crazy dancing so much fun. And we have a show on the 3rd of October which leaves us very little time to learn everything. I hope I can remember that dance!
I am also working on getting our photography business off the ground. We are working on getting a website together for that.
We are traveling back and forth between Branson and Tulsa so we are busy bees. But we are having a blast doing it. We also went to Silver Dollar City again this week and I learned there is a part of SDC that I had never been to with actual fair type rides! Who knew?
We are doing Murder Mysteries like crazy: One last weekend, one this weekend, at least one a week for the next month I think.
My birthday is in 11 days (I'm turning 21!!!) and I am planning a party in a park with all my friends
I started dance lessons again. 3 hours of crazy dancing so much fun. And we have a show on the 3rd of October which leaves us very little time to learn everything. I hope I can remember that dance!
I am also working on getting our photography business off the ground. We are working on getting a website together for that.
We are traveling back and forth between Branson and Tulsa so we are busy bees. But we are having a blast doing it. We also went to Silver Dollar City again this week and I learned there is a part of SDC that I had never been to with actual fair type rides! Who knew?
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Paris!
This past month has been crazy. We left Branson came back to Tulsa for a week where we tried to see everyone we possibly could before hopping on a plane to Paris, France. I write from Paris.
Were are in our third and final week in Paris. We have couchsurfed stayed in a very nice B&B. Spent a week in a hostle and now we are spending the next three days in a hotel. Each one has had its ups and downs. Here is my views on each.
Couchsurfing: I have had many great experiences couch surfing. This one wasn't the best. I did not realize from all my corrispondences with him that he would actually be sharing a bed with us. There was not enough room on that be for three and it was more than a bit akward. Best thing about couchsurfing is its FREE!
The B&B: This is the best place we have stayed so far. Along with a wonderful room we got a very nice breakfastand good conversation. This is by far my favorite place we stayed. We came back one night to find them drinking wine and laughing and they asked if we would like to join. That night goes down as one of my favorites on this trip. A B&B runs about 30€ per person/per night
Hostel: I did not get a good impression when we first checked in. The woman at the desk asked us to wait 10mins until her shift was over so another person could check us in. Then the Man that did check us in was not very nice about it. We had a room for 3 people and every night there was a different person and they wouldn't check in until around 2 in the moring and I would have to wake up to open the door for them because there was only one key. There was a free breakfast but it was nothing fancy and you had to be out of the room from 11 to 4 everyday so they could clean. The hostel is the cheapest in town we spent 15€ per person/per night
The Hotel: It lives up to its name "Perfect Hotel". It truly is perfect. The people who work there are amazingly nice. When we walked in the door we were greeted with a smile which I find is hard to come by in Paris. We realized we had one more night in the hostel and no place to stay the next night. We found this place in ,y travel book I bought and found it online and tried to reserve a room. The form they had online was just a request form so we thought it better to just go there in person. She had a room avaliable for the first night which she reserved for us but there was not a room for the second. She told us she would do everything in her power to get us a room for all four nights we wanted to stay there. We came to check in the next day and she had done just what she said. The room is beautiful complete with a balcony. The free breakfast that comes with the room is wonderful with wait service and everything. At 28€ per person/per night you also can't beat the price most hostels are more expensive than that!
All and all this trip has gone very well and I look forward to telling all my friends and family about our adventures in Paris.
Were are in our third and final week in Paris. We have couchsurfed stayed in a very nice B&B. Spent a week in a hostle and now we are spending the next three days in a hotel. Each one has had its ups and downs. Here is my views on each.
Couchsurfing: I have had many great experiences couch surfing. This one wasn't the best. I did not realize from all my corrispondences with him that he would actually be sharing a bed with us. There was not enough room on that be for three and it was more than a bit akward. Best thing about couchsurfing is its FREE!
The B&B: This is the best place we have stayed so far. Along with a wonderful room we got a very nice breakfastand good conversation. This is by far my favorite place we stayed. We came back one night to find them drinking wine and laughing and they asked if we would like to join. That night goes down as one of my favorites on this trip. A B&B runs about 30€ per person/per night
Hostel: I did not get a good impression when we first checked in. The woman at the desk asked us to wait 10mins until her shift was over so another person could check us in. Then the Man that did check us in was not very nice about it. We had a room for 3 people and every night there was a different person and they wouldn't check in until around 2 in the moring and I would have to wake up to open the door for them because there was only one key. There was a free breakfast but it was nothing fancy and you had to be out of the room from 11 to 4 everyday so they could clean. The hostel is the cheapest in town we spent 15€ per person/per night
The Hotel: It lives up to its name "Perfect Hotel". It truly is perfect. The people who work there are amazingly nice. When we walked in the door we were greeted with a smile which I find is hard to come by in Paris. We realized we had one more night in the hostel and no place to stay the next night. We found this place in ,y travel book I bought and found it online and tried to reserve a room. The form they had online was just a request form so we thought it better to just go there in person. She had a room avaliable for the first night which she reserved for us but there was not a room for the second. She told us she would do everything in her power to get us a room for all four nights we wanted to stay there. We came to check in the next day and she had done just what she said. The room is beautiful complete with a balcony. The free breakfast that comes with the room is wonderful with wait service and everything. At 28€ per person/per night you also can't beat the price most hostels are more expensive than that!
All and all this trip has gone very well and I look forward to telling all my friends and family about our adventures in Paris.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
I Need To Set Some Goals
1. GET A JOB!!! I need one badly or I am going to be living on the street here soon. This I need to do with in the next few months
2. Actually make money with photography and I am not talking about the $3 I have made from stock photography that I will never see. Anyone need headshots? wedding pictures? engagements? pictures for no reason other than they love me and want to give me money? Sometime in the next year I am going to make this happen. I am selling my D40 and getting a shiny new camera!
3. Move to Florida. I have been saying I am going to move to Florida for a while now and I keep getting caught up with other things. I freaking want to work a Disney World. I will move there some time in the next 10 years.
Ok now how do I make it happen?
2. Actually make money with photography and I am not talking about the $3 I have made from stock photography that I will never see. Anyone need headshots? wedding pictures? engagements? pictures for no reason other than they love me and want to give me money? Sometime in the next year I am going to make this happen. I am selling my D40 and getting a shiny new camera!
3. Move to Florida. I have been saying I am going to move to Florida for a while now and I keep getting caught up with other things. I freaking want to work a Disney World. I will move there some time in the next 10 years.
Ok now how do I make it happen?
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
What Do We Consider Art?
I ask this question a lot. My mom always said I was the only one in the world that would take a picture of a blade of grass. Some people call that art. But I know for a face that many people take pictures of grass does that mean that it is not art for the fact that it is repeated so many times?
Do we judge the worth of a piece of art by its monetary value only? Does that mean that a painting or print that has not sold is worthless?
I throw paint on a canvas. Is this art? it has no skill to it. Anyone can do it. Or is it the emotion that I am feeling when I paint it that makes it art? If that is so how do I convince others of those emotions?
Today I painted. Its nothing fancy but to me it conveys all the mixed feelings I have in myself today. Happiness, guilt, love. Does it show in the painting? Its just color. I like it but will anyone else.
What exactly is art?
Do we judge the worth of a piece of art by its monetary value only? Does that mean that a painting or print that has not sold is worthless?
I throw paint on a canvas. Is this art? it has no skill to it. Anyone can do it. Or is it the emotion that I am feeling when I paint it that makes it art? If that is so how do I convince others of those emotions?
Today I painted. Its nothing fancy but to me it conveys all the mixed feelings I have in myself today. Happiness, guilt, love. Does it show in the painting? Its just color. I like it but will anyone else.
What exactly is art?
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