Mom's Notes (Day 7)

"Day 7-

You know you're a techie when...
- You have a permanent mark above your ears from the headset.
- You wave at little kids from the lighting booth! (Absolutely)
- You prefer the lighting board over your girl/boyfriend. (I would never admit it)
- You walk into your home and your parents ask who you are.
- You memorize gel colors for fun! (Sadly I do)
- You are more concerned about the location of your adjustable crescent wrench than you are about your car keys.
- Your parents memorize the stage phone number. (They should)
- You really believe that wearing all black makes you invisible! (This is worded as if insinuating that black doesn’t make you invisible... That is offensive. It DOES make you invisible...)
- You dress your snowman in black.
- You use glow tape instead of night lights to find your way around your home at night. (I haven't, but I think I will now.)


"You're not officially a techie until you hurt yourself building the set.""

Thanks, Mom, for the awesome messages!

(My comments are in parenthesis and the ones with the exclamation marks are ones that are extremely true.)

Mom's Notes (Day 5)

For those of you who read my last blog post, here is one of the quotes my mom gave me.

"Day 5-

Tech Week- The last week of rehearsal when everything that was supposed to be done weeks before finally comes together at the last minute; reaches itsgrand climax on final dress rehearsal night when costumes rip, a dimmer patch catches fire and the director has a mental breakdown"

SO TRUE.

Memories

When I was little, if my parents were going away, they would leave 2 Hersey kisses for each day (one for the morning and one for the night to symbolize a good morning/night kiss). Recently, this came up in conversation, since they were leaving for Hawaii soon. My mom was amazed that I remembered and she saw how much that truly meant to me.

My parents are leaving tomorrow and my mom just walked into the room with a stack of papers for me. Sure enough, each paper had 2 of my favorite candies and a message. So sticking to tradition, I'm not going to eat the candy or read the notes until the day they are assigned. Thanks mom, it means a lot to me.

Halo by Alexandra Adornetto

Last night, I started reading a new book called 'Halo'. One paragraph caught my eye and really made me think.

"One of the most frustrating words in the human language, as far as I could tell, was love. So much meaning attached to this one little word. People bandied it about freely, using it to describe their attachments to possessions, pets, vacation destinations, and favorite foods. In the same breath, they then applied this word to a person they considered most important in their lives. Wasn't that insulting? Shouldn't there be some other term to describe deeper emotion?"

Only twelve pages in and the author has already gained my respect. I've never even thought about that concept.