The Actress Within?

Last night we attended the touring performance of Wicked. It was phenominal!! Such fantasticalness! My favorite character was easily Glinda (GAH-linda) and my only real complaint was that Elphaba's "choreograpy' was a little dull. She had a fantastic voice, but anytime she sang (which was a LOT) she just kind of wandered around the stage. I don't think it would have bothered me if I hadn't known the soundtrack by heart since the songs are so AWESOME!!!

The irony of my experience last night is that I'm not pining. All week I have been expecting to be nostalgic and wanting to get back on stage and feel the joy of entertaining a crowd. I even thought of what I would say on my blog. However, despite the fact that I was so impressed with the entire show and got goosebumps with every song, on our way home all I could think about was getting back to my little Kaleb (thank you, Mom for staying up so late with him). It reminded me of a line in Sister Act II, "If you wake up in the morning, and all you can think about is singin', you're supposed to be a singer, girl." So funny to me that my going to the play last night did not re-ignite the burning passion for acting, but reaffirmed my desire to be a good mom.

Memoires of a Geisha

As mentioned in my previous post, I've been trying to read more. Since this is filling quite a bit of my time I figured I might as well blog about the books i have read. This last week was Memoires of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. I really enjoyed the movie and thankfully it followed the basic storyline of the book very well. One of the intriguing things about this novel is that it is written as though the main character were telling a story to a translator. At first I honestly believed this was a real person, which made the story that much more genuine. The author is an American man who has studied Asian cultures and languages all his life, so it is even more impressive to me how detailed everything was. Such a foreign perspective for him and he made it SO real. It was definitely an escape from my every day activities and I would give it a four out of five! Any suggestions for further reading would be greatly appreciated!

My Wrath... My Grapes of Wrath

So lately my time has been filled with watching movies I've borrowed from family or reading books I've borrowed from the library. When you spend 6-8 hours a day feeding a newborn there's little else that can really fill your time, right? Anywho, so I've made a list of books that I've been wanting to read, either because they were good movies (and books are always better than movies) or because they are considered classics and I need to culturize myself... like yogurt. I thought it would be good to read a story about the Great Depression to make me feel a little better about our financial struggles. Obviousy the Grapes of Wrath is a perfect fit: Depression and a classic... Well, I mixed up the title with Great Expectations, so when I got to the library and grabbed the novel by Charles Dickens, my mind kept trying to tell me, "Dickens was a British author in the 17 or 1800's, why and how would he write about America during the Depression?" but I didn't listen. When I got home and read the synopsis for Great Expectations, needless to say I was a little frustrated with myself. Eventually, with the help of family I was able to discover it was actually The Grapes of Wrath that I wanted... so when I went to the library yesterday, I went straight to the Steinbeck section and low and behold, they don't have the Grapes of Wrath!!! What the?!?!? They have four shelves dedicated to Danielle Steel, but they don't have the Grapes of Wrath?!!? Stupid book, I don't want to read it now anyway!

Hiccups

Downloaded a video of Kaleb on Youtube. It wouldn't download on the blog site, so... Kaleb always gets the hiccups after he spits up and always tells me how much he doesn't like them and its about as vocal as he gets unless he's hungry or alone. Ammon and I think its adorable, especially his little sigh at the end. Follow the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eup3B50ptcE