shakespeare competition

alrighty, so in my last update i was working on auditioning for shakespeare competition, and we found out all about it a few days ago! i will be competing my monologue, richard III, act 4 scene 4, i will be playing margaret! im very excited! so i thought i'd share the good news!
and next week, octorber 1st, i will be performing during the day. i'll give times so if youre able to make it you could come see me! and then after i come back from cedar city i'll let you know how it all goes!

im quirky

alrighty..i got tagged for quirks..so here i go

1. i hate feet. i know what youre thinking..everyone hates feet! thats not new! no i dont mind when i touch other people's feet, but when people touch me with their feet, i want to chop their feet off. i just dont like it.
2. i have a hard time with eye contact only when i am telling a long story to people. i keep very good eye contact while other people are talking, but when i say something important back, i just cant look at them in the eye.
3. im 17 and i dont have my drivers license yet.
4. when i eat a reeses peanut butter cup, i eat all the chocolate first, then i roll the peanut butter into a ball and eat it little by little.
5. i am deathly afraid of werewolves. yet i love dogs....
6. from age 0 to 10 i was extremely girly and i would wear nothing but dresses. from ages 10 to 15 i was a tomboy and i would never wear dresses in exception to church.

remembering and understanding

i was ten during 9/11, and i remember every minute of that day. i was in 5th grade and i remember getting up for school and the tv was on and i saw the towers on fire. i didnt quite understand what was going on and the seriousness of it. i remember that i was having friend problems an i wanted to fit in with the popular girls, and that was all that was important to me at the time. then i remember going to school and watching the news most of the day. i remember my teacher crying and other teachers coming in the classroom in tears. i saw the clip of the towers falling so many times and it still get into my head what it meant. people explained it to me but i still didnt understand. i remember that the next day when we delivered the paper there was a big picture of the burning towers and my mom crying. i remember my teacher making us write papers on what happened and draw pictures and my picture was chosen to be published in this school paper about the events. with all that happened i didnt understand, i still dont fully understand. i dont think anyone does. i remember the thoughts and feelings that i felt after they had a more concrete number of deaths. i remember feeling sad and guilty and feeling i'd never understand the feelings going through those peoples families. i remember.. i'll always remember

grease is the word!

alrighty, small little update in the life of maida.
i've been a tad stressed lately, cuz of school and shakespeare and grease and seeing bryson once a week when i used to see him almost every other day and my two very good friends are going out so i've been the third wheel for some time.. but putting that aside, life is good.
so for my theater class we're doing Richard III for our ensemble scene and we're doing it in a 40's/nazi theme. it's really cool!! and it's kinda funny because i'm taking an american problems class and our first simulation is about totalitarian society.. so fun filled months ahead for me! and then also in my theater class we've got our individual scenes, and i'm doing a scene from Richard..again..(i did a scene from Richard last year too. and then thats our ensemble scene too..i guess i was meant to do this play..), and i'll be playing Queen Margaret. it's some intense stuff in our scene! i'm really excited! we might even go down to cedar city to compete :D
i am also in the fall musical. grease!! even though i'm not a fan of the story and the play itself, this show is SO much fun to be apart of! and i'll be playing the very first LuLu the pink lady!! Ati, my drama teacher, decided to add a new pink lady and i have the privilege of playing her! MY FIRST LEAD IN A MUSICAL!! its been such a blast! we're performing in november, fyi. i'll give more details when its closer.

i'm a princess too!

You Are Jasmine!

Independent and adventurous. You don't want much; just to break out of the guilded cage society has put you in and experience life to the fullest. Following orders isn't really one of your strong points, and you would rather live a life of poverty than being forced into something that you hate.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

small update

alrighty so for the past little while i've just been getting ready for school and seeing a couple of shows and spending as much time as i can with my boyfriend as i can..
so i saw footloose at the egytian last saturday and i'll be seeing it again tonight. now this was the footloose that i was in but dropped out of. and to be quite frank, the show was just ok. i'm glad i dropped it. pace was slow and energy was low. but it was nice to go to the show and afterward see all the cast and hear that they missed me. cuz that was one of my complaints being in the show was i didnt feel accepted. i'm sure a few of the people said that just to be nice, but i can tell when someone is being sincere. it was nice to feel loved. and it still had its strengths! my friends did well.
i also saw south pacific preview night and last night. its such a cute show! i mean i'm not a fan of the storyline and the dialogue but the music is beautiful and classic. and it was nice to go with bryson. he has the same view on the old musicals as i do. and we both agreed he'd be a good billis. yeah, random observance, my dad and bryson could play the same roles. its pretty funny! they have the same vocal talent, same amazing character work, and they both have cute pot bellies. the only difference is my dads 6'2 and bryson is like 5'7ish. but yeah..
speaking of bryson, on saturday he is moving to odgen and on monday he'll be attending weber state university studying theater and zoology. so i will be here as a lonely senior and he'll be there as a lonely freshman. i don't like thinking about saturday, but i have hope things will work out the way it should.
so as i mentioned, i'm a senior this year. i got my schedule the other day and today i went and got my senior picture. its a little surreal. i dont feel like a senior at all. i mean i'm super excited!, but its just so weird.. i really dont think that it'll sink in and i'll get used to it.. so so very bizarre..

john mccoy story

well alrighty, even though i've only gotten one vote on my poll and theres a few more days left.. i'm just gonna go ahead and post the first part of my story! just for a small introduction on it, its a short story about moving on and finding ourself. its sad, sweet, and romantic. this beginning part of the story is the only really scary part of it, so when you read it and think, oh my gosh! this story is so sad and scary! its only that way at the very beginning. i'd love to have your comments and critiques!

*link to maida's story's blog -
www.johnmccoystory.blogspot.com*

oh and i'd like your help in picking a title for my short story! cuz i have no idea what to call it.. for the mean time, i'm just calling john mccoy story, thats the main character's name. so if you think of something good, i'd like to hear your suggestions!