So I know I said I would not post today but...

I had to!

In my Theatre class, our final exam requires us to present a monologue where we choose something from our life that has "made you who you are today". I choose Camp in general. And I wrote my first draft of my piece today. Here it is:

At Champ Chanco on the James, where I spent my last seven summers, there is a very special evening called Indian Night. It is the last night and is my favorite night of all.
In 2001, my first year, I was tapped into the Mattaponi tribe. (Song) The Mattaponi’s receive a feather and a word. Friendship. The friends I have made at camp are my truest friends and I would be with them all the time if I could.
My second year, 2002, I was tapped into the Pamunky tribe. (Song) Pamunkies receive a feather and a word. Love. At Chanco, I truly learned what it meant to love a group of people. The group of people may be my friends or I may not even know them but I love them. To feel that same love from everyone is just as powerful.
2003 was my third year. I was tapped into the Powhatan tribe. (Song) Once again a feather and a word are given. Spirit. The spirit of Chanco is what has carried me through my lowest points. Just knowing that I would be returning to that community of my friends who love me so unconditionally is the light at the end of the tunnel.
My fourth year, 2004, required me to be initiated into the Order of Chanco. Initiation starts the night before Indian Night and is very spiritual and secret, so I am not allowed to reveal the particulars. Initiates do not receive a song but they do receive a feather and a word. Trust. In my seven years at Chanco, I have learned that my Chanco friends are the only friends I can trust 100%. I love them for that. They are an essential part of what I believe to be the Spirit of Chanco so I trust them with everything.
Fifth years and beyond are members of the Old Order of Chanco. Old Order receives no song, no word, no feather. Instead, members of the Old Order receive a bond. A bond of friendship. A bond of love. A bond of spirit. A bond of trust. This bond extends to any member of the Old Order whether they attended Chanco in the 60s or the 80s or the 2000s.
Friendship. Love. Spirit . Trust. Bonds. You cannot have one without the other. Those five things are what have morphed me into who I am today.

NOTE: This is a Work in Progress!

Thoughts?

ALSO NOTE: This does not mean every Friday i will post i have yet to decide that!

Odette

The last post of BEDA/NABLOPOMO

So I have not been the best blogger partly due to Our Town and partly due to my forgetfulness. But It has been fun what I have been doing...

I am going to try and update more regularly. I think I will continue the H2.0 post so if anyone (other than Julie) reads this we can get more traffic. I may try and post every Friday. I don't know yet. Also if I post every Friday, I will not begin tomorrow.

Yesterday I turned in my last ever Health Assignment! That is very exciting! I am almost done with the course i just have the exam and the rest of my PE hours and I am done with Health/PE FOREVER!

While that is exciting news, I am not feeling well so I am going to go so that I can either get really sick and stay home or get much better and go to school.

Thank you for following this journey,
Odette

The 4th and last weekly H2.0 post of BEDA!

That's right, ladies, Our Town is over. This really makes me very sad because it was so much fun to work on! If you want to know all about last week, see here. That explains the Slutty Professor thing too.

Tomorrow we are doing his French project where we had to choose something to report news on. I chose Wrock news because I am a NERD! I am talking about Whompy's upcoming tours and the Wizard Rock People's Choice Awards and New Albums (Including an album that I am buying in the near future All You Need is (Wizard) Love). I am going to wear different wrock tshirts each time I change a topic. And because I do not own a Ravenclaw tie nor do I have time to buy one, I am borrowing my friend's Gryffindor tie. I will be changing where I place the tie in each shot as well. My background is going to consist of pictures of different Wizard Rockers and I think I am going to include a picture of Solitary Snape just for you Ch! It will be great fun!

FYI my Ex-BF was a bit a jerk about somethings (like saying somethings that were mean about me to others) so I continued to ignore him. But then last Wednesday we had a talk and we are good again. I am still slightly upset with him but we are speaking like before we dated again. So that is good!

I think it is time to discuss a replacement Wednesday and Thursday. I think they have been swallowed up by the dark abyss and I wish we had the opportunity to get to know them but if they have disappeared I think we should get to know other people, ya know? Thoughts?

Ron: I am a fan of the Stockholm Starfighters on FB! You will now be the quidditch team that I support! Two of my friends are OBSSESSED with Doctor Who. They have both tried to get me to watch it and I just have had no time.

Your Ravenclaw,
Odette

I have returned!

So last week was a little crazy and I really never got to post and I apologize for this. But no one is really reading this so it really doesn't matter.

On Tuesday, I had somethings said to me that I never expected to hear from a teacher. They include the words Slutty and Hoebag. Basically the story is about my costume. Our Town takes place late 1800s to early 1900s. So I have my costume which is supposed to be school marmy. I notice that I have a really high slit in my skirt. It goes to above my knee which is scandalous in that time. So we decided that I am the Slutty Professor. And I was talking to my director about this because we had extra time and I was bored. He said, "That's good. I think it is time for you to embrace your inner hoebag."

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I know.

But for the rest of the week I was referred to as the Slutty Professor or SP or YOU SLUT! It was pretty fantastic.

Wednesday

The Holocaust museum was really awesome and powerful. If you ever get the chance, GO! It is a really great experience. We also went to the National Gallery of Art which I did not get to enjoy because we had to do a project.

We actually got back early so no one was there for rehearsal when I got there (Other than someone else on the field trip who did lights) Wednesday went well.

Thursday-Opening Night

It went well. I really don't know what else to say. I nailed my lines and everything else.

Friday

We had some tech problems but it went well otherwise. Afterwards, we went to Friday's (A restaurant) and had an awesome time there.

Saturday

Before the last performance of the year, we always do something called Senior Circle. We all gather around in a circle and the Seniors talk about what it has meant to them to be apart of the Lancer Theater Company. So of course there are tears and a whole mess of sadness. We ended up running over show time because some seniors who were not in the production came and would not shut up.

So we start but we start late. Then, because everyone is still so emotional people just keep messing up their lines. We got through it alright and my part went well but still.

Another tradition we have is that on the last night of a production people always slip the word "Muskrat" into the performance. It was hysterical because some of them were very obvious and other's were not. But there were eight "Muskrats" when really there should be about four.

Afterwards, we had our cast party. It was filled with food and Nerf gun fights. I am still sore from the Nerf Gun fight.

All in all, Our Town was a really great experience. I had a fantastic time and I will really miss rehearsal and the entire cast.

I have French work to do now so I must go.

Odette

The 3rd H2.0 day

That's right ladies and gentlemen, last night was the first night in a series of nights that can only be Show Week. Last night I left rehearsal around 10 pm. I had spent about 4 and 1/2 hours there.

Tomorrow, I am going on a field trip to the National Holocaust Museum. I am really excited about it because I am a huge History nerd and one of my favorite time periods to learn about is WWII. Unfortunately because the museum is so far away I will probably not be back by call time (the time when we need to be there to do costume, make up, etc.) Meaning that day I am going to leave my house around 6:25 am and get home anywhere from 10 pm to 11:pm.

Then we open! So those shows will be epic! Some of my friends are coming to see me! And one of my friends who is coming I never get to see! So I am super excited!

Now I cannot do anymore because I have a French test i have to go study for.

Your Ravenclaw,
Odette

Heck Night...Because it is that kind of show

Tonight is our first dress rehearsal/tech rehearsal. And we are calling it Heck night instead of Hell night because Grover's Corners is a wholesome place. All that is missing is well nothing it is a very wholesome town. I guess the white picket fence is missing but that is more like an option.

I really have nothing else to talk about....hm...I don't know if I will be posting all this week because I will be so tired.

Kat tells me I should talk about werewolves. Well my favorite werewolf is Remus Lupin because it's Remus Lupin!

Remus is just one of those characters you cannot help but love.

I never really thought of werewolves with little hair until The 3rd HP movie. I must admit I still consider them to be very very very very very very furry.

Odette

I don't really feel like doing Part 3...

Maybe another day...

Today I have Saturday rehearsal for Our Town. I am really not that excited because I have been feeling a little under the weather lately. I would rather stay home and get better for show week but that is really not an option.

Next week I have to be at school at 5:30 pm Monday-Friday and 5:00 pm on Saturday! It is already tricky because of getting me there but on Wednesday it gets trickier! The Mass Comm History classes are going on a field trip to the National Holocaust Museum. I am very excited being the little WWII Nerdfighter that I am. Only there is almost no way we will be back at school by 5:30! This is not good because it is the day before we open and I am in the first act! So please pray for no traffic on Wednesday!

I saw a Tweet from my friend Kat to talk about cheese so that shall be the topic of the rest of the blog. I am actually a really big cheese fan! A few of my favorites:
Cotswold-A cheddar with chives in it
Goat Cheese with Garlic and Herbs- What it sounds like (I could not find an appetizing picture)
Port Wine-I really don't know how to describe it
So that is all for today because now I have to go to rehearsal!

Odette