Obama-tacular!

It's about time for an update! I'm in the middle of my run of Lucky Stiff in Florida, and things are going well, for the most part. I'm really having a fun time onstage every day. I get to sing some great Ahrens and Flaherty music. The Dog Song a.k.a. Times Like This is such a joy to sing 8 times a week. Not only that, but since I've been here, WE GOT A NEW PRESIDENT!! I am so unbelievably proud and ecstatic about President-Elect Barack Obama, I can't even express it. I boo-hoo'ed like a baby during his acceptance speech. I had had a bottle of wine and then proceeded to call Joe and tell him that we can now "pop out babies, since Obama is the president." Yeeaaahh...I'm glad he's already decided I'm the one...any other man would've been scared shitless.

The only part of the election that truly makes me sad is the passage of all of the propositions that take away gay citizens' rights. I've already unfriended one guy on Facebook I went to high school with who decided to scrawl hateful crap all over my wall on the subject. I'm so deeply offended by these propositions and their supporters. No, that is not ok. I will stand up and support all of my friends who are the victims of a society that is trying to legislate hate, discrimination, and bigotry.

In less than a month I start rehearsals for Those Fabulous Fifties, Part 2 at the Fireside Theatre in Wisconsin. I'm really excited to go back there - they treat their actors so well, it's like a breath of fresh air! I have a feeling I'll be singing lots of pretty ingenue ballads a la Connie Francis' Where The Boys Are. We'll see. I also want my Equity card. That's my next goal. I'm ready!

My little sister turned 18 yesterday. I feel really old now. The 3 of us are 18, 20, and 24 years old. When the hell did that happen?

Also, am I the only person who is obsessed with watching John and Kate Plus 8? It's a little ridiculous. Those children are so adorable they make me ovulate. Ow, there it goes again.