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Am I just silly or what?
Before I get in to what I REALLY am on here about, I think it's time for a MASSIVE HARRY POTTER RE-READ! I've been reading Mark Reads Harry Potter from the beginning and I am feeling inspired to go back to my fangirl roots (fair warning: Mark often employs language that many - including me - find objectionable, but somehow, I manage to sleep at night). Currently, I'm reading "The Hunger Games" trilogy for the second time (am now in the middle of "Catching Fire"), but after that, I'm going to go through all the epic goodness that is HP. Reading Mark's chapter-by-chapter reviews remind me of why I fell in love with Harry Potter in the first place and it's so endearing to read one person's first-time reactions to the series. If I wasn't such a "OMG - I MUST KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!!!!!11!1!" nut, I could have done something similar. Maybe I'll keep that in mind for the next STINKING HUGE AND AWESOME book series - just for my own amusement.
(Speaking of "The Hunger Games," that's what Mark is reading right now. He's already been through "Twilight," but I elected not to read those reviews - erm, well, I elected not to FINISH reading those reviews. I've already been there and I don't care to go back - too much WTF-ery for me to stomach, honestly).
But onward - tomorrow is the BIG DAY! Tomorrow is when my high school students put on "Ebony Scrooge: A Modern Christmas Carol." And I just got some seriously-epicly-awesome news: Remember how my students said they wanted to raise money to donate to the family of a local soldier who was killed in Afghanistan? Well, I finally got in touch with some people I know who also know this family and they said the mother of this soldier is going to come to our play tomorrow!! She works on the army base out here that isn't too far away from our school (relatively speaking) and she wants to attend!
Oh. My. Goodness. This is... just... holy cow - WOW! I'm floored, really. I just feel honored that she'd want to come out here just for this. I mean, no one out here really knows the family (my connection is just one of those "Six Degrees of Separation" things). I'm kind of a speechless-mumbly-mess-of-goo right now. I have such respect and admiration for soldiers and military families and even though I don't know anyone personally who's served (I know family members of soldiers, but not the soldiers themselves), I'm just glad that my students wanted to do something for this family, that's all.
Beyond that - the preparations for the play are going really well. Tomorrow at noon is our dress rehearsal and the actual production goes on at 6:30. I think everyone's ready. Our Ghost of Christmas Present kept faking me out that he didn't know his lines, but then he went and gave a spot-on performance in practice today (I swear, that kid eats sarcasm for breakfast). The lights look great - the costumes are great (since this is supposed to be set in modern times, Ghost of Christmas Past is dressed like a hippie, since we figured Ebony would have been a kid in the 70s - it's fantastic) and the music is great. And I'm excited for this. Nervous as all get out, but excited.
Before I get in to what I REALLY am on here about, I think it's time for a MASSIVE HARRY POTTER RE-READ! I've been reading Mark Reads Harry Potter from the beginning and I am feeling inspired to go back to my fangirl roots (fair warning: Mark often employs language that many - including me - find objectionable, but somehow, I manage to sleep at night). Currently, I'm reading "The Hunger Games" trilogy for the second time (am now in the middle of "Catching Fire"), but after that, I'm going to go through all the epic goodness that is HP. Reading Mark's chapter-by-chapter reviews remind me of why I fell in love with Harry Potter in the first place and it's so endearing to read one person's first-time reactions to the series. If I wasn't such a "OMG - I MUST KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!!!!!11!1!" nut, I could have done something similar. Maybe I'll keep that in mind for the next STINKING HUGE AND AWESOME book series - just for my own amusement.
(Speaking of "The Hunger Games," that's what Mark is reading right now. He's already been through "Twilight," but I elected not to read those reviews - erm, well, I elected not to FINISH reading those reviews. I've already been there and I don't care to go back - too much WTF-ery for me to stomach, honestly).
But onward - tomorrow is the BIG DAY! Tomorrow is when my high school students put on "Ebony Scrooge: A Modern Christmas Carol." And I just got some seriously-epicly-awesome news: Remember how my students said they wanted to raise money to donate to the family of a local soldier who was killed in Afghanistan? Well, I finally got in touch with some people I know who also know this family and they said the mother of this soldier is going to come to our play tomorrow!! She works on the army base out here that isn't too far away from our school (relatively speaking) and she wants to attend!
Oh. My. Goodness. This is... just... holy cow - WOW! I'm floored, really. I just feel honored that she'd want to come out here just for this. I mean, no one out here really knows the family (my connection is just one of those "Six Degrees of Separation" things). I'm kind of a speechless-mumbly-mess-of-goo right now. I have such respect and admiration for soldiers and military families and even though I don't know anyone personally who's served (I know family members of soldiers, but not the soldiers themselves), I'm just glad that my students wanted to do something for this family, that's all.
Beyond that - the preparations for the play are going really well. Tomorrow at noon is our dress rehearsal and the actual production goes on at 6:30. I think everyone's ready. Our Ghost of Christmas Present kept faking me out that he didn't know his lines, but then he went and gave a spot-on performance in practice today (I swear, that kid eats sarcasm for breakfast). The lights look great - the costumes are great (since this is supposed to be set in modern times, Ghost of Christmas Past is dressed like a hippie, since we figured Ebony would have been a kid in the 70s - it's fantastic) and the music is great. And I'm excited for this. Nervous as all get out, but excited.
