Amy's Adventures with Shamu... and Other Stuffs

So I spent the weekend in Florida. I LOVE FLORIDA. I love Shamu and Sea World, I love the ENTIRE Disneyworld EVERYTHING, I love the trees and yeah... OK.. .anyway... so I went out to audition for Disney's MGM Studios Beauty and the Beast show and got called back. Only thing is that now I have to fly BACK here in a week and a half FOR that callback. Wow. The things I do.

I've been waiting my WHOLE LIFE for Sea World.

Many of you may know this story- but when I was in the sixth grade I was OBSESSED with marine mammals. I learned all I could about whales, dolphins, manatees, etc, and even ended up making a chalked diagram on the sidewalk in front of our house with the lengths of every kind of whale imaginable. I wanted to be a marine biologist. I am an actress. Ha.

After "Journey to Atlantis". I have never been so soaked after a ride! SO MUCH FUN!

Mommy's reaction to her first "Senior Discount." HA!

This guy was cool.

SHAMU!!!

I have never cared for Denny's. But I tell ya, THIS Denny's...on 192 in Kissimmee- was AMAZING. Best french toast I have had in MY LIFE. We went there two mornings in a row we loved it so much. I LOVE FRENCH TOAST

Yeah- so NOW I understand why they said the castle in Hong Kong was so small...

At MGM Studios

This just made me laugh and think of my theatre friends.

A San Francisco back drop... cool!

EPCOT!

And last- I bought my unborn niece her first two pairs of shoes. She isn't even here till November... I am in trouble. :-) Hee!

Closing Weekend

Well, this weekend finishes off the "project" I've been working on since I got home from Hong Kong almost 11 weeks ago. (Right now everything is still related to "when I got home"... I think that will wear off sometime soon. Ha ha.) ANYWAY- so here're some more pics to memorialize my last weekend as "Thoroughly Modern Millie."

Ha ha. Yeeeeah, well... there was this neck massager thing...

Boys, BOYS! Control yourselves!

I LOVE CAKE!

Meersie and Millie

Jimmy, OH JIMMY!

The AMAZING dressing room.. uh, 80's Lounge, I hang out in every night.

Me and Lindsey

Taylor Marsden, Me, and Tom Every

Me and Lindsey again!

Now that this show is over, Andrea and I can be friends and PLAY again. Being doubles with one of your best friends STINKS... you're always have opposite free time! Sheesh.

Doot doo doo... Life.

Well, this weekend I have been home for TEN, yes, TEN weeks. Uh, CRAZY. Things have just been so GO GO GO since I got home that I really haven't had a lot of time to process it all. For the first few weeks I was COMPLETELY immersed in learning Millie and getting it going... but once the show opened I had more time to think... and get SAD about leaving life in Hong Kong. I LOVE being home, but every time I get an email from those people I love in Hong Kong, my heart hurts a little... sometimes a lot. For a period of about three weeks there I would cry almost every night on my drive home from the theatre.

I miss teasing Alex, the hunchback. I miss talks with Ralion and Noel. I miss coming up with " today's highlights" with Andy. I miss Fiona- her friendship and her spirituality. I miss Alisia being the sweetest thing ever to me. I miss saying "Hi Amy," to Amy Cho. I miss watching and hearing the vocalists freak out when Russ, Ronnie, and Jen come to the show- not the FAB FIVE!!!! I miss Matt complaining. I miss not having a CLUE what Simon just said to me. I miss having Candy, “my twin” close by. I miss hearing Harry say, "Amy, you'll so hawt!" I miss Sam. I miss Kimbe. I miss Jinky being loud with me. I miss saying "josun" when I get to work in the morning. I miss being called "Bad Belle." I miss Donald chasing me after the finale. I miss mic checks. I miss blocking Ralion as he tried to get on stage for the finale. I miss The Donny Osmond shirt on my costume rack. I miss Kenny. (Do I miss Kenny?) I miss crazy Michelle. I miss Julie Wednesdays. I miss Anthony shunning me before the finale. I miss Mason looking at me like I am insane. I miss playing on the balcony before my scene with Jen and Lilu. I miss telling Lilu that he has a crush on me. I miss Tetchie yelling “Belle!” “Belle!” I miss making Kelvin laugh. I miss Gillian, Helen, and Justine asking me why I am so happy. I miss being called "The Happy Guhl." I miss Jade's bodily function noises in the dressing room. I miss Sunshine's dancing. I miss Roy calling me gorgeous. I miss saluting, along with Andy, to Steve and Simon as they swooped on stage as Tarzan. I miss trying to repeat the Cantonese dialogue of the show right after the opener. I miss Raymond telling me about his baby and constantly singing anything and everything. I miss dragging myself to morning meeting on a standby day. I miss Franz passing gas in his Beast costume. I miss watching everyone sleep in the green room. I miss ballet warm-ups... not I don't... I miss counting down days with Elisha. I miss my Belle costume. I miss sleeping with the blue couch cushions on my head. I miss hanging out in my "corner." I miss squatting with Alice. I miss Ballerina Donald (Gloriza). I miss making faces and doing dumb things to the folks across the way before going on for the finale. I miss dressing up like a Chinese man with a stick- "HOW MANY HUNS ARE YOU GOING TO KILL?!?!?" I miss throwing Anthony's Mulan costume around in the back hallway. I miss wearing just my bloomers and a t-shirt between shows. I DON'T miss the yellow usher pants.

I miss my apartment. I miss Keilyn, Isabelle, Madelyn, Whitman, and Christian. I miss Gayle, Lydia, and Addy- who calls me "Maimie."

... This post is a work in progress. I am tired and need to sleep. More to come.