2022 (Yes, 2022)
January's Over
- I was grateful to be alive and happy to have survived
- I still had braces
- I got to rehearse Sea Lion High with my best friend in the whole world and share the magic of Sea Lion with her
- I enjoyed the sights, smells, and tastes of Mardi Gras as a performer and sometimes costume shop worker at SeaWorld
- I had my first film gig ever in the role of waiter #2, lol
- I had the pleasure of learning and swinging in for three separate wardrobe dresser tracks for Hamilton, going from a Presser to the Skyler Sisters all the way up to George Washington and Aaron Burr - oh an pre-setting a coat for Alexander himself...
- I Shipt
- I was also wrapping up the Christmas season at Seaworld and boy was I tiiiiired.
- I wrote this poem:
February's Over
- I was so grateful for my time with these beautiful sea dogs
- Twimby was twimbing
- Oh and I did this weird gig where I played Captain Marvel? With braces?????? Shhhhhh tell NO ONE.
- I was hung up on a man who was not built to last, and I wrote this poem:
March is Over
- My first gig at the Tobin Center!
- I had a blast with my girls at Tootsie
- I got to work with my best friend
- More Sea Lion High!
April's Almost Over
- I recorded audition after audition
- I took selfie after selfie
- I made people laugh and laugh and laugh
- I was an extra in WALKER - um WHAT?!
- I was a background extra in LOVE AND DEATH and got to be in the same room Elizabeth F*ING Olsen was filming in WHAT?!
- I got to present at Career Day for my friend's elementary school - WITH MY BFFFFFFF
- The world and I said goodbye, to Sea Lion High
- Josey and I were baptized by the holy sea lion stadium and reborn
- I was in these two SUPER WEIRD PLAYS by this SUPER WEIRD guy named Michael David Burger Song :P
- I wrote this poem, which I never recorded...until now:
Toad, it's May!
It's May?
According to your calendar...
- I performed in a show called Just Friends
- I rehearsed for a staged reading called Backstage Fairytale
- I started rehearsals to direct a show at the Overtime
- I had my first rehearsal for my first short film Catch
- I enrolled in Rockville High School
- I went to SeaWorld with mi familia
- I found an old photo
Junie in JUNE
- I began working as a teacher for the Magik Theatre while simultaneously beginning rehearsals for A Chorus Line at the Woodlawn Theatre
- I was tired, frustrated, and pooped
- I stepped in as Junie B. Flippin' JONES at the Magik Theatre
- Backstage Fairytale done got TOLD
- We filmed Catch!
- Oh and this one guy shattered my heart into tiny fractals. *shrug emoji*
- ...And then I met another guy....
- I wrote and wrote and wrote including this:
Soon.
"Soon," he said, "Soon."
And I believe him."
July
- Still teaching
- And reaching - for someone to love
- More Chorus Line
- Oh and 2nd guy decided he also didn't have time for me, but he gave me the inspiration for this poem, so there's that *shrug emoji*
August
- Had an amazing 30th birthday
- WAS IN A CHORUS LINE - WHAT THE ---
- caught the vid
- Visited my beautiful grandmother for her birthday
- Made a spooky princess and a super cute pumpkin patch princess crown
- Got to be diabolical
- Saw this guy I've had a crush on for like 3 years and wrote this:
September
- Still had the vid
- Cat sat for my friend
- Started rehearsals for Eddie & Vinnie at the Magik Theatre!
- Got Reiki 1 & 2 certified!
- Saw Lisa Suarez and many others KILL IT in Roosters at the Classic
- Cried my eyes out at Selena Marie Sings
- Saw American Mariachi
- Saw my first Zombie Prom
- Saw Hadestown
- Submitted for the grant that would later fund my play, Monday
October
- Saw my friend Selena in concert as CONCERT MASTER
- Saw The Color Purple and Ain't Too Proud To Beg
- Saw Josey in O Wondrous Night
- Completed Tarot School
- Got certified in energy healing from Alamo Colleges
- Saw Thor Love and Thunder
- Was a fairy
- Was a little toxic
- Was on TV
- Attended the ATACS. Had a panic attack.
- Played a lizard
- Met an owl
- And an eagle
- Got some fan mail
November
- Wrote and wrote and wrote and tried to process the fact that I was raped one year ago and still had not reported it
- Wrapped up Eddie & Vinnie on tour with the Magik Theatre
- Received more fan mail
- Visited SeaWorld
- Was sooo tired
- Filmed a flippin commercial
- Got all dressed up
- Helped make some wings
- Saw another stupid boy I had a crush on for years and wrote this:
December
- Attended my first wedding as a fairy of course (guess who took the photos?)
- Worked as a wardrobe dresser (role: laundry) for The Grinch at the Majestic and had the privilege of doing the Grinch's laundry (not many can say this)
- Did laundry for On Your Feet
- Realized - I really love doing laundry
- Met Santa. Twice.
- Saw the Spurs and the Coyote
- GOT MY BRACES OFFFFFFFFFF