NYC What is it about you?

Some of my NLBP loves backstage @ Annie Get Your Gun... can't wait to see some of them again!! YAY

 Kneeling: Nic Rouleau; Caroline Kittrell; Georgia Warner-Freed

Standing:  Caroline Massagee, Louie Napoleone, Maggie Politi, Will Porter, Nicolina Sciascia, Colleen Fee

I do not know who took this picture... it was in Maggie's facebook album so  I am assuming it was whoever had her camera.

    

Group photo from  last years  Barn Reunion in  New York

 L To R:   Jason Burrow,  Cooper Bowman, Ryan Rubek, Janine Leffler, Nic Rouleau, Sam Burrow and Heather Jewett

Photo taken by Jay Johnson

My boyfriend and I are going to New York April 24-26th for our one year anniversary! I am so excited and am seriously counting the days til we get on that train and take the 5 hour ride to one of my favorite places in the USA. We are seeing the Broadway revival of HAIR and I am wicked excited.. and even more excited for the backstage tour my friend Jay is giving me! I <3>

This weekend I went to go see Race To Witch Mountain with Matt. It was a pretty good movie.. the first Disney movie I've seen in a really long time. It was intense. Dwayne Johnson ( formerly WWE's The Rock) is a far better actor then he is a wresteler in my opion. After the movie we went out to dinner @ Applebee's and then I slept over Heather's. Today I had an interview @ Gateways in Nashua for a volunteer position. Gateways is a company in Nashua that helps people with disabilities find jobs. I will either be doing office work for them or going one day a week to Alvirne High School in Hudson to help out wit the senior citizen program they have there. Volunteering will definitley be good. I need to get out of this house. I am going so stir crazy it is so not even funny!!

I need to find out when course registration for next semester is at the Tech College... furthur more I need to determine what I am going to study. I am still having a hard time deciding between Early Child Hood Education and Speech Pathology. Doing both would be way too much money. I heard speech pathologists are in really high demand right now so I am kind of leaning in that direction but I am not totally sure yet. ARRRRRRRRRRRRRGH more stress.

Calllin it a night early tonight.. who knows if i am going to get called in to sub tomorrow. Here's hoping I do.

xoxo

Janine

American Idol Week 1 Results Show and job search

Well the fitst of many intense American Idol results shows has passed. Two out of the top 13 have gone home. Sad about one not so sad about the other. Jasmine Murray was talented and I hope she reauditions next year. Jorge Nunez was good but not as good as some of the others.. This looks to be the toughest season yet but still very fun to watch.
People to watch this season
Allison Irreheta
Adam Lambert
Danny Gokey
Alexis Grace

These four have been my top favorites so far this season and I have no doubt that they will make it all the way to the end of the compettion. It looks very likely that Adam will win or at least come in second.

Job search wise: I have been refining all my search results on Indeed and hopefully they come up with good matches. These are the fields I'm looking to apply in. Anyone have any leads about places that are hiring? PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!!

• Medical Coding
• Non-Profit Orginizations
• College Admission Offices or perhaps even high school guidance offices (clerical work)
• Theatres (Membership; general clerical work heck i'm even willing to do some ushering just to get my foot in the door)

Not much else to update on really. Will update more when I have more to say

Janine

Now time for an update though there isnt a whole lot to say

A few weekends ago I went to Henniker with Matt and Heather to go visit all my friends at NEC, Quite honestly that has been the biggest highlight of my past couple of weeks,,, mostly I've been stressed out with looking for a job and seeing my NEC was a very welcome releif to all the stress I have been under with job searching. Though I must admit going out to dinnner so much is really starting to ravage my bank account,. I have to cut that out. The next time I go to Henniker won't be for a few weeks when I go to see the Mainstage Play By The Bog Of Cats my best friend Cooper's final play at NEC. Anyway back to Saturday. We went out to dinner at Sonny's. the cheaper alternative to Daniel's where we usually eat. Then we hung out in the coffeehouse and played 3 rousing rounds of Apples To Apples.. the best game ever created for serious. Then we had to go drive Cooper to a party @ Emma Laing's apartment which we had trouble finding so we dropped him off at the theatre so he could get directions. Then we listened to this awesome singer Beau Bristow in the coffeehouse. Overall an awesome night,American Idoll Update: Judging from tonight's performances it's clear to see that the forces to be reckoned with will be Lil Rounds, Allison Ireheta and Adam Lambert. Scott McIntyre's performance was my favorite out of all of them.. most powerful song I've ever heard. I think that Megan Joy Corkery and Jasmine Murray will probably end up going home.Job Search: Even though I got the subbing job at Milford the search continues because I need to find a second job because I need to get on the ball with paying my loans from NEC. I have completed two summer camp applications which I need to print out and send off in the mail tomorrow. I also need to follow up on some phone calls I made several weeks ago to Market Basket and Walmart that I was holding back on making because I was waiting to see if I got hired at the tech college or not. Money would be so wonderful right now.. I need to save it because I wanna go back to NYC I need a break from the boringness of New Hampshire

American Idol Wild Card Results

Very happy with the results of last night's American Idol wild card show
The top 13 yes you saw it right 13 has been completed by
Matt Girard
Meghan Jo Corkery
Anoop Desai
Jasmine Murray


Thank god that they got rid of Tatitanna Del Toro!! While she had a decent singing voice she was the biggest drama queen ever. It was kind of funny after the results were given when she was kneeling in front of the judges table looking like she was begging for another chance. NOT GONNA HAPPEN!!

YAY!

Not much to write about but I do have some very good news to report!!!

I GOT THE SUBBING JOB IN MILFORD!!

Season 8 of American Idol so far

Not sure if this particular entry should be in this blog or my theatrereviewer826 one but I suppose I could always move it later if I decide it would fit better in the other blog.

I am not sure how many of you blog followers are fans of American Idol but i'm sure this is the first of many entries in this blog you will see about American Idol. This show has been on since I was a freshmen in high school so I have been a fan of it since the beginning. My favorite singers of pervious seasons have been Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Clay Aiken and Jordin Sparks just to name a few. Now we are in Season 8 and what a whirlwind it has been so far. Right now the top 36 is being built and the first two weeks of the top 12 formulation have truly been nailbiters because there are so many talented singers (and perhaps some not so talented) that make it very hard to pick and choose. So far the standouts have been Alexis Grace, Danny Gokey, Adam Lambert and Allison Ireheda. All who have been voted into the top 12. Anoop Desai totally got robbed and I am really hoping that he is brought back for the wild card round tomorrow. Same thing with Meghan Jo Corkery from last week's group. Though she totally butchered her audition song Can't Help Lovin'That Man of Mine from the Broadway Musical Showboat (one love to Colleen Fee) she has a really good voice and I think she can go really far in the compettion. Out of all the groups this one was the most talented one. Scott McIntyre will definitley dominate and I think Lil Rounds will too. We'll have to see how America will vote.

In other news I have my job interview tomorrow at Heron Pond Elementary School in Milford for a subsitute teaching position. I am not so nervous about the interview itself more so the outcome and if I get the job because at this point I am getting so tiresome of looking for a job but the job market is not the best right now because of the economy and that is the hard thing about it. I am actuallly kind of hoping I get more hours for subbing in Nashua but since that hasn't been happening too much lately I am not sure how hard I should wish for that. More follow up calls to make tomorrow or Thursday...Market Basket and Walmart. I'm also thinking of doing some volunteer work just so I can get out of the house.

Time for bed! Must rested for my intereview
Love
Janine

Boom! Another road block!

Well I got a letter in the mail today from the people at the tech college. I didn' t get the secreterial position I applied for. I am totally disappointed. I was really hoping to get that job it would have been perfect for me. I start working with my new job coach from Granite State Independant Living tomorrow..well depending on the wheather damn snow. My three job goals are clerical and office, membership and paraprofessional. For membership I hope to do sonething for either a non-profit orginization or a college alumni office. I reposted my resume on Monster.com so I am hoping my searchs on there turn out more possible options for places to apply to.
In the meanwhile I have a job interview at Heron Pond Elementary School in Milford on Wednesday afternoon at 1pm for a substitute teaching job. Hopefully I will get that job because Milford is closer to my house than Nashua. I haven't been getting a lot of hours in Nashua lately but I am hoping I get called this week. It would be nice to have some money coming in because I don't have much coming in right now and I have quite a bit going out. I also have another article to work on for the Milford Cabinet about a one act play festival that is going on at the Boys and Girls Club in Milford that is on Wednesday so Wednesday will be a packed day for me. To bed directly after I watch American Idol with no distractions whatsoever.

I also have to make follow up phone calls @ the following places to check on job application status

• Milford Market Basket
• Nashua Market Basket
• Walmart
• Texas Roadhouse

Wish me luck with my interview folks!

Time for bed. It's been a long weekend and I'm very tired.

Janine