Goals Update

2011 Hopes/Dreams/Goals

*Long Term Goal

1. I will get a job after graduating from Project Search and move to Nashua
2. I will complete my poetry anthology

3. Rae will visit at some point this summer Right now we are still working out our plans. We are hoping to to get together in July sometime or maybe she'll come to visit for my bday party at the end of August. It will mostly depend on her schedule and her budget, Crossing my fingers and hoping these plans work. I need some Rae in my life. Miss her tons!
4. All Boston sports teams will win the playoffs

Celtics and Bruins seassons still in process. BU is in the NCAA's for Men's Basketball. Patriats did not make the super bowl. Red Sox season hasn't started yet but I am hoping they make the World Series
*5. Go to Harry Potter Theme Park at Universal Studios
*6 Go on vacation in New Orleans
7.I will get an ensemble part in Music Man See entry Goal Update (check one off for more information
8. Afghanistan War will end.

*9 Write a play about bullying

Carry over goals from last year

1. I will get a job at Summer Theatre In Merdith Village. Still working out the final details with Nancy but i am doing some freelance stuff for her this summer

2. Lucia and Anh will visit. Lucia is visiting at the end of July and I am so excited to see her. :) Haven't been in touch with Anh lately but hopefullly she come back some time in the not so distant future to visit.

3. Excercise More This is an ongoing goal that I continue to build on. I joineda a gym in September and go twice a week. I've been kind of slacking because I have been busy with the play and also because I got the opportunity to use the excercise equipment when I itnerned in the Cardiac Rehab department (that internship ended on Friday and now I amworking at the front desk) I also thought about taking Zumba for awhile and that may still be a consideration once the play is over.

March Madness begins

March Madness bracket was released today

Top teams I am following
Syracuse
BU
UConn
Penn State (also following the women's team)
Cincinatti
UNLV
Vanderbilt (also following the women's team)


Stay tuned for score updates.

Goal Update (Check one off)

I like to keep myself on track as far as New Years resolutions and goals are concerned. To give people a break from the barage of sports scores posts and to provide a semi-legitmate update I will update on one of my gaols. This could actually be crossposted in my Theatre Is My Life blog as well but I have already posted a similar entry in that blog regarding this
Goal #7: Get an ensemble role in Music Man
The audtion process was very nerve wracking. This is the second play I have auditioned for since I've been out of college... too much has really gone on in between now and then that hasn't allowed me enough time to audition for other shows but I hope to audition for another show in the fall. The choosing of audition songs was kind of a pain and I had a hard time narrowing down my long list. I eventually just ended up singing Wells Fargo Wagon. Granted I haven't been in a play since I was in Annie Get Your Gun at the Barn Playhouse 4 summers ago so I am pretty excited about being in my second musical (5th show overall). Countdown til the show is 35 days. I have mixed emotions... I'm both nervous and excited. Excited about seeing how everything will all come together and nervous because as I said this is my first show I've been in since I was in Annie Get Your Gun at NLBP. Looking back to four years ago that experience was more nerve wracking then this show will be because it was the first show I had been in that gave me more stage time (other than that I had either worked back stage or had small walk on roles) When I watch the video I realize that I looked kind of nervous during the opening number Colonel Buffalo Bill.. couldn't tell ya what was running through my head exactly. The fun thing about being in Ensemble Roles is that you get to create your own character and what makes Music Man even more fun is that we get to divide ourselves into families. This makes things fun because I can develop my own character and see how well it interacts with other characters in the scene. For some reason in Annie Get Your Gun I felt like I wasn't on stage enough to interact with the other people... maybe it's because it wasn't scripted or because it was just nerve wracking because it was my first time on stage.

Something that I've kind of gotten used to with being in this play is dancing. That's actually the one part of the audition process I was most anxious about because I have never taken any dance lessons and the most dancing i've ever done is self-chreographing my own dances. I am in a dance number in Music Man for the song Marian The Libririan and that has been fun to work on . Parts of it are kind of challenging but I am improving on the parts I am having issues with by working on it at home.


As I said 35 days til opening. I can't wait! It' s going to be a great show! :)


(Side note: My performances in Music Man are dedicated to my friends from my NLBP intern company because they continue to inspire me with all the stuff they have been doing since we left New London.)

Next update coming on the 20th... figured this would be a nice interlude.)

Results

0Interview for Front Desk internship today

Result: Nailed it. As much as I will miss Cardiac Rehab I am so excited to start because it will be a great experience. There may be a possibility that I will get to try out stuff in Paitent Registarion but that is not set in stone yet.

Project Search will go out with a bang! Hopefully this internship will result in a paying job. :)

Tourney Time!

Sports Scores March 1st-6th

Tournament Time

Welcome to March sports fans! The regular season is over and tournament season has begun. Most of the colleges I follow from this area did not make the playoffs so this list of scores will be very short. Souhegan Boys Hockey did not make the playoffs either so in the post season I will be folllowing Kearsarge Regional. March Madnees brackets have not been released yet but those scores will be kept seperate from the high school scores. My top team for March Madness is Syracuse. Go Orange!

and obviously I will follow whichever Boston or NH teams make it into the playoffs

High School Tournaments

Girls Basketball Div II
Prelim 3/1 Souhegan Souhegan 71 Milford 31

Quarters 3/4 Souhegan 61 Windham55

Boys Ice Hockey Divison III

Prelims 3/5 Kearsarge Regional vs Alvirne

Alvirne 5 Kearsarge 0

Division I North Boys Hockey

Prelim 3/2 Burlington 3 Andover 1

Quaterfinals 3/5 vs St Mary's

St Mary's 5 Burlington 2

Colleges

(listed by team)

Keene State

ECAC Tournament Quarterfinals vs Brandeis L 84-77

Other KSC Scores

Baseball

3/4 vs St Joesph's New York W 7-4

3/5 vs Farmingdale St L 5-4

Men's Lacrosse

3/4 vs Bates W 14-3

Women's Lacrosee

3/5 vs St Michael's W 15-5

NCAA Divison 3 Women's Basketball Quarters

MIT 82 Ithaca 72

CHA Women's Hockey Semi Finals

Syracuse 1 Niagra 0

CHA Women's Hockey Final

Mercyhurst 5 Syracuse 4

Non Tournament Play

Columbia

Men's Basketball

3/4 vs Yale L 87-82 (OT)

3/5 vs Brown W 91-74

Women's Basketball

3/5 vs Brown L 65-55

Men' s Hockey
BC and UNH home and home series BC W 4-0 (Fri) 4-3 (Sat)

Men's Basketball

Syracuse 107 Depaul 59

Men's Lacrosee

Babson 13 Hartwick 6

College Teams I will be following throughout the spring season

Babson: Men's Lacrosee

NEC Baseball, Softball, Men's and Women's Lacrosee

Wellsely: Softball

BU: Softball

Columbia: Lacrosee , Baseball and Softball

Ithaca: Softball

Keene State Softball Men's Lacrosse

Plymouth State Lacrosee

Syracuse Lacrosee

Pros and Semi Pros

Celtics

3/2 vs Pheonix W 115-103

3/4 vs Golden State W 107-103

Spurs

3/1 vs Memphis L 109-93

3/2 vs Cleaveland W 109-99

3/4 vs Miami W 125-95

Bruins

3/1 vs Ottawa W 3-1

3/4 vs Tampa Bay W 2-1

3/5 vs Pittsburgh L 3-2

Devils

3/2 vs Tampa Bay W 2-1

3/2 vs Pittsburgh W 2-1

Monarchs

3/4 vs Worcester W 3-2

Helping my mom promote her new books

Cut and pasted from my mom's blog. Please pass along to all people you know who have children and those you know who are teachers. To all my friends who are teachers please pass this on to your colleagues.

Spring Book-Hop!

Help me promote my New Books and Recordable Ebooks, then enter the Book-Giveaway. Share this BlogPost and win an autographed book or recordable ebook! Here's How: Do one of the following: * Email it.* Tweet it.* Facebook 'Share' it. * Blog about it. * Write an Amazon review on any book.* Buy any of my books or ebooks.Do any of the above, then email your name and email address to mcleffler@aol.com with the subject line: Spring Book-Hop. On March 21 (Spring!) I will randomly choose 6 names to receive a free autographed hardcover book, either Rain Brings Frogs or Princess Kim and too Much Truth. (Three books of each title will be given away). And 6 names will be chosen to receive a recordable ebook (your choice- one of 4 books offered). Keep reading...here's the descriptions:NEW SPRING HARDCOVER BOOKS: (Click BOOK DESCRIPTION for more info and reviews.)

BOOK DESCRIPTION
BOOK DESCRIPTION NEW RECORDABLE EBOOKS: How about recording yourself reading one of my books and sending it to a loved one? I'm now working with an innovative company called, "A Story Before Bed". Four of my books are now available in this exciting ebook format (and more to come). You'll be able to send my books to your children, grandchildren, students, nieces or nephews- and they will SEE and HEAR you as you read. Purchase the book once and send it to everyone! See my "My Bookshelf'" at A Story Before Bed to preview these titles:
Missing: One Stuffed Rabbit
Wednesday Is Spaghetti Day
Tea for Three
Easter Bunny in Training

Blog Redesign

I have been working on redesinging the layouts for this blog and my Theatre Is MY Life blog http://theatrereviever826.blogspot,com/. My main goal in the redesign is to try to reduce the number of sidebars I have so there is less clutter. Most of the sidebar information can be found in subpages that are linked off the main page of my blog. Check it out and leave comments. Now all I need is to put a background picture there to really make it my own. IS there an easy way to make a personal photo my background picture? A fullfledged update is coming on the 20th. Lots to talk about! PS All backdated entries from my livejournal will be put into this blog so I have no reason to back up my livejournal on my computer. These entries are mostly chronicling my memories from New England College.