Showing Jack Bauer What 24 Is All About

I turned 24 on Friday, which was also the eve of my cousin Caitlin's Wedding aka the event of the year. It was a pretty great birthday--corey bros doughnuts and a trip to the bright spot, hanging out with my grandparents and waking up to their mexican immigrant rants, dinner at tippecanoe place (which was way more normal sized than I remember) and surprising my mom with her birthday present: one week of Kiki Abba in Dubuque, in all her glory. That is one lucky lady.

So it'll just be us, hanging out, tipping back some wine and working on a t shirt quilt. My memoir is writing itself.

And did I mention how awesome the wedding was? Good food, lots of laughing, great pictures, fun times dancing and a "nostrovia" hang over that just wouldn't quit. I love my family!

The Theatre, The Theatre, What Happened To The Theatre?

Since I mostly live to work and work to live here's a status update of my wonderful theatre:

1. We hit our single ticket goal for all 7 of our shows this season! I have no idea when the last time we did that was but I guarantee it was over 10 years ago.

2. Last night was our Gala to raise money for the theatre and we blew our goal out of the water. Who says we're in a recession? Give people some dinner on a stage and their pocket books just burst right open.

3. I really want to get everyone at the theatre to learn the dance moves to the High School Musical Song We're All in this Together and have us make a video celebrating our rock star year. I'm sure everyone will love it. Right?

So the Rep is awesome. Duh, we all knew this. That's why I work there.

In other theatre, but not Rep-related news, I'm doing a short 10 min play for Spin the Bottle at Annex. It's like a late night variety show and I'm playing a Euro-trash beauty pageant who is dumber than a box of sticks and gets to do a pretty long stage combat scene. I'm in heaven. I have bruises on my knees and I'm meeting new theatre people and I'm acting again. It's a small step back in the game, but it's a start.

At It Again

Friends, family and the three people that don't fit in those categories: I have another blog I'm working on. But how, you barely write in this one? Let's keep the negativity to ourselves, thank you.

It's a blog I've started with my friend Michael where we discuss all things pop culture, hence the title PopFountain. Here's the address: http://popfountain.wordpress.com/

So you know, check it out.

Weekend Bliss

I just got back from another weekend in Vegas. For anyone following my tweets you'll see that it wasn't a drinking palooza like the last time was. But that was A-ok with me. It was pretty much a weekend with friends that just happened to be in Vegas.

My friend Meagan is doing Teach for America in Vegas. I was in her wedding after college and then her and her husband Dan moved out there. Now they are going to have a baby girl, possibly named Winter Grace, and we threw her an extravagant baby shower at the Bellagio Buffet. I pulled a Mother Abba and delivered my presents in a classay plastic grocery bag. But it was full of baby joy and Seattle propaganda. I will brainwash that baby into knowing what flannel and turtlenecks are if it kills me. It was also my friend Liz Steele's birthday so we went to Rok in NYNY. Tip: don't go here. It sucks. But you know what never sucks? Yard long margs. Gotta get 'em. Everytime I wanted a sip I had to say "abbacadabra." And that was often.

The rest of the weekend was spent catching up. Laying around and laughing. Eating good food and watching The Hangover. Planning future reunions and joking about how we should all be pregnant at the same time. Singing Gaga's Bad Romance and asking ourselves what the hell we want to do with our lives. John Hughes (RIP) couldn't write a movie this good. It was relaxing and fun and made me want to work harder to keep in touch with people. Hence this blog entry. So enjoy readers--I'm going to try to hop back on the wagon.

Elizabeth Medina, Me, Meagan Walsh and Brigid Marshall

PS try staying at the Palazzo next time you're in the Veg. It was a swank hotel room. I felt like a member of the rat pack.

Twit This

Have I mentioned that I have a Twitter account? I know. Kiki, you are so high tech. You deserve an iPad.

But that is what I use basically as a journal. The highs. The lows. The drink tabs. It all ends up there. And for some reason I think it's a good idea to keep it public so feel free to peruse that if you're ever wondering what I'm having for breakfast or reading or up to for the weekend.

Welcome to my stream of conscious. My genius is scary, but you'll get used to it.

And yes, that picture is of a little bear. Awwwww.