Let's Talk Important Stuff

So I am not going home for Thanksgiving. And I've been having roommate drama coming out of my ears. But by God, this has still been a great year. So I made my 09 mix and here's the list:

1. Maybe This Time - Glee (This show is the best addition to my tv line up)

2. You Make My Dreams - Hall and Oats (Always classic but made topical again by (500) Days of Summer)

3. Crow - Simone Perrin (She performed in Breakin' Hearts at the Rep and I sang this song basically every day for a month)

4. Just Dance - Lady Gaga (My ringtone and the best song she's done so far)

5. I Am the Walrus - The Beatles (Jessica and I took an impromptu trip to Las Vegas and saw the Cirque show LOVE and it changed my life. I'll be ringing in the New Year the same way--Vegas, with the fam and seeing LOVE. Totally Billy Andrews)

6. Single Ladies - Beyonce (Because this song was huge this year. How could it not be on my list? I should just be thankful Kanye didn't burst into my living room asking why it took so long to list it. IT WAS THE BEST VIDEO EVER MADE)

7. Wake Up - Arcade Fire (The song that appeared in the previews for Where the Wild Things Are. I got to see this movie with Michael and Jason 3 weeks before it was released. They gave us crowns to wear and we got to hear a discussion with Dave Eggers and the little boy, Max. It was simply wonderful)

8. Anoanimal - Andrew Bird (I discovered this song this year and fell instantly in love with it. I also made my kids in my Acting 1 class do a choral poem with it, which was the best call EVER)

9. The Night of Nights - HSM3 (This was the year that I became unabashedly obsessed with Zac Efron. I know all of the words to all of the songs and I don't care who knows it. It's sad, but it's what I've become)

10. Run This Town - Jay Z (No explanation necessary. When I'm getting ready for opening night parties or a friend's birthday, this is my jam)

11. Human - The Killers (I saw them last December and still can't get over it. Deck the Hall Ball, you were exhausting but so worth it)

12. My Eyes - Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog (Still obsessed. Still working out our four part harmony)

13. Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand (Saw them at Bumbershoot. I didn't know that I'm actually in love with their music. It's such a great sound)

14. You Found Me - The Fray (The Fray is the sound of Seattle. Grey's used them and so did that new Jennifer Anniston movie Love Happens set in Seattle. They are how I celebrate living in this great city. And how I ball my eyes out)

15. Confessions/It's My Life - Glee (This was the year I learned what a "mash-up" is. And it is awesome)

16. You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon (Carrie Fisher performed at the Rep and talked a lot of dirt about Paul. But this song was hilarious because when she was talking to an audience member and she asked his name, he literally said the title. Priceless)

17. Love Sex Magic - Justin Timberlake (It isn't a list of music without Justin)

18. Wild Young Hearts - The Noisettes (This song is just fun and spunky. I'd listen to it everyday if it wouldn't drive my [non-existent] roommate batty)

19. Young Folks - Peter, Bjorn & John (On replay all the time. This is driving around Dubuque, Seattle and walking down the Queen Anne hill)

20. Myriad Harbor - The New Pornographers (Don't let their band name fool you, this is an amazing song and will be stuck in your head for weeks. It makes me think of how beautiful Puget Sound is and the first time I went to Gas Works Park in May)

21. Murder on the Dance Floor - Sophie Ellis Bextor (Just for fun)

22. Us - Regina Spector (I went to LA to visit Amie and this song makes me think of when we went to the park from 500 Days of Summer and how great it was)

23. I'm on a Boat - Lonely Island (Amanda, Aditi and Justin in Seattle for Spring Break. One of the best weeks of the whole year)

I'll make you a copy if you want one. It made 09 one heck of a year. 

Rainy Monday

I feel like this blog is less of a telling of my life and more of a chronicling of when I get cold sores from stress. Another one came and gone. That's at least 3 this year. Being an adult can suck.

Being an adult can be so much fun! Today I'm cleaning up a storm because some of my co-workers are coming over to my apt to have dinner before we go to an interview with Stephen Sondheim at Benaroya Hall. As anyone from my dorm hall last year can guess I'm making Mrs. Lovett's Meat Pies from Sweeny Todd. We'll also be having some sort of West Side Dish Story along with some Merrily we Rolls Along. Our cocktail will of course be the Tipsy Gypsy.  This is what theatre people do: sit around and come up with clever titles for dinner options. 

But seriously this place was disgusting. I don't think it's ever been really cleaned. And I'm not that good at it. Like even the garbage can was disgusting. Everywhere I looked I just saw one more spot of grit and grim that I had to wash away. Oh and apparently I don't have windex in the apt. I have a shower cleaner that does a pretty useless job of cleaning mirrors as one might imagine. One more day that I'm glad not to be a house wife. 

Grease Is The Word

No seriously I was going to get so much done today and here I sit, watching Danny sing at the drive in and not getting a lot done. I mean the dryer and dishwasher are in full mode and I did go grocery shopping. So maybe don't give me those judgement eyebrows? K thanks. 

Things are pretty much in high-gear in Seattle. Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps will open this Wednesday at the Rep. It was a show that was on Broadway and we're the last stop they have before the production launches its national tour. I got to "host" our Saturday night preview AKA interviewing designers and actors pre- and post-show so that's cool. Someone even recognized me from Talk Irish with Kelly. Famous. 

Family Day at the Rep happened again this year and it went pretty well. Most of the things I worked on last year I'm working on again but with actual responsibility. So far it's been going really well. Ben Moore walked up to me last Friday night and said in his silky vampire-like voice, "Kiki, I hear that you've been doing your usual 185% on these events and they look wonderful." Aw, littlebear. He's adorable. 

My roommate and I are still trying to figure out this whole living together thing. She hasn't taken out the garbage/recycling and I'm pretty sure I'm the only one doing the dishes. But it could be worse. One of these days I might bring it up in a sugary passive aggressive way. We'll see how it goes. 

No seriously, how cute is John Travolta in this movie? For reals. I'd race him for pinks any day. 

It's pretty much Fall here. My favorite time of year. Hoodies and jeans every day--I just love it.

I'm also working on my room. I'm going to make it not look like a dorm room. Trips to IKEA and a hardware store are in the near future. And maybe a few orders from Kathy's Kraft Korner in lovely Dubuque IA. Once this place get's to be back in tip top shape I'll do a video. For all my fans out there.

Keep living the dream everyone. 

Close To Being Moved In

My hands smell like Comet.

My shoulders and upper back are killing me.

I found out my neck won't snap when a mattress is balancing on it.

I'm pretty sure I look like a degenerate.

I'm over packing and moving and all of it. The next time I move it'll be because I'm leaving Seattle. And not a second before that. 

But I guess it's all worth it. I mean, look at this picture. 

Packing

I kind of like packing. I like picking up everything I own and taking a good, hard look at it. And I found my Steve Madden sun glasses! They were in a purse I took to Elizabeth's wedding. In MAY. That feels like forever ago. But there they are, sitting pretty on my desk. I've had those glasses at least 4 summers in a row. That has to be some kind of I-don't-care-if-they're-out-of-style record. I also set up a jar to collect all of the change I find. It's bank time. 

I just want to pack little by little, so that moving isn't such a time suck. It's weird to be moving from my apt. I'll miss the view. Beyond that it really is such an UPGRADE that I don't think I'll miss it in the long run. 

I hope my new roommate doesn't worship Satan or something weird like that. Although, if she can do magic that'd be AWESOME.