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la bella vita;

Cara

loves: black and white photography. poetry. vintage stores. thunderstorms. good ambience. fairytales. disneyworld. black kohl and fuschia lipstick. red and purple skittles. turquoise beads. icing but not cakes. might-have-beens. the dandy warhols. within temptation. automatic loveletter. mediaeval baebes. troy. interview with a vampire. the oc. making 11:11 wishes. purple glitter. mermaids. my-little-ponies. magic.

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shh.

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live.

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Friday, July 18, 2008

hello, old friend. 7:11 AM

"I was meant for the stage,
I was meant for the curtain.
I was meant to tread these boards,
Of this much I am certain."
- The Decemberists, "I Was Meant For The Stage"
-----

WE SING THE BODY ELECTRIC.
BROADWAY NIGHT 2008!

It was a blast.
If you didn't go for it; then you missed out on something really good.

From the floorboards to the flys,
Here I was fated to reside.
And as I take my final bow,
Was there ever any doubt?
And as the spotlights fade away,
And you're escorted through the foyer,
You will resume your callow ways,
But I was meant for the stage.

so today rolled around and soon we found ourselves bustling around to get ready.
makeup! hair! costumes! and I'm proud to say that I ACTUALLY GOT MAKEUP ON RJ.
I know. Real makeup.
Tell me I'm a genius!

... When I get into university; I'm going to join the inhouse drama society.
I've missed being on the stage so much.
With life just going whoooosh the way it does; sometimes it's hard to remember what I was born to do; where I should be.
but give me the stagelights and the screenlights and the glitz and the glamour and the songs and the stars in their eyes
my heart screams you are home.

schmexy legs.

strings orchestraaaa.

emo Belle.

Serene & I had a competition to see who could smile the biggest and I won, so HA.

Serene: Oliver Twist?

I caught RJ on film singing Think Of Me.
Awww look at that face.

dig the black shirts I think they're wicked sexy.

Broadway Night emceez.

So then the stagelights panned and I heard my name and I was all OMG it's my turn.
Ordinarily when I get nervous just before going onstage-- my voice gets all quivery and jello-y. Like at Talenttime this year, oh em gee. They were screening the video replay at lunch today ZMG tres embarrassing! and then of course The Clique HAD to go gather around the screen and make lotsa noise ("OMG it's Cara LOOK! LOOK everyone, LOOK!" ... oh yes sooo subtle); so naturally people came around to see what it was all about and we ended up with this whole little audience staring at the me in the telly screen.
[/cringe.]
Anyway. So what with the whole nervous/quivery voice thing; yeah, I was pretty worried.
But I'd discovered a new way of quelling the nerves: dancing around backstage!
So while the Strings Orchestra was playing the King And I; I was pirouetting and twirling and skipping around backstage while the PA people looked on in tolerant amusement but I swear it worked like a charm.

1. My Favourite Things (Sound of Music)
2. Castle On A Cloud (Les Miserables)
3. A Little Fall Of Rain (Les Miserables)
4. It Sucks To Be Me (Avenue Q)

... When I went onstage to sing A Little Fall Of Rain with Chester-- it was an amazing feeling.
Standing there; I wasn't Cara any more.
I was Eponine, and I was dying, and I was irrevocably in love with a guy who could never see me as more than just his best friend, and who would, after my death, go on to live out his happily ever after with the girl of his dreams;
and standing there, I felt the tears rising behind my eyelids and fortunately I didn't bawl onstage.

I'm glad the audience liked it.
I liked it too.

...and then the Avenue Q (ie "It Sucks To Be Me") performance!
Oh gawsh. I had so much fun. I'm a convert now-- I love the lyrics, they're boppadorable.

"...Your lives suck?
I hearing you correctly? Ha!
I coming to this country
For opportunities.
Tried to work in Korean deli
But I am Japanese!"

HAHAHA zmg RJ I loved your little round Japanese woman act!

okay so moving on.
SUMMER NIGHTS.
We ended up jumping onstage and dancing along like complete morons.
Puhrettee humiliating; but hey. All in the name of Broadway!

yes that be me dancing.
don't laff at least my dance moves were inspired okay.

...ANYWAY.
THANK YOU for coming, everyone.
You guys're awesome.
And thank you, Qiu and Janice and Tingy Too for the gorgeous flowers! <3>

--- post-performance:---

damn straight we're MG girls.

and my personal favourite picture.

everyone looks so happy and so squished in here (Leonard ttly flattened me, and Qiu's hogging the camera, as always)-- it just about sums up what we're all about.

(Fame!)
I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna learn how to fly high
I feel it coming together
People will see me and cry
(Fame!)

I'm gonna make it to heaven
Light up the sky like a flame
(Fame!)

I'm gonna live forever
Baby remember my name;
(Fame!)