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Dear Hal,
I just finished my Pioneer Idol song called I-90 last night. I've been a little worried how it was going to finish because Pioneer Idol is less than a week away. Pioneer Idol (for those who don't know) is a UWP Campus wide 'Talent Show' based off of the TV show American Idol. Now it's not exactly the same as any 'talent' can be on the show. A few years back, a comedian got 2nd. The general winners are usually singers or singer/songwriters. I've been participating in it since my Freshman year and have faired well. My Freshman year I got 3rd, Soph year I got 2nd, and last year I got 2nd with contributions to the winning performance. This year I'm hopin' to win with two other guys I'll be performing with. I've recruited AJ and Nick to help out give my song a fuller performance. AJ is on Lead Acoustic and will have two solos and Nick will be playing percussion. This song I'm playin' is called I-90 because I wrote the first verse coming back from Chicago on I-90 last Father's Day and when I got back I set it to music. Then about a month ago I added more to it and had around 80% of the song written. Now after last night, the song is finished! The Lyrics are as follows...
Travelin’ down I-90, the dial far from empty, it’s a weekend far from home,
Speeds approachin’ 80, just to see my baby, soon I won’t be alone,
rain or shine, I’ll be there, baby you just tell me when and where, it will take more then the unknown,
to keep me from you I swear, seein’ you will be beyond compare, soon I won’t be alone
-baby it’s you, that makes everything true,
-bout being in love, girl it’s you,
-only a few, know what it is to be true,
-bout being in love, girl you do
goodbyes come up so fast, why do weekends never ever last, soon I will be alone,
always adding to the past, memories for me will always last, where you are should be home.
Now that the song is finished, I have a week to get with the guys and perfect everything.
Other than that, I've gotten some character developments for my character Cliff, but right now my fingers are getting cold and I'm feelin' a bit lazy so... I think I'll retire for now.
Unitl Next Time,
Ben Barlow
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
#9 It's Been a While
Dear Hal,
Well, I've been debating whether or not to continue the use of this blog. For various reasons, I decided that it might not be in my best interest to be publishing my personal life on the web regardless of the potential viewership. One way or another, however, I decided that I really should be keeping myself busy by keeping a blog and my thoughts. I have a terrible memory and this is one way that I can keep track of what has happened in my life. Another reason for this comeback... I would like to document my journey in finding Cliff Bradshaw. The character who I will be playing this semester in Cabaret. We've already had three weeks of rehearsals, but they've been mainly music and dance... two things Cliff does not do much of in the show. Now this week will be the beginning of blocking rehearsals and what not so I'll be increasingly more and more busy with finding Cliff. Under the suggestion of my director, I checked out a book by Christopher Isherwood from the UWP library entitled 'Berlin Stories.' This book was the inspiration for the play 'I am a Camera' and which later led to the musical Cabaret. Again I find myself playing the character of the author. In 'The Marriage of Bette and Boo,' I played Matt Hudlocke, the Character Christopher Durang wrote as himself. In Cabaret, I will be playing Cliff who is the Character of Christopher Isherwood. Interesting.
Anyway, like I said, I would really like to have myself document the process I go through when developing a character.
-Today in our last Dance rehearsal for a while, I was adjusting my arms to see what might be considered reasonable for an author in the early 1900s. I remember seeing the TV broadcast version of Sam Mendes' Cabaret and realized that arms across the stomach was a very reasonable 'pose' for my arms. For Matt in Bette and Boo, I like to lock my fingers together on my belly button as a 'pose' for the academic Durang, and from there branch out into professor like gestures throughout my monologues. In this show however, I feel that Cliff is a very observant listener at heart (although at times can be assertive when provoked). With that in mind, I feel arms folded across the stomach (not to be confused with arms folded across the chest) invokes a near laid back and friendly feel I believe is Cliff at heart. This is also very versatile in that I can convey, through stereotypical gay gestures, that Cliff is a gay character. Now I know that I will have to be extremely subtle about this because this is the 1920s and Cliff has been self consciously hiding this, but very subtle movements and gestures can be very effective in giving the audience a sense of Cliff. Now this was just a single thought on what should be my goto 'move' when onstage. Arms across stomach.
Because Cliff is also a great listener, I feel like my head should be tilted slightly forward and sideways. This will be similar to Matt. Very dissimilar to Moonface Martin, Mrs. Mears, and Nick Bottom, all of whom I have played before. Because Cliff is an academic like Matt, I feel like the illusion of the eyes looking up (because the head is tilted down) gives a sense of respect and attention. If I'm looking up at a sky scraper or a very tall man, I'm giving respect. Now even if the person across from me is short, by having the head slightly forward I can give the illusion that I'm looking up at him. Subtly of course. (I am a fairly tall guy already, so this has been a slight challenge to make this work)
Now I'm worried about my Gait (or walk). Most of my characters before have had very specific walks. With Moonface Martin, I was a 1920s gangster swagger. He is a very comedic character so I did quite an exaggeration of this swagger to emphasize that he is far from a serious crook and really public enemy 13 way down the scale (and I must say a clumsy gangster swagger). Mendel in Fiddler was way uptight, took short steps and held his head high with a slight emphasis on with the chin in the air (in a not terribly snooty way). Nick Bottom was by far my most unique walk in having him walk very flat footed and crisscrossing feet. For example: my left foot would cross my right and point left, my right would cross my left foot and point right. My standing 'pose' was my right foot in front pointing right, my left foot in back pointing left with my left toes directly behind my right heel. Mrs. Mears was somewhat similar but not so exaggerated and she always stood in a bevel. I tried my hardest to lead with the chest with Mrs. Mears (seeing as I had a stuffed bra on and a chest to really poke out) but it ended up more with a shoulder lead. Cliff is going to be a huge challenge for me because I'm not sure what to do. He's such a 'normal' character that I might not have to do anything specific, but that kinda scares me because it isn't lending itself to me 'creating' this character. My current thoughts are to be typically heal-toe (which I do naturally) with a slight slump in my stomach. He is an American in Berlin and I might try be a stereotypical American to the Berliners by doing this. Beliners are quite upright and stiff that an American contrast would be slightly slump and big heal-toe walkers. This is my thought thus far. We'll see how this goes.
I have a lot more to explain, but it is currently getting late. I'll update (I hope) tomorrow.
Until Next Time,
Ben Barlow
Well, I've been debating whether or not to continue the use of this blog. For various reasons, I decided that it might not be in my best interest to be publishing my personal life on the web regardless of the potential viewership. One way or another, however, I decided that I really should be keeping myself busy by keeping a blog and my thoughts. I have a terrible memory and this is one way that I can keep track of what has happened in my life. Another reason for this comeback... I would like to document my journey in finding Cliff Bradshaw. The character who I will be playing this semester in Cabaret. We've already had three weeks of rehearsals, but they've been mainly music and dance... two things Cliff does not do much of in the show. Now this week will be the beginning of blocking rehearsals and what not so I'll be increasingly more and more busy with finding Cliff. Under the suggestion of my director, I checked out a book by Christopher Isherwood from the UWP library entitled 'Berlin Stories.' This book was the inspiration for the play 'I am a Camera' and which later led to the musical Cabaret. Again I find myself playing the character of the author. In 'The Marriage of Bette and Boo,' I played Matt Hudlocke, the Character Christopher Durang wrote as himself. In Cabaret, I will be playing Cliff who is the Character of Christopher Isherwood. Interesting.
Anyway, like I said, I would really like to have myself document the process I go through when developing a character.
-Today in our last Dance rehearsal for a while, I was adjusting my arms to see what might be considered reasonable for an author in the early 1900s. I remember seeing the TV broadcast version of Sam Mendes' Cabaret and realized that arms across the stomach was a very reasonable 'pose' for my arms. For Matt in Bette and Boo, I like to lock my fingers together on my belly button as a 'pose' for the academic Durang, and from there branch out into professor like gestures throughout my monologues. In this show however, I feel that Cliff is a very observant listener at heart (although at times can be assertive when provoked). With that in mind, I feel arms folded across the stomach (not to be confused with arms folded across the chest) invokes a near laid back and friendly feel I believe is Cliff at heart. This is also very versatile in that I can convey, through stereotypical gay gestures, that Cliff is a gay character. Now I know that I will have to be extremely subtle about this because this is the 1920s and Cliff has been self consciously hiding this, but very subtle movements and gestures can be very effective in giving the audience a sense of Cliff. Now this was just a single thought on what should be my goto 'move' when onstage. Arms across stomach.
Because Cliff is also a great listener, I feel like my head should be tilted slightly forward and sideways. This will be similar to Matt. Very dissimilar to Moonface Martin, Mrs. Mears, and Nick Bottom, all of whom I have played before. Because Cliff is an academic like Matt, I feel like the illusion of the eyes looking up (because the head is tilted down) gives a sense of respect and attention. If I'm looking up at a sky scraper or a very tall man, I'm giving respect. Now even if the person across from me is short, by having the head slightly forward I can give the illusion that I'm looking up at him. Subtly of course. (I am a fairly tall guy already, so this has been a slight challenge to make this work)
Now I'm worried about my Gait (or walk). Most of my characters before have had very specific walks. With Moonface Martin, I was a 1920s gangster swagger. He is a very comedic character so I did quite an exaggeration of this swagger to emphasize that he is far from a serious crook and really public enemy 13 way down the scale (and I must say a clumsy gangster swagger). Mendel in Fiddler was way uptight, took short steps and held his head high with a slight emphasis on with the chin in the air (in a not terribly snooty way). Nick Bottom was by far my most unique walk in having him walk very flat footed and crisscrossing feet. For example: my left foot would cross my right and point left, my right would cross my left foot and point right. My standing 'pose' was my right foot in front pointing right, my left foot in back pointing left with my left toes directly behind my right heel. Mrs. Mears was somewhat similar but not so exaggerated and she always stood in a bevel. I tried my hardest to lead with the chest with Mrs. Mears (seeing as I had a stuffed bra on and a chest to really poke out) but it ended up more with a shoulder lead. Cliff is going to be a huge challenge for me because I'm not sure what to do. He's such a 'normal' character that I might not have to do anything specific, but that kinda scares me because it isn't lending itself to me 'creating' this character. My current thoughts are to be typically heal-toe (which I do naturally) with a slight slump in my stomach. He is an American in Berlin and I might try be a stereotypical American to the Berliners by doing this. Beliners are quite upright and stiff that an American contrast would be slightly slump and big heal-toe walkers. This is my thought thus far. We'll see how this goes.
I have a lot more to explain, but it is currently getting late. I'll update (I hope) tomorrow.
Until Next Time,
Ben Barlow
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
#8 A Weekend Home
Listening To: Your Hand in Mine (Goodbye) by Explosions in the Sky
Dear Hal,
So I spend the last couple of days at home preparing our house for the upcoming Baptism of my little nephew. We rearranged the living room, big bedroom, washed carpets, and overall overhauled the house. It was a good weekend. I got to hang out with Amber and my Ma and had some good conversations. Then yesterday, my ma and I went to pick up my little bro, big sister, and nephew from the airport in Madison. There was a detour on our route that we didn't expect however. My mom then tried to decipher a route to the Airport that would be quickest given the detour but unfortunately I wasn't paying any attention to the turn and we ended up taking the beltline all the way around Madison. On the way out, we did get to take that route and it was a good 15-20 minutes quicker. Anyway... I have a show in a little bit. My plans for this week are to to the show tonight, stay in Platteville, Go to a One Act Production rehearsal in Dubuque tomorrow night and go home for the night. Stay till Saturday night in which I need to be in Platteville for another show, go back after the show, stay Sunday for the baptism and then leave that evening for yet another show. Not a bad week actually :) But I'm heading out.
Until Next Time,
Ben Barlow
Dear Hal,
So I spend the last couple of days at home preparing our house for the upcoming Baptism of my little nephew. We rearranged the living room, big bedroom, washed carpets, and overall overhauled the house. It was a good weekend. I got to hang out with Amber and my Ma and had some good conversations. Then yesterday, my ma and I went to pick up my little bro, big sister, and nephew from the airport in Madison. There was a detour on our route that we didn't expect however. My mom then tried to decipher a route to the Airport that would be quickest given the detour but unfortunately I wasn't paying any attention to the turn and we ended up taking the beltline all the way around Madison. On the way out, we did get to take that route and it was a good 15-20 minutes quicker. Anyway... I have a show in a little bit. My plans for this week are to to the show tonight, stay in Platteville, Go to a One Act Production rehearsal in Dubuque tomorrow night and go home for the night. Stay till Saturday night in which I need to be in Platteville for another show, go back after the show, stay Sunday for the baptism and then leave that evening for yet another show. Not a bad week actually :) But I'm heading out.
Until Next Time,
Ben Barlow
Friday, July 10, 2009
#7 It's Opening Night!
Listening To: The Goods from the Musical 'The Full Monty'
Dear Hal,
So Opening Night was tonight for 'The Producers' and it went well. It was a very solid show. The show went without a hitch up until the 'Springtime For Hitler' number. For some odd reason the tempo was much quicker than other nights. This cut our already quick change by nearly 15 seconds. Basically I was tucking in my shirt, adjusting my feet in my shoes, and zipping up my fly as I'm marching onstage. It was so quick tonight that we actually lost one of our tappers. For the show, we really can't have tappers tapping in their boxers and that's what it would've been if he would've left when he needed to go. After the show, I got hugs from our director and choreographer. Now I can expect our choreographer to do that because I've known her for a few years and she is an amazing person. Unlike most (if not all) small town choreographers, she can walk the walk and talk the talk. She has been a dancer to the highest level all over the east coast and has won more than a handful Carbonell Awards (a regional Award in southeast US) and has worked with a lot of impressive names. The famous Tony Award Winning Tommy Tune drew a self portrait of himself and gave it specifically to her. Anyway... So let's just say she's good... very, extremely, amazingly good. She's also an amazing person. Nice, forgiving, and all around great. Like I was saying, I've known her for a while and we're on great terms and she came up to me after the show and gave me a hug and I got a bunch of compliments. What I wasn't expecting was our director (whom I've never worked with before the show) to come up to me afterwards and congratulate me. Now I don't have a huge role in the show, but I have four very different roles throughout. She came up to me afterwards and told me how impressed she was with my versatility with the roles and gave me a great big hug. She's also a very distinguished performer/musician/director. Her compliment ranks among the most meaningful because of the short time we've worked together. I was chatting with our choreographer after the show and we were both sharing our thoughts on how intimidating we were to work with the director for the firs time because of her pedigree and the stories people have been telling us. She hasn't shied away from firing actors on the spot when she they don't cooperate. She begs the kind of professionalism that seems unobtainable, but she gets somehow gets it out of you. Anyway... A friend of a friend (kind of a friend, but not quite) is having a 21st B-day tonight that I'm going to go hog wild at (on second thought, not that crazy) so I'm gonna head on out.
Until Next Time,
Ben Barlow
Dear Hal,
So Opening Night was tonight for 'The Producers' and it went well. It was a very solid show. The show went without a hitch up until the 'Springtime For Hitler' number. For some odd reason the tempo was much quicker than other nights. This cut our already quick change by nearly 15 seconds. Basically I was tucking in my shirt, adjusting my feet in my shoes, and zipping up my fly as I'm marching onstage. It was so quick tonight that we actually lost one of our tappers. For the show, we really can't have tappers tapping in their boxers and that's what it would've been if he would've left when he needed to go. After the show, I got hugs from our director and choreographer. Now I can expect our choreographer to do that because I've known her for a few years and she is an amazing person. Unlike most (if not all) small town choreographers, she can walk the walk and talk the talk. She has been a dancer to the highest level all over the east coast and has won more than a handful Carbonell Awards (a regional Award in southeast US) and has worked with a lot of impressive names. The famous Tony Award Winning Tommy Tune drew a self portrait of himself and gave it specifically to her. Anyway... So let's just say she's good... very, extremely, amazingly good. She's also an amazing person. Nice, forgiving, and all around great. Like I was saying, I've known her for a while and we're on great terms and she came up to me after the show and gave me a hug and I got a bunch of compliments. What I wasn't expecting was our director (whom I've never worked with before the show) to come up to me afterwards and congratulate me. Now I don't have a huge role in the show, but I have four very different roles throughout. She came up to me afterwards and told me how impressed she was with my versatility with the roles and gave me a great big hug. She's also a very distinguished performer/musician/director. Her compliment ranks among the most meaningful because of the short time we've worked together. I was chatting with our choreographer after the show and we were both sharing our thoughts on how intimidating we were to work with the director for the firs time because of her pedigree and the stories people have been telling us. She hasn't shied away from firing actors on the spot when she they don't cooperate. She begs the kind of professionalism that seems unobtainable, but she gets somehow gets it out of you. Anyway... A friend of a friend (kind of a friend, but not quite) is having a 21st B-day tonight that I'm going to go hog wild at (on second thought, not that crazy) so I'm gonna head on out.
Until Next Time,
Ben Barlow
The Rabbit
So there is a rabbit that is frequently in the yard of my duplex (he's probably out there now) and I was able to take a few pictures of him the other day. Here they are...
Thursday, July 9, 2009
#6 Crazy Costumes!
Dear Hal,
I'm currently watching 'The Visitor' on Netflix so if my thoughts seem a little disjointed it's cuz I'm going back and forth writing and watching.
Anyway... Since last writing we've had several dress and tech rehearsals. I remember the first Dress rehearsal. Going through past rehearsals, it never occurred to me how the costume changes were going to happen, I never gave them any thought. The first costume rehearsal was a disaster. I was not at all prepared for the amount of work, concentration and speed I needed in order to pull off such changes. The three quick changes I have in 'The Producers' are the three quickest changes I have had in my entire theater career. The first quick change I have is changing from a first nighter into a bum. It's the first quick change in the show so fortunately I get a lot of costume help from our costumers for that change. My first nighter costume is tux pants, tux shirt, tux jacket and bow tie. Fortunately I have large tux pants because I'm able to make the change quicker by underdressing my bum pants underneath the tux pants. My tux shirt is also quick rigged with velcro so I can rip it off in a matter of seconds. So what I do for the my first quick change is to pull off my tux pants over my shoes (often turning them inside out). I rip off my tux shirt. Ellen (one of the costumers) throws on my bum shirt over my head. I put my arms through and then shes there with my vest for me to put my arms into and while I'm putting in my other arm she puts on my hat and scarf and hands me my bum bottle and then I'm right back onstage. I have been able to be do this change with around 10-15 seconds extra. Although it's not an absolute problem for me to be late, I don't want to be a problem in not showing up when I'm suppose to.
My next quick changes happens towards the middle of Act 2 when I change from a Worker into Bavarian Dancer. Now during intermission I preset all my stuff. I don't really have any time once Act 2 starts to set all my stuff. I have the audition scene to worker scene and little responsibilities between them. After I do my cross for the mirrored worker (and Cat screech) I basically strip down to my black spandex and throw everything else on. I throw off my suspenders and pants, shoes, rip off my quick rigged workers shirt, and throw on my short Bavarian shorts with leiderhosen and my bavarian shirt, pull up the long blue socks, and throw on my boots. It's actually a tricky costume to get on. Because I'm on good terms with the costumers, I'm almost always well helped.
The next quick change is literally 60 seconds after I go onstage as Bavarian dancer. I change from being Bavarian dancer to Stormtrooper. Now this costume change isn't the most difficult, but it's the fact that there is 5 people around me trying to get stuff on and there are costumes all over the place that makes it difficult. Also, this change is extremely important to be on time with. Because we come in on a music cue to start dancing it's important that we be on time. The trickiest part of this change is the leiderhosen. It is buttoned on to my shorts and is tricky to unbutton without someones help and frankly there are a lot of people that need help and not a lot of helpers for this change. Anyway, I take off all the bavarian stuff and go back down to the spandex so I can put on an entirely different storm trooper costume. That consists of a quick rigged shirt, black tie (pretied for quickness), black pants, and tap shoes.
Anyway... Those three costume changes are crazy and by far the quickest changes I've ever had. It's not like I'm the only one with a quick change though. Although, I have among the most quick changes, I believe almost everyone of the 20 person cast has at least one quick change and a few have two or three. It has been a lot of fun though. I remember the first rehearsal with costumes. Afterwards I was smiling ear to ear because of the fun it was to try all those changes for the first time. We were allowed to be a little sloppy the first time because it was our first time and we weren't expected to be perfect off the bat. There were little things like the someone coming on in boxers because he couldn't get his boots off for a quick change. It was quite an entertaining night. I really should go and get some sleep. Maybe later I'll put down some of those crazy things that happened.
Until Next Time,
Ben Barlow
I'm currently watching 'The Visitor' on Netflix so if my thoughts seem a little disjointed it's cuz I'm going back and forth writing and watching.
Anyway... Since last writing we've had several dress and tech rehearsals. I remember the first Dress rehearsal. Going through past rehearsals, it never occurred to me how the costume changes were going to happen, I never gave them any thought. The first costume rehearsal was a disaster. I was not at all prepared for the amount of work, concentration and speed I needed in order to pull off such changes. The three quick changes I have in 'The Producers' are the three quickest changes I have had in my entire theater career. The first quick change I have is changing from a first nighter into a bum. It's the first quick change in the show so fortunately I get a lot of costume help from our costumers for that change. My first nighter costume is tux pants, tux shirt, tux jacket and bow tie. Fortunately I have large tux pants because I'm able to make the change quicker by underdressing my bum pants underneath the tux pants. My tux shirt is also quick rigged with velcro so I can rip it off in a matter of seconds. So what I do for the my first quick change is to pull off my tux pants over my shoes (often turning them inside out). I rip off my tux shirt. Ellen (one of the costumers) throws on my bum shirt over my head. I put my arms through and then shes there with my vest for me to put my arms into and while I'm putting in my other arm she puts on my hat and scarf and hands me my bum bottle and then I'm right back onstage. I have been able to be do this change with around 10-15 seconds extra. Although it's not an absolute problem for me to be late, I don't want to be a problem in not showing up when I'm suppose to.
My next quick changes happens towards the middle of Act 2 when I change from a Worker into Bavarian Dancer. Now during intermission I preset all my stuff. I don't really have any time once Act 2 starts to set all my stuff. I have the audition scene to worker scene and little responsibilities between them. After I do my cross for the mirrored worker (and Cat screech) I basically strip down to my black spandex and throw everything else on. I throw off my suspenders and pants, shoes, rip off my quick rigged workers shirt, and throw on my short Bavarian shorts with leiderhosen and my bavarian shirt, pull up the long blue socks, and throw on my boots. It's actually a tricky costume to get on. Because I'm on good terms with the costumers, I'm almost always well helped.
The next quick change is literally 60 seconds after I go onstage as Bavarian dancer. I change from being Bavarian dancer to Stormtrooper. Now this costume change isn't the most difficult, but it's the fact that there is 5 people around me trying to get stuff on and there are costumes all over the place that makes it difficult. Also, this change is extremely important to be on time with. Because we come in on a music cue to start dancing it's important that we be on time. The trickiest part of this change is the leiderhosen. It is buttoned on to my shorts and is tricky to unbutton without someones help and frankly there are a lot of people that need help and not a lot of helpers for this change. Anyway, I take off all the bavarian stuff and go back down to the spandex so I can put on an entirely different storm trooper costume. That consists of a quick rigged shirt, black tie (pretied for quickness), black pants, and tap shoes.
Anyway... Those three costume changes are crazy and by far the quickest changes I've ever had. It's not like I'm the only one with a quick change though. Although, I have among the most quick changes, I believe almost everyone of the 20 person cast has at least one quick change and a few have two or three. It has been a lot of fun though. I remember the first rehearsal with costumes. Afterwards I was smiling ear to ear because of the fun it was to try all those changes for the first time. We were allowed to be a little sloppy the first time because it was our first time and we weren't expected to be perfect off the bat. There were little things like the someone coming on in boxers because he couldn't get his boots off for a quick change. It was quite an entertaining night. I really should go and get some sleep. Maybe later I'll put down some of those crazy things that happened.
Until Next Time,
Ben Barlow
Sunday, July 5, 2009
#5 Sleep
Dear Hal,
So it's 9:35am and I just got done making and eating some eggs-over-easy. I'm not going to be able to post much just because of time, but I'll write now some stuff and go into detail later today.
Fourth of July was yesterday and I was excited to go home and see Amber. She was able to see the show on the third as well :). Well we had a cookout, saw fireworks, and had a fire. It was a good night. Unfortunately I needed to be in Platteville by 10:00am for rehearsal. So what I did was stayed there until around 1:00am and decided I would rather drive and get into Platteville around 2:00-2:15am than to sleep in Grove and drive the hour in the morning. Before I could leave Grove though, I got pulled over by a family friend. I semi-ran a stop sign as she was passing by and although I believe most cops would let a mostly stopped vehicle go, she decided to give me a hard time. Anyway, she pulled me over, asked where I was heading at 1:00am and told her I'd rather go to P-ville now than later and then she let me off.
So I maybe got 6 hours of sleep last night and today is going to be a long day. Uff da. Anyway... gotta run. Rehearsals starts shortly.
Until Next Time,
Ben Barlow
So it's 9:35am and I just got done making and eating some eggs-over-easy. I'm not going to be able to post much just because of time, but I'll write now some stuff and go into detail later today.
Fourth of July was yesterday and I was excited to go home and see Amber. She was able to see the show on the third as well :). Well we had a cookout, saw fireworks, and had a fire. It was a good night. Unfortunately I needed to be in Platteville by 10:00am for rehearsal. So what I did was stayed there until around 1:00am and decided I would rather drive and get into Platteville around 2:00-2:15am than to sleep in Grove and drive the hour in the morning. Before I could leave Grove though, I got pulled over by a family friend. I semi-ran a stop sign as she was passing by and although I believe most cops would let a mostly stopped vehicle go, she decided to give me a hard time. Anyway, she pulled me over, asked where I was heading at 1:00am and told her I'd rather go to P-ville now than later and then she let me off.
So I maybe got 6 hours of sleep last night and today is going to be a long day. Uff da. Anyway... gotta run. Rehearsals starts shortly.
Until Next Time,
Ben Barlow
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