Ryan Salerno ([info]rsalerno) wrote,
@ 2005-09-03 14:22:00
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Current mood:weak
Current music:Blestenation - Dynamite

Singin' in the Rain

So I've been busy lately.

I moved in June. It was nice. The new house is pretty big and I have roommates that I adore.

I took on another coaching job—at the university—and it was fun and frustrating and tiring, and is now over.

I was in a show
Singin' in the Rain
and it was grand. They needed a tumbler and I was the only person they knew that could run up a wall and flip off it.

I ended up teaching Cosmo essentially how to do it and then spotting him through it during the show. We put in a gag where I chase him around and act like i'm going to throw him into the wall and he runs up and over my head.
Cosmo tossed off the wall
The audience loved it every time.

Then, the night before we open, the director comes up to me and tells me I need to fill for a minute/minute and a half so they can do a more comfortable quick change, so I'm to show him some kind of routine tomorrow night before curtain.
That suit was out of control.  And made of wool.
So I walked down some stairs on my hands (every night for three weeks—I was pretty proud of myself) and then did some flips off things and circus back-handsprings. A little nervewracking, but lots of fun. Yes, that's what they made me wear.

But aside from using me for tumbling, I also got to do quite a few other things and also some crew work. There was also some tap dancing.
What's a musical without tap dancing?

It was a good show and tons of fun to be in and around. I've been quite sad that it's over.
Finale....

The best part of the show, though, was the people. Everyone was really great, but the three I have pictures of and spent the most time with were:

How can you beat that, right? So we would all get together and jump on the trampoline and stay up very late watching movies and hanging out and it was grand.
Our last fancy dinner....
We had many fancy dinners and pancake meals and I got to christen one of my most favorite possessions.
Can you even believe that dinnerware?  I couldn't.  I could just weep.
I've been contemplating making a list of my most favorite things and those plates would be very high on that list. And the dinner was good, too. But the company was the best.

It's been over a month now since it ended, so it feels weird to be only just telling the story. I don't know exactly what to do about that, but I'm definitely having trouble trying to recount it all with the freshness and enthusiasm it deserves.

I think I'm still tired from the trip. Which is another story that needs to be told before it gets even older. Rad.

In other news, did you ever notice the FedEx Logo logo has an arrow in the whitespace between the "e" and "x"?



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[info]allicatt63
2005-09-04 06:58 am UTC (link)
i wish i could've seen you....sounds like quite an act :)

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[info]lesliessexxy
2005-09-04 01:32 pm UTC (link)
I miss my days of musical theater. It was always so much fun! I like the outfit they made you wear when performing your circus-like stunts. I think you should take pictures (and post them) of you wearing it in different areas of your house. :)

P.S. Those dishes are sexy. Where did you find those?!

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[info]akshajati
2005-09-05 02:13 am UTC (link)
wow there is an arrow!!!! oooooooooo

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