My Insanity

I am insane.

Now I suppose that that statement may require some explanation. And really there are several reasons why I claim insanity. But the one currently on my mind is this:

I am in three shows at once. 

... which I did last year and vowed never to do again. But here we are and I'm doing it.
Why am I doing something so insane as being in three productions at once?
Well.
Because I just couldn't say no to any of them!
I am in Beauty and the Beast; and shadowcast production of Moulin Rouge; and Annie jr.
Which are all things that I wanted to be a part of, so I auditioned for all and was cast in all.

So yes. I'm insane.

Fare ye well! 

Don't be like me. Unless you really want to. In which case, by all means! Do as you wish.

Five Fact Friday

1 - This year the there was a full moon on the summer solstice.
2 - The first word in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women is "Christmas."
3 - The last word in Little Women is "this."
4 - I watched the Tony Awards this year
5 - I have the tail of a airplane in my closet. It was a prop in a play I worked.

Five Fact Friday

1 - INFPs tend to be self-contradictory by nature, meaning that they are frequently - personality and taste wise - inconsistent.
2 - I have read only one book on my 2016 "to read" list.
3 - However, I have read lots of other things.
4 - Fortune cookies often don't give a fortune... just advice.
5 - The name Oliana is Polynesian and means "oleander."

Five Fact Friday

It's back! Maybe.

1 - I have two posters on my wall
2 - Tiana is the Disney character for the month of June, in my calendar.
3 - Eye balls have layers, like onions.
4 - Shakespeare may be classic, but he wasn't classy
5 - Trilbies and Fedoras are NOT THE SAME THING. Do your research.

"Come with me and you'll be in a world of pure imagination!"

If you are a regular - or irregular - reader of this blog then you may have noticed that the look has changed somewhat. I changed it a few days ago actually, but since I had already posted that day I decided to wait to say anything.

If you did notice, I applaud you.

If you did not... then maybe you are a first timer here! In which case, WELCOME!!! Was that too loud? ...Welcome... Not loud enough? Well you are a picky person... Welcome! Better? Thank you.

Also this is the 51st post on this blog! *whoot whoot* The new look is kinda in celebration of that.

To make up for not having anything else to say... here's a picture of a cat... and a snowy tree lined path... and Toothless... and a night sky!

Title is a line from the opening song "Pure Imagination" from Willy Wonka jr.

Goodbye to Bonavista

"So goodbye to Bonavista, your mountains and your shores, goodbye to sad relations that I'll never see no more, for i'm bound to seek my fortune and sail the whole world wide, and if ever we shall meet again it'll be on the other side, on the other side.."

That is the chorus of a delightful ballad called Goodbye to Bonavista.

I love ballads. And sea shanties too. The love of adventure is laced into the words. And the music makes me want to dance. And it makes me long for adventure, to hop onto a ship and sail the world to seek my fortune, to find new lands; or to saddle my horse and ride the praries; or to fight a fight worth fighting. With these songs I can "Rise And Follow Charile" or find "St Brendan's Fair Isle" or march beside "The Minstrel Boy" or give "A Hundred Thousand Welcomes" for the visitors of Nova Scotia, or see "The Sultana" sail again.

I feel peaceful when listening to them. And yet I also want to jump up and shout and holler for adventure, say farewell to my loved ones to go off into the great unknown.