was excellent. i was pleasantly surprised that i didn't hate brad pitt in it. and he didn't do anywhere NEAR as much squinting as he did in troy. i loved the cinematography and how they circled the stories. i give it 5 stars. i'm super tired though, but wide awake at the same time. i think i'm going to go watch little miss sunshine now.
i guess it's oscar night. midmorning? whatever.
-Leah
Babel
To The Lighthouse...
i tried so hard to like it, i really did. it was waay too confusing and the second half was completely in OPERA. i mean, i would sit through an opera, but a play that becomes an opera in the second half? no. it was random, there wasn't really any exposition and the subtext was spoken making it difficult to determine which was an inner voice, and which was actual dialog. The set was simple, but amazing as it worked well with the color and mood changes, but it didn't change my opinion overall. i really did try to like it, but i am ashamed to say that this is the first play i have seen that i have not been particularly fond of.
-Leah
Drowning.
Too much homework. MAKE SURE I DO MY ESSAY THE SECOND I GET HOME. NO AIM, or SCRUBS SO THAT I CAN DO OTHER HOMEWORK AND WATCH THE NEW ONE LATER.
That is all.
oh, and read crime and punishment. damn. I'm never going to get to sleep.
-Leah
I think i'm contracting senioritis...
tonight i've made the HARD decision and decided NOT to watch my new favorite show [scrubs] because i need to do a response paper, a poetry drill, make-up calc work and a bunch of scholarship applications to finish. Add in reading Crime And Punishment stirr in some spanish vocabulary,and LOST, let sleep an hour and you get ONE DEAD LEAH. oh well. I've come to the realization that i will fail my calc quiz next block and that's about it. i can't think of anything else to say except that i need some sleep and i'm sad because i can't watch [scrubs]. Oh, and i'm going to try and avoid that person during play rehearsal, but we'll see what happens. I might blog some more tonight. we'll see how i feel.
it's all overkill.
-Leah
The UCLA Audition went...
surprisingly well, actually.
although freaking jamba juice almost made us late. we had hecka time and we ordered the drinks like at 1:15 or so, and we didn't get them for more than a half an hour!
but we made it on time.
i was pretty stressed at first because my brother, (who is always there for me), couldn't come b/c his dad got mad about him being out so much and spending a lot of money and going out so much
THEN 'oh i don't want to go so i'm going to give you a bunch of bs excuses so that you'll let me off the hook...' from someone else
so felice went with me and that went well
i didn't get my headshot until this morning b/c walgreens wouldn't reprint my senior picture w/o written permission despite the fact that i told them my uncle was the photographer but he lives in arizona (even though he didn't take my senior pic, he still senior pics in arizona)
then when i went to get my make-up done this morning it took FOREVER coz there was only one girl working the counter and she had to bounce between me and what seemed like the 50 million customers that she had.
so ms. daly gave me my headshot from the play last year and we made it out to SF without getting lost.
there was about an hour and a half of dead time from the time i got there to the time that i actually had to do my monologues, so in that time i ran over them in my head like 50 times, but somehow my monologue from the play last year (midsummer) kept popping into my head and i was thinking "in this same interlude it doth befall...." instead of "is he not approved in the height a villain?" but it worked itself out.
there was one judge that watched the auditions. and i think i did pretty well. I WAS CONFIDENT! you would have been proud and i wouldn't have had to sing the teapot song. so i did my first monologue and then went on to colorado and i got some laughs out of him, so that was good. i remembered to PAUSE and BREATHE during the beatrice monologue and i didn't forget any of my lines! woo hoo. then was time for the
interview
where they asked stuff like "if you could adapt any book for the stage, which would it be, why, and how would you stage it?" so i said either East of Eden or Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists because EoE had tremendous character development and the inner-play between adam and his wife would be compelling and Pirates! becuase it could be an excellent and absurd slapstick comedy. my interviewer guy kind of reminded me of bill nighy. just a little.
so afterwards me and felice wandered around powell and went to the disney store where there was cool stuff i didn't have money for, and then we went into tiffany's and pretended like we were audrey hepburn and i think this one lady that worked there thought we were rich girls because she asked us if we were interested in anything... it was fun.
anyway, it went well and everyone is telling me i'm going to make it in, and i really want to but i think as far as the theater goes i might be happier at irvine or SF state b/c they let you take acting classes freshman year, rather than waiting a year like they do at UCLA.
well, i guess we won't see how i did though until march-april. whatever. i'm not going to stress about it anymore.
-Leah
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN PREMIERE!!!
I WENT TO THE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN TWO PREMIERE AND IT WAS FREAKIN AWESOME!!!!
IF YOU SEE ANY COVERAGE OR PREMIERE PICTURES, LOOK FOR ME!!! I WAS BY THE RED CARPET RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE PAPARAZZI AND PRESS!!!
MORE PICTURES AND STORIES TO COME LATER!!!!
SITTING ON MAIN STREET SINCE 6AM TOTALLY PAID OFF!!! MY LEGS ARE KILLING ME, AND I'VE ALMOST LOST MY VOICE, BUT IT TOTALLY PAID OFF!!!
TONS OF AUTOGRAPHS AND PICTURES!!!
I SAW JOHNNY DEPP WITH MY OWN TWO EYES!!! OMG!!! HE IS FREAKIN GORGEOUS!!!
-sorry. i had to go into obsessive mode for a bit, but seriously! look keep an eye out for me!-
Love,
a very very excited and happy,
Solia
In A Writing Mood...
but i'm blocked on Have Faith In Destiny. I may write an original one shot fic, but if I do, i can't load it on fanfiction.net. I may just post it here, and if i do, reviews are appreciated. Maybe the one-shot will clear me up enough to finish chapter 20 of HFID. who knows? I'll blog later.
-Leah
King Kong
I like the 1933 version better. The new one's good, but it's too long. Blockbuster's rental periods are too short. If i want to finish the movie tonight (i'm about halfway through right now) i will be up till 2am. damn. well it's spring break, so i guess it won't matter, but here's the thing: i'm exhausted. oh well. hopefully i won't miss the end.
good night and good luck.
-Leah
God...
Day by day my life is slowly starting to feel more like a movie.
I don't want it this way unless it has a happy ending.
-Solia
Universal Studios- A Miniseries- Part 2
Round two of trip pictures. I can tell you now, these won't be pretty. Those of you with weak constitutions may want to leave the arena.
okay. anyways. here's more trip pictures.
First off, I'd like to introduce my famous counterpart: The wall of Mann's Chinese Theater.
There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone. 
Even McVay looks scared.
WHAT?!? DINOSAURS?!? I don't think I signed up for this!!!
We just narrowly escaped that when a giant shark came!
Poor Ceecee almost didn't make it.
But luckily we all made it out of the Twilight Zone with the assistance of our badass time machine.
Wow. The trip was more interesting then I thought, and somehow lots of teeth were involved...wow.
Love,
Leah
Universal Studios- A Miniseries
So here's just a few pictures from this weekend.
First things first, me and the crew in front of the Kodak theater where i will one day accept my oscar.
Johnny Depp's got his handprints at the chinese theater and i got to see them!
His hands are bigger then mine! (well, duh, he's a guy.)
Looks like johnny's got some new admirers.
Well, one day it will REALLY be Johnny. (cuz u noe, i'll be in a movie with him.)
The mule from SERENITY!
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you KONG! The EIGHTH wonder of the world!
We took a little break in Europe...
Katie got too drunk and fell upon some desperate times...
...While I found a Romeo at my balcony.
So we had a great trip, no? I'll post more pics later.
love,
Leah
A Midsummer Night's Dream...
Closes tonight. AWWW. I am going to miss everyone so much. Opening night was AWESOME. Last night was pretty much SOLD OUT, and tonight i'm sure it will be also. It's crazy how the audience can disappear and it's just you standing there. Performing live in a play is such a rush. It was so hard not to cry when my brother hugged me just because i was so happy. Tonight's 'family night' beings as my mom's bought 16 tickets for mi tias y mi primas and some of her friends, and then i got two tickets for some of my friends and some of my other cousin/friends are coming too. Tonight promises to be a good one.
Currently: Relaxing, watching my happy movie Pirates of The Caribbean, preparing not to cry tonight after the play ends and trying not to burn my tounge on apple cider.
The show starts at seven! Don't miss it!
Love,
-lia
Faeries...
man, that's tough. and anyone who steals my wings again, i will take my faerie revenge on.
opening night this week.
shows thursday, friday, saturday.
be there.
-lia
Now official?
Sadly, not till next Thursday.
Solia Jacobs plays Tom Snout, Mustardseed and Wall in "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Age 16, she is a Junior at San Lorenzo High. She is in advanced drama and loves acting. She has been on stage since 1st grade, be it in music or in acting and has also been a model in a campaign for Girls Inc.. This is her first time in a play at San Lorenzo High. She is on the Varsity Tennis team and will be on the boy's golf team. She plays alto saxophone in the Jazz Band and writes in her free time. She was in the 3rd annual poetry slam, and wrote the advertisement for Midsummer that was used on Rebel Vision, SLz's weekly video announcements. Solia is the shortest person in the play. She would like to thank her agent for all the love and support. "If I ever want to be in a movie with Johnny Depp, then I have to start somewhere. I guess my starting place is a wall."
Sleep: America's Other National Debt
yes, i am in debt, and i doubt i will ever recover. it's 12:12 am and i haven't even started hw for my other classes, just finished spanish and that's it. maybe if i loose enough sleep i'll die and won't have to do homework anymore! bleh. but on the downside, daly'd kill me for missing the play, and i'd never get to see pirates 2. oh well, it's a choice to make. gonna get back to work now, wish me luck. me and andrew are performing our scenes tomorrow, and we are SO NOT prepared, thanks to a certain someone *cough cough* eliza *cough cough*. whatever. we'll work through it somehow. goodnight and good luck.
oh, and as a p.s. pore strips suck.
-lia
Half A World Away...
well at least i wish i was. now i think i'm getting sick again, and that sucks because the play's coming up soon. i wonder if anyone missed me while i was gone on saturday...
-lia
Veer Zaara
it's amazing how long after the pictures from a movie fade, the emotions stay.
i need someone to carry me away.
-lia
*Sigh*
Dorine wants to tell him. Frankly, at this point, I don't care anymore. I just don't want everyone else to know. I wish there was sort of signal he could give me if he liked me back. Like "hey, how bout them raiders?" or something. Some sort of code that doesn't come up in everyday life (well between us anyway...) or sound totally awkward.
*sigh*
why is love so complicated?
-lia
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