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My Les Mis Experience!

2008-09-22T11:42:09Z

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Howdy SH friends! I just thought I would share to you all the ups and downs of the musical I was just in! This may only interest a few of you, so I have included some pretty pictures to help the rest of you stay interested ^_^ anywho, like I was saying, I was in Les Miserables, and we just had closing night on saturday. It was sad, but like everything else good in the world, it must end at some stage or another. I guess you could say I was a main part. I had solo lines, nothing to alert the media over, but still, it was fun. Now, to introduce you to my character. Girl number 5. I was a reeeeal bitch. I get Fantine fired from her job, subsequently leading to Fantine becoming a prostitute, ultimately ending with her death. this is me, with the girl who played Fantine I was her understudy During rehearsals, I quickly became the mummy to the group, looking out for the little ones, and being a fuss pot about feeding everyone afternoon tea, and driving people home. me with my little angels XD I was also a prostitute unfortunately, I didnt get a photo of that, but you can get the general idea about our costumes from this: the girls with the hats are the prostitutes (but i think you probably gathered that) some of the guys had major "man issues" with being photographed in makeup. so this became a challenge. as you can see; he suits makeup unlike this: thats master of the house for anyone who actually knows the musical as you can see, the boys all look very dashing in their waistcoats and with their hair gelled down (i really liked that look... and the ties were adorable!) and what musical would be complete without a cast party?! I had it at my hotel, in the big function room and it was awesome thats everyone in the cast and crew who were cool enough to come to my party even though there was no alcohol. Sam and Rory had a tradition of performing the Confrontation from the musical, and how could the party be complete without one final rendition of it? all was well, until wanky student from the school from last year turned up and threw water at sam in the middle of his performance. but everything was all good so... waddaya think? THE END and I now leave you with this video of "Empty chairs at Empty tables", performed by my friend who was an epic amazing Marius

How do you chase your dreams, if you cant see them?

2008-07-19T10:34:17Z

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I have no idea how to even start this, and by this stage, most of you have probably lost interest in this little blog of mine. Sorry for wasting your time... My dad keeps telling me, chase your dreams, do whatever you are passionate about. What if I cant see my dreams? I used to dream of being an actress, I used to dream of being a rockstar... I had to accept, im not the right person to influence people, and being famous, means influencing people. What am I to do? All I want to do is be famous... Just to walk right up to this guy and have him say to me "I'm a fan". Im sick of being the one who looks up to people, to tell them I look up to them. I want to be that one person to change the world. It was so close. I almost had the chance. Im so close to giving up, because, I have no idea where to go from here. Im not the right person to be famous. Im the wrong "look", Im too outspoken... and now all Im doing is wasting my time, and yours, by rambling on about how I cant follow your dreams, no matter how badly I want it. I just want that one lucky break, I want to be that person interviewed on Ellen or Oprah or Rove, to say "I always dreamt of being here, and to finally live out my dream is the biggest blessing" Ive taken alot of knocks over the last year. Poor little rich girl. I know, Ive heard it all before, you think im just benig a conceited snob, that my problems arent big in the scheme of things... but they are life shattering to me. I was moved away from everyone of my friends at the end of last year, and im in my last year of high school. new school, new friends. singing was my passion back then, the one thing i felt i was good at, the one thing i felt i might excell at. Naturally this year, I auditioned for the school musical, "Les Mis". I got called back for the lead, between me and one other girl. everyone told me, there was no competition, I was guaranteed the role... but my world was shattered when i didnt get the part... not only did I not get the part, I didnt get any part. Now most of you are saying "so? get over it. big deal." this was a big deal. my one thing, I failed at. My passion, my skill, my talent, I failed at. Its happened so many times to me this year, the most recent blow, the worst of all... I didnt even get through New Zealands Got Talent. So what am I left with? the tattered remains of what were once dreams of being that one singer, that one celebrity, who would change the world, to be a role model, to be looked up to, to be a hero. now all that lies before me is an office job, and some fangirl fantasy of one day meeting the boy of my dreams. Ironic isnt it, how dreams in my life, are only things that will never come to be.

Can you turn away? I feel so strongly about this.

2008-06-28T09:35:06Z

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Until this year, I was happy in my sheltered little "rich-girl" lifestyle. My eyes have been opened this year, and I can not just sit back and see people exploited for my lifestyle I have grown so accustomed to. I always beleived people have good sides, but unfortunately some people are willing to destroy communities and lives for their personal gain. If a 17 year old can see this, why cant others? why is no one doing anything about this?! Beleive what you will, but it is in the interest of the United States and British Governments to keep Africa in poverty. They make out to be the good guys, donating millions of dollars to aid organisations, but they do this for personal gain. If they genuinely wanted to help the countries within Africa to get out of poverty, they could pay off the debts that have been raked up, and other things. They have invested interest in keeping Africa in poverty. They are gaining from the poverty in Africa. Large pharmecuetical companies run our economy, you may not beleive it, but the pharmecutical companies are exploiting people in their money making schemes. They are blackmailing the people of Africa into large scale drug test runs. They are providing free healthcare to everyone who takes part in the drug tests. The people of Africa have no choice, living in such extreme cases of poverty. The pharmecutical companies have alterior motives, and although they appear to be doing "the right thing" by distributing free health care, the dark side of it, is that the people who can't afford anything else, are being forced into testing these volatile drugs, which aren't safe to be tested on human subjects! The worst part is, 99% of the people have NO idea what they are testing, and have no idea what the repercussions might be. Now you might be saying, well they can't force anyone into testing these drugs, that is morally and ethically corrupt. I assure you, this is happening, and this isnt a small scale, this is effecting MILLIONS of people right this second. Another issue, is the drug companies, once again to get positive publicity, are donating millions of dollars worth of expired pharmecuticals to Africa. These drugs have all passed their expiration date, and are highly volatile and highly dangerous! The first world countries just turn a blind eye, as if the people of Africa deserve this! A person is a person is a person. We have let this go on for way too long, and its time we took a stand... if i have to do it alone, I will, but im sick of sitting around, waiting for someone else to take the initiative to do something about it. We are exploiting the poor, those who have no alternatives, those who do not have a choice. Turning a blind eye to the suffering and exploitation makes us as corrupt as our leaders.

The Value of Money

2008-03-04T09:03:10Z

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After dinner the other night, I was sitting watching “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” with my parents. At first I was a little bothered that neither of them seemed particularly interested in answering the questions correctly. Then it struck me, becoming a millionaire these days is a significant step backwards. At first I just laughed. Then I got to thinking, who really does want to be a millionaire these days? Lets be fair, $1 million is enough to ensure you lose all your non-millionaire friends, but not enough to buy anything entirely worthwhile. On “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” you see the disheveled souls claiming that if they won the million, they’d go and buy an island and move there with Brad Pitt. These days, $1 million can only get you a house in Auckland, and being completely realistic, you aren’t going to pull Brad Pitt along with it. Every year in New Zealand, 38 people become millionaires. So why, we must ask, isn’t everyone married to Brad Pitt? Why is the sky not full of personal helicopters? And why can’t you order a side of tiger tail and panda ears at your local restaurant? The simple fact of the matter is that, to live what we perceive to be the “Millionaire Lifestyle”, we would need closer to $5 million. On top of that, Helen Clark is going to help herself to 40%, leaving you with $3 million. You then buy the beachfront property, leaving you with $1 million cash. That sounds great doesn’t it? But wait just one second! As part of the elite “rich”, you must holiday in the most expensive of tourist destinations. You’re going to be taking the family in the front of the plane, not forgetting the nanny of course, to holiday in Hawaii every year. After 10 years of that, all you’re going to have to show for your $5 million, is an expensive house, a great suntan, and surly children who would have rather gone to the local High School. So in reality, to live a real “Millionaire Lifestyle”, you really need $10 million, at which point your bank balance is larger than your account number. Once this is the case, you are going to spend the rest of your nights at some charity auction or another, where you are expected to bid on the “Big Lot”. So, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Not me thanks.