Nature of the Beast

I dragged my tired, sickly butt to the audition last night, and I feel it went quite well. I was able to perform and get every note out including a nice sustained high D at the end of the aria. The only thing that I would like to have had more of would have been power, but you can only produce so much when you're sick and with my ears stopped up right now, I couldn't tell you if it was loud enough anyway. Too bad I have to wait to find out if I got the job or not, but again I'm getting used to rejection. In a business like this, you get a 100 no's before you get 1 yes...it's the nature of the beast. Speaking of Beasts, Dicapo Opera's production of Beauty and the Beast goes up this weekend and I've been contracted to do the Hair and Make-Up for the production. This week is going to be a bit tough, especially in the rest department, but I'll make it through...let's just hope I don't get any sicker.

As for the weight gain, 2.5 lbs. are already gone...the fluctuations are really annoying, but that's the way it is when you're a girl. I just have to continue on my healthy regiment and do my best, 'cause really that's all one can do. At least the scale is going the right direction, and my body is totally sore and worn out, so I must be accomplishing something. Currently my only complaint is that Jake (the awesome personal trainer boyfriend) is working sooo much lately that I don't know when I'm going to get in a boxing session again. I'll probably have to wait until the weekend, so I'll come up with other ways of challenging myself in the gym...ooh like that Fat Burning Pilates class they have on Fridays, it's really fun.

Ebola

So I'm doing pretty good with the goal to tone up everything that jiggles. In fact after my little boxing work-out with Jake (the awesome personal trainer boyfriend) last night, I can officially say, "Ow, I'm sore." The good side is that I'm feeling strong, the bad side is that after the week of working-out pretty regularly and efficiently, I'm showing a 4 lb. gain. I realize this is temporary, but boy does it stink! I hate seeing the numbers go up on the scale when I'm doing good things for the bod. It's not like I sat and ate cheeseburgers with fries and a milkshake all weekend long (or at all for that matter, but that does sound pretty yummy...sorry). I actually ate pretty well and not massive amounts either...meh! That's ok, I'm gonna stick with my getting lean goal, and I know the scale will go the other direction eventually. I've got to persevere through this as with anything else in life: I will continue to eat lean & healthy and I will keep going to the gym and working my butt off!

Tonight I have the audition for the Bronx Opera. Normally I would be looking forward to the opportunity to sing, but I've had a bit of a cold over the weekend and my voice is not quite up to par. I'm not sure what's going to come out of my mouth, but hopefully I'll be able to perform well. I'd love another opportunity to do this show with a different production company. I've really got to stop getting sick! I live and work in the huge germ factory know as NYC and I've gotta step up the vitamins and rest if I'm gonna survive the latest outbreak of viruses & bacteria. Maybe I can reschedule my audition for tomorrow, but who knows how much difference a day will make? Besides it's not very professional of me to do it with less than 24 hours notice...so I'll suck it up and go. I'll tell ya tomorrow how it went.

Getting Jiggly With It...?

I thought of a fabulous new way to think of my weight loss goals...tone up anything that jiggles. It's ok if certain body parts stay buoyant and bouncy, but jiggly isn't it. I want to be a lean, mean singin' machine...and that's gonna take some extra effort at the gym (and at home). Thank goodness I'm dating/living with a personal trainer...I have all his equipment available to me at no charge :) Which means, no excuses :( So now it's time to suck it up and put in the extra effort. I have a lovely goal to look fabu in a bikini by Summer...and I know I'll see results by Spring. That's right girls, I'm goin' for the hot bikini bod...at least hot for my pasty, lily-white self...maybe I'll do a little spray on tanning if I do actually go out in public in a bikini. Actually another incentive to get in even better shape is that I may be doing The Impresario again with the National Lyric Opera...the same exact production in fact that had me wearing a bodystocking and feather pasties...so you KNOW that I'm gonna keep my butt in the gym for the next, oh I don't know, Forever! So the New Year is here and it's off to a good start I feel. I gave myself one last reprise of some unauthorized eating last week and now I'm back on my program of eating lean & healthy and working out.

Now for the follow-up to the hypnosis: Well that didn't happen...so there's no following-up, but there are plans for when the guy gets back in town (I believe in the Spring) so we'll catch up then on that front.

Singing-wise, I have a voice lesson tonight and have to decide what I'm going to sing for my upcoming audition for yet ANOTHER production of The Impresario, this time with the Bronx Opera. Now that I have the role under my belt, I'm hoping to go in and sing something that really knocks his socks off. I'll more than likely do the good ol' Laughing Song from Die Fledermaus since he wants an aria in English, and I only know the Mozart aria in German and would hate to try out a new English translation with only a week's preparation. Sure I could do it, but why stress over something new when I have a perfectly good English aria ready. Yet I know we'll probably go over the Mozart tonight and maybe touch on a new French Aria...sheesh...wish me luck!

Have a good day kids!