Sparkle & Shine

jeans: bdg from Urban Outfitters, tank: the addison story from Nordstrom, heels: Dolce Vita from Nordstrom

Although I had nothing at all to do today I thoroughly enjoyed my day!  Cleaned up my apartment a little bit and am thinking that I might decorate a bit tomorrow.  But I am about to go to meet Carolyn at Mars Bar to grab a drink or something and maybe with my roommate as well.  Excited to get out of the house!  And also to hangout with Carolyn again...

Woof!

jeans: Levis, shoes: bdg from Urban Outfitters, thermal: UW 

Yesterday, I went to rehearsal (THIS PLAY IS GONNA ROCK!) and then meeting up with Dani for the first Husky game!  We lost, however, we played well.  Still no running game, but we looked like we had some defense, which I can't wait to see more of.

Dani and I then went on and grabbed some dinner at Von's and went onto Amber in Belltown where we met up with Mikaela.  Fun night!  I love hanging out with my ladies.

Fashion Faux Passable MAKEOVER!

I meant to mention this in the last post, but the blog has gotten a MAKEOVER!  So, for all of you email readers, you should check it out!  It's much more fashion-y now.

Love it!

Dog Days of Summer

dress: Zara, belt: H&M, boots: Mia from Nordstrom Rack, scarf (not pictured): gift from grandma, bracelet: coral from Hawaii

It's the last nice day (probably) and oh am I enjoying it! I am in a little dress and rocking the boots and totally just enjoying the heat for what will probably be one of the last nice days of the year... I always get like this at the end of summer (especially at the end of a craptastic summer like this one...), but in about a week, when I get to break back into all my scarves, hats, gloves, boots, tights, socks and coats then I get all excited again.  I get a whole new wardrobe whenever the weather changes!

Yesterday was pretty darn epic.  Yoga was so small and she knew all of us so she definitely worked us HARD.  My obliques are yelling at me a bit for sure.  Then I had my first real staging/blocking rehearsal and WOW this show is gonna be GREAT!  It is so much fun already and seriously, Candy is ridiculous.  I am loving her.  At the meet-and-greet Dan said something about how every character has a line (or a few) in the play which really outline their position on life and the theft and last night was the first time Candy gets to say hers.  And she says it A LOT.  All different variations and wordings, but basically it boils down to: "I love this money!" And I do.

 I can't wait to get the real money and really feel her excitement throughout... Yesterday we were using all these bags of shredded paper and... they kinda got everywhere.  I even found some on my floor when I got changed for bed late last night... It was ridiculous, but super nice to have "business" to do onstage throughout the scene.  It was a good rehearsal (although I think anytime a director tells me "I like it when you play with his chest hair" that counts as a good rehearsal).

After rehearsal I wandered downstairs (literally, RIGHT DOWNSTAIRS) to FFOK where I got to hangout with new people and some of the regulars too. But no one that I really knew was there... so at one point everyone I was sitting with got up and left me at the same time, so I turned around to try to join in at the table behind me and as I was about to introduce myself and one of the guys (before I even said my name) goes "It's Gina!"  I am totes known at FFOK...  Then (finally) I got to sing some musicals "When You're Good to Mama" and "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" (thought of you on that one, Dad & Pam!).  I truly heart FFOK...

Super excited to get off at 1PM today and then wander over to Steph's to look in on the kitteh and take a little rooftop nap?  Perhaps... then I think I'm gonna wander down to Costco to pick up my contacts and meet my Mama at the M's game!  Good night off from rehearsal and the start of a great 3-day weekend!

Ruffles and Lace

tank: Forever 21, sweater: Mod Cloth, jeans: current/elliot from Nordstrom,
shoes: bdg from Urban Outfitters

Oh man, this dialect stuff is harder than I thought... I seem to either go into Georgia style slow drawn out drawwwwwl or else into the Texan clipped twang and North Carolinian?  Somewhere in between the two (with an emphasis on any "o" and "r" sounds)...  Although it did give me a GREAT excuse to call Kristi!  She's gonna email me some dialect stuff and help me out if I need it.  PLUS I miss her, so YAY good excuses!

Today is the insanity that is work, yoga, rehearsal.  Should work out, though.  I believe in me.  If I could make it to ACT by 730 last week, then I can DEF make it to Annex by 8 tonight.  And then FFOK!  I love first and third Thursdays!

Tomorrow is a short work day (YES!).  We get off at 1PM and then I have M's tickets with my mama at 715 that night.  I also might head up to Annex afterwards and hit up Spin the Bottle.  I kinda feel like I should now that I am an Annex-er, plus Brendan Kiley is gonna get pie'd in the face and I kinda wanna see that.  That and I have a few friends who are performing... Yeah., I'll probably end up there...

Saturday I have rehearsal from 12-4 and then am meeting Dani at Auto Battery on the Hill to watch the FIRST HUSKY FOOTBALL GAME!  Super excited!  Also, really hoping we get outta rehearsal a little early so I can make kick-off!  And then... the next two days off?  I have no plans.  Jess & I might clean our apartment, maybe hang up a few more posters, etc... make our it look like we actually live there and such... but yeah.  Nothing else to do.  I might try to knock a few things off of my to-do list, but generally I got nothing.

Also, super amused by the look on the left.  I look like I am on drugs.  Not sexy, Gina...

The Infamous September Issue

Oh, Vogue... Why must you be so stingy with what you share on your website?  There are no links to articles, except the cover article.  Definitely nothing for your article "Va Va Boom", extolling the virtues of the Victoria's Secret models on the runway in the fall shows.  Nothing but this behind-the-scenes video from the shoot... And this Nordstrom spread on your Fall Must-Haves. W Magazine shares (oh, how they share!), but alas, you are your own entity.  And a very miserly one at that.

I did find a few pictures and I will share them here... Just not all the ones I had wanted...

50's styles (and a BUSTLE!)

Nick Cave for Vogue--LOVE!

Sweaters are the new black for Fall

Karlie Kloss in Dior cape & vest

Total Domination

tunic: hawk for Urban Outfitters, sweater: Lux for Urban Outfitters, leggings:  Bebe, boots: Chinese Laundry from Norstrom

There is nothing quite like a good night's sleep in nice, clean sheets to make me realize I really should do my laundry more often... I now have clean clothes and am so excited to wear some of those items that have been living at the bottom of my laundry basket for the last few months...

We have a dialect workshop tonight (North Carolinian--yeah, it's JUST as hard to place as you think it would be...) and I can't wait to get some more guidance on where I should be heading with this character (linguistically, at least).  I think that working specifically with the voice will definitely help Candy take shape.  Tomorrow, I start actual script work and then Saturday I have four whole hours of rehearsal!  And then hopefully, a little Husky football with Dani!