The Drama Master Class at the conference was much better this year. I got to refine a couple of monologues rather than play a bunch of hokey theater games. It was much more informative and useful, and I really liked our teacher. I still feel somewhat bad about my performance, becuase I kinda waited till I got there to prepare the monologues, and I don't feel like I did my best at the presentation, but oh well. It's over now, it was a generally good experience, the other actresses kicked ass, and I don't have to stress about it any more. Yay!

The hotel that the conference was held in was SO posh. The Grand America Hotel blew the Palmer House and the Mariott Marquis clean out of the water. Clearest example of this: the bathrooms. Instead of paper towels or a hand drier, they had individual wash clothes. Not really that big of a deal, but no other hotel has had that. Besides, the stalls were the real kicker. Not only were the floors and walls of each stall made of a whirling red marble, but also there was a chandelier in each bathroom stall. ... Let me say that again, there was a chandelier in each bathroom stall. I'm sorry, it doesn't get any more posh than that. Talk about unnecessary opulence.

Oh, another thing, this guy that owns the Grand America, he payed for this entire hotel to be built in cash. That's friggin rich. The dude's got seven or eight other hotels of comparable quality that he is making truckloads of dough off of. ... Cash, freaking CASH! And most people go into debt for 12 or more years just to pay off their mortgages! Ga'sheesh!

Also want to mention, this was my first flight since I was a baby, and damn are take-offs sexy. I mean, I know it would get mundane if I did it all the time, but just for that maybe 45 seconds where the engines kick in and you get dragged up into the sky, ooooh, I liked it. Of course, I like high-up places and exhilaration. Not everyone likes things like that, but I thought it was awesome. The only thing sexier on this trip was the steam room. (Conference-goers got to use some of the spa facilities for free. Sadly, a massage would still have been expensive, so I didn't get one, but the free stuff was still very relieving.) I mean, lordy, we went from the heat-spa thingy (which was nice), to the steam room (which was hot and thickly enveloping and, when used at intervals, felt fabulous), to the the citrus and cucumber showers. Those things kicked butt too, especially since the water wasn't abrasive like at school, and because the shower head was hand held instead of stuck on the wall. If the water pressure had been greater, the showers would have been a sufficient massage in themselves. By far my favorite part was the steam room, though. I want to have one of those things to step into every day to de-stress. Think we could get a few built in Tech's fitness center? :-)

Oooh, and guess what else, I saw Charlie today! Yay! I hadn't seen him all semester. Seems like he's doing real well. I be happy. Yay for NCHC being over, drama being over, the school week being over (even though I'll be doing a lot of work to catch up this weekend), and me seeing Charlie. Rock ON!

What Will You Do Without Me?
Tuesday, October 29, 2002

You can get lost between the moon and Salt Lake Cit-y! ;-) I'm gone till Sunday. NCHC is this week. I wish it was next week, because I still need to catch up on a lot, but maybe this will be a nice break or something. (I doubt it.) It should definitely be fun though. Conferences usually are. I like the presentations, and it'll be interesting to see how they organize the drama master class this year.