common casting: the liveblog-- FRIDAY!!

so no blog yesterday b/c of los tunos.

TONIGHT
6:34 omg dead there are literally 11 people tabling for literally 2 auditioners.
6:45 Barry attempts to remember what exactly happened last night. He's pretty sure he touched Charlize Theron's face.
7:20 Jekyll & Hyde has like 42 people sitting behind the table. It's super-intims except they're all pretty freshman girls, so less intims. Also, they have hummus.
7:25 There are mad opportunes here.
7:41 And rachel flynn said let there be music. And there was music. Nelson is being mad business-y. This is nelson:

buy, sell, buy, sell.

common casting: the liveblog-- WEDNESDAY!!

8:26 Yo, ish is mad boring. Perhaps this whole liveblogging thing was a bad plan. I feel like Morgan Spurlock on Day 12 of Project SuperSize or like Morgan Spurlock on Day 1 of his prison sojourn for 30 Days.
8:28 The HRDC Board attempts to sell T-shirts. Beth Shields models. Ben Glaser: "I don't think I can adequately see the T-shirt while it's on you."
8:30 Rachel Flynn wants to be referred to as Rachel "sweetass" Flynn. I think this is a name you have to earn. Feel better, Rheeq.
8:33 People are damn demanding. It's like they want to be blogged about, but they only want to be blogged about positively. Matt Stone wants me to mention his big, watery eyes... case in point:

His youthful vibrance is positively exhausting.
8:39 Jonah: "Don't think you're better friends with him now than me. I know his favorite colors and animals and stuff. And I know the places he likes to be touched in the night."
Sachi: "You know I'm going to blog about this, right?"
Jonah: "Let the world know, I'm not ashamed."
8:44 Ben Glaser is trying to enlist Matt Stone for Satire V ("Have you ever considered employing your humorous potential for other media... like the written word?).
8:45 HAND CHECK

8:55 A move to the Ag. Far classier here.

A tender moment between Jonah and Arlo. I think it looks like it should be in a Harvard admissions brochure.
Rachel: So I was in class today and the teacher- I mean, professor, I'm not four.
Caroline: You're not poor? What?
9:05 Barry takes out a really delicious looking sandwich.

9:08 Apparently, the last picture was too happy. Here's a judgier one.

Shrink Arlo assesses Jonah's problems. He has a lot of them.
9:12 The conversation turns to how fast it takes people to take a bra off and whether people keep their eyes open or closed. Barry shows us his making out face.
9:15 Gus, Barry and Rachel think I should start my thesis with one of the following things...
-Some people think improv is a pre-cursor to sketch. They are wrong.
-From the dawn of time...
-Improv is fun. That's what I used to always think.
-Webster's dictionary defines improv as...
9:17 Freshmen are doing work. I should probably work on my thesis.

9:20 Caroline says she is having problems with her tank top.
My response: You're not showing any more skin than you did in Respectably French, am I right?
::blank stares::
Me: Oh come on, nobody watches Respectably French???
Caroline: I've actually watched it a lot of times.
Me: You mean a lot of... times?
Caroline: ...
Where is Ben Steiner when you need him??
9:30Rachel gets frustrated that her "Sketches" compatriots are nowhere to be found and tells us we're all called back. 9:31Sara Wick shows up, meaning Barry and I do indeed have to audition. We do a steamy love scene.
9:45Peace out! Project Runway time!!!! Here's hoping Ricky gets strangled by his hats.

common casting: the liveblog-- TUESDAY!!

9:00 pm Things were super fun for about five minutes. Then people peaced out. People are freaking out because the Sweeney list is too long.
9:03 Sam Linden claims he has perfect pitch. I forgot about how much fun it was spending our fall common casting together. Steve Travierso looks cute in a blazer...

9:10 Kara's wearing a sassy half-pony and doing her typical bound. Sam is trying to teach me how to do accents.
9:18I find my inner voice but can't understand it because it because it speaks only in Bantu.
9:20 I attempt to go to the bathroom but have little success.
9:31 Sting performs "Hits of the HRDC."
9:50 Sweeney auditions are over. Matt Stone is clearly jealous that more people want to try out for Sweeney than Castaways, even though only a quarter of the school is even allowed to audition for Castaways. His eyes are too big and salamander-y to pull off the whole bitter, jaded thing.
9:53OMG Someone hijacked my computer and wrote scurrilous things (Dflanz' word). This is a travesty. For the sake of posterity and the integrity of my liveblog, I will not be deleting what they liveblogged. However, I am italicizing what the mystery blogger wrote so that I don't get blamed for their UNFUNNY-NESS.
9:55 Jonah just asked me if I wanted to go to PleasureTown. Matt Stone and Nelson leave to make love.
9:56 Derek Flanzreich would like to be referred to as a sex symbol. KDancewicz wants to be referred to as "rising campus star." They both look like assholes. The gossipgeek fame is going to DFlanz' head.
9:59 Jonah, Sam and I relive Children of Eden... as I do most of my life. This is a result of Sam unnecessarily harmonizing with crappy pop songs really loudly, per usual.
10:25 Every play and their mom has peanut butter cups. What the eff is up with that? I mean, I love them, but really... ORIGINALITY, PEOPLE. Sam keeps calling "Blasted" the only play with two forms of anal intercourse. I declare myself the only blogger with two forms of anal intercourse... I'm not really sure what that means.
10:30 Jonah and Kia are on the swing. Jonah is making faces at me. Kyle and I miss Ben Steiner. Literally. Caroline Rose is reading the Bible. Rilo Kiley plays faintly.
10:45 OBenz is trying to rival-blog me. She thinks she's been blogging longer than I have, but she has no idea... Jonah words of wisdom: "If you can't sing for a gremlin, you can't sing for an audition." I just discovered Photo Booth.
10:49 I think my blog needs some G.O.G.A. (girl on girl action, not to be confused with BOBA), so I ask Tisa to make out with me. DFlanz tells WKlyce that these are the best two days of his life because he's seen him twice. I smell bromance.
GETTING READY

AND HERE WE GO

10:53 Tisa Vo has contracted the Rendang.
10:59 It just got a whole lot more fergalicious in here. I'm surrounded by acapeople. Kyle just asked me if I was still auditioning for things and was shocked and chagrined that, in fact, I am not.
11:03 CAROLINE ROSE JUST BROKE A CHAIR AND FELL THROUGH ONTO THE FLOOR. IT WAS HILARIOUS.

DFlanz said he loves it when I talk dirty to him. Eat your heart out, gossipgeek.
11:08 Barry and Alison are literally whoring themselves out for people to audition for Children's Theatre. Barry attempts the Zac Efron dance. Alison screams at Kyle, "They're never going to call you!!!" A peanut butter cup fight breaks out.
11:09 Calm has been restored to the Ex. Matt Bohrer and Kyle are both practicing their Sweeney songs softly in my ears at the same time. It's a little weird, and by weird, I mean hot.

11:10 CRoseG: "Why is the Bible, like, so random?"
11:14 OBenz: "I remember these balls. They're so much fun." TVo: "I want to play with the balls too." This room is full of SLUTS. JEZEBELS.
11:16 OBenz: "See? Guys think I'm cute because I dance badly." I am currently judging her. With love.
11:20We named the Gremlin "Princess Gremmykins the 14th." Tisa says I need to leave for mental health reasons.
11:23 Things are getting lame, so I have resorted to survey questions. Kevin Ferguson and Tisa have the same favorite sex toy... THE RABBIT. Scoped! Sara Wright's favorite pump-up jam is "Lose Yourself" by Eminem. I think the night is coming to an abrupt close... (Tisa: "Seems pretty drawn out to me.")
11:27 Good night, dear readers. See you tomorrow... you know you love me. gossip girl.

common casting: the liveblog

I'm liveblogging common casting tonight, so come by anytime this week to relive the mayhem.

MONDAY
7:00 Ok, so kind of late, but better late than never. It's like medium energy level at the EX. No swing. When I was a freshman, I really wanted to be confident enough to get up on the swing, but was terrified I would hurt myself.
7:03 Matt Bohrer informs me I smell like flowers. HRDC president Allison Kline looks authoritative and hot. Super hot. Also, she doesn't want me to liveblog about her, but I told her that if she's going to be the HRDC president, she has to prepare to be an A-list campus celebrity. Fame is hard.
7:11 "Harvard theatre veteran" Barry Shafrin directs my attention to Jason J. Wong's op-ed on race and theatre.
I think it's actually really good and not as controversial as everyone seemed to be worrying about. I will mull it over and have more to say when I'm not trying to be pithy and hilarious... and failing.
7:20 omg I just figured out that they have play-doh. this is a momentous occasion.
7:22 AKline thinks I'm being creepy and tells the Ex that when she is old, her grandkids will think blogs are lame. The Beauty and the Beast soundtrack is over and they have moved on to the Nutcracker. I think I should check out the Ag...
7:38 The Ag is so quiet.. no music. :( Also too bright for my tastes. Rheeq and I ran into Mamram on our way here and she tap danced on the steps of the Ag for me. It was soups hot. Now Rheeq is sick of me telling people about the liveblog and has developed a sass. That's right. A sass.
7:45 Kia McLeod just put on JT... That's right, it's a party. Caroline Rose feels like she is being watched. Isn't this the quintessential issue in sociology/academics/blogging/stalking? How best to capture a moment without changing it by attempting to capture it... THINK ABOUT IT.
7:52 HRDC President emeritus Kara Kaufman just made an appearance calling for Sweeney. Her boobs look really pretty, all of them. Ms. Scharff would be P.O.ed. I tried to make her say, "This is my last Common Casting," but she refused. One of these days, we're going to have to deal with it.
8:28 PEAK TIME!!! I just auditioned for Twelfth Night. Candy report: Peppermint patties, peanut butter cups, gummi worms. The Ex is hopping now. Kind of. Except that they are playing Beauty and the Beast AGAIN. Mamram report: On the move, heading to the Ag, writing a song about AKline. Jonah Priour has a medium beard. Less than he had when he was shooting for some VES movie. But more than usual. He says he is trying to look manly for Sweeney, but I informed him that Sweeney is a barber and would never let his beard get scruffy... or anyone else's.
8:30 Jack Fishburn just squeezed play-doh through his fingers and said "This is what Harvard theater does to me." But Dan Pecci says that it guarantees you a part in a Ben Stiller film... So I suppose you win some, you lose some.
8:34 OMG. The duchess (arich) and I just found mikehoagland.com, thanks to the petch.
8:37 PECS A PLENTY.
8:43 wow, it just cleared out. but petri wants me to announce her entrance. and let me tell you, she is here. and stealing people's textbooks. dan pecci doesn't like smart people. also he said he is responsible for rape and suicide. MORE IMPORTANTLY, ben rigged up the swing in the dark. it is miraculous.
9:00 I AM ON A SWING.
9:02 Alana Ju wants me to liveblog her giving me a lap dance. But it's far more difficult than I thought it'd be because I need my computer to be on my lap to liveblog. The Jekyll & Hyde crew emerges from their Rehearsal Room lair. Jonah and I are going to audition for the Freshman Musical together... we have big things planned.
9:15 Ali, Petri, Chris Schleicher and I are learning the Zac Efron Bet On It dance via YouTube.


9:43 The Ag is now far inferior to the Ex. Except that Paige Martin aka She Who Walks on Her Hands and the Magnificent Claire Eccles are here.
10:00 I brought 3 balls from the Ex to the Ag and was attempting to juggle. None too successfully.
10:15 Home for the night... Kara and I share a sentimental moment. Only four days left. :( See you tomorrow!