OPENING NIGHT PARTY!!!

WOO HOO!!! Premiere After Party Pics!

Sarah and Me


David H (AKA D-HUG), David C, Camilla, and Jeremy


Me and Therron


Leo, Ira, and Ben S.


Oh, had to have a picture with Leo's leg!


Jeremy, David C., Me, and D-HUG in the background


Candice and Me


Georgia, Laura, and Emma


Marie, The Make-Up Designer, and Rebecca. When Marie wears her glasses she looks just like Tina Turner!!


Sarah and Alice


Me and Cameron


Stephen and Me


Me displaying my impeccable self-pic skills.


Top Row: Rebecca, Corli, Heather, Leigh (The Choreographer), Anna Kate
Bottom Row: Nicole and Charlie
Sprawling: Naomi


Corli and Therron


Krysta and Me


Nicole, Michael, Camilla, and Candice


Heather, Me, and Anna Kate


Nicola, Jenna, and Jeremy


Jos, Leigh, and Ben


Julia, Therron, and Fiona


Anne Marie and Cameron


Naomi and Camilla


Brigitte and Me


Alice and Me


Stephen and Heather


17 year old Jos, 16 year old Emma, and 17 year old Leo


Jenna and David C.


Georgia and Charlie Dancing


Camilla and Leigh


Emma and Leo


Jeremy and Laura


Therron and Corli


Anna Kate


Ben and Camilla


D-HUG and Candice


Camilla and Cameron


Leo and Krysta


Naomi and Ben


Emma with a big girl drink


Laura and Emma



Me and Leo after Leo asking if I had been drinking. I reply, "No Leo, I have not drank since January and I'm not drinking till May 5th because I don't want to be hung over for a show." He then drunkenly grabs my camera to take this pic and drops my camera. Look at the fuzz.


Fuzz again


And then my camera died, BOO!!!

Oh well, it was a good night.

IT'S OPENING NIGHT!!!!

Anyone who knows me, knows I'm not very calm but here's how I looked when I woke up and realized tonight was opening night. I think my nervousness has been brought to a new level.




This kitty is a bit skittish.

Cats, Come One Come All. Come to the Jellicle Photo Call

Last night we finally made it to the theatre for the photo call so the programs could be made.

Here's Camilla and I after we put on our make-up, OURSELVES!!!


And us with all of our costumes on!


Just a close up of my head


and of the side of my skirt where my booty just sticks out.


Nicola as Cassandra


Kandice as Victoria The White, Pure Kitten (If They Only Knew Better)


Leo as The Magical Mr. Mistoflees


David C. as Tumblebrutus


Ben and Amy are Ensemble Cats...


As are D-HUG and Georgia...


And Dan and Simon.


Nicola and Jeremy. They're brother and sister. Can you tell?


Krysta, Cameron (Munkustrap), Jenna, Alice


Naomi as that Dirty Grizabella The Glamour Cat


Michael as The Rum Tum Tugger


And lastly, here is a little photo of what the scene Growltiger, with Griddlebone, will look like!



One week till opening night! I'm getting nervous! Hold me! Please?

Linda Goes Down Under

So, my dear mother has decided that she will finally take the plunge, get a passport and come see me in NZ. I think Cats was a major incentive, and why not?

She is bringing along her fellow Ladies of the South Park Salon Dee and Natalie. I hope they know that Will is their tour guide and as a result they have the following to look forward to as a part of their Will designed, personalized tour of the bottom of the world.

Of course their vacation will begin with an incredibly long flight that brings them to the thriving metropolis of Christchurch. While here their main attractions will be CATS starring me! Here's a little preview photo of what Camilla, my acrobatic partner, and I do best.


Yes, I am laying on the ground with my legs up in the air with Camilla propped up by them.

After the greatest theatre experience of their lives, we hop on another plane and head straight for Sydney. This could or could not be the Opera House as we see it when we arrive.


I'm hoping for the most picturesque experience possible. Nothing but the best for the girls on Will Guided Tours.

After Sydney we make our way to Cairns to see the world's one and only Great Barrier Reef. Here we'll scuba dive...


and surfing


Now, we'll bid adieu to Oz and make our way back to New Zealand. After picking up a car in Auckland we'll make our way to Rotorua where we'll do the extreme sport invented in New Zealand, ZORBING!!!



Can't you just see Linda in that big hamster ball?

After the North Island we'll go to the south and visit Queenstown where Mom can go...


BUNGY JUMPING!!

I think the 60 year old woman is up for it.

Whew! Let's hope their guide can keep up with these wild women.

Le premier anniversaire de Jolie, notre petite fleur

On this day one year ago, little Jolie was born! Sorry I couldn't be there to help you celebrate Jolie but I love you very much!

New Look

Here's a few looks as to how Mungojerrie could possibly look.






Any thoughts?

A National Tragedy

I know that most of you are probably sick of hearing about it, but I'm in New Zealand and don't have a TV and just can't get enough. I think it's really funny that Britney Spears is going crazy. Makes me feel like she's a little more like us, similar to that section in US Weekly. Celebrities are just like us....They suddenly shave off their hair in moments of indecision. They check into rehab for a day. They beat in people's cars with umbrellas.



Oh remember the days when all she had to do was make a Pepsi commercial to make it on the news.

Quick Update

Ok, so I'm so sorry I've been flaky and haven't been updating this blog to many of your likings, but that's just the way you roll when you've been dealing with Jessica Simpson's for 12 hours a day.

So in Blonde Ambition summation, I finally got to meet Rachel Leigh Cook, my high school guiding light. Fantastically enough, she was the best person in the cast. Very few weird quirks and not demanding in the least. You all should love her just because in one scene she looks like a Power Ranger. God Bless Her!

At one point during the movie, some of the set decoration people wanted to put me in a scene in the background on my tissu. I was exhausted and quickly put together this cruddy video in hopes to start my movie career. They decided not to use me. Oh well, that's showbiz!!!

Here's the video. I had set it up in the warehouse where they were filming. (In case you were wondering about the background.)



But my time in Shreveport has ended, and just about time. I think I was turning into a fried shrimp myself.

I came back to New Zealand on Jan. 12 to start rehearsals for CATS. It's been great and I can't wait to actually see how it comes out.

Here are previews of the costumes that Camilla and I will be wearing. Obviously I'm Mungojerrie and Camilla is Rumpelteazer.



Whew! That was quick and I left out so many details but hopefully now I won't feel overwhelmed about back tracking and will actually keep things up-to-date.

Just In Time For Christmas!!!

I want a FAO Schwartz soldier. Good thing David is one and on the cover of Wall Street Journal with CEO Ed Schmultz!!!!!

SHE'S ALL THAT AND NOTHING TO ME

So, yesterday I was assigned to purchase and wrap a bottle of wine and then deliver it to our star Rachel Leigh Cook. Now I remember little Rachel changing my life and that of all other high schoolers with her influential role as Laney Boggs in "She's All That" where she taught all of us that our lack of popularity resides only in our glasses, kind of like Superman's desguise is solely his spectacles. I'm not sure what that meant for me since I didn't wear glasses and now that I have some people say I look cuter.

Whatever, back to my story. I was on a mission to make her proud with my pickings and decoratings. I ran all over Shreveport driving Chris's monster of a Durango in the rain to reign victorious all while dodging bums and unnecessarily place medians. I went to Party City, to Super Target, and finally to World Market where I found what I wanted. Unfortunately to attach the card I needed a whole punch. I snuck into Office Max to merely sample the workings of their whole punches. Then I headed to her apartment just to get lost in this city that I have never driven in. Fun right? I call my trusty Assistant Prod. Coordinator and friend, Chris, to direct me and finally end up at the star's apartment a mere two hours later.

Finally, I arrive with my only saving grace being that I am going meet my high school guiding light. I walk up to the door and knock. No one answers. I knock louder. Still no answer. I walk away dejected and call back to the office to tell them I'm coming back and where I'd left the bottle. Through the phone I hear them say the apt of where I was supposed to leave the bottle. It was a different number!!! I interrupt and confirm that the number written down for me was wrong. It is indeed wrong. I hurry back, hoping the bottle hasn't been picked up. I grab it and run to the right place and knock loudly knowing that the encounter has finally come. No answer. All in vain. I drove through the rain in a foreign vehicle looking for the perfect embellishments for THE Rachel Leigh Cook and I don't even get to meet her. Worthless, it's all worthless.