Oh hey guys. Were you expecting something serious this week from me, considering my last blog post?
Well let me let you in on a little secret.
Expect nothing from me.
Let’s talk about Mean Girls: The 2023 Musical of Naperville North High School.
If you’ve been wondering how it’s going, it’s going. I am beginning to write this blog post in my seventh period statistics class (sorry Mr. Rohl :,<…) and as of right now, we have yet to start tech week!
It is now Tuesday. Tech week day one was… well honestly, I don’t know. I am so tired right now I have no idea.
Here’s the thing, guys.
That was, for the seniors, the last first day of tech week most of us will ever have for the rest of our lives. Which is WILD. Anyways.
My character (oh my gosh oh my gosh Ms. Norbury!!! Oh my gosh oh my gosh come see the show!!) is a teacher. I teach AP Calculus. Which is ironic, because I take AP Statistics. However. I am a teacher, which is (GET THIS GUYS) an adult. WHICH MEANS??? Great question. So glad you asked.
I do nothing in this show. Which is FANTASTIC.
Because my character is an adult, I am basically exempt from every and all dance breaks in the show. And when do most dance breaks happen? In all of the whole-cast songs. Because most of the whole-cast songs take place in a high school or a setting that would be filled with high school students. And it makes no sense for a teacher to be dancing with a bunch of high school students, because I’m not gonna lie, that would be weird. So I get to sing the song off stage, but I don’t have to memorize blocking or move set pieces or anything like that. It. Is. Amazing.
Oh my gosh!! No way!! It’s Wednesday now!! Let me give you a little update on last night:
NOTHING HAPPENED!! Woohoo. In more exciting news, my girlfriend (Eva? Her? Yeah you might have heard of her but uhh no she goes to a different school you don’t know her…. ((I am a comedic genius))) showed me what Chat GBT is. I am. Loving it. I am currently in the middle of an adventure in…. A forest?? I’m not really sure, I only messed around with it for a little while yesterday, but wow. It is entertaining. I have always loved making up stories in my own head, and ever since I realized I could hold a pretty consistent day dream, I would make up adventures and tales before I went to bed. I take genuine hours to fall asleep if I’m not tired enough. So, what better way to spend it than making up stories? Anyways. This way, I get to write them out and have them progress, but not with every plot point thought out for me. It’s great, like a story I make but still get surprised with.
Anyways.
Who cares about that? Back to the main point of this blog.
TECH WEEK!
In all honesty, tech week is moving forward pretty well, and pretty quickly. I have been on stage twice in all of the things we’ve blocked, so I do end up with a lot of free time (which is super nice). I get to watch how everything plays out without the stress of being yelled at by Mr. Janssen (sorry Mr. Janssen :,<). Dinner last night was pasta night which, while not my favorite night, the salad they had out too was actually really good. So, totally worth it.
Today is Thursday. Originally, my plan was to finish this by yesterday but obviously, that didn’t happen. So I am currently sitting in my WIN class for AP Lit test prep and writing this (sorry Mr. Williams :,<). Tech last night was fine. I did nothing. Literally nothing. Which kinda sucked, but I got a lot of time to chill out and lose my mind. Dinner was Chick-fil-a, which, I gotta be real with you right here right now, is not as good as Culver’s chicken sandwiches. Super boring, super tiring night.
With all of that said, it feels weird to be writing this as my last blog post of the year. I’m worried about where the end of the year will take us, especially with the voices project & AP tests looming over us. I know it’s going to be a hard end of the year, and not emotionally – I think I just really don’t want to think about the AP tests right now, I cannot lie. In the end of it all, I hope you all ‘’’finish strong’’’ as one Mr. John B Fiore keeps telling us. But in all seriousness, I do hope you all have a fantastic end of your year, and a wonderful summer. We are genuinely a month and a day out from graduating high school, which is wild. So, with all that said, thank you again, and I wish you all the best. I’m Megan Colburn, but you can call me Meg.
Hey, Meg! It’s a little bittersweet to see this final blog. I really feel all the nostalgia hit me when you mention it’s the “last” of kind of a LOT of things. Whenever I heard Seniors tell Freshman me that “time goes by fast”, I didn’t believe them. But look at where we are. It’s insane to look back at all of our devotions and contributions that we’ve made to this community. I think it’s absolutely wonderful that you’re so passionate about theatre and tech. It’s so intriguing to hear you talk about it because I definitely regret not involving myself in more NNHS clubs. You getting the role of Ms. Norbury is a bit surprising to me because you really give main character energy. Your voice and expressive acting is perfect for any role in fact. I haven’t watched “Mean Girls” in a very long time, but I’m sure you’ll encapsulate Ms. Norbury very well. I liked how you segmented your blog into separate days, counting down until tech week. Tech week sounds great. It’s good to hear that you’re not being overwhelmed by something you love, especially when it’s the last memory you’ll have of it. I empathize with your concern for the last stretch of this year, but I like to imagine it as the last stretch of the 4 years. So let’s finish strong! And as I always say, “we’re Seniors”. Let’s embrace that and take each day at a time.
Thanks for the final blog, Meg! Break a leg! 🙂
Hello Meg,
This blog was interesting because I got to hear a perspective that I’ve never gotten to see before in regards to performing arts. In my blog post, I mentioned I was a musician (classical music, to be precise). In preparation for a concert, we don’t have a “week” of rehearsals— we typically have one dress rehearsal an hour or two before the concert where we run the program in its entirety and make those necessary last-minute changes. After a dress rehearsal, I’m exhausted, so, finally getting to my point, I can’t imagine what tech week must be like for you. That sounds like an enormous amount of time. The thing, though, is that musicians do most of their practice alone, at home for 1-2 hours a day, but perhaps actors/singers do that in addition to their usual practices, I don’t know. Your chick-fil-a comment is crazy, by the way. Also, I find it funny how you apologized to our teachers in your blog post; whenever I do work for other classes while I am in a given teacher’s class, I always feel a little guilty. It’s strange how in a month we are graduating, but honestly this month has been going really slow, have you felt the same? Thanks for sharing.