My favorite thing...

 So basically I love coffee. So much I love coffee. Mmmmmm...best. And I came across this quote today and it is a great way to describe why I love coffee so much.

"Well, there are problems that even coffee can't solve. But coffee - coffee is a hug in a cup and a hug is always a good place to start, don't you think?"--Blaine from Little Numbers (fanfic)

So there you go. That is why I love coffee. Have a great day!!

Silly post...you are just a bunch of pictures...

Sometimes...I just want to...kill...people...with a dull ice cream scoop...

No big deal.

My other family...

My life is...insane to say the least... I spend the vast majority of my life at my high school going to school or having rehearsal for my two shows. In fact, I have seen my drama teacher more in the past three weeks than I have seen my mom. But you know what, it's not that bad. I have a second family. My other family.

My other family consists of my cast members and directors who have become my closest friends. In fact at the beginning of the school year I "adopted" every member of the drama department and it is not uncommon to hear people calling me "Mom" and asking for my advice or more likely my phone so they can play games.

I love these kids. I have had some of the most meaningful, most emotional, most tiring, and most memorable experiences surrounded by these people. I love them all and I am so grateful that I have been given the opportunity to work with them. I can't wait to see what amazing things they will do in their lives.

I love you kids!!

Love,

Mama Keaton

Prop 8...finally...thank the flying spaghetti monster...

For those of you who haven't heard, Prop 8 (the law that denies marriage to same sex couples) was voted unconstitutional by an appeals court. It will move on to one higher court and then finally the Supreme Court. If the Supreme Court rules Prop 8 as unconstitutional then no state, not a single one will be able to deny marriage to same sex couples.

This issue is very near and dear to my heart. My two best friends in the world are gay and they have been dating each other for a long time. They love each other and have one of the greatest relationships I have ever seen. Unfortunately, though they are respectable citizens and follow all the laws of the land they receive less rights and privileges than I do. They can't get married. They can't show to the world that they have promised their lives to each other. 

I have been advocating same sex marriage since Prop 8 was proposed and when it was approved I was devastated. It is not fair. Same sex couples deserve all the same rights as anyone else. They are people. They are citizens of the United States. They are human beings. These are reason enough to allow them to be able to share in the same rights and ceremonies of every straight person, citizen, and human.

Love is love. And all couples deserve to show that love and begin a family formed on a loving marriage.

Support Love. Support same sex marriage.

Sick...

I had some really great plans for what I was going to do today. I was going to finish memorizing my lines for both of the shows I am in. I was going to start reading the next novel for AP Lit. I was going to catch up on homework. And I could have done it too, except for the fact that my body decided to go rogue and get sick. So, instead of getting things done I sat in my bed sleeping, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, and overall feeling terrible. 

It was completely miserable. I have not felt this sick in a very long time. Hopefully, I will be able to get up tomorrow and get to school so I will not have to make up any more work...yeah...that seems pretty far off. Well. Wish me luck. Night.

Paul Castree AKA The Sexy Ginger...

If you read my post a little bit ago you know that I got to attend some workshops taught by the amazing Paul Castree (he is an actor who has worked on Broadway in over 9 shows, so basically he is awesome). Well the first time I saw him I didn't realize at first who he was and I said to my friend Baylee, "Who is the sexy ginger?" I then realized the sexy ginger was indeed Paul Castree. Anyway...I attended almost every workshop he taught...so he probably thought I was stalking him...which may or may not have been true. And all these experiences that centered on Paul Castree led to my friend Baylee drawing me the following picture. It makes me so happy when I see it.