My Days in the Theater!

Here's an outfit I wore last week.

And now, today's bit-o-Rachel's life is....

 My days in the theatre! (pronounced theatuh)

That's right! I used to fancy myself an actress! I was in about a dozen plays in high school, nearly all of them being musicals. My first big roles started coming when I was in 11th grade, and there were really only three of them. First, I was the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz. I even got to sing a couple songs from Wicked until we got in trouble for not buying the rights for it. Oops.

 Next, I was in my high school's production of Little Women, in the lead role of Jo. It was a freaking dream come true, and I took it so seriously. No one else did, and I got pretty uptight. Like "WHY DON'T YOU KNOW YOUR LINES DON'T YOU CARE ABOUT THIS?!?!?!" uptight. I don't think my cast-mates liked me too much.

The last play I ever did was Aida, right before I left for college. I played the title role, who is one of two star-crossed lovers in Ancient Egypt. She and her boo die at the end. This picture is one of my favorites, because even though we're in a "tomb", I'm a sucker for twinkling lights.

So there you go! I used to be a theater kid! Bet you didn't know that! Unless you knew me in highschool. I was actually pretty good at it (in a big-fish-small-pond sort of way). I miss it sometimes. I loved being on stage and singing because I'm pretty stuck on myself haha. But now the only singing I do is in my car!

Here's a video of me singing and dancing in all of it's home-movies glory. I'm the one in the middle with the pants and the fake hair. I don't know if it will let you watch it, since it's from someone else's facebook.