slacker

ok, so, i've slacked off; a lot has been going on. the big thing right now is the opera that i was recently in. i met some awesome people and ignited my passion for theater again. and further more inspired me to write my OWN MUSICAL (whoa!).  This is something big for me because well, i don't read or write music. i do hear it, but this will be a challenge for me. but it is a challenge i am willing to face headstrong.

I've written a lot of scripts and plays for church and radio, all of which were family oriented. My musical will not be. This might be a challenge for other people that know me. I've never written anything over "PG" and some people might not expect that of me, however i've had this vision that i've been dying to put out there. only time can tell what will happen, but i've written my first song for it and i can't wait to write more.

Think "sweeney todd" meets "jack the ripper" meets "sense and sensibility".  It's very gothic victorian, (however i will take liberties on the time period) and has a very dark sense of humor.

Well, that's all i have for now here's my rough draft of the first song:

Stupid Girls

Stupid girls with their head so inflated and then

Just sitting, waiting, like a worm hooked and baited, and when

They were done and their lover was finished they knew

There wasn’t any chance, foolish romance, did what they wanted to and

When they were slaughtered, how precious their daughters

And when they are buried their bodies were carried

We plead in the nave while they rot in their graves

And, Oh, how foolish one can be

So Ignorant and naive

Intoxication has spread

Unfortunate since you’ll soon be dead

Stupid girls that boast for only one reason then just

Fertilizing seeds when the men are in season and thus

Judgment consumes emotional drama ensnares and then

They realize, all half truths and lies, now unavailable

Their destined to lose so enthralled in their muse

Live, laugh and procreate in time they disintegrate

No memory of them just pure amusement for him

And, Oh, how foolish one can be

So Ignorant and naive

Intoxication has spread

Unfortunate since you’ll soon be dead

Now in that last instance, they tremble in silence

Regret their decision, and beg for remission

They scream one last time, While In sync with the chime

But their bodies are found, in the dirt on the ground

And…

Oh, how foolish one can be

So Ignorant and naive

Intoxication has spread

Unfortunate since you’ll soon be dead

How foolish one can be

So Ignorant and naive

Intoxication has spread

Unfortunate since you’ll soon be dead

Copy Right 

Amanda Gish

a very merry steampunk christmas

as i have stated in my last post, this christmas i have decided to have a steampunk theme. here is my progress thus far:

 tree topper

 before 

 after

 

christmas

as a child, christmas is one of the most amazing and exciting holidays you could ever imagine. waiting for the reindeer's hooves to sound on the roof, and the jingle of santa's sleigh was something so extraordinary it could only be explained bye magic. this was christmas in the movies, this was christmas through a child's eyes. however, as you grow up, christmas becomes a little less intriguing, with the exposure of the santa's fraudulent identity and for some reason, you realize how terribly marketed christmas becomes, the money, the grumpy attitudes, how greedy people act during this so called "happy holiday season". three years ago i lost my christmas spirit. that's right, gone, goodbye, vamooshed. someting was missing; i was depressed; i didn't believe anymore. i still believed in the reason we have it, jesus was still number one in my life, but... everything was wrong. then something happened. when thomas and i started dating, everything seemed to turn around. my paradigm changed, i was somewhat optimistic... about life! now, three years later i am planning my first christmas party and cannot wait to put up decorations!

this year i have decided to get everything at thrift stores, dollar stores, and garage sales. i want to make decorations and make them different! this years theme - steampunk! i am so excited about this. you don't see it very often. the victorian era is one of my favorite and i can't wait to find gears, pocket watches, vacuum tubes for decorations! this should a christmas in the making!

i still hate how christmas is marketed, it should be about God, family, and friends, but my spirit is back, and i want to help people everywhere remember the real meaning of christmas!

In due time

the arts, design, create, write, dance, whatever it is - i will do my best to write about it.