just the beginning.

so right now i'm watching hannah montana, figuring it would be a good time to start this :) my name is rachel, i am almost six feet tall, and my passion is performing. ever heard the song thank you for the music by abba? i have been dancing before i could walk, and singing before i could talk. literally. i'm singing in all my home videos, way before i could talk. i started taking ballet lessons when i was three, and you could call it my first love. i have always loved being on stage, a natural ham. now, my first try at acting... i was in the fourth grade, auditioning for a class play about colonial times. i auditioned for the part of sybil ludington. my strongest memory ever was of reading that script, feeling how easy it was to play a character other than myself. and that started the snowball.

and, i will tell you now, i'm not like some of my other friends, who only listen to musicals and always go to shows. yes, i listen to musicals, but i also listen to every other kind of music. my love of acting plays into my love of music. i read into lyrics of every song i listen to. if it has no meaning, i don't like it. i don't believe we were meant to only feel what the characters are feeling in a musical, but also an artist while creating an album. the true artists that inspire me write their own songs. about situations they've gone through. you can feel the pain and joy through their writing, and that is truly awesome to me.

my passion is acting. and music. and dance. but also psychology. i am determined to become a performer. but i also find it interesting when people can tell your feelings through your facial expressions. it's my backup plan. if you've ever seen the show Lie To Me, that's my backup plan. i've learned from a young age that i need to have another plan. mainly because of my height. but i promise you, i won't go down without a fight. kinda like how my acting program at my school has gone down the drain. i'm not going down without a fight. i'm scheduling a meeting with my principal next week about that. this blog will be about my crazy, insane life, before i can live my dreams.

this coming school year, i'm taking guitar, psychology, child development, and english. my second semester classes... not finalized yet. now, along with school, i will have rehearsals for my dinner theater mondays and thursdays (more info on that coming later, probably along with photos!). tuesdays i will have lyrical and ballet class, and wednesday, an acting class. plus work! my first job is at auntie anne's and it's a pain but... it gets me money. haha.

keep reading! feel free to ask questions and such. i will always answer them :)

xoxo,

Rachel