#serpzie asks

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21 CHUMP STREET????? MOO I'M SOOOOOOOOOOOO PROUD OF YOU 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

Ahhh, thank you! I still can't believe it's happening. It was officially announced last week and I love hearing the buzz from my peers. So so excited!

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Moo!! I'm glad you're back 💕

I missed you a lot, may I ask for a life update? where have you been? what have you been up to? any new fandoms?

Omg, yay!!

And, awwww, thank you!! I've missed you too! I honestly don't know what to catch you up on, time is a construct and I've run into it like three times in the past six months.

I tried out instagram! I got bored pretty quickly but so many of my irl's are on there that I'm just using it as a messaging app at this point. I had to drop off tumblr cuz I had a new job starting up- it's a pretty short seasonal thing (*cough* 'twas a theater thing so it was only for the run of the show *cough*) so it's over until this time next year! Also testing.

New fandoms? I am just as obsessed with our beloved LMM as ever, and I've added the Sandman (Neil Gaiman) to my repertoire as well as Avatar the Last Airbender. For realll I love those two shows. Oh, oh! Baking!!! I've started baking- today I made a molasses cake with a sweet butter sauce and I really like it! I think it's super fine and a good stress reliever.

Anything new with you? I hope uni's going okay! I scrolled through your blog quickly and, although I'll be missing your gifs, I'm glad that your taking a step back to focus on other things. That's really important, and you've made SO MANY gifs that none of your followers are missing out on content. If anything, I got lots to catch up on and appreciate 😄

I'm low-key excited to be back on Tumblr, I really did miss this place (especially after being on instagram).

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I know sleepover is tomorrow but I cannot wait until then— so after the last performance PLEASE tell me literally everything about your experience!!! I'm so proud of you too but I want to be even prouder!!! Also I miss you like crazy!!

*five days later*

MADAME IT HAS BEEN SO GOOD!!! I miss you too, didn't think I could miss lil peeps on my phone so much😆 I love my cast so much and it has been so amazing to see the other shows(there were three shows, ea/ w/ two directors) grow and thrive!!! I love talking to the other directors (I've actually struck up a friendship with one of them)

I have met so many fascinating people that I intend to keep in my life! I've made a mental list of the ones I can't let go of 😆 Ea/ of the three performances went super well and ea/ of my cast members brought their game to the NEXT LEVEL! I loved hearing the audience reaction for the first time, getting to hear the cheers and laughs is so so so rewarding. I'm definitely finding a way to make a living out of this.

Tech week was actually so amazing, I loved being in such an environment where everyone is working towards this one goal: putting on a good show. Loved working with lights, sound, and props. It is SO COOL finally putting it on stage. We got to do some fun stuff w/ curtains and spotlights in our show!! Very very excited about that. I loved having the audience laugh or cheer at parts that we worked so hard to get- it pays off every second of the hours we spent running the one scene through. There's one scene where we have our two supporting characters interact and we needed 1) tension and 2) audience cheering for one of them w/out hating the other, and it WORKED. Character A steps towards B and the audience cheeeerrsssssss and it's so good! I could live off of that feeling. Or when we have a character walk into the spotlight and hear the audience gasp because GASP he's the bad guy!!!! The gaspsssssss every night!!! So good.

AND APPARENTLY- don't tell anyone, I only know this cuz my mom is friends with the theatre teacher- THE NOW-SENIOR PRODUCER HAS ME ON THEIR RADAR FOR JUNIOR PRODUCER FOR NEXT YEAR! 'Course I don't have anything confirmed but I talked to them about it (not throwing away my shot, y'know?) and they said so themselves so- so eeEEEEE they asked me about an interview and all that jazz, SUPER HYPED! Not only could it mean that I'm guaranteed to be able to participate in the show for the next two years but I would be the one running it the second year!!!!

And! Yeah! I've met some really good and smart people and have had an experience that I know I'll be talking about for ages. Oh! AND GUESS WHAT!

SO SO- The last show was Saturday and strike (cleaning up the sets) was on Monday, but then on Tuesday there was auditions for another show that will be directed by our two theatre teachers. I, of course, auditioned (my second-ever audition) and had a blast! They posted the cast list today and......*drum roll*........ I GOT CAST! I am SO EXCITED and HAPPY, I love doing this so much and I am ecstatic that I get another opportunity to participate in theater.

And now I get to jump straight from being director to being an actor! So good.

ANyWaaaaAAAYyYyyyy- I should prollyyyyy stop now XD I think we have the gist of it😆 I love all the people I've been able to talk to and get to know through these amazing experiences and I am so looking forward to doing it again.

PS- I'm abouta have so much freetime next week cuz rehearsals don't start till the 21st, so watch out for the Return of the Moo!

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do the rhyming thingy with this please? 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

And if not me, who keeps our legacy?

Who's gonna keep the coffee sweet with secret recipes

Abuela, rest in peace

You live in my memories

Of course!!! I love this part so much😭 (I extended it because I cannot separate those last lyrics lol)

"And if not me, who keeps our legacy? Who's gonna keep the coffee sweet with secret recipes?

Abuela, rest in peace. You live in my memories, but Sonny's gotta eat. This corner is my destiny!"

-'Finale' from In the Heights, written and performed by Lin-Manuel Miranda

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just a part of the routine

Everybody's got a job

Everybody's got a dream

They gossip, as I sip my coffee and smirk

The first stop as people hop to work

"Just a part of the routine Everybody's got a job Everybody's got a dream They gossip, as I sip my coffee and smirk The first stop as people hop to work"

'In the Heights' from In the Heights by Lin-Manuel Miranda (I ran out of colors by I and My rhyme too)

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Moo, you're much smarter than I am— literally how did Lin make Alexander Hamilton sound catchy,,, like it's literally a name,,, but it sounds so catchy when the cast sings it

Well, Serpzie I am so glad you asked!!! (and I not smarter than you but I am more than happy to use my knowledge of this very specific and niche topic to answer this)

Short answer: Lin is a genius, and that name is just inherently musical because of how you naturally say. It was made to be put to music. It has the rise and fall as you say it, which (in my brain) gives it more traction, so of course it sticks in your brain.

Long answer:

'Kay well first off, 'Alexander Hamilton' has so many syllables, it's lots to work with to make it catchy(As opposed to, say, 'Aaron Burr', but that one has a ton of rhymes so it works).

I don't know how Lin did it(he's a genius, idk what to tell you XD), but why it's catchy? I can try to answer that. 'Part from the entire cast singing it, which is just satisfying to hear, and that it is repeated SEVEN times in four minutes, that name specifically was just MADE to be be sung.

It already has alternating stressed and unstressed syllables, which are then paired with rising and falling notes("A" is higher than "Lex" which is lower than "An" which is higher than "Der", piano wise) played in rapid succession by a group of talented singers.

"ALEXANDER HAMILTON!

(slows down) My name is Alexander Hamilton"

Plus how the rest of the verses around it contrast:

"Alexander Hamilton! (it slows down after this) We are waiting in the wings for you (Waiting in the wings for you)

You could never back down,

You never learned to take your *beat* TIIIIME!

(and then we get the speed back)

Alexander Hamilton! (Alexander Hamilton)" and then it keeps going fastrer through "ship is in the harbour now" until break at the "we ___ with/for him" and then the rise after Burr's "shot him (shot him, shot him)"

GENIUSES, THE LOT OF THEM

and don't me started on 96,000 and We Don't Talk About Bruno.....

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MOO!

How did that thing you were writing go?

Serpzie!

Thank you for asking! I'm surprised you remembered that😅 But I guess I shouldn't be, you're just awesome like that.

I ended up writing enough to submit, but it was unpolished and I didn't like how it developed. I am far too detail oriented to turn in something so shabby lol

I am still working on it and it is so much better now, but the deadline is long and gone. I was sad about it but I realized I learned a lot about my writing process and what stories I want to tell, which has helped me so so much now that the deadline has past. Ironies of life😆

But!!! Since I wasn't doing that, I completed an application to be a director instead, and, to my great surprise, got the position! So, Serpzie, you got a bona fide director in your midst! (have I actually done anything apart from discussions w/ my co director yet? No. Is that the point? Also no. XD)

I am gathering all my notes from my Hamilton obsession and rabbit holes self led studies on directors like Tommy Kail and Lin-Manuel Miranda to help me out.

I really hope there a day for me in the future where I get to write a story for others to tell, but right now I am just so so so excited to help play a part in telling this story.

ANYWAYS! Thank you so much for asking! Didn't mean for this to get so long 😅 I just wanted to tell you where it led too.

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moo

You called? /j

Moooooooooooooooo