"Are you a good witch, or a bad witch?"

It's a good question. "Are you a good witch or a bad witch?" Glinda was smart asking that question. I mean, Dorothy just dropped a house on someone. I'd want to know who's side she was on, too.

But it's a question that we need to think about all the time. Are people using their powers for good or evil? 

Now I'll admit, I'm not the most positive of people. I try to keep a smile on my face, but there are times when I'm a total bitch. Times when the world has done me wrong, and I'm going to take it out on the nearest living thing. It's ok - we all have these days.

But lately, I've realized that some people seem to be stuck in this place. A place where no matter what the situation, things aren't settled until everyone loses and all we are left with is anger and hostility. And this anger only leads to people trying to "get back" at those who have wronged them, only creating more losers and more anger.

I just wish people would redirect their energy. Instead of using your energy to get back at people, or to see how many people you can piss off  - let's use that energy to do something good? Use that energy to make our environment a better place to be. I grew up hearing my parents say, "Kill them with kindness." Trust me, it works!

So you hate the direction your life has taken? Instead of using your energy to pull 

everyone else down the same path, use it to change YOUR path. Instead of focusing your energy against others, turn it around and change YOURSELF! 

One of my favorite quotes is "Anger is contagious." It is, and it spreads faster than the speed of light. People need to take this anger, this energy, and use it for the greater good. 

I know, I sound like a motivational speaker. But although anger is contagious, so is a smile. 

Now go out there, and use your powers for good ... or someone might drop a house on you, too!

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Travel Day .... FROM HELL!!!

So, check this out!

Now, we all know that I HATE travel days, and I've written about some pretty horrible ones. Well, add this to the list!

So, picture it. Salamanca. 5 AM. I wake up to make it downstairs to leave at 6 AM. So, I get on the bus and we drive for about 2 or 3 hours to Madrid. So far so good.

Well, we get to the Madrid airport, and our flight is delayed a bit. No prob. We grab a bite to eat and we get on the flight. 

Well, once we get to Milan, we've missed our flight. But wait, that flight was delayed a bit too! We made it with about 20 minutes to spare.

Then, it gets delayed more. Well, then we had plenty of time. Some people grab some stuff to eat. I just waited it out.

Well, wait is EXACTLY what we did. For HOURS! Our airline apparently went on strike. Our flight got delayed again and again until finally it was cancelled. Then they put us on another flight ... which was DELAYED! Food places started closing. It was insanity. We didn't know if we were going to leave the airport that night or not.

Well, Brad and some other people were on a different flight. That flight was actually leaving, so we gathered the crew and some other peeps, and sent them off while the rest of us wait it out.

We finally get on a flight! So, we are all happy and I'm looking out the window watching them put our luggage on the plane. THEN, I watch them take all the luggage OFF the plane! 

Yah, so we get to Naples, and NO ONE from that flight has luggage. Oh, and neither does anyone from THE OTHER flight! NO ONE IN OUR ENTIRE CAST HAS LUGGAGE! 

So, we all head to the hotel. Hungry. No luggage. 20 hrs later.

Thankfully, we got our luggage the next afternoon. And we're traveling by train the rest of Italy! :)

Staying Afloat...

The human spirit is an amazing thing. It's this need to survive that drives us day to day. This desire that pushes us through the hard times.

I know the strength of the human spirit. Just when we think that we that we can't go any further or do any more, the human spirit pushes us forward. It gives us the strength when we are at our weakest. When we are knocked down, it's what makes us get up, dust ourselves off, and try again. It's what keeps us looking forward to the future, and not back at the past.

I've seen the human spirit tested.  It's relentless. No matter how far we are pushed, it pushes back. It keeps us afloat. 

It is this spirit in us, and in others, that gets us through the rough times. Time ticks by and life moves forward, no matter how hard we hold on to the past.  We can only move forward, knowing that tomorrow lies ahead.

I wonder...

So, the weather's a bit chilly here, and everyone has the sniffles.

I wonder if this would come in handy?

Cloudy ... with a chance of rain.

Today was a rough day for all of us. One of our cast members had to leave the show, adding to the other 2 cast members who left only a week ago. 

It's like the dark clouds have rolled in, and it's hard to find a ray of sunshine breaking through.  

At times like this, we can only come together to keep warm on these dreary days, and pray for brighter skies.

Something I love!

Ok, don't ask me why, but I find this video HILARIOUS! I can't stop laughing. 

Hush hush...

So, here we are, beginning our 3rd month on tour. It's been a good 3 months but we had to see 2 of our performers go. It's sad to see people leave, and it was kinda nice that despite the issues that people might have had with each other, we all put those aside to give these guys a great farewell.

Well, now they have left, and things are falling back into place. And, although I'll be the first person to say that we DON'T have to always hang out as a cast, I hate to see us so separated.

 Everyone seems to have found that one person they hang out with and that's it. And maybe I'm making it out to be more than it is, but it makes everyone seem very secretive. Like walls have been put up. The whole "You can't sit with us!" feeling. 

I dunno. I found it nice that we could all go to dinner and put everything aside and just have a nice meal. Now, I'm not asking for that to happen every night. Good God, I'd probably kill someone. Let's hope that some fresh faces will mix things up. 

Change...

So, here I am, across the Atlanic while America changes. Barack Obama has been elected to be our next president. The first African-American to be a President. Big changes.

I'll admit, I wasn't REALLY into the election race. I wasn't totally up on all the topics. But I did watch the debates. I watched the news. 

I just didn't trust McCain. As a debater, he and Palin sucked. I'd been forced to watch high school students debate, and they did a better job than these two. My gut instinct was that these two were shady. The thought of these two running the country just scared me - like they had a hidden agenda. 

But, no need to worry.  Our new president is an advocate for change - which is exactly what this country needs. I know that not everyone will like him, and I'm pretty sure that I won't like everything that he will do. No one ever likes EVERYTHING the president does. But we aren't in a good place. And it's time to shake things up. A time for first times. 

Along with all that, I'm gonna get back to this blog, and write more. It's time for change.