Half-Black Martha Stewart.

G'Day!

A Haiku:

Waking up at noon

I am the Dazed and Confused

Mic tape gunk on face

-Ali Watson

... It's the morning after the cast party! (And I still have residual eyelash glue on my eyes so I'm trying my best to see what I'm typing...)

Well tickle my bum and call me Charlie... Let's get started!

Last night, the cast of Align Entertainment's "The Little Mermaid" hung up their fins for good.

The party last night was like your typical cast party. There was WAAY to much food. (Shoutout to Angus Chui for bringing the 40 piece chicken nuggets with a sauce buffet, you're the real MVP.) There was lots of hugging. There was the girl who only hangs out with the dogs, (surprisingly not me this time!) I had a generous amount of wine and of course ended up spending a huge chunk of the night performing a bit with Jenna that probably no one found funny but us (typical.) I always love cast parties because it's fun to look at all the different social circles that form and they're always a mixture of the most random people. We talked, laughed, reminisced, ate, drank, aaallll the good stuff.

(Jenna and I doing our aforementioned "Australian prison inmates" bit... Tough crowd.)

Now that this show is done I am feeling so many different things. The one thing that is really sticking out like a sore thumb for me is that I am actually scared. Whenever something I've gotten comfortable doing ends... I feel a little lost. I'm scared because for the last few years every time I have finished a show I have always been asked the question "So Ali, what's next for you?" And I have always had an answer. This time... I straight up don't. I'm afraid of becoming a blob. I'm afraid for my mental state. I'm afraid of not putting in enough effort...

THAT BEING SAID... This is also a super good oppurtunity!

I now have at least a couple months of "free time" (This is foreign to me... I thought "free time" was a myth) Here's where my first blog comes into play... Now I get to start "Doing Things." (Let's get naked and run around... WOO!) All those crafts I've been thinking about starting, all those instruments I've been wanting to pick up, All those cool new recipes I've been wanting to try... I wanna become so freakin' crafty that when I walk into Michaels craft store all I'll hear in hushed tones is "look...It's half-black Martha Stewart..."

Legendary...

On another note... I made this "Hat Vine" the other day and it doesn't seem like much... but I haven't felt this accomplished in a long time. I'm not sure why but I woke up that day feeling very out of sorts and sad. I didn't really want to get out of bed (My bed and I are in a very exclusive and loving relationship btw) but then I sat up, felt this impulse and thought "I need to buy Twine..." so I power walked to Home Hardware and... Voila! This Hat Vine was born! This particular craft has been in the back of my mind for months and finally doing it felt incredible! (Crafts are the best medicine... who knew!?!)

There's nothing quite like creating something with your own two hands.

(Kind of a quick side note) Yesturday, we all got a closing night card from the lovely Aaron Stewart that said:

"Creativity is MESSY & I am terribly creative."

Amen to THAT. (I'm the messiest human you'll ever meet, ask my mom. Most people aren't convinced that I actually have a bedroom floor.)

So there ya have it folks, another show done. It's always a little sad but I always have to remember the quote:

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."

(The obligatory GIF that goes with the whole Mermaid theme of this blog)

Don't forget, friends! We can always create something out of nothing.

"Let's Do Things!"