Why I Couldn't Sleep Last Night

That's right, it is the long awaited explanation for why I was unable to sleep last night.

When I think of the top reasons why I've ever been unable to fall asleep in my 20 years of life, I find quite a variety of interesting choices. Perhaps it is the night before the first day of school. Especially that big leap into high school. Maybe I am having horrible nightmares because I accidentally watched Donnie Darko again on cable.

28 days... 6 hours... 42 minutes... 12 seconds. That... is when the world... will end. 

Sometimes I can't sleep because I am a hypochondriac and get convinced that I am either, A. Dying, or B. Suffering from Restless Leg Syndrome. At any rate, I have plenty of reasons why going to bed is a troubling experience.

But what of last night? What in the name of Jehovah was preventing me from passing out?

Well, first of all, thanks for asking. My social life has been kind of barren lately and I do enjoy answering questions.

And now I'll tell you. The number one reason why I might struggle to go to sleep? Auditions. Yes, auditions. The place where dreams go to die. You spend hours researching the musical or play and choosing a song or monologue and then you go meet a bunch of other people who all hate each other. The worst part is, everyone smiles and acts overly pleasant. But you know that at their core, they are judging you. Everyone is judging you. Everyone is comparing.

So I went to an audition on Tuesday night. The musical in question is 'Reefer Madness.'

Tell Your Children!

'Reefer Madness' is a hilarious musical satire of a 1936 American propaganda film about the "horror" and "danger" of marihuana. Did you notice how I put "horror" and "danger" in quotations? That is because I am trying to be sarcastic. Which is exactly what this musical is. Sarcastic.

Anyhow, last night I had a bit of intel that informed me that the director and creative staff were selecting the cast and planned to post the list tomorrow (which works out to be today if you do the math.).

And that's WHY I couldn't go to sleep last night. I was too antsy and excited. Instead, I sat at my giant computer screen and lamented about the bug that was crawling over it because of the bright lights.

To sum this up, the cast list WAS posted today and I DO know the results. But I would like to save that juicy information for another blog post. So you'll just have to wait. :D

Cody M. Logeland

P.S. By the way, I am finally sick of Lady Gaga. It finally happened! They told me it would... And it did.

AHHH!