So I've meant to update awhile ago, oh well a tad bit late.

Last week I skipped 2 days of class to BE AN EXTRA IN ANG LEE'S (yes THE Ang Lee) NEW MOVIE TAKING WOODSTOCK!!!
I come out of the dining hall Tueday night and there are 2 guys asking ppl if they'd like to be extras in a movie. Most of my friends were signing up and I wanted to as well but wasn't sure if I should miss class for it. Then I heard that it pays $100 per day and I signed right up...haha
So 7am the next morning I was in New Lebanon, NY checking into the wardrobe department. We shot a lot of scenes walking to the concert, I got to walk in back of the lead actors in scenes a few times. And the second day, the asked for volenteers to get muddy so I did so. They sprayed us with cold water, spackled our faces with clay-like mud, put us each in a kiddie pool filled with mud and lathered us with it. It was for near the end of the movie where everyone is coming home from the concert after sleeping in the mud. Then they cleaned us up, dressed us in clean clothes (the wardrobe assistant is was my hero), and got us ready for a night shoot. I got to meet Dimitri Martin! He high-fived me! And talked to me and my group! So the 1st day the shoot was 7am-7pm and the second day it was 10am-12midnight. It was so worth skipping class. I'll probably never get such an experience again.
They called me to see if I wanted to come back this Wednesday and I really wanted to but Wednesday is too busy a day on campus for me. I have 4 classes AND rehearsal for both Titus and Harlaquin.

I got into the musical review for Harlaquin. I am in 3 scenes (not counting the opening and closing ensemble songs):
-Ito in Mame, We Need a Little Christmas/My Best Girl
-Herald (soloist) in Young Frankenstein, Happiest Town in Town
-Worker in Evita, A New Argentina

Titus Andronicus (aka "Steam Tits") is going well. It's gonna be a great and bloody show. Did I mention bloody?
We had a "Twisted Toga" party as a fundraiser last night. It was a lot of fun. I made a toga out of 7 yards of this really cool fabric I bought. It was black with musical notes on it. And my friend Maddy offered to make them into curtains for my room so the material shall not go to waste.

I got a fish yesterday. He's a blue crowntail beta, also known as a Japanese Fighter Fish. I named him Joji (thinking a Japanese name would suit him right). My friend got one too while she was with me. She named her's Woodstock (cuz she was an extra too). I can even keep him here over Thanksgiving week cuz I bought these 7 day feeder tablets. I didn't even know those exsisted, pretty amazing.

And finally, I've decided to change my major to Fine Performing Arts. I'm still keeping the double in Early Education.

I come home for the weekend this Friday.

So I wasn't expecting to make a trip home this weekend, but unfortunately I had to. My Grandmother passed away Monday. I drove home Wednesday after class. The funeral was earlier today.
The last few times I saw her before I left for school she kept saying, "I'll be going home soon." She had Alzheimer's and I figured she just meant she wanted to get out of the nursing home. But today, sitting at the service, I realized what she meant by that. Before she would ask me when she was going home. But near the end, she just insisted that she was going.
And later my cousin went to a medium to see if she could get through, and she asked her, "do you know someone who died named Louise?" (which is what everyone called my Grandmother)
RIP Christina Louise Swinimer Dearn 1917-2008

So anyway, I really like school so far. I love living on my own. My housemates are cool.
-John, my roommate from Cooperstown, NY, very into computers and video games, works part time at Hoosac Hall (the underclassmen dorm), on the quiet side. He hasn't woken me or kept me up once
-Brandon, from Boxford, MA, my RA who also lives with us, he's known for making all situations awkward, very into law enforcement
-Sean, from Amherst, MA, another quiet one who loves hockey, he's in one of my classes
-Andy, from Pitsfield, MA, very into golfing and partying
-Kris, also from Pitsfield, I think me and most of my housemates have only seen him like 3 times since we all moved in, keeps to himself
I actually like my RA. I'm told he can be a hardass but I got on his good side so far and I want to keep it that way. He had to write up one of my housemates on the 1st weekend cuz he was caught with beer in the house. Me, him and my roommate frequently hang out in our living room. Sometimes Sean or Andy will join us but Kris never leaves his room unless he has class. I'm actually watching sports frequently because that's what my housemates will usually have on in the living room.
I have to read a novel every week for Children's Lit. And I need a lesson plan like every other week in education and society. My math teacher may be on crack or something but he's the man. He DOES NOT REQUIRE A TEXTBOOK! He writes his own workbook and posts it online so we can just print it out as we go along. World Religions is kinda boring. My professor is preaching more anthropology and philosophy rather than religion. For example: "There is no African American race. There is no Cuacasian race. There is only one race and that is the human race." In anthropology, we watched Chapelle Show. It was to demonstrate racial satire.

I'm heading back on Sunday cuz I have rehearsal for Titus Andronicus (Death Machine Andronicus). And I got really excited the other day cuz my director goes up to me and says, "By the way, your character gets to die." YAYYYYYYY I love dying on stage. Especially in a play like this. I'm told we are gonna have vats of costume blood offstage. We are soon gonna start casting body parts that are cut off in the play to make the dismemberment realistic.

ps the reason I have not been on here at all in the last month is because I forgot my password and didn't save it on my laptop

3 MORE DAYS!!!!!!!!!!

Had to say goodbye to a few good friends today. I most likely will not be able to see anyone at home November 22nd. If I'm doing a show that doesn't conflict, I will return home early to see Annie then stay till Thanksgiving. It's a waste of 300+ miles worth of gas to go back for 1 day of classes.
I've decided I'm gonna audition for Titus Andronicus. I'm not a huge Shakespeare fan but there's a bigger ratio of male parts, I like the story and the rehearsals I hear are less demanding.

Still waiting on the Big Y job. Really hope I get it.

The new students get to hike up to the top of Mount Greylock (highest peak in the state) on Monday morning. At first I really didn't want to do it but then I heard nothing but good things about it and now I really wanna go. My parents are like "I don't think that's such a good idea" but it's not up to them anymore.
Have to go to the dentist and eye doctor tomorrow. Fun fun day!

I'm so excited. And a little scared too to tell you the truth.
My living room is about 1/2 cluttered with my packing. My roommate says "the rooms are plain so bring stuff to hang" so I'm printing up some pics to put on my wall and my mommy bought me this really awesome poster with all the 2007 Broadway playbill covers on it. I warned my roommate that I'm a theater geek and he said "that's okay, I'm a computer geek." I kinda want something like an M.C. Escher painting on my ceiling over my bed (if that's allowed) just so I'll have something to look at when lay down.
Oh yeah, my roommate is from Cooperstown, NY, works at the Baseball Hall of Fame as a security guard and get this: HE HATES BASEBALL! Which means he doesn't support the Yankees. He says he does like the Pats though. Needless to say, my dad can't wait to meet him.

I also got into contact with a couple people from the drama clubs. Unfortunately, they only do musicals in the spring. But they do have 2 main productions this semester:
-Picnic At Hanging Rock (a mystery about the disappearance of 3 girls who were out on a picnic on Valentine's Day, the cast is mostly girls, eh)
-Titus Andronicus (Willam Shakespeare's 1st tragedy and bloodiest work, cast is mostly boys, about a king who is at war with a queen so he kills her children, bakes them in a pie and tricks her into eating it, sound familiar?)
They also do one-act plays in December, and I'm told they're really easy to get into.

Working 35 hours this week, but it shall be the last one. I'm applying for a job at Big Y (another grocery store chain, it's like New York and Western Massachusetts' version of Roach Brothers). I don't know when I would be working but I found out that part of the meal service at my school includes having your meals delivered to your room before or after you go to work when you can't make it to the dinning hall, I found that awesome.

I've signed up for 4 classes so far:
-Peoples of the World
-Mathematics for Liberal Arts
-Education and Society
-Religion in Modern Society
and I need to sign up for
-Early Childhood Care

Grease went well. Doing it at St. Mary's was actually better. I love getting the feeling of playing to a crowd rather than a theater that's 1/8 full. I admit I cried closing night. I am going to miss RTC.

So I was sure I was gonna be living in Berkshire Towers, thinking I already got rejected for a Townhouse, but my housing assignment came today and it read:
Congratulations, Michael Dearn!
Your room assignment is: Flagg Townhouses, T19C
You have been assigned to a: double room
Your roomate is: John Adams from Cooperstown, NY
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

So the other day I was thinking about different ways to get into character more. Especially reacting to other characters in the cast as "intimidating." It's hard to feel threatened by Timmy or Steve or Mike or Paul or Jessi because I'm not in real life. But last night, I was going into Dunkin Donuts in South Braintree and found the parking lot literally full of people I graduated with. These people were not really my friends but the "popular" people I knew of in high school. A few of them who used to pick on me. By the way at the time I was wearing Stewie Griffin pajamas cuz I didn't think I'd run into anybody. They all called for me to join them (I think they were gonna go to "the pit" and drink but idk). Part of me wanted to but as soon as I had my food, my instinct was to find an excuse and flee, which I did. And as I was driving away, I realized "holy crap, I just has a 'Eugene' moment." It was exactly what happens to Eugene in the picnic scene.
So tonight when I confront the 5 greasers and 5 pink ladies in my scene, I'll be picturing the heads of my former classmates on their bodies, giggling and staring at me in my Stewie pajama bottoms and beckoning me to join knowing I'll never truly be a part of the group.

COME SEE
GREASE
Tonight @ 7:30pm
also August 9, 10, 15, 16
St. Mary's School for the Deaf
Randolph, MA
Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students (up to college)

Wednesday was by far the best day I've had so far this summer:
-I wake up about 10am, Andrea is rounding "the crew" up to hang out at the campus for the day, I swing by work and cash my check and proceed to MCC
-I get there late morning. Only Andrea and Ash and 2 other boys I don't know are there. (At this point I'm thinking the day is gonna be a total bust) We spend an hour just chillin, talking and jammin' to music on the radio
-various other members of the crew show up (finally) and we go to Papa Gino's for lunch
-we got a game of basketball together. we had to play outside cuz there was a camp in the gym. It's about 90 degrees. Andrea notes a huge sprinkler out on the soccer field (completely unguarded). One thing lead to another and before we knew it, we were all running through the sprinkler like a bunch of 4 year-olds. One of the best times I ever had this summer.
-Since we're already soaked and the weather still hot, we go to Matt's house to swim in his pool. Marco polo, water tag and the ever famous "tip the kid on the inflatable raft over" lol
-6pm came fast, quickly rushed home, changed into dry clothes and went to rehearsal. We didn't have the greatest on the night before but Wednesday nite we ran the 1st act in 60 minutes. I got a really nice comment in notes from Connie (the night before I was ready to scream at her because she blocked me in 2 different places then made me look stupid because I didn't read her mind to which of the 2 spots she wanted me in)
-Rehearsal ends, it looks like we're all gonna call it a quite night. I'm hungry and want food because the last thing I ate was Papa Gino's in the early afternoon. Some of us go to the DiBennadetto's to swim. My suit is still in the trunk but I end up not even going in the water. It was still fun hanging out with people. Making Steve look like a girl=gts
-Most of us go out to IHOP after. We stay until closing. We chill in the parking lot for another 30 minutes or so.
Great day

I saw Batman tonight, awesome movie! We had to go to the East Bridgewater cinema cuz Randolph was sold out. Despite how good the movie was, I have to say the theater was crappy. We stopped at Peaceful Meadows for ice cream before the movie so we ended up getting there 10 minutes before the show and since there were 6 of us, the only row of seats available was right up front (which require us to crank out heads up to see the screen, though I had an advantage of being the last of the row so I was able to put my head against the wall). There was a loud humming noise that went on for the 1st few minutes of the movie and at one point the movie just stops for a minute. Brenda refused to go with us just because of the cinema itself, and we saw why.

Amanda's at camp for another week. I miss her so much. I sent her a care package but I think I sent her too much food. I just wanted her to get some mail.

I learned a very valuable lesson this summer. It sounds corny or out of 1 of those silly driver's ed videos but here it is:
The best high you can ever get is having a good time with your friends.

6 more weeks until I make Berkshire Towers my new home.
my parents are packing me already. My mom took me to Kohl's yesterday to get more stuff for my dorm.

Drive in tomorrow night :)

Last night was Brockton Fair with Molly, Griff, Sam and 2 of their friends from Brockton. It was a blast. Molly actually convinced me to go on a roller coaster, and I hate roller coasters. And finally I got to see fireworks this summer (after 3 different tries).

At last I can scratch off one of my dream roles from my slightly long list. I got Eugene in Grease! I was so excited when I got my call! I have a speech, lines, get to do almost everything the greasers do and if I don't do a dance to perfection (which I usually end up doing), it's okay because my character can't dance.
2 weeks of rehearsals and we've blocked the whole 1st act with the exception of 1 scene. It feels great to be back with RTC ppl.

I got my bill from MCLA today: $8,187 for this semester. It said I will be living in a Berkshire Tower Double Room. I applied for a townhouse but the towers are nice too. They're still a step above a regular dorm. I can always apply for one next semester (if I still want to, I may love Berkshire Tower and never want to leave). I'm still excited. They're renovating the lobby this summer and they showed us at orientation what they would look like when they were done and it looks amazing. 49 More Days!

So this seek flew by. I didn't get any hours at work until tomorrow so this has been like a mini vacation for me.
I went to the drive in for the 1st time this summer. I'm sure I will be back there at least 4 or 5 times before the end of the summer.

Unfortunately, I found out I need another oral surgery. The tooth I had pulled last summer needs an implant. So hearing my dentist say how he needs to drill a hole in my jawbone soon was not the highlight of my week.

Stay tuned to youtube.com. Me, Brendan, Ryan, Mano and Dev are making a rap video. I'm not even kidding. Really, is there anything funnier than 5 white boys rapping?

Thank God it cooled down a bit. I slept in my bedroom for the 1st nite in about a week last nite (cuz the downstairs is air conditioned).

I GOT MY HOUSING INFO! I need to register for my dorm in about 5 days.

2 WEEKS TO ORIENTATION! and I found out since I completed so many credits at Massasoit, I am excused from placement testing!

So how is everyone's summer so far?

So after considering about 25 possible songs, I have finally selected my audition song. I just really hope Sandy can play it.
What do I want: a name. That is all. Just a name will do.
This will be my last show with RTC (possibly ever), but come September at MCLA, I can be doing theatre till I'm blue in the face (bout 3-4 shows a semester). I wouldn't know which show to shoot for. I kinda wanna try out for the Shakespeare club because I haven't done a Shakespeare play since freshman year at BHS. They just did The Scottish Play and it kinda bummed me out cuz that was on my list of dream shows. They also have a great unit in musical theatre.

Still waiting on my housing packet.
But I did get stuff for my room a while ago.
Orientation/Placement testing: 2 weeks
I better study

So it's been a month into summer 08. My accomplishments: next to nothing. I am so lazy.
I'm gonna be on my own for the 4th, parental units will be in Chicago. I kinda wanna do Brockton Fair that weekend. Braintree fireworks are the Saturday before.

Went to see The Strangers last night with Andrea, Caitie and Griff. My review in a nutshell: 2 thumbs down. I found a spider in my car when I got out of the cinema and that was a lot scarier than the movie.
Then I went to Relay for Life just to "stop by for a 'few minutes'" just to hear Grilling Wilson play. Well afterwards, I went to get my sleeping bag out of my car to sit on. 1AM came and I was lying down on it, roasting marshmellows and playing games with Brendan and Courtney. Bout 2:30AM, we're all out like a light. First time I ever slept legit under the stars. 5am-I wake up covered in mosquito bites...ooops, but it was so totally worth it.
I thought I would be in so much trouble with the rents for not checking in with them. But I came home and the lights were on and I was thinking "I am so busted," and realize they were left on for me the night before.
What a night it has been.

After being outside all night I need a shower, and a nap. Work 4-11
RHS class of '08 graduates tomorrow. Congrats guys!

OK so my parents are going to Detroit and Chicago for 2 weeks. I'm staying behind. No thanks on a 2 week road trip just to watch a bunch of football games.
I originally wanted to go to NYC for a bit, but if that doesn't work out, and it probably won't, I'm trying to plan a bunch of mini trips in place of an actual vacation. Some ideas:
-Mendon drive-in
-Brockton Fair
-Roger Williams Zoo
-Salem
-Nantasket
-Pawtucket
-Boston
-Old Orchid Beach
-Water Country
-The Cape

This week has been a better one.
I was scheduled only 18 hours this week, but since like 3 ppl a day call in sick, I'm doing 40, at last I'll have a bit of cash :)
Amanda+TJ's play thursday night: The Tell Tale Heart and This is a Test, and like 2 other ones
Cosmic bowling with Braintree peeps Friday
Working more this weekend, then Amanda might be coming over. I'm going to show her Young Frankenstein cuz she's never seen it and she's gonna show me National Treasure cuz I've never seen it (a "movies you must see before you die" movie night)
Next week: shots for school at the Doctor :(
Lynwood :)
Work :/

A message to the warm weather: PLEASE COME BACK!

Ideas for audition songs for Grease:
-Warts and All from HONK!
-Pretty Women
Not While I'm Around from Sweeney Todd
-Heaven's Light from The Hunchback of Notre Dame
-Hairspray from Hairspray
-Those Magic Changes from Grease
-Prince's Reprise of Once Upon a Dream from Sleeping Beauty
-Master of the House
Red and Black from Les Miserables
-You'll Be in My Heart from Tarzan
-Happiness from Charlie Brown
-Dentist from Little Shop of Horrors
-I Turned the Corned from Thoroughly Modern Millie
-If I Can't Love Her from Beauty and the Beast (this is my just-in-case song cuz I know I can sing it and I've used it for auditions before)

So yesterday was my last test: Two essays, 500 words each, hand written, 90 minutes, citations included. I seriously thought I was going to puke by the time I finished.

I flunked my first class EVER this semester. I guess marine biology and I had our differences. I just couldn't memorize all those dam classifications. They all were practically in gibberish. But it's no big deal. I got to see the science labs over in North Adams and they're pretty cool so I don't mind taking them for a test drive.
Just trying to put this whole semester behind me and move on.
The only things I wouldn't change would be the friends I have made at Massasoit:
-Andrea
-Matt
-Caitie
-Fallon
-Jon
-Christine
-Brenda
-Brian
-Christina
-Molly
-Griff
-Sam
-Ash
-Chalnes
-Laura
-Deena
-Sara

OFFICIAL MOVE IN DATE: AUGUST 31ST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've now officially decided to change my second major (my first being Early Education) to Sociology instead of English/Communications. I guess I preferred that combination better anyway but wasn't sure if it was a good one. My parents didn't think so but the MCLA admissions and one of my advisors thought it was an wise combination. In fact even my tour guide (a graduating senior) said that was her exact major combination.
In less then a year from now, according to the Education coordinators, I will be in a classroom as a student teacher in the Berkshire County area.
It's both exciting and kind of weird at the same time. One minute I'm in school listening to my teachers lecture and the next I'm being told the exact process to make me one.

I'm going walking/jogging now that I have some space in my days. Yesterday I ran down to the high school and did 5 laps around the track. I would have done more but it was getting dark by the time I got that far. I think I'll walk around the lake tomorrow.

I'm trying to get about 30 hours a week in at work over this summer. The morning staff were thrilled to recruit me. Work may blow at times, but it pays $9 an hour ($13.50 Sundays and holidays) so it will at least get me some spending money for the fall.
I applied for an on-campus job. I probably won't get one cuz I'm not on any major financial aid but if I did get one, I would work either in the cafeteria, in the campus book store or library or checking students into dorms in underclassman housing.

Doing tech for Earnest, hopefully, then it's time to begin GREASE. Who's excited?

People home from college: we must hang out. Give me a call, seriously.

With his new school and the Berkshires!
I went out there Friday. My major is now going to be Sociology with Early Ed. I didn't think that was a great combination but everyone out there said it actually was a decent one. I'd kill myself if I was an English major. I was more interested in Communications but apparently they only have 1 department for English/Communications.
They said I had a good chance not only getting a town house apartment instead of a dorm, but also be able to keep my car on campus. Even if I don't get an apartment, the Berkshire Towers are just as nice.
Driving the Mohawk trail from North Adams to Amherst was nothing short of a roller coaster ride. It was so awesome and beautiful.
I almost had a panic attack cuz I thought I left my ipod at Friendly's. We get back to Ryan's dorm and I'm like "oh shit where's my ipod?!" I drive back to Hadley doing like 75. The waitress says she didn't find it. I was ready to have a shit-fit. I go back to the car to get my phone to tell Ryan I was coming back and what do I find in my consol? MY IPOD! I started laughing and I couldn't stop.
Better get my papers finished up. 2 more weeks of school!
SO many things to look forward to this summer:
-Earnest
-Grease
-trips to the drive-in
-sleeping past 8am
-LYNWOOD WEDNESDAYS
-The Beach (crossing fingers)
I also want to go to NYC for a day or two. Anyone interested in coming with?

Only 146 hours to go! I might die of anticipation!
I had to change the color of my tux cuz Amanda is wearing a different color than she thought. But it doesn't matter, she looks pretty in anything.

Rumors went awesomely! Come see it tonight at 8 and tomorrow at 3.

My end of the semester TO DO list:
-Child Psych Paper on Night Terrors
-Lit paper and finish Cannery Row
-STUDY STUDY STUDY until I can memorize every single classification needed for Marine Biology
-Finish script for radio play I'm doing with Ryan, Brendan and Andy over the summer
-Drama club banquet planning

141 days till I move to MCLA!

Accepted student day in 2 weeks. Driving out by myself. Gonna sleep over Ryan's in Amherst on the way back, they have a show that night I want to catch.

I spent 3 1/2 straight hours outside today, in shorts! Spring is finally here!

Calling all theatre nerds: Neil Simon's Rumors this weekend at Massasoit. Friday @ 10AM and 8PM, Saturday @ 8PM and Sunday @ 3PM.

I've come to the conclusion that all girls have cooties...except for Amanda.

Great job everyone in Bye Bye Birdie! Let's make it just as good this weekend!

7:30 Friday+Saturday, Randolph High, GO SEE IT

Thank you to all who made my birthday special. Thanks so much for all the love.

Thanks for my gifts
-an IOU for a lap top computer from MOM+DAD, they said I can pick one out and order it online myself
-Inside joke sweatshirt and CD from AMANDA
-books (Goodnight Moon, Stuart Little, When you Give a Mouse a Cookie and Make Way for Ducklings to be exact) from GRACIE and MIKE LAWLOR
-gift card to itunes from JESSI
-card from the cast of BBB

I had a few friends tell me just what I needed to hear yesterday. Something that I wish I would have heard a long time ago. When feeling glum, you can always rely on your friends to turn your frown upside down :)

Today I got Sweeney Todd on DVD! Can't wait to watch the special features! Went to Wollistin beach for my marine biology project. Then Amanda came over, we watched The Prince of Egypt cuz she said she'd never seen it before.

I'll be doing crew for RUMORS next weekend at my school. Dramatikos banquet in the agenda soon.

BRENDAN. RYAN. IS. MY. HERO. The End.

I'M TAKING THE BEAUTIFUL AMANDA BERMAN TO PROM!!! I'M SO EXCITED!!! Getting my tux soon, this time I'm gonna match my date!

OK so Saturday, come down to Shaw's for a great photo op:
I'm gonna be playing the Easter Bunny!
and the best part: I GET PAID FOR IT
soooooo much better than dealing with little old ladies and their prune juice they didn't get 19 cents off of.

I'm sick and tired of trying to "save the world". It's time to save myself.

This is turning out to be a fantastic weekend:

Drove to Amherst super early yesterday morning, got there just when classes were canceled because of the snow. Met up w/ Brendan, later on w/ Devlin and Ryan. Their show for that nite got canceled :( so we went to the mall, played Laser Tag, saw Bekind Rewind, went shopping (we're soooooo cool) got a jacket that I might wear for Bye Bye Birdie. Went back to Ryan's dorm, party in his building. Unfortunatly I'm a sleepy drunk and started passing out. Ryan walked, practically carried me, back to his room and put me in his bed (which was like the sweetest thing anyone's ever done for me.)
The four of us (me, Brendan, Ryan and John his roomate) slept til like 8 or 9, grabed some food, planning on another show tonite, really excited bout that.

Back to my old boring life monday. At least there's rehearsal to look forward to. School acedemically isn't so great this semester. I'm tring to pull through. Tip to all who read this: NEVER TAKE AN ONLINE COURSE!