<p>I wouldn’t post as a parent, they were complaining about parents being on that group so I stay under the radar LOL</p>
<p>I second what @MTMajorCook suggested. Apparently, we are supposed to only “creep” on the page.</p>
<p>LOL @ maMTma!</p>
<p>I’d hate to tell you what my son thinks every time he reads people talking about their “D” being excited about something or how their “D” got into various places. According to him, nobody over the age of 30 would ever use that abbreviation to mean daughter. He has had me laughing on the floor more than once while reading some of CC posts back to me with an extra emphasis and a smile when he says “D”.</p>
<p>And now I’ve ruined every thread you read here from now on. You are welcome ;-)</p>
<p>Ugh, my daughter laughs at it too, @halflokum. She’s like “I sure hope you don’t refer to me as your D, because that would be really weird.” Ha. </p>
<p>My record is clean on that thankfully. I confess as I am over 30 (well over), I wasn’t reading it that way until he pointed it out. But I DO NOW :-)</p>
<p>I stumbled upon this thread this morning. I rarely get on CC anymore since we did this whole process last year, but I had to read through the whole thread and chime in. I apologize, as it looks like you have finally moved away from the topic of yesterday, however I do want to comment. </p>
<p>Regarding choosing a “top” school over another lesser known perhaps “inferior” school: my daughter is one that did exactly that I suppose. And she is one that chose Texas State over CCM. She had her heart set on Texas State University for some time. As Unifieds approached, she had four schools chosen to audition for: Ball State, Texas, CCM and Viterbo. She was accepted to Ball State, CCM and once she was accepted to Texas, withdrew from Viterbo. She told me CCM could have offered her a FULL ride scholarship and she still would have chosen Texas State. (well maybe with a full ride, mom would have made her reconsider!) And yes for us parents the cost was very nice, but that didn’t factor into her decision.</p>
<p>She is absolutely convinced it was the right choice for her. Someone had asked why would a MT applicant choose Texas over CCM? Well you’d have ask her, but she did. As so many have stated, there are so many good schools out there. A school’s perceived reputation doesn’t guarantee the success of our kids, in my opinion. So now I will go back to my little corner of lurking. </p>
<p>PS. I did learn one good thing while reading through this thread…how to find all the posts of another member. I had been looking for that crazy thing since they changed the format. and also hi “halfokum” it’s nice to read your posts. :)</p>
<p>Well, for those of you who have not read the book O:-) #SOBLESSED: the Annoying Actor Friend’s Guide to Werking in Show Business, the author makes fun of ALL of us. Here is an excerpt: “Current CC parents of prospective freshmen are late Baby Boomers and early Gen X-ers. They use capital letters, puctuation marks, and complete sentences when posting on message boards. It’s so retro. Sometimes they attempt to embrace their Millennial child’s Twitterhand by shortening a few words to sound more hip. Primarily the words, “daughter” and “son.” They simply type D or S. Actually, those are the only two words that ever get the shorthand treatment. Everything else is relatively drawn out and detailed…” :)) Sighhh… He is SO spot right on this point… </p>
<p>Am I the only person that found that book self indulgent and virtually impossible to get through? I did read it and I did pay for it so mission accomplished but if I could unread it, I would. </p>
<p>PS not at all knocking what you posted above which is indeed funny.</p>
<p>That book made me so depressed at the thought of my S going into “the business” that one night I almost cried myself to sleep. Seriously depressed. I had to shake it off.</p>
<p>I read it. I cried. The end.</p>
<p>I hated the non-stop snark-o-rama. It was like listing to the buzz of a loud air conditioner all night long while you tossed and turned uncomfortably… </p>
<p>If you REALLY want a good cry, read “Making It On Broadway” by David Wienir and Jodie Langel. That one really got to me but at least it was well written, honest and snark-free. I suggest following it with a chaser of “Letters from Backstage” by Michael Kostroff. That one restored my faith. It too was honest, but it made me feel better.</p>
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Nope, you are not alone. I found the snarky-ness so annoying I honestly wanted to strangle the smug author after the first couple pages. I can’t help thinking they’re female, as there was so much underlying “mean girl” woven in. I sure hope most professionals in the business don’t share that attitude, or life in “the biz” may quickly be intolerable for actual nice people.</p>
<p>I couldn’t force myself to read past the first chapter, but I did pass it on to D (nope, I’m not ashamed of that shorthand one damn bit ;)) ), who has so far as I know not managed to force herself to slog through it.</p>
<p>That said, I have enjoyed some of AnnoyingActorFriend’s drinking games. Maybe their “humor” is best taken in small doses, with alcohol.</p>
<p>Just read excerpts on Amazon. Yikes! I don’t even want to think about it, let alone discuss it with my D. I’m afraid that we’re on a runaway freight train at this point - might as well hang on and hope for the best.</p>
<p>In all fairness to the author, I don’t think we were the book’s intended audience. I found out about the book at a college visit. The U’s students must have just discovered it because it was all they could talk about. They seemed to love it, but then, they already followed the author’s feeds on Twitter. I, of course, do not even have a Twitter account.</p>
<p>I didn’t like the book either but I didn’t want to admit it because I figured that would make me a total dweeb (I think now you are a dweeb if you use the word dweeb). I thought parts of it were funny, I thought parts needed (a lot) more work, and I have no doubt that I am not in the intended audience. Whew, I feel so much better now that the dead horse is no longer on the table! I am sure that my d would probably like it. </p>
<p>I completely agree with halflokem on the reading list of “Making It On Broadway” followed by “Letters from Backstage.” I would also recommend "“Til the Fat Girl Sings” and “Unnaturally Green.”</p>
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True… except in the sense that parents are more likely to actually buy it than our starving artists are, no? I’m not sure D would appreciate the tone any more than I did, but it will be interesting to see if she ever reads it. I think in general she prefers to get advice/information firsthand, so she can consider the source.</p>
<p>I think it’s OK to be snarky once in a while as long as you throw in a healthy dose of “here is something that’s actually helpful” and a sprinkle of “and now I’ll just be nice or at least pretend to be in a way that is truly convincing.” Fishbowlfreshman who used to post here and in the theatre forum from time to time was a master at that and also was a clever writer. This book’s humor I found to be very one note and lacking what it really needed which was an acknowledgement of “there once was a time that I didn’t know what I know now either.” @EmsDad for your sake alone I’m glad that I outed myself as a fellow dweeb so you could know you are not alone. I also agree with you about “Til the Fat Girl Sings” and “Unnaturally Green.” </p>
<p>It would be funny if someone would do an Amazon review of the book on behalf of the CC parents letting the author how the majority of the P’s (THERE! I used a NEW abbreviation! How daring of me 
) on this site feel about it. The reviews on Amazon are: 21-5stars, 2-4stars & 1-1(star…probably a CC parent)</p>
<p>^^^ I think only 24 Amazon ratings pretty much says it all… #sizematters</p>