Wednesday, December 5, 2007

caution: bump in the road ahead

Well, i have good news and bad news and completely irrelevant news.
Good news:I got in the Senior Showcase, that means that ill be given a musical Theater scene and we perform it for lots of agents and higher ups at the end of next semester and some people who do well get called in to audition for stuff, some of us might actually get an agent and start working in Chicago, and I'm not sure but i think New York and L.A. people come too so this is gonna be an excellent opportunity.
Bad News:My adviser and I have apparently been confused about when indeed I can graduate and according to him that wont be possible until next December. That was a total bummer. But luckily I work with my brilliant friend Stacey who is learning all the ends and outs of this (stupid) curriculum and brought to my attention, these two classes i took that should have counted didn't because i suppose someone decided to take the liberty of switching my over to the 2005 program, well someone was misinformed because i specifically didn't switch over so i could count those classes for Liberal Education. True Ill still have to take some summer classes which I'm almost okay with.
...and by almost I mean that should I do well in Senior Showcase and get an Agent, that limits me to only things in Chicago and only when i don't have class. I suppose i brought this upon myself but I'm not retarded, If my adviser had told me about all these credits i am ALLEGEDLY missing I don't think i would be in this situation.
That'll be enough bad news for today thank you.
We started rehearsals on Monday and we've already got a song down and read through some scenes, and last night we learned some of the basic moves of stage combat, and after, the guy that plays Bernardo and I stayed to learn knife fighting for the stage. Its kinda like real knife fighting but spaced further apart from each and mostly trying not to hit each other. The way we learned it, it was kinda like a puzzle or game. He would take a stab at me and then i would have to move my body and block it and look for the next place to stab or cut him and so on and so forth, it was really cool but scary.
I also learned that if you ever wanna cause tons of damage, just punch or stab someone directly in the armpit. Its the easiest way to the heart and theres all kinds of nerves and stuff.
so my poor Ipod is dying for real now, no matter what earphones i put in it it wont play the right ear. and I've dropped it a couple of times. I've also been wanting a new phone lately, and in a few months ill have to get a new plan anyway, so maybe I can save up and get an Iphone. That way Ill have my music and phone with me at all times and itll all be right there in a nice little package. It'll probably never happen though, i have too much other stuff to pay for.

1 comment:

Debby McCrary said...

Proud that you persevered through a tough, up & down week. You are stepping up to the plate when life throws you curves and I would call this weeks results a homerun! Good job!
love, Mom