Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Things I've Learned 2009-2010
I know that it has been a long time since I've posted, I just got very busy with classes and shows and just life in general.
So here is my end of the school year list of things that I've learned. This is a list about life, theatre, and random knowledge.
1. I should try to talk more during job interviews.
2. Saltwater gargles are not to be underestimated.
3. Saltwater gargles work because of osmosis. The salt takes the water of whatever is irritating your throat or if it is swollen it takes excess water out of your throat making you feel better.
4. If your plot is going to be "late" tell EVERYONE. (This may or may not be sarcasm.)
5. Ghost loading: Where lights that you have plugged into resistance dimmers don't put out enough wattage and you secretly put more lights in the same dimmer and hide them so that the lights that are low wattage don't flicker when you dim them.
6. There is a time and place for everything: it is usually not on the El.
7. Vectorworks can be a good friend and a formidable enemy.
8. People change and drift away.
9. Behavior modification.
10. Former lovers move on, and though you can be happy where you are, you can still wonder about what might have been. Even though it is probably not healthy.
11. Words CAN hurt just as much as physical attacks.
12. It is important to find happiness in even the most miserable of situations. That's where the little things come in.
13. I can design costumes, even though it isn't my cup of tea.
14. Life without TV is much more productive.
15. Sometimes you need to cry alone, and having other people around is annoying.
16. Having had my own place for almost a year now, I feel it will be impossible for me to cohabit with another person ever again.
17. The Harold Washington Library is HUGE.
18. Otters are by far the cutest marine mammal on the planet.
This list is subject to grow as I think of things.
Also, new goal/direction for this blog. I will try to post a new random fact that I learned once a day.
So here is my end of the school year list of things that I've learned. This is a list about life, theatre, and random knowledge.
1. I should try to talk more during job interviews.
2. Saltwater gargles are not to be underestimated.
3. Saltwater gargles work because of osmosis. The salt takes the water of whatever is irritating your throat or if it is swollen it takes excess water out of your throat making you feel better.
4. If your plot is going to be "late" tell EVERYONE. (This may or may not be sarcasm.)
5. Ghost loading: Where lights that you have plugged into resistance dimmers don't put out enough wattage and you secretly put more lights in the same dimmer and hide them so that the lights that are low wattage don't flicker when you dim them.
6. There is a time and place for everything: it is usually not on the El.
7. Vectorworks can be a good friend and a formidable enemy.
8. People change and drift away.
9. Behavior modification.
10. Former lovers move on, and though you can be happy where you are, you can still wonder about what might have been. Even though it is probably not healthy.
11. Words CAN hurt just as much as physical attacks.
12. It is important to find happiness in even the most miserable of situations. That's where the little things come in.
13. I can design costumes, even though it isn't my cup of tea.
14. Life without TV is much more productive.
15. Sometimes you need to cry alone, and having other people around is annoying.
16. Having had my own place for almost a year now, I feel it will be impossible for me to cohabit with another person ever again.
17. The Harold Washington Library is HUGE.
18. Otters are by far the cutest marine mammal on the planet.
This list is subject to grow as I think of things.
Also, new goal/direction for this blog. I will try to post a new random fact that I learned once a day.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Panic! or I Hate Speech Class
Wow, it's been awhile since I've updated this one.
Well, it's finals week and there is just something on my mind tonight...and it has been on my mind ever since Monday.
First of all, to my speech professor: I am not an actor...please, please, please don't expect my monologue to be any good...considering you know...this is an English department class.
Second of all, to all and any actors, or anyone for that matter reading this...how do you do it?
I have a hard time coming to terms with working on things that don't really have a tangible final product, which makes working on this monologue assignment make me feel like I'm just screwing around when I could be doing actual work (aka my giant drafting package that's due Wed.) instead of standing in front of a mirror, trying to memorize a 5 minute monologue that I'm probably going to bomb because 1) it's been 3 years since I was forced to take an acting class and 2) I wasn't any good at it to begin with and passed said acting class with a C.
Acting class usually made me want to cry...or throw up....or both. So did my oral communications class in high school and this oral communications class 5 years later is no different, but just appears to be the high school class and acting class combined into one 3 hour hell once a week.
So please forgive me if I have a hard time working on this because I won't have a final anything really to turn in or put in my portfolio, and I'm just going to recite this on Monday morning to get it over with and never (hopefully and with any luck) have to do it again. But I will say this...to all actors: I respect you and what you do. Because I certainly can't do it without feeling like I'm going to panic.
Believe me, please. I've been trying to overcome this whole "stage fright" thing for years and it just doesn't go away no matter how my presentations I give, or speeches I give, or monologues I perform. I think I'm pretty much doomed to shake uncontrollably during any presentations, interviews, etc..for the rest of time.
Well, it's finals week and there is just something on my mind tonight...and it has been on my mind ever since Monday.
First of all, to my speech professor: I am not an actor...please, please, please don't expect my monologue to be any good...considering you know...this is an English department class.
Second of all, to all and any actors, or anyone for that matter reading this...how do you do it?
I have a hard time coming to terms with working on things that don't really have a tangible final product, which makes working on this monologue assignment make me feel like I'm just screwing around when I could be doing actual work (aka my giant drafting package that's due Wed.) instead of standing in front of a mirror, trying to memorize a 5 minute monologue that I'm probably going to bomb because 1) it's been 3 years since I was forced to take an acting class and 2) I wasn't any good at it to begin with and passed said acting class with a C.
Acting class usually made me want to cry...or throw up....or both. So did my oral communications class in high school and this oral communications class 5 years later is no different, but just appears to be the high school class and acting class combined into one 3 hour hell once a week.
So please forgive me if I have a hard time working on this because I won't have a final anything really to turn in or put in my portfolio, and I'm just going to recite this on Monday morning to get it over with and never (hopefully and with any luck) have to do it again. But I will say this...to all actors: I respect you and what you do. Because I certainly can't do it without feeling like I'm going to panic.
Believe me, please. I've been trying to overcome this whole "stage fright" thing for years and it just doesn't go away no matter how my presentations I give, or speeches I give, or monologues I perform. I think I'm pretty much doomed to shake uncontrollably during any presentations, interviews, etc..for the rest of time.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Tangents
I've started a stream-of-consciousness journal. It's rambling, random, and weird stories come out of it, but it's a lot of fun.
Fair warning: Future posts may contain excerpts of this randomness in my head.
Fair warning: Future posts may contain excerpts of this randomness in my head.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Three Steps #2
This one is submitted by Mr. Kyle Hoskins. Feel free to submit your own 3 steps!
Three Steps To Joy
1. Buy scotch
2. Drink scotch
3. smoke your cigarette with Miles Davis in the background and a good friend at your side.
Three Steps To Joy
1. Buy scotch
2. Drink scotch
3. smoke your cigarette with Miles Davis in the background and a good friend at your side.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Monday, August 31, 2009
"Thank you for holding, your call is important to us."
This is an abridged list of things that I did while I was on hold with AT&T.
1. Had a snack.
2. Read 5 chapters in my current book.
3. Watched an episode of The Simpsons.
4. Rearranged my pantry.
5. Potty break.
6. Did dishes.
I still did not resolve my issue because I got annoyed and hung up after 1 hour 15 minutes of being on hold.
Coming Soon:
3 Easy Steps to Joy
1. Had a snack.
2. Read 5 chapters in my current book.
3. Watched an episode of The Simpsons.
4. Rearranged my pantry.
5. Potty break.
6. Did dishes.
I still did not resolve my issue because I got annoyed and hung up after 1 hour 15 minutes of being on hold.
Coming Soon:
3 Easy Steps to Joy
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