William Shakespeare.
The Tempest
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Odyssey
Odyssey is a 2-day long fine arts festival at my school.
my school is academically driven, so these 2 days fills the fine arts credit that those smarties need.
of course, for fine arts kids, its just two days of awesome.
except that the classes never work out how you'd like it.
grimm's dark fairy tales- skipped all the dark/dirty details. like rape and whatever. and only talked about stories we had never heard about. the guy played a lute which was cool.
nick cave soundsuits. a really interesting concept. but SUPER funky and very abstract. none of the student body was able to appreciate it. i thought it was kinda funny- which is bad because it wasn't supposed to be funny. there was a pink fluff ball. it was adorable.
faculty rock band- they sounded really good, but played songs i was unfamiliar with. eh.
lunch- i had to work at the school store. LAME. i sold dance tickets all period. it was boring and awful.
Hip-hop with Kasper K- i thought i was going to hate it. actually, it was a lot of fun. and i learned i have a pinch of swagger in me. haha
still sick. my throat is killing me. fell asleep for 40 minutes earlier. that was a win.
but i have to get up early tomorrow which is bs
my school is academically driven, so these 2 days fills the fine arts credit that those smarties need.
of course, for fine arts kids, its just two days of awesome.
except that the classes never work out how you'd like it.
grimm's dark fairy tales- skipped all the dark/dirty details. like rape and whatever. and only talked about stories we had never heard about. the guy played a lute which was cool.
nick cave soundsuits. a really interesting concept. but SUPER funky and very abstract. none of the student body was able to appreciate it. i thought it was kinda funny- which is bad because it wasn't supposed to be funny. there was a pink fluff ball. it was adorable.
faculty rock band- they sounded really good, but played songs i was unfamiliar with. eh.
lunch- i had to work at the school store. LAME. i sold dance tickets all period. it was boring and awful.
Hip-hop with Kasper K- i thought i was going to hate it. actually, it was a lot of fun. and i learned i have a pinch of swagger in me. haha
still sick. my throat is killing me. fell asleep for 40 minutes earlier. that was a win.
but i have to get up early tomorrow which is bs
Musical Theatre
Musical theatre had always been my dream. not broadway persay, but just performing. I love it. I love it so much.
then I performed for my peers who i've worked with before, on a 32 bar cut of a song, no bid deal right? I FREAKED out. and my friend said "if you can't perform for us, you won't be able to do it for an audition" and he's right. and I switched my major to undecided. I started considering other options, Sociology, ASL. who knows? Yesterday I watched myself in the musical theatre revue DVD. My solo song- BOMBED. when i was in a group of 3, i was fine and adorable. but he was right. i love theatre. but i shouldn't make it my career. maybe i'll own a theatre one day. i'd like that.
i'm starting to lose my theatre passion. maybe because i'm going to college. maybe because i'm starting to grasp the reality of it all. maybe because i'm worn down and it's become work, not enjoyable. (also because i'm not friends with any of the theatre kids because it's cutthroat plus i'm weird and don't make friends like a normal person. i happen upon them as opposed to trying to form friendships)
I'm in a play, shakespeare. and i'm applying to direct another one. am i just going to burn out? if i get to be a director, will i hate my cast? my play? the process? will i come to be this horrible legend of the evil director? or maybe it'll be great. maybe it'll be different once i'm directing. (that being another area i'd like to explore)
and what if i don't get to be a director? will it be the huge load off that i'm looking for?
I don't know what's going on with my life right now. i'm so confused. i feel like i need to sleep for 2 weeks. wake up. and i'll just know.
if only it were that simple.
then I performed for my peers who i've worked with before, on a 32 bar cut of a song, no bid deal right? I FREAKED out. and my friend said "if you can't perform for us, you won't be able to do it for an audition" and he's right. and I switched my major to undecided. I started considering other options, Sociology, ASL. who knows? Yesterday I watched myself in the musical theatre revue DVD. My solo song- BOMBED. when i was in a group of 3, i was fine and adorable. but he was right. i love theatre. but i shouldn't make it my career. maybe i'll own a theatre one day. i'd like that.
i'm starting to lose my theatre passion. maybe because i'm going to college. maybe because i'm starting to grasp the reality of it all. maybe because i'm worn down and it's become work, not enjoyable. (also because i'm not friends with any of the theatre kids because it's cutthroat plus i'm weird and don't make friends like a normal person. i happen upon them as opposed to trying to form friendships)
I'm in a play, shakespeare. and i'm applying to direct another one. am i just going to burn out? if i get to be a director, will i hate my cast? my play? the process? will i come to be this horrible legend of the evil director? or maybe it'll be great. maybe it'll be different once i'm directing. (that being another area i'd like to explore)
and what if i don't get to be a director? will it be the huge load off that i'm looking for?
I don't know what's going on with my life right now. i'm so confused. i feel like i need to sleep for 2 weeks. wake up. and i'll just know.
if only it were that simple.
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