significantly better
while i may have a cough of doom, my day was much better.
1: woke up at 11am, no problem. that's a first. maybe there's something to this not going out every weekend?
2: julia was awesome today. she's been hugging and laughing and playing with me alot. i like this change. she doesn't want class to end, and using english more in our daily conversation. yay! still hates studying out of her book, but so do i, so i don't blame her.
3: the actor of doom was FAR less doomly. eriko had a talk with him yesterday night or this morning. it made a difference. he was still a bit stubborn, but not unecessarily so. i also invited him to dine with me afterwards, and we discussed his character. i waited until we had a good flow going, and then explained how i needed him to give me more input and be more willing to work with me, so i can help him get to the core of his character and it's possibilities. we've still got some really different views on how the show should go, but i left today pretty happy.
i think if we can keep an open dialogue going, we can keep the play moving
he also let it slip that he thinks causing conflict also causes new ideas - now i can be FAR less irritated when he contradicts me, because i can see he's jsut trying to keep the juices flowing (altho i wonder how much he's letting that come back to him)
also, sean and i were rehearsing, and both caroline and matt were acting as directors, and they seemed to be really pleased. which felt good, because i was expecting them to be horrified (still waiting for someone to tell me i'm a terrible actor).
yay! joy!
plus, passby goodness when doing character work. always a plus
4: longisland iced teas at schillers with kuka and inga and inga's norwegian friends. that was awesome. what happens when you drink a liter of liit's? you get trashed, that's what. especially if you do it in, like, an hour and a half.
when, oh WHEN will i learn my lesson with liit's? i'm a sucker for punishment.
no, really it was a great time and i was really glad to chill with inga and kuka and inga's friends (and casanova, because he's always there. but today he was less 'mluegh')
5: talked online with jenna, and boy via jenna. am trying to talk her into seducing boy, because i'm twisted, and i figure one of us should be making sure he's sassified. also, he comes aubri approved in the bedroom settings, so i'll know she's getting good luvvin'. mostly i do it because i'm evil and it's funny. gross, yes. but, also, evilly funny!
6: talked with daddy! i love my daddy. he is kinda awesome in a million ways. i'm really excited to see what he's been doing with the house. everyone has been working so hard. we also discussed the repayment of my student loans, and the proper way to approach the Loan Of Doom. gonna pay off $1000 on the principle, and put another $1000 in the bank to make the following 6 months of payments, giving me time to save for the rest. if need be, i will ask him to privately loan me, so i can pay it all off. i just really hate the interest, and he won't charge me interest. but even i have to agree it's good for my credit having this loan. i hate that you have to buy credit, more or less!
he also filled me in on the state of my stocks, and we discussed possibly investing the money i've got put aside for justice and lyss and des. i'm going to think on it. part of me knows it would be wise to start bringing in returns from that, but another part of me is still living in the 1940's and doesn't trust banks. i think my money soul is reincarnated from uncle scrooge.
7: talked with schmitty. smilies all around till he up and dissapeared. it was such a good night for catching up with people. i think something in my brain was on point when it came to connecting with people today, which i needed after this weekend (which was pretty obvious)
8: paul moser. yes. the last good thing of my day was paul moser. i emailed him yesterday asking for ANY advice he could give me when handling a cheeky actor. he emailed me back within 24 hours with some awesome advice, alot of tactics for handling the situation and some moral support.
i think i'm finally at a place where i'm not quite so terrified of my profs. i wish i could have been this proactive and communicative (or, more so) when i was in uni. somethign about me there....
anyway. paul made my evening. which is kind of awesome :-D
runnerup to the joy was the phonecall i got a few hours ago from cute gym boy asking me what time i'd be coming to the gym tomorrow so he could set up his hours so we'd meet.
SQUEE! cute gym boys!
i wish my chinese was a MILLION times better than it is right now. no better motivation to learn than flirting with cute gym boys ;)
ps: cute gym boy's name is zhanglei. i just like my nickname for him, and i think it makes things less confusing.
1: woke up at 11am, no problem. that's a first. maybe there's something to this not going out every weekend?
2: julia was awesome today. she's been hugging and laughing and playing with me alot. i like this change. she doesn't want class to end, and using english more in our daily conversation. yay! still hates studying out of her book, but so do i, so i don't blame her.
3: the actor of doom was FAR less doomly. eriko had a talk with him yesterday night or this morning. it made a difference. he was still a bit stubborn, but not unecessarily so. i also invited him to dine with me afterwards, and we discussed his character. i waited until we had a good flow going, and then explained how i needed him to give me more input and be more willing to work with me, so i can help him get to the core of his character and it's possibilities. we've still got some really different views on how the show should go, but i left today pretty happy.
i think if we can keep an open dialogue going, we can keep the play moving
he also let it slip that he thinks causing conflict also causes new ideas - now i can be FAR less irritated when he contradicts me, because i can see he's jsut trying to keep the juices flowing (altho i wonder how much he's letting that come back to him)
also, sean and i were rehearsing, and both caroline and matt were acting as directors, and they seemed to be really pleased. which felt good, because i was expecting them to be horrified (still waiting for someone to tell me i'm a terrible actor).
yay! joy!
plus, passby goodness when doing character work. always a plus
4: longisland iced teas at schillers with kuka and inga and inga's norwegian friends. that was awesome. what happens when you drink a liter of liit's? you get trashed, that's what. especially if you do it in, like, an hour and a half.
when, oh WHEN will i learn my lesson with liit's? i'm a sucker for punishment.
no, really it was a great time and i was really glad to chill with inga and kuka and inga's friends (and casanova, because he's always there. but today he was less 'mluegh')
5: talked online with jenna, and boy via jenna. am trying to talk her into seducing boy, because i'm twisted, and i figure one of us should be making sure he's sassified. also, he comes aubri approved in the bedroom settings, so i'll know she's getting good luvvin'. mostly i do it because i'm evil and it's funny. gross, yes. but, also, evilly funny!
6: talked with daddy! i love my daddy. he is kinda awesome in a million ways. i'm really excited to see what he's been doing with the house. everyone has been working so hard. we also discussed the repayment of my student loans, and the proper way to approach the Loan Of Doom. gonna pay off $1000 on the principle, and put another $1000 in the bank to make the following 6 months of payments, giving me time to save for the rest. if need be, i will ask him to privately loan me, so i can pay it all off. i just really hate the interest, and he won't charge me interest. but even i have to agree it's good for my credit having this loan. i hate that you have to buy credit, more or less!
he also filled me in on the state of my stocks, and we discussed possibly investing the money i've got put aside for justice and lyss and des. i'm going to think on it. part of me knows it would be wise to start bringing in returns from that, but another part of me is still living in the 1940's and doesn't trust banks. i think my money soul is reincarnated from uncle scrooge.
7: talked with schmitty. smilies all around till he up and dissapeared. it was such a good night for catching up with people. i think something in my brain was on point when it came to connecting with people today, which i needed after this weekend (which was pretty obvious)
8: paul moser. yes. the last good thing of my day was paul moser. i emailed him yesterday asking for ANY advice he could give me when handling a cheeky actor. he emailed me back within 24 hours with some awesome advice, alot of tactics for handling the situation and some moral support.
i think i'm finally at a place where i'm not quite so terrified of my profs. i wish i could have been this proactive and communicative (or, more so) when i was in uni. somethign about me there....
anyway. paul made my evening. which is kind of awesome :-D
runnerup to the joy was the phonecall i got a few hours ago from cute gym boy asking me what time i'd be coming to the gym tomorrow so he could set up his hours so we'd meet.
SQUEE! cute gym boys!
i wish my chinese was a MILLION times better than it is right now. no better motivation to learn than flirting with cute gym boys ;)
ps: cute gym boy's name is zhanglei. i just like my nickname for him, and i think it makes things less confusing.