Blergh. -- Adult Life
While I do have a very particular way of expressing myself verbally - it is not terribly precise. My usage of language is often repetitive and somewhat blurry. I like the way that I talk about things, I make myself laugh - but I still feel like I would sound like an idiot if turned into an interview sound-byte.
I find myself explaining to people - I'm not as stupid as I seem.
At what point in imitating (ok, I'll fess up: mocking) my students' speech patterns did I inculcate those same awkward patterns?
Maybe for Lent I'll give up joke-y slang.
--Strange, I had no intention of writing the above when I started this post--
With adulthood come agency. It's surreal. I'm finally "big" enough to make my own decisions, to live independently of my parents, to make my own mistakes, and to scare the bejeezus out of myself with some regularity.
LA is feeling like more of a sure thing.
It seems like there is too much to do and too little time, and yet all the time in the world. I need to focus of the craft of it more, but the business end is important as well.
It's strange too, that it took us growing into adulthood to really pursue our dreams. Gabe and his studio. Tim and a move to NYC for acting. Christine and publishing. Sara and her book. Me and tv/film acting.
God, please give us the strength to doggedly pursue our dreams even in the face of an uncertain future.
And Parking Godess, if you're listening, make sure I have an opportunity to act in a film/tv incarnation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - I owe it to me when I was five.
I find myself explaining to people - I'm not as stupid as I seem.
At what point in imitating (ok, I'll fess up: mocking) my students' speech patterns did I inculcate those same awkward patterns?
Maybe for Lent I'll give up joke-y slang.
--Strange, I had no intention of writing the above when I started this post--
With adulthood come agency. It's surreal. I'm finally "big" enough to make my own decisions, to live independently of my parents, to make my own mistakes, and to scare the bejeezus out of myself with some regularity.
LA is feeling like more of a sure thing.
It seems like there is too much to do and too little time, and yet all the time in the world. I need to focus of the craft of it more, but the business end is important as well.
It's strange too, that it took us growing into adulthood to really pursue our dreams. Gabe and his studio. Tim and a move to NYC for acting. Christine and publishing. Sara and her book. Me and tv/film acting.
God, please give us the strength to doggedly pursue our dreams even in the face of an uncertain future.
And Parking Godess, if you're listening, make sure I have an opportunity to act in a film/tv incarnation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - I owe it to me when I was five.