I RETURN!
Hellooooo peoples of LJ-land! It's time I dusted this thing off and got you reacquainted with the boring, self-deprecating life of your dear Esotericara. You missed me, I know.
So what has brought me back, you ask? Avoidance. Yes, I am avoiding the small (but important) mound of work that I let pile up in the last week. Labor Day weekend was a 3-day weekend for most, but it was a 4-day weekend for me as I don't have class on Tuesdays. And if there's ANYTHING we know about 4-day weekends, it's that they produce Avoidance. With a capital "A".
What I need to do:
-Read 2 Beaumarchais plays by 2:00 tomorrow afternoon
-Analyze and write about a scene from Rigoletto by 10:00 tomorrow morning
-Pick, learn, and memorize a monologue for my audition on Saturday
-Work out the timing/rests in my audition piece for Saturday
Holy bajeesus. Notice that theory project in there? Remember how I suck at theory and only pass due to a grace of God/pity of professor/being really endearing combo? This is NOT the way I wanted to kick off the semester. But now that I'm sitting down and prioritizing, this is the first thing to go. In 5 years, will I care that I didn't do one of five assignments in the class as long as I passed the class? (I realize this means that I MUST do all the others and must do well on them). No, no I won't care. Will I care if I didn't learn my dialogue and fix my audition piece, causing me not to get a part in the mainstage opera, defeating the purpose of attending grad school in the first place? Yes, in fact, I will care. Especially when I'm writing those monthly checks to Sallie Mae, Citi, and Uncle Sam.
And the plays? One is The Marriage of Figaro, so I think I can get by with passable knowledge of that. The second is The Guilty Mother, which I'm already almost done with.
Positives to focus on:
-Dupuy thought I sounded wonderful today in studio class
-Hank already likes me and likes working with me. He knows how well I work.
-Mancini has no bearing on my future after he assigns me a grade. He can hate me and nobody will care.
-After this will all cease to be a problem, we're going to the Rangers/Yankees game.
Okay, that felt good. I feel better now, don't you? Oh wait...
So what has brought me back, you ask? Avoidance. Yes, I am avoiding the small (but important) mound of work that I let pile up in the last week. Labor Day weekend was a 3-day weekend for most, but it was a 4-day weekend for me as I don't have class on Tuesdays. And if there's ANYTHING we know about 4-day weekends, it's that they produce Avoidance. With a capital "A".
What I need to do:
-Read 2 Beaumarchais plays by 2:00 tomorrow afternoon
-Analyze and write about a scene from Rigoletto by 10:00 tomorrow morning
-Pick, learn, and memorize a monologue for my audition on Saturday
-Work out the timing/rests in my audition piece for Saturday
Holy bajeesus. Notice that theory project in there? Remember how I suck at theory and only pass due to a grace of God/pity of professor/being really endearing combo? This is NOT the way I wanted to kick off the semester. But now that I'm sitting down and prioritizing, this is the first thing to go. In 5 years, will I care that I didn't do one of five assignments in the class as long as I passed the class? (I realize this means that I MUST do all the others and must do well on them). No, no I won't care. Will I care if I didn't learn my dialogue and fix my audition piece, causing me not to get a part in the mainstage opera, defeating the purpose of attending grad school in the first place? Yes, in fact, I will care. Especially when I'm writing those monthly checks to Sallie Mae, Citi, and Uncle Sam.
And the plays? One is The Marriage of Figaro, so I think I can get by with passable knowledge of that. The second is The Guilty Mother, which I'm already almost done with.
Positives to focus on:
-Dupuy thought I sounded wonderful today in studio class
-Hank already likes me and likes working with me. He knows how well I work.
-Mancini has no bearing on my future after he assigns me a grade. He can hate me and nobody will care.
-After this will all cease to be a problem, we're going to the Rangers/Yankees game.
Okay, that felt good. I feel better now, don't you? Oh wait...