History of Friendships

[geekslave]

My last entry and some of the replies to it made me start to take a walk down memory lane and think about my past friendships and how I was when I was younger. Sometimes I think I always was as quiet as I am now, but really when I think about it I was actually the opposite. I used to be, from until maybe I was 6 or 7, quite the little chatterbox.

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[geekslave]

It definitely feels ironic that I was in an acting class and I'm so shy. Though I've heard that there are a lot of actors, like Sally Field, that are cripplingly shy, but somehow manage to get over it when it comes to acting. I wish I knew how to do that. For the longest time, it was my dream to be an actor, which is why I took the acting class. I took acting all four years in high school and had the same teacher, too. I loved the class. But, other than a few class assignments, I didn't act in any high school major productions. In class, I wouldn't know my lines and/or when I got on stage I froze, no matter how much I prepared for it.

But the class did lead me to other things. I had my friend in that class and some interesting experiences. And in my second year there were several different projects we did, one had us directing a play. I really took to that, which lead me to deciding I wanted to direct, which lead me to applying to film schools for college and getting in to a couple. It was also one of the classes that re-awakened my love of writing.

I definitely hate standing up in front of people. For college, one of the required courses is a speech class and I'm already dreading it.

Online friends are great. :)

Stacey