And I've got to UPDATE again...
Quote of the Entry:
"Day by day..."
- Rob
Aaaah, sorry Rob, but that never gets old. =D
So, hey, yeah! I'm alive, I'm alive, can you hear me world, I'm alive! I'm actually UPDATING this thing. Like, where did THAT come from? Whose idea was THAT? Who'da thought I'd ever touch this again? I mean, the last real update was almost a month ago! That's no good, I've gotta get on top of that.
Well, what is there to say? Life in general is treatin' me just fine. Band in the mornings is still fun. Springfield Singers is kind of boring, especially because some of the pieces we're singing (namely "City of Jazz" and "Doctor Blues.") It's just....meh....I think I'd rather just have a study hall when the wind players aren't in Orchestra. Springfield Singers isn't worth the trouble.
Henry's class is uneventful. He's gonna have a new baby soon, so hopefully he'll let the class kind of make their own decisions in terms of class plans. That'd be fun. After all the stories I heard about him from last year, I felt a little disappointed when AP L&C turned out to be a real class. Ah well, it'll change I'm sure.
Funk's class has just gotten harder. I'm running out of gas; it's a fantastic class and all, but too much of a good thing makes it bad, you know? I think that my exhaustion has something to do with my schedule, but more on that later. The gist of it is that Funk's wrapping up the year; we've got two more units to do before the end of the class. Good times.
German III is also a little bit more work than it's worth. It's a fun class, don't get me wrong, I mean there's so many good people in there, but most of the students in German are seniors and so a lot of them have developed a certain lack of work ethic and motivation to do anything in class. That's all well and good; after all, this is their last SHS semester ever, but it's started to rub off on me, and my grades still kind of matter. So it's proving to be a little hard to get myself to do the German homework. Like tonight! I've got this German project to do that I haven't even touched. I'll get crackin' on that when I wrap this up.
Honors Physics. Hot DAMN, such an awesome time. Scheidly's proven to be a good teacher, his material is in-depth enough to keep me attentive and yet not too difficult to understand; as a result, I get a whole lot more from the classroom atmosphere because I'm not worried about trying to understand every last bit of information that I'm to be held accountable for. I'm sure you've had at least one class before in your life where you're doing well enough in it that in class you're relaxed and at ease, just in there for a good time. Most of you Band kids know what that's like in Band class -- the music isn't terribly difficult for you to play most of the time, so you're just in there to make some good music and enjoy the company.
So. My schedule. I don't know how I'm managing to fit it all in, though I have a feeling it has a lot to do with other people's flexibility and understanding. I mean, there's school, there's all the outside Music extracurriculars, there's Tennis lessons, Tennis season's coming up, there's Kodspell, there's Laramie, there's the Eagle rank in Boy Scouts I'm still working on, there's the Lego movie.... sensory overload, only the sensory is my schedule. Still, I don't think I'd change my schedule even if I could, 'cause it's just too much fun to stop. After all, it's a lot harder to fit a tennis team or plays into one's schedule when one's all grown up; the time to do these things is now, and I'm determined to do as much of it as I can, so I don't have any regrets about it later in life.
What kind of relaxing stuff has been goin' down over the past few weeks? Well, two weekends ago Kodspell had an all-day rehearsal at school on Saturday, and even though it was a lot of work and it was hard to keep myself focused, it was a blast. Last weekend, I went to see the Regional Orchestra concert with Sara and A-mart (Rob and Brett and Aho were in it) and I also went to the Sadie Hawkins dance with Erin. There was a group of people there, it was me and Erin and Rob and Sara and Brett and Jess and Caitlin and Pat and Amanda (Gary wouldn't dance with anyone so he wasn't there.) Sadie Hawkins turned out to be a heck of a lot of fun; I'm so glad I was able to go. Thanks Erin, thanks so much! =)
The Laramie Project - well, there are a few roles that the veteran actors/actresses who weren't cast should be playing. But there's still enough decent acting talents to carry the show. I've decided that, even though there's a bit of a personality class between me and Jared, he's got good ideas and is a competent director. ...True, this decision is sparked mainly by a rehearsal a few nights ago, where he went over one of my monologues with me. It's just -- when he wasn't busy trying to bring a room of ten or twelve people to order so that we could work out a complicated scene, when he was working with a much smaller number of people -- he had insights and suggestions for my role that I'd never gotten before from a director prior to this one. The kind of feedback an actor yearns to hear: "Yes, you're doing this right, because..... No, you might not want to do that, because..... This is how you might want to hold your body during this part of the monologue, because the body language delivers messages that your actual lines don't....." He worked a lot on bringing the monologue to life. I felt that I was pushed to bring it to the next level, to become my character instead of pretend to be my character. It's the kind of insight that turns a speech into a (sorry to be so melodramatic) passionate monologue from the mind and soul.
Once more, I apologize for being so melodramatic, most of you won't take this seriously now. But you should come give The Laramie Project a looksee if you have the time. I promise you this: you will be glad that you saw the play. And that's a guarantee.
Godspell - Still the highlight of my day. But that’s not because of the show itself, I don’t think. The show’s being handled quite poorly by the director, Mr. Kerrigan. He’s reblocking and reworking ideas and just changing the show around on a much more drastic level than what should be done two weeks before the opening night. And we’re still supposedly doing the play in the Knorr theater. Out of everything, that’s the biggest mistake of them all. And the longer we wait to switch over, the more pressure we’ll be under to get everything reblocked and ready to go by opening night. TJ was dropped from the show, and the way that Kerrigan went about breaking it to him has pissed off everyone in the cast, albeit some more than others. Basically… I don’t like Kerrigan very much. I think that most of the members of the cast could do a better directing job than he is right now. It’s really a shame.
No, Godspell isn’t the highlight of my day because of Godspell itself. It’s because of the fellowship developed in the cast while working on this project. They talk about it in books and on the news, but witnessing a group of people coming together to accomplish the same goal is a truly awe-inspiring sight. I’m the luckiest to be able to work with them.
Yeah, and so Chicago’s coming up! I had to scramble a bit for a room, but was able to secure one with Shoeby and Burkhart and Johnny Mac. THAT is a quality room. It’s gonna be good times. I’m excited.
Oh, yeah, something else to say! Let’s see, how to go about saying this… aaah… okay. People who… dislike anonymous comments in their LiveJournal… and are more susceptible to venomous comments, people who take them personally and to the extreme… and, aaah… people who get anonymous comments that are, more often than not, insulting… should seriously consider limiting comments in their LiveJournal to users only… or even better, screen comments before allowing them to be posted permanently… uh, yeah, aaah… you should definitely go ahead and do that…
* grins * Good stuff.
It’s too bad, too. I don’t know who’s saying that stuff, but I think it’s kind of funny that this anonymous poster game has been allowed to go on for so long. The tools to fix the problem are there, why would one not fix it? Unless one saw a reason to leave it unfixed, I suppose.
What else? Not much, actually. Still trying to get some Big Fish together, though it doesn’t look like this weekend’s gonna happen for it either. I’ll try, really I will, but I think it’ll have to be postponed yet AGAIN. Ah well. No worries, doing it “on time” isn’t what it’s all about. Can’t forget that.
Oh, we just got cable Internet connection installed last afternoon! KaZaA is back, and with new meaning -- now it takes less than forty minutes to download a song! This is so cool! Speed! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
This weekend’s looking relatively open. Next weekend will be beginning of production week for Godspell, and the weekend after is some serious Laramie work. So if you wanna do something, just let me know. If nothin’ comes up, then I’ll probably stay home and work on the Lego movie some.
Yup, that’s all! Life is busy, but I’m still hanging together. And in general, life is good. And in even more general, I’m gonna wrap up this LiveJournal entry!
Take care, everyone!
--- Klanecks
"Day by day..."
- Rob
Aaaah, sorry Rob, but that never gets old. =D
So, hey, yeah! I'm alive, I'm alive, can you hear me world, I'm alive! I'm actually UPDATING this thing. Like, where did THAT come from? Whose idea was THAT? Who'da thought I'd ever touch this again? I mean, the last real update was almost a month ago! That's no good, I've gotta get on top of that.
Well, what is there to say? Life in general is treatin' me just fine. Band in the mornings is still fun. Springfield Singers is kind of boring, especially because some of the pieces we're singing (namely "City of Jazz" and "Doctor Blues.") It's just....meh....I think I'd rather just have a study hall when the wind players aren't in Orchestra. Springfield Singers isn't worth the trouble.
Henry's class is uneventful. He's gonna have a new baby soon, so hopefully he'll let the class kind of make their own decisions in terms of class plans. That'd be fun. After all the stories I heard about him from last year, I felt a little disappointed when AP L&C turned out to be a real class. Ah well, it'll change I'm sure.
Funk's class has just gotten harder. I'm running out of gas; it's a fantastic class and all, but too much of a good thing makes it bad, you know? I think that my exhaustion has something to do with my schedule, but more on that later. The gist of it is that Funk's wrapping up the year; we've got two more units to do before the end of the class. Good times.
German III is also a little bit more work than it's worth. It's a fun class, don't get me wrong, I mean there's so many good people in there, but most of the students in German are seniors and so a lot of them have developed a certain lack of work ethic and motivation to do anything in class. That's all well and good; after all, this is their last SHS semester ever, but it's started to rub off on me, and my grades still kind of matter. So it's proving to be a little hard to get myself to do the German homework. Like tonight! I've got this German project to do that I haven't even touched. I'll get crackin' on that when I wrap this up.
Honors Physics. Hot DAMN, such an awesome time. Scheidly's proven to be a good teacher, his material is in-depth enough to keep me attentive and yet not too difficult to understand; as a result, I get a whole lot more from the classroom atmosphere because I'm not worried about trying to understand every last bit of information that I'm to be held accountable for. I'm sure you've had at least one class before in your life where you're doing well enough in it that in class you're relaxed and at ease, just in there for a good time. Most of you Band kids know what that's like in Band class -- the music isn't terribly difficult for you to play most of the time, so you're just in there to make some good music and enjoy the company.
So. My schedule. I don't know how I'm managing to fit it all in, though I have a feeling it has a lot to do with other people's flexibility and understanding. I mean, there's school, there's all the outside Music extracurriculars, there's Tennis lessons, Tennis season's coming up, there's Kodspell, there's Laramie, there's the Eagle rank in Boy Scouts I'm still working on, there's the Lego movie.... sensory overload, only the sensory is my schedule. Still, I don't think I'd change my schedule even if I could, 'cause it's just too much fun to stop. After all, it's a lot harder to fit a tennis team or plays into one's schedule when one's all grown up; the time to do these things is now, and I'm determined to do as much of it as I can, so I don't have any regrets about it later in life.
What kind of relaxing stuff has been goin' down over the past few weeks? Well, two weekends ago Kodspell had an all-day rehearsal at school on Saturday, and even though it was a lot of work and it was hard to keep myself focused, it was a blast. Last weekend, I went to see the Regional Orchestra concert with Sara and A-mart (Rob and Brett and Aho were in it) and I also went to the Sadie Hawkins dance with Erin. There was a group of people there, it was me and Erin and Rob and Sara and Brett and Jess and Caitlin and Pat and Amanda (Gary wouldn't dance with anyone so he wasn't there.) Sadie Hawkins turned out to be a heck of a lot of fun; I'm so glad I was able to go. Thanks Erin, thanks so much! =)
The Laramie Project - well, there are a few roles that the veteran actors/actresses who weren't cast should be playing. But there's still enough decent acting talents to carry the show. I've decided that, even though there's a bit of a personality class between me and Jared, he's got good ideas and is a competent director. ...True, this decision is sparked mainly by a rehearsal a few nights ago, where he went over one of my monologues with me. It's just -- when he wasn't busy trying to bring a room of ten or twelve people to order so that we could work out a complicated scene, when he was working with a much smaller number of people -- he had insights and suggestions for my role that I'd never gotten before from a director prior to this one. The kind of feedback an actor yearns to hear: "Yes, you're doing this right, because..... No, you might not want to do that, because..... This is how you might want to hold your body during this part of the monologue, because the body language delivers messages that your actual lines don't....." He worked a lot on bringing the monologue to life. I felt that I was pushed to bring it to the next level, to become my character instead of pretend to be my character. It's the kind of insight that turns a speech into a (sorry to be so melodramatic) passionate monologue from the mind and soul.
Once more, I apologize for being so melodramatic, most of you won't take this seriously now. But you should come give The Laramie Project a looksee if you have the time. I promise you this: you will be glad that you saw the play. And that's a guarantee.
Godspell - Still the highlight of my day. But that’s not because of the show itself, I don’t think. The show’s being handled quite poorly by the director, Mr. Kerrigan. He’s reblocking and reworking ideas and just changing the show around on a much more drastic level than what should be done two weeks before the opening night. And we’re still supposedly doing the play in the Knorr theater. Out of everything, that’s the biggest mistake of them all. And the longer we wait to switch over, the more pressure we’ll be under to get everything reblocked and ready to go by opening night. TJ was dropped from the show, and the way that Kerrigan went about breaking it to him has pissed off everyone in the cast, albeit some more than others. Basically… I don’t like Kerrigan very much. I think that most of the members of the cast could do a better directing job than he is right now. It’s really a shame.
No, Godspell isn’t the highlight of my day because of Godspell itself. It’s because of the fellowship developed in the cast while working on this project. They talk about it in books and on the news, but witnessing a group of people coming together to accomplish the same goal is a truly awe-inspiring sight. I’m the luckiest to be able to work with them.
Yeah, and so Chicago’s coming up! I had to scramble a bit for a room, but was able to secure one with Shoeby and Burkhart and Johnny Mac. THAT is a quality room. It’s gonna be good times. I’m excited.
Oh, yeah, something else to say! Let’s see, how to go about saying this… aaah… okay. People who… dislike anonymous comments in their LiveJournal… and are more susceptible to venomous comments, people who take them personally and to the extreme… and, aaah… people who get anonymous comments that are, more often than not, insulting… should seriously consider limiting comments in their LiveJournal to users only… or even better, screen comments before allowing them to be posted permanently… uh, yeah, aaah… you should definitely go ahead and do that…
* grins * Good stuff.
It’s too bad, too. I don’t know who’s saying that stuff, but I think it’s kind of funny that this anonymous poster game has been allowed to go on for so long. The tools to fix the problem are there, why would one not fix it? Unless one saw a reason to leave it unfixed, I suppose.
What else? Not much, actually. Still trying to get some Big Fish together, though it doesn’t look like this weekend’s gonna happen for it either. I’ll try, really I will, but I think it’ll have to be postponed yet AGAIN. Ah well. No worries, doing it “on time” isn’t what it’s all about. Can’t forget that.
Oh, we just got cable Internet connection installed last afternoon! KaZaA is back, and with new meaning -- now it takes less than forty minutes to download a song! This is so cool! Speed! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
This weekend’s looking relatively open. Next weekend will be beginning of production week for Godspell, and the weekend after is some serious Laramie work. So if you wanna do something, just let me know. If nothin’ comes up, then I’ll probably stay home and work on the Lego movie some.
Yup, that’s all! Life is busy, but I’m still hanging together. And in general, life is good. And in even more general, I’m gonna wrap up this LiveJournal entry!
Take care, everyone!
--- Klanecks