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Every year around this time I start to come out of my winter depression. This year has been particularly harsh, what with the fiasco here at the apartment. We have not been able to find a third roommate, and Kevin and I are both beginning to think that we need to start searching for a different place. This one is just too damn expensive, and in Kevin's words it's starting to feel like financial suicide. We simply cannot afford it. Especially with just the two of us. We are struggling to the point that we got a warning today from the electric company warning us that they are going to turn off our power. This is.... a really bad situation we're stuck in. We're getting by, but it's very hard. I've been steadily losing hours at work, to the point where I am getting less than 30 hours per paycheck - I get paid biweekly. It's brutal, and I'm having zero luck finding a second - or replacement - job. Quite simply, nothing and nowhere is hiring.I'm at a loss.
That is why I am so excited for Faire to begin. I am never happier than I am during the run of Faire. That is the time when I get to spend virtually every weekend doing what I love with the people I care about most in the world. Over the last six years, the people I've gotten to know through the CT Renaissance Faire have grown from acquaintences, to friends, to dear friends, to family. You have all touched me so much, I don't know what I would do or who I would be without you. You lift my spirits and make me happy to be me. I cannot wait to see you again! I still am not 100% sure that I will be able to afford taking every weekend off, but I am going to try my damnedest to get there. At the very least I will audition, and if I get the day off (which, heh, I probably will) then I will be at the Audition Workshop as well.
As many of you know, I take the audition process very seriously. I always have, and after years and years of having crappy audition ("Oops, I can't remember the rest!") after shitty audition ("Carl, it's a good thing we know you can sing!") after embarrassing audition ("Crap! I did it again!!! What the hell? I knew it ten minutes ago!") I finally have found my groove. No more pathetic attempts at Shakespeare, no more pointless comedic trash. Last year I searched for about six weeks before settling on a very intense dramatic monologue, and I was rewarded with the best audition I have ever had. I had myself and some of the audition panel in tears. I worked so hard on that thing, and I have never been prouder of an audition. Given that this year I want a real departure from what I've been given in the past I know I have to impress.
I don't think I want to be in Music Cast this year. If I prove myself able, I want to fight. I have wanted to for years, but casting has usually forced me not to participate. I've been to Fight Workshop probably a total of four seasons out of six, and I have had two comedic street fights. From what I've heard about the plot this year, which is admittedly not that much, there doesn't appear to any male roles that I could really play. But I'd really love the chance to be in the Rewind Fight. Now I'm not really counting on it - I doubt that I'll be cast as a Knight, which means I'd have to be one of the mercenaries. But I really want to play that. I've coasted by on simple, silly characters for so many years I really want something I can dig my teeth into and challenge myself.
I've been struggling with finding a monologue that I think is appropriate. I honestly think I have to one-up myself to even stand a chance at what I want, and I haven't been finding anything suitable. And tonight I popped a movie into my DVD player that I doubt anyone in cast will have seen. It's intense, and maybe more suited to a typical theatrical audition, but given that that's what I have been aiming for these past few years, I'm fairly happy with it. I may change my mind, who knows, but I'm pretty settled on it.
And as a side note, you must all see Rachel Getting Married. It's an incredibly movie. Unless you're on the audition committee, then you have to wait until April 20th. ;-P
That is why I am so excited for Faire to begin. I am never happier than I am during the run of Faire. That is the time when I get to spend virtually every weekend doing what I love with the people I care about most in the world. Over the last six years, the people I've gotten to know through the CT Renaissance Faire have grown from acquaintences, to friends, to dear friends, to family. You have all touched me so much, I don't know what I would do or who I would be without you. You lift my spirits and make me happy to be me. I cannot wait to see you again! I still am not 100% sure that I will be able to afford taking every weekend off, but I am going to try my damnedest to get there. At the very least I will audition, and if I get the day off (which, heh, I probably will) then I will be at the Audition Workshop as well.
As many of you know, I take the audition process very seriously. I always have, and after years and years of having crappy audition ("Oops, I can't remember the rest!") after shitty audition ("Carl, it's a good thing we know you can sing!") after embarrassing audition ("Crap! I did it again!!! What the hell? I knew it ten minutes ago!") I finally have found my groove. No more pathetic attempts at Shakespeare, no more pointless comedic trash. Last year I searched for about six weeks before settling on a very intense dramatic monologue, and I was rewarded with the best audition I have ever had. I had myself and some of the audition panel in tears. I worked so hard on that thing, and I have never been prouder of an audition. Given that this year I want a real departure from what I've been given in the past I know I have to impress.
I don't think I want to be in Music Cast this year. If I prove myself able, I want to fight. I have wanted to for years, but casting has usually forced me not to participate. I've been to Fight Workshop probably a total of four seasons out of six, and I have had two comedic street fights. From what I've heard about the plot this year, which is admittedly not that much, there doesn't appear to any male roles that I could really play. But I'd really love the chance to be in the Rewind Fight. Now I'm not really counting on it - I doubt that I'll be cast as a Knight, which means I'd have to be one of the mercenaries. But I really want to play that. I've coasted by on simple, silly characters for so many years I really want something I can dig my teeth into and challenge myself.
I've been struggling with finding a monologue that I think is appropriate. I honestly think I have to one-up myself to even stand a chance at what I want, and I haven't been finding anything suitable. And tonight I popped a movie into my DVD player that I doubt anyone in cast will have seen. It's intense, and maybe more suited to a typical theatrical audition, but given that that's what I have been aiming for these past few years, I'm fairly happy with it. I may change my mind, who knows, but I'm pretty settled on it.
And as a side note, you must all see Rachel Getting Married. It's an incredibly movie. Unless you're on the audition committee, then you have to wait until April 20th. ;-P