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I find myself with an abundance of time this morning because there is no hot water in our building, and thus I can't take a shower. So I'm going to throw a little update at ya.
Wonder of the World rocks my face off. I'm having such a great time. It's basically like getting to play around for a couple of hours with six of your friends and Woody, and eventually like, doing a show or something. It seriously doesn't even feel like we're putting together a show. It's like our own little side project that might be seen by a few stragglers here or there. Opening night (in 8 days!) is going to be a shock.
I am surprisingly invested in all of my schoolwork thus far this semester. I've done every assignment, some even ahead of time! Frightening. Environmental Concepts is BORING. I'm back in 6th grade in that classroom. SS&M is an eye-opener. Jazz I kicks my ass everyday, but I love it. And Directing is so much work, but Amanda Lederer and I have found that it's quite satisfying (for us, anyway) to make breakthroughs and finish our work.
I miss getting to hang out with people. I don't know why I haven't been quite as social lately. But I don't like it. Weird.
And finally, an entry I read in a blog by Gavin Creel. It really resonates.
this profession, should you pick it, is full of highs. amazing highs. the thrill of getting that phone call that you got the job, the noise of a crowd that loved what you did for the past two hours, the occasional moment when someone somewhere might recognize you walking down the street and you feeling like, 'wow...i didn't realize anyone paid attention' (and then the further realization that they didn't recognize you-they were staring because you left the house without zipping your fly) ah vanity.
but, if you chose to try and become an actor...noone really tells you, or teaches you to be ready for...the transition.
if you want to do this, get ready for a life of transition. if you don't like transition (and most people, just don't) don't be an actor. or don't work in this business in any fashion. because nothing stays put. you will constantly be changing. just when you get used to it, just when you fall in love with a cast, a job, a city, a lover, a home...it ends. and you are forced into that invenvitable, transition.
it isn't always bad. sometimes, you need it, to get you jump started. to get you off your ass. to DO something.
Wonder of the World rocks my face off. I'm having such a great time. It's basically like getting to play around for a couple of hours with six of your friends and Woody, and eventually like, doing a show or something. It seriously doesn't even feel like we're putting together a show. It's like our own little side project that might be seen by a few stragglers here or there. Opening night (in 8 days!) is going to be a shock.
I am surprisingly invested in all of my schoolwork thus far this semester. I've done every assignment, some even ahead of time! Frightening. Environmental Concepts is BORING. I'm back in 6th grade in that classroom. SS&M is an eye-opener. Jazz I kicks my ass everyday, but I love it. And Directing is so much work, but Amanda Lederer and I have found that it's quite satisfying (for us, anyway) to make breakthroughs and finish our work.
I miss getting to hang out with people. I don't know why I haven't been quite as social lately. But I don't like it. Weird.
And finally, an entry I read in a blog by Gavin Creel. It really resonates.
this profession, should you pick it, is full of highs. amazing highs. the thrill of getting that phone call that you got the job, the noise of a crowd that loved what you did for the past two hours, the occasional moment when someone somewhere might recognize you walking down the street and you feeling like, 'wow...i didn't realize anyone paid attention' (and then the further realization that they didn't recognize you-they were staring because you left the house without zipping your fly) ah vanity.
but, if you chose to try and become an actor...noone really tells you, or teaches you to be ready for...the transition.
if you want to do this, get ready for a life of transition. if you don't like transition (and most people, just don't) don't be an actor. or don't work in this business in any fashion. because nothing stays put. you will constantly be changing. just when you get used to it, just when you fall in love with a cast, a job, a city, a lover, a home...it ends. and you are forced into that invenvitable, transition.
it isn't always bad. sometimes, you need it, to get you jump started. to get you off your ass. to DO something.