Here, have some drivel.
Yeah, I know - no substantial posts recently, just Memes. I'm working on it, but Life just keeps getting in the way....
Quick catch-up:
Insurance on even an inexpensive Kia for an 18-year-old-male is hellishly costly so is damn near everything else but hey I still have a job yay cos a bunch of the folks I worked with until recently don't and woo-hoo I'm managing a House at Screams which sort of blew my mind but I think I'm getting the hang of it and I'm working with some really great people including lots of SAPA folks who are absolutely my favoritist folks in all the world especially Stiltbeast who's a frickin' genius at this stuff and I got sick with a nasty cold but feel better now and since I'm busy with Screams I have no Fridays and Saturdays off but I don't mind cos I can sleep in on Sunday at least and TRF is coming up so I'm really looking forward to going down a couple of times in November to help out Lt. Lewys (who is actually the Captain of the Queen's Guard there so there will be 3 Captains roaming around when I'm there which will lead to many "after you Captain" "No after YOU Captain" Keystone Cops moments but should be good fun regardless oh and I got an iPhone which totally ROCKS.
There. You're all caught up.
And now, Deep Thoughts with Matthew Sharpe:
A couple of months ago when the Royal Guard Workshops were going on, we did an exercise where we were led through an imagined face-to-face "meeting" between actor and character - first from the perspective of the character, and then replayed the same meeting from the perspective of the actor. It was thought-provoking since afterwards, the instructor (Richard P) asked us for our impressions of the character. He then turned it around and asked
us what the character's impression of the ACTOR was. As surrealistic as the exercise was I found it very valuable.
It was, however, more than a little discomfiting to realize that Sharpe viewed Matt as weak, soft and unfocused - definitely no threat. I've been mulling this over ever since and have determined that I would like to make a few changes in myself. Less laziness and more activity of worth. More exercise - hence a new barbell with a modest 20lb of weights which is already having a happy-making effect om my upper body. More focus on important things and less willingness to be fat, dumb and happy. We'll see how it goes, but I feel better already.
I do have to wonder, though - why am I seeking approval from my own character? Weird.
Comments welcomed.
Quick catch-up:
Insurance on even an inexpensive Kia for an 18-year-old-male is hellishly costly so is damn near everything else but hey I still have a job yay cos a bunch of the folks I worked with until recently don't and woo-hoo I'm managing a House at Screams which sort of blew my mind but I think I'm getting the hang of it and I'm working with some really great people including lots of SAPA folks who are absolutely my favoritist folks in all the world especially Stiltbeast who's a frickin' genius at this stuff and I got sick with a nasty cold but feel better now and since I'm busy with Screams I have no Fridays and Saturdays off but I don't mind cos I can sleep in on Sunday at least and TRF is coming up so I'm really looking forward to going down a couple of times in November to help out Lt. Lewys (who is actually the Captain of the Queen's Guard there so there will be 3 Captains roaming around when I'm there which will lead to many "after you Captain" "No after YOU Captain" Keystone Cops moments but should be good fun regardless oh and I got an iPhone which totally ROCKS.
There. You're all caught up.
And now, Deep Thoughts with Matthew Sharpe:
A couple of months ago when the Royal Guard Workshops were going on, we did an exercise where we were led through an imagined face-to-face "meeting" between actor and character - first from the perspective of the character, and then replayed the same meeting from the perspective of the actor. It was thought-provoking since afterwards, the instructor (Richard P) asked us for our impressions of the character. He then turned it around and asked
us what the character's impression of the ACTOR was. As surrealistic as the exercise was I found it very valuable.
It was, however, more than a little discomfiting to realize that Sharpe viewed Matt as weak, soft and unfocused - definitely no threat. I've been mulling this over ever since and have determined that I would like to make a few changes in myself. Less laziness and more activity of worth. More exercise - hence a new barbell with a modest 20lb of weights which is already having a happy-making effect om my upper body. More focus on important things and less willingness to be fat, dumb and happy. We'll see how it goes, but I feel better already.
I do have to wonder, though - why am I seeking approval from my own character? Weird.
Comments welcomed.