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I have butterflies in my stomach. I've not them this bad for a while.
I'm trying to get out of my head that the URTA auditions are the be all and end all. At the moment, they look like my only ticket in the world to ever living in the US again. In fairness, they're not even that. If the auditions are successful, and with so many people applying and the minimal prep time i've given myself, it's a huge if- a 3 year MFA is not a guarantee of living in the country. It would just be a short time, but i guess i'll cross that hurdle if it happens.
I am trying to set up contingency plans of what i'll do when i arrive home if everything goes wrong, so at least i'll have another objective to go flying at (literally!) but i can't think of anything right now. I guess for the record, if the auditions go horribly- i'll leave acting for a while and go and do a teaching course, work at PGL or go work on a cruise line or something.
On the positive side of the experience, i'm excited about going to NYC, especially about getting out of Aber for a week! I'm off to London at 1pm today to go see my sister and the new addition to the family. Apparently there will be a lot of family there that i haven't seen for years, so i'm excited about that too.
I must make sure that i do some more rehearsal though over the next week and don't get carried away by the wonders that are New York and London. I ended up picking Hippolytus from Phaedra and Gary from Shopping and Fucking in the end so hopefully the two gentleman will be on my side on the day. It says in a lot of the programmes that they ask for Shakespeare in the call backs- I don't know any off hand, so i think the plane journey will definitely be a useful time to commit some lines of verse to memory. Probably Puck's speech from Midsummers.
Talking of which, I e-mailed Richard (our head of department) yesterday to tell him that i wouldn't be at auditions and hopefully we could work something out for an audition at a later date. He sent me the weirdest e-mail back just saying "ok! mate! Very friendly!"
I think he was mocking the informality of my e-mail, but really- sometimes you can't be bothered to dress things up all the time! It's quite funny that if i wasn't going for these grad school auditions, i would be so worried, panicked and nervous about the Midsummer audition next Sunday but as a result of the pre-adventure, it's kind of paled into insignificance. Don't get me wrong- i'd still love to do it and will audition as well as i can,but there's just not going to be that pre-week worrying going on.
I think that's enough for now. Oh and on more day to day things, went out last night with Jim, Colin and Joe- pretty much my 3 favourite boys in the world. We all went dancing at Pier. It got really busy about an hour into it and we all got split up but for that one hour, i was having such a fantastic time. Considering they're all straight, I think i looked the most macho in the group..which i was quite proud of!
I'll get to see Rent the movie next week, and not have to wait until it comes to the UK. Very exciting.
And maybe even Brokeback Mountain.
And i'm going to have to go see a show (or two!) too on Broadway.
Oh dear. This trip might prove more expensive then i originally thought.
See you all in a week.
I'm trying to get out of my head that the URTA auditions are the be all and end all. At the moment, they look like my only ticket in the world to ever living in the US again. In fairness, they're not even that. If the auditions are successful, and with so many people applying and the minimal prep time i've given myself, it's a huge if- a 3 year MFA is not a guarantee of living in the country. It would just be a short time, but i guess i'll cross that hurdle if it happens.
I am trying to set up contingency plans of what i'll do when i arrive home if everything goes wrong, so at least i'll have another objective to go flying at (literally!) but i can't think of anything right now. I guess for the record, if the auditions go horribly- i'll leave acting for a while and go and do a teaching course, work at PGL or go work on a cruise line or something.
On the positive side of the experience, i'm excited about going to NYC, especially about getting out of Aber for a week! I'm off to London at 1pm today to go see my sister and the new addition to the family. Apparently there will be a lot of family there that i haven't seen for years, so i'm excited about that too.
I must make sure that i do some more rehearsal though over the next week and don't get carried away by the wonders that are New York and London. I ended up picking Hippolytus from Phaedra and Gary from Shopping and Fucking in the end so hopefully the two gentleman will be on my side on the day. It says in a lot of the programmes that they ask for Shakespeare in the call backs- I don't know any off hand, so i think the plane journey will definitely be a useful time to commit some lines of verse to memory. Probably Puck's speech from Midsummers.
Talking of which, I e-mailed Richard (our head of department) yesterday to tell him that i wouldn't be at auditions and hopefully we could work something out for an audition at a later date. He sent me the weirdest e-mail back just saying "ok! mate! Very friendly!"
I think he was mocking the informality of my e-mail, but really- sometimes you can't be bothered to dress things up all the time! It's quite funny that if i wasn't going for these grad school auditions, i would be so worried, panicked and nervous about the Midsummer audition next Sunday but as a result of the pre-adventure, it's kind of paled into insignificance. Don't get me wrong- i'd still love to do it and will audition as well as i can,but there's just not going to be that pre-week worrying going on.
I think that's enough for now. Oh and on more day to day things, went out last night with Jim, Colin and Joe- pretty much my 3 favourite boys in the world. We all went dancing at Pier. It got really busy about an hour into it and we all got split up but for that one hour, i was having such a fantastic time. Considering they're all straight, I think i looked the most macho in the group..which i was quite proud of!
I'll get to see Rent the movie next week, and not have to wait until it comes to the UK. Very exciting.
And maybe even Brokeback Mountain.
And i'm going to have to go see a show (or two!) too on Broadway.
Oh dear. This trip might prove more expensive then i originally thought.
See you all in a week.