Opening Day!!

The morning performance for "Sideways Stories..." went pretty darn well this morning. The excitement the cast absorbed from the whole elementary school coming was beyond measure. I'm still in a sort of tizzy from the excitement of the first show in front of such a great audience. I'll try to add more information and cool things later, along with some pictures backstage. For now, let's just say I believe we rocked!


--David

Come together

Right now I'm in a mixed state of excitement and fatigue, the latter the obvious result of waking up a few minutes ago. The 85 push-ups and sit-ups in stage combat class certainly added their own flavor to the mix. As the class progresses, I strive to look inward more often with each new move or skill we pick up. It is frustrating when I lose that inward emotional control during a sequence, so my efforts in concentration must be doubled to truly grow as a stage combatant. Hell, as an actor and as a person, too. Perhaps before the class, I'll take the time to do some pre-meditation to concentrate on my breathing, and not just rely on the ones after class.

"Sideways Stories from Wayside School" opens tomorrow morning with a show for an elementary school. Jazzed does not begin to describe my excitement for that show. We've been doing great during all the runs, so there's no doubt we'll rock the house on all the shows.

Time to study for French!

--David

Quotes from the Director lady

"One person goes up, one person goes down. So it looks like we're being blown."

"Oh this is good... oh...huh? What's in my mouth?"

"Use your mouth."

"Grab your potatoes and sit down!"

"Ok. Let's try it with the bunraku hoods."

"It will be your turn to touch your understudy."


--David

Half-asleep rants by David

Please excuse the spelling, mistakes. I am functioning on little energy right now.

Screw this entry! I'm headed to sleep.

Night,

--David


NINJA EDIT:

Now that I'm slightly more coherent and awake in comparison to last night, my post will contain more content. Though that is a challenge when they had no content to begin with.

The Team Fortress 2 beta is out around the internet and from what I've played so far, this game is loads of fun. Perhaps I can actually play through a full round sometime before my computer freezes up . I've installed the latest ATi Catalyst drivers, yet it still freezes/crashes. I'm going to turn the settings down to medium, but if there's a way to have it not freeze at high graphic settings, I'm all ears.

Once again, pictures will be incoming from the show soon.

Midnight madness

Free wireless internet at my apartment complex is a fantastic tool, that's for damn sure.

It's about a few minutes past midnight here in the Old Pueblo, and my efforts to post something at regular intervals is off to a decent start. My state of drowsiness will be a fantastic assistance for keeping this post short.

Good things today:

• I contributed some pretty decent stuff today in French 202. With the friends I have in that class, and the new people I've met who are really good with French, it's been a great help with my improvement.
• Team Fortress 2 is preloading right now over Steam. I'm very excited to try out all the classes in the game to see which fits my style of play better.
• We're moving on to scales in guitar class. It's nothing too exciting, but with practice, it will definitely lead to something

Alright things/Bad things today:

• I had a quiz in directing class today. It was tougher than I thought it would be, but I knew enough to answer as well as I could.
• Lolo's been having trouble with her essay and editing it to her teacher's "recommendations." It's too bad she has to edit it, because I really enjoyed it and it was a pretty damn creative story.

There's probably a few more things I could include, but I am tired and need rest for tomorrow.


--David

Genesis Part 2

Here I am once again.

This will be a fresh start for my blogging, since certain things happened that changed my outlook on life somewhat, leaving me to summon a new page from the depths of nonexistence. Nothing bad happened, mind you, but changes that have hopefully made me a better person in the end.

Once in a while, you have an epiphany about yourself, a realization of something that you knew you were, but didn't have the heart to admit or to actually follow through with in real life. Sometimes it comes with age and, in the case of myself, it comes with the eventual onset of a chapter of your life coming to a close and with the admittance of feelings that you have had all along, but denied because of how odd it must seem to the general population.

When you've known someone for five years, you get to know them pretty well. Especially if you happen to be the main reason they became involved in the fine arts. There's an underlying sense of responsibility and a unique connection between you two, as if you've known each other for longer than five years. Now when I say responsibility, I mean that that person has dedicated themselves to a pursuit in life because of your influence and, as that influential person, you want to see them succeed in their pursuit, as well as bettering yourself day after day in the hopes that you set a positive example. It is a mutual responsibility of equal measure.

So what categorizes this situation, this relationship, as odd? That will have to wait until my French 202 homework is finished. Cliffhangers are the devil's plaything.

With the Educational Theatre Company show's rehearsals more than halfway through, and with two weeks left until the on-campus performances, the cast and crew are in high spirits, which is always uplifting. We've all done some fantastic work for such a long and challenging play for young audiences. With photo calls and tech run throughs coming up in a few days, sustaining that will be essential. I'm sure we can get through this unscathed.

Expect pictures from the show to be posted on this blog in a few days. Until then, it is off to "le monde du Francais."

Au revoir,

--David