PG= 100
Thank you so much for the senior periods to work on showcase. Today was really helpful. I'm really close to having complete understanding, and I'm getting into the right mindset for how to produce something that will work.
Theatre Journal:
Showcasey stuff, as you said I could do. I'm trying really hard to just vomit. I'm starting in the area I suppose I"m most comfortable, the music. This evening I've established three possibilities for music. I hope to come up with several more, and hopefully of more varied style. Maybe. It could be that the reason I'm only coming up with this sort of thing is that it's what works in my mind. Anyways, next thing to tackle is figuring out if I want any additional text, which I believe I do. Once again, vomiting like a firehose onto a piece of paper is the goal. I'm not going to tackle the dance portion until I stop hurting quite so much from, well dance.
Dance Journal:
Luckily, feeling a little bit better every day. Not too thrilled about the gap smack in the middle, but I'm very happy with the two periods a day. Warmups hurt like a bitch today, with the lower back stretch against the wall. Improv went well though. It's strange, there are many analogs between dance and theatre, but improv isn't one of them. At least, not yet. So far it's a totally different experience. I'm just curious as to why I'm so twitchy with my eyes closed. Whoa. Flashback.
Gabe Journal:
I'm very happy for Chelsea. Her internship is happening. I am a slob. My room is terrifying. I'm going up to Purchase for Yom Kippur tomorrow. Three hours in transit. I will be bored out of my mind. Talking to mom about college prices. I've got the extremes going on: CalArts at, what, $50,000? And Montclair at an almost guaranteed free ride. Oh, god, I have to get my SATs 20 points higher. Now the goal is to get them 120 points higher. That may be rough. Eek. I need to go for a bike ride. Get some fresh air.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
No, really.
Sheize. Tried too hard to fall asleep, and forgot about this. Merf.
PG=100
Stayed on my toes in regards to helping teach the freshmen theatre safety. Described the three-point rule of ladders. Also remembered about the shudders on lights.
Theatre Journal:
Now for my memory-saver for Old Times (hurhur). Overriding theme: memory, and its fragility and power. It's ambiguous as hell, offering about 3 different pasts, each of which is ostensibly true, but no solid proof to back up each one. Lou said there's that debate that Anna and Kate may be the same person, that it could all be in Deeley's head. I'm not sure how I feel about that. Something to think about when I reread it. What I find ridiculous is that Pinter wrote the entire thing as basically idle chitchat. And it's still engaging.It's just three middle-aged people sitting around and talking about and arguing about their past. There is the recurring theme of their relationships in regard to the movie Odd Man Out, which I'll have to look up at some point.
Dance Journal:
I was so grateful to do yoga today. I mean, I'm terrible at it, but it was wonderful to stretch out. Was mildly concerned; in downward dog, even if I made a concerted effort to keep breathing, it still felt like blood was rushing to my head. Is that just me needing to do cardio? Anyways, had some fun with the combination for rep. Was rather glad not to have the mirror. I probably looked like a fool. But I think i finally got the hang of the syncopated hip/shoulder walk.
Gabe Journal:
PG=100
Stayed on my toes in regards to helping teach the freshmen theatre safety. Described the three-point rule of ladders. Also remembered about the shudders on lights.
Theatre Journal:
Now for my memory-saver for Old Times (hurhur). Overriding theme: memory, and its fragility and power. It's ambiguous as hell, offering about 3 different pasts, each of which is ostensibly true, but no solid proof to back up each one. Lou said there's that debate that Anna and Kate may be the same person, that it could all be in Deeley's head. I'm not sure how I feel about that. Something to think about when I reread it. What I find ridiculous is that Pinter wrote the entire thing as basically idle chitchat. And it's still engaging.It's just three middle-aged people sitting around and talking about and arguing about their past. There is the recurring theme of their relationships in regard to the movie Odd Man Out, which I'll have to look up at some point.
Dance Journal:
I was so grateful to do yoga today. I mean, I'm terrible at it, but it was wonderful to stretch out. Was mildly concerned; in downward dog, even if I made a concerted effort to keep breathing, it still felt like blood was rushing to my head. Is that just me needing to do cardio? Anyways, had some fun with the combination for rep. Was rather glad not to have the mirror. I probably looked like a fool. But I think i finally got the hang of the syncopated hip/shoulder walk.
Gabe Journal:
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
It hurts! It hurts so bad!
PG=100
Started Theatre in the 70s. I'm proud of me for remembering most of the stuff. Also happy I managed to properly phrase the difference between for-profit and non-for-profit.
Theatre Journal:
I'm going to collect my thoughts on Buried Child sos I don't forget. So I may look at that VInce monologue right near the end. I do needs me them monologues. Ah geez. But yeah. I want to do more research on how Sam Shepard makes use of different mythologies. There's the whole corn-god thing going on, along with the triple-death of burial thing.
Dance Journal:
OUCH. Hot damn today hurt. It's simultaneously awesome that I have the ballet background and terrible. My body still remembers what it has to do; trouble is, it can't do it right now, but is still trying to. Hence, pain from hell making it, shall we say, problematic to walk at the moment. Yay for knee braces with built-in pouches for ice packs.
Gabe Journal:
Dun wanna today.
Started Theatre in the 70s. I'm proud of me for remembering most of the stuff. Also happy I managed to properly phrase the difference between for-profit and non-for-profit.
Theatre Journal:
I'm going to collect my thoughts on Buried Child sos I don't forget. So I may look at that VInce monologue right near the end. I do needs me them monologues. Ah geez. But yeah. I want to do more research on how Sam Shepard makes use of different mythologies. There's the whole corn-god thing going on, along with the triple-death of burial thing.
Dance Journal:
OUCH. Hot damn today hurt. It's simultaneously awesome that I have the ballet background and terrible. My body still remembers what it has to do; trouble is, it can't do it right now, but is still trying to. Hence, pain from hell making it, shall we say, problematic to walk at the moment. Yay for knee braces with built-in pouches for ice packs.
Gabe Journal:
Dun wanna today.
100th post!
Yay for first proper blog of the year! FYI to Aladren, I have to blog for dance as well, so this will now be a dual-purpose blog.
PG= 100
We started movement with the freshies today. First of all, very proud of them for catching on so quickly. Second of all, it felt amazing to get back into it. I'm glad I was a (seemingly) effective example. And sorry for almost dropping you.
Theatre Journal:
Seeing as I've already finished Buried Child and Old Times, I'll be a-bloggin' about Death and the King's Horseman. I still haven't gotten past scene 1. I'm really hoping what you say is true. So far I have almost no information to work off of in terms of characters or plot or anything. Just a bunch of Yoruban, Syinka-freaking-out-Western-theatre-goers ritualistic stuff. It's a neat intro to Yoruban culture, which I may do some additional research on, even if I don't use DatKH for my paper, but I still don't have much in the way of a play yet.
Dance Journal:
Oh Jesus Christ I'm so happy the school year has started. Totally thrilled that I get to do two periods of dance, even with the interrupt of history. Gonna need a lot of stretching: I feel about as tense as a(n) {insert analogy here}. But as far as I can tell, my body still remembers how to move, in general. Improv went well? Maybe? I mean, it's only day 1 (for me), so I can't say a whole lot yet. Tomorrow, then! Woo! Oh, and I missed any curriculum-ish stuff that may have been covered, so I have no clue what day brings what. And I must remember! I must talk to you tomorrow!
Gabe Journal:
This was an awesome day. Dance, movement, and choir. This is my Monday. For the rest of the year. Well, at least until my concert in a couple months. I am so incredibly excited. I'm positively giddy and inebriated off of joy. Or something along those lines. Except for that I can't listen to my totally awesome concert CD from spring, due to brother breaking CD tray 4 fucking months ago and never managing to fix it. I still can't figure out what the hell he did that has it jammed so tight.
PG= 100
We started movement with the freshies today. First of all, very proud of them for catching on so quickly. Second of all, it felt amazing to get back into it. I'm glad I was a (seemingly) effective example. And sorry for almost dropping you.
Theatre Journal:
Seeing as I've already finished Buried Child and Old Times, I'll be a-bloggin' about Death and the King's Horseman. I still haven't gotten past scene 1. I'm really hoping what you say is true. So far I have almost no information to work off of in terms of characters or plot or anything. Just a bunch of Yoruban, Syinka-freaking-out-Western-theatre-goers ritualistic stuff. It's a neat intro to Yoruban culture, which I may do some additional research on, even if I don't use DatKH for my paper, but I still don't have much in the way of a play yet.
Dance Journal:
Oh Jesus Christ I'm so happy the school year has started. Totally thrilled that I get to do two periods of dance, even with the interrupt of history. Gonna need a lot of stretching: I feel about as tense as a(n) {insert analogy here}. But as far as I can tell, my body still remembers how to move, in general. Improv went well? Maybe? I mean, it's only day 1 (for me), so I can't say a whole lot yet. Tomorrow, then! Woo! Oh, and I missed any curriculum-ish stuff that may have been covered, so I have no clue what day brings what. And I must remember! I must talk to you tomorrow!
Gabe Journal:
This was an awesome day. Dance, movement, and choir. This is my Monday. For the rest of the year. Well, at least until my concert in a couple months. I am so incredibly excited. I'm positively giddy and inebriated off of joy. Or something along those lines. Except for that I can't listen to my totally awesome concert CD from spring, due to brother breaking CD tray 4 fucking months ago and never managing to fix it. I still can't figure out what the hell he did that has it jammed so tight.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Holy Senior Year, Batman!
Since I know I'll take a few days to get used to it again, I'm going to start blogging tonight. Participation grade and all, even though I know it won't count.
PG: 100
Today we had that ever-so-lovely discussion about college. I revisited my list of colleges I said I wanted to apply to, most of which still apply. Mat the freshmen, and hopefully made a good first impression. Katie is my freshy. Since I'm guessing you (Aladren) will be shaky on names at first, the one you said looks like Kate Hudson.
So I'm going to do that list thing here.
Strengths:
Physical technique/dance
Vocal technique
"Large" characters
Classical text
Distinct, not-so-common look
Mah hur
Sing and play several instruments
Smart
Quick
Fairly savvy and good at schmoozing
In terms of college, high SAT scores
Weaknesses:
Work Ethic
Honesty
Forced and walled personality
Narrow range
In poor shape
Bad skin
In terms of college, sub-excellent GPA
I'm happy on two small accounts. My strengths seem to somewhat outnumber my weaknesses, and most of the weaknesses are possible to fix. Oh my. I'm in for a fucking doozy of a year.
PG: 100
Today we had that ever-so-lovely discussion about college. I revisited my list of colleges I said I wanted to apply to, most of which still apply. Mat the freshmen, and hopefully made a good first impression. Katie is my freshy. Since I'm guessing you (Aladren) will be shaky on names at first, the one you said looks like Kate Hudson.
So I'm going to do that list thing here.
Strengths:
Physical technique/dance
Vocal technique
"Large" characters
Classical text
Distinct, not-so-common look
Mah hur
Sing and play several instruments
Smart
Quick
Fairly savvy and good at schmoozing
In terms of college, high SAT scores
Weaknesses:
Work Ethic
Honesty
Forced and walled personality
Narrow range
In poor shape
Bad skin
In terms of college, sub-excellent GPA
I'm happy on two small accounts. My strengths seem to somewhat outnumber my weaknesses, and most of the weaknesses are possible to fix. Oh my. I'm in for a fucking doozy of a year.
Friday, June 11, 2010
It's not 12:00
Is it? Shit. It is. Damnit.
100 for today for hiring Lou as director and Scarlett as designer (with, of course, Chelsea as my SM).
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Okay, so I'm going to start outlining that whole budgety thing.
Talked to Lou briefly, and a director is a good idea. Said he'd get back to me as to who he recommends. Also will look to Cleo for guidance with the dance part. SO yeah. Director will probably be a good portion of my budget. I seem to remember that artist-paying is something we can get more money for, since that can take more time.
In terms of money that I spend sooner, my guess is most of that will be toward various accoutrements for music. Certainly a sustain pedal, perhaps other pedals. Microphones, should I choose to use other instruments. Perhaps looping technology. Stuff of that sort. I may try to find someone to look to for music guidance, as well. I dunno.
Talked to Lou briefly, and a director is a good idea. Said he'd get back to me as to who he recommends. Also will look to Cleo for guidance with the dance part. SO yeah. Director will probably be a good portion of my budget. I seem to remember that artist-paying is something we can get more money for, since that can take more time.
In terms of money that I spend sooner, my guess is most of that will be toward various accoutrements for music. Certainly a sustain pedal, perhaps other pedals. Microphones, should I choose to use other instruments. Perhaps looping technology. Stuff of that sort. I may try to find someone to look to for music guidance, as well. I dunno.
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