Anyway, I suppose I should fill you in, dearest Reader, on things in the recent past. I finally quit Kinko's in January, and don't feel the slightest bit of regret or remorse about that..I now have a job at the Center on Disability and Human Development, doing research in Childcare in Idaho. Improv is going really, really, REALLY well, as I am constantly learning new ways to build a scene, and new techniques and strategies for making them stronger. Hopefully, the average quality of our shows will improve as we all learn and practice.
Krav Maga, the self-defense course I am in, is pretty consistently whooping my ass every Monday and Wednesday, and has inspired me to go to the Rec more often, which is a work in progress, as I find the right times in my schedule to incorporate those visits. So far, Thursday nights and the weekend are good, and I'm going to see about Tuesday evening this week, which will make for a 6-day workout-week, which is very respectable. Also, between Ballroom Dance and Krav, I've developed a fair bit already with regards to agility and footwork, as well as increased respiratory/cardiovascular strength from all of the constant huffing and puffing in the latter, and all of the constant emphasis on posture in the former.
Classes are going very well, and I have been able to manage all of them with a minimum of stress or strain, for now...we'll see what things are like in a couple of weeks, when midterms hit, but Core Science has been completely easy, Latin is manageable, if tricky, and Classic Civilizations is the easiest course I've ever been in. British Lit is scary, as I feel like I understand the material, but the entire class is made up of two tests and one paper, and while I have no worries about the paper, the tests might end up screwing me. Bible class has been interesting, if somewhat dry and long, and I am learning a great deal about ancient Hebrew culture in it, which is rather fascinating. The real diamond in the rough of the semester, however, has been my Story Chronicles class. We have been studying the art of storytelling and the craft of writing short stories, and the whole class is so far up my alley that I legitimately felt remorse for missing a class on Thursday. Which, incidentally, is an incredible feeling. I have come to the conclusion, after all of these years, that storytelling, and the art of the story in general, need to play major roles in whatever career I pursue. I have never been more passionate about anything that I am right now about the ineffable power of the story to establish connection between human beings, and move listeners in a way that no other form of communication can really compare to. So I need to either pursue Graduate school, and do research in Narrative Theory, or tell stories for a living, in some way, shape or form. Improv is a possibility, as is stand-up, or something like The Moth, in New York. I guess we will just have to see.
Either way, there is more, I'm sure, but I'm done writing for now, until something else motivates me to put the metaphorical pen to paper again.
QOTD:
| “Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have. Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done."” | |
-James Dean |
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