Me and Cedric, the snow sqirrel we made!
So, apparently i haven't updated this since the 2nd February! That is terrible and I do apologise - I really want to be able to remember this year in years to come, and this is a perfect way to do that - if i remember to update! Things are going so well over here - I am more in love with America every single day, and every day i spend here makes it harder and harder to ever think of leaving. I have never felt so connected to a place in my entire life, and I just don't know how to leave something that I love so much!!!! The ups far outweigh the downs (of which there are very few) - this really is the land of opportunity, and i am taking every opportunity possible!!!
'Our Town,' the mainstage show i am stage managing, is taking over my life at the moment - it is a mixture of brilliant and frustrating, and it comes with its own challenges, but i am definitely learning a lot. It has made me question whether i necessarily want to go into Stage Management - I love it, but i am not sure it is the love of my life! I am going straight from this show into 'The Sweetest Swing in Baseball' which is a Stage Management internship with Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, which i am very much looking forward to - it will be nice to see what the professional world is like! I haven't heard back from any of the stage management internships i have applied for over the summer... but no news is good news, right? I am crossing my fingers and toes that i get something. If i don't, i have to leave the USA in three months, and that is WAY too soon - I have never felt so sure of something in my entire life!
My classes are going pretty well. I'm not a big fan of directing, but i am looking forward to directing a scene from 'Charity' by Leonard Melfi, especially as the characters in it are kind of crazy, and its funny and lighthearted... which involves being taken hostage for love... wierd! Participatory Theatre is a perfect introduction to Applied Performance, which i will be studying next year. It is a little pretentious at times, and a little too focused on politics, but my class are awesome and it involves playing lots of games, which i obviously like a lot! My Friday comedy class has gotten so much better, and sometimes i quite enjoy it now! It is always a laugh, and again, my class is full of lovely people, so that makes the fact that i have to be funny MUCH easier to bear! My independant project (research assistant for 'The Penelope Project') has also taken up a lot of my time, but i am enjoying researching about devising and its use with the elderly - this will hopefully help me next year too! I like that i am getting credit for my Stage Management stuff this semester too!!
The best thing about this semester is that i seem to have gained a social life! I never have any evening at the moment where i have to sit around and mosey on the computer, unless i want to! This weekend, on Friday night, we had a cast party - a 'bachelorette' party for one of the characters - there were only 5 of us, and it was really nice. The weekend before I went round to Luke's house with Jackie, Colin and Bethany and some people i didn't know that well (Sam, Casey, Kari) and chilled out and drunk and played board games and it was really, really nice. The weekend before that we met up with some of the guys from the Friday comedy class, went to a party and a midnight 'comedy sportz' show and drunk (as usual) and that was also very nice - i learnt how to play beer pong, and flip cup and other games! We fitted 7 of us in a very small car, and it was very much fun. I've met up for coffee (hot chocolate) with Meghan a couple of times, and Janine/Bethany/Brianna/John too. It has been lovely, and i will really, really, REALLY miss this side of things when i am back in Canterbury. This year has definitely shown me what i was missing last year, and has definitely changed me - i am starting to see this change even now. I am glad i have (hopefully) grown up a little bit!
I get daily pangs of 'OMG i can never leave this place, when i leave i am going to die' but i am sure it will all be okay in the end.
The snow is starting to melt now, spring is around the corner, and my parents are going to be here for a visit in less than a month! Although i'm not going away for Spring Break due to rehearsals, i am sure it will be worthwhile and i will find lots of things to do!
All in all, i am so much happier than i ever have been here, i am never homesick, and everything is fabulous. As much as i love you all, I am willing time to go slower, so i can absorb every minute of this experience and stay even longer!
Ciao ragazzi xxx
'Our Town,' the mainstage show i am stage managing, is taking over my life at the moment - it is a mixture of brilliant and frustrating, and it comes with its own challenges, but i am definitely learning a lot. It has made me question whether i necessarily want to go into Stage Management - I love it, but i am not sure it is the love of my life! I am going straight from this show into 'The Sweetest Swing in Baseball' which is a Stage Management internship with Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, which i am very much looking forward to - it will be nice to see what the professional world is like! I haven't heard back from any of the stage management internships i have applied for over the summer... but no news is good news, right? I am crossing my fingers and toes that i get something. If i don't, i have to leave the USA in three months, and that is WAY too soon - I have never felt so sure of something in my entire life!
My classes are going pretty well. I'm not a big fan of directing, but i am looking forward to directing a scene from 'Charity' by Leonard Melfi, especially as the characters in it are kind of crazy, and its funny and lighthearted... which involves being taken hostage for love... wierd! Participatory Theatre is a perfect introduction to Applied Performance, which i will be studying next year. It is a little pretentious at times, and a little too focused on politics, but my class are awesome and it involves playing lots of games, which i obviously like a lot! My Friday comedy class has gotten so much better, and sometimes i quite enjoy it now! It is always a laugh, and again, my class is full of lovely people, so that makes the fact that i have to be funny MUCH easier to bear! My independant project (research assistant for 'The Penelope Project') has also taken up a lot of my time, but i am enjoying researching about devising and its use with the elderly - this will hopefully help me next year too! I like that i am getting credit for my Stage Management stuff this semester too!!
The best thing about this semester is that i seem to have gained a social life! I never have any evening at the moment where i have to sit around and mosey on the computer, unless i want to! This weekend, on Friday night, we had a cast party - a 'bachelorette' party for one of the characters - there were only 5 of us, and it was really nice. The weekend before I went round to Luke's house with Jackie, Colin and Bethany and some people i didn't know that well (Sam, Casey, Kari) and chilled out and drunk and played board games and it was really, really nice. The weekend before that we met up with some of the guys from the Friday comedy class, went to a party and a midnight 'comedy sportz' show and drunk (as usual) and that was also very nice - i learnt how to play beer pong, and flip cup and other games! We fitted 7 of us in a very small car, and it was very much fun. I've met up for coffee (hot chocolate) with Meghan a couple of times, and Janine/Bethany/Brianna/John too. It has been lovely, and i will really, really, REALLY miss this side of things when i am back in Canterbury. This year has definitely shown me what i was missing last year, and has definitely changed me - i am starting to see this change even now. I am glad i have (hopefully) grown up a little bit!
I get daily pangs of 'OMG i can never leave this place, when i leave i am going to die' but i am sure it will all be okay in the end.
The snow is starting to melt now, spring is around the corner, and my parents are going to be here for a visit in less than a month! Although i'm not going away for Spring Break due to rehearsals, i am sure it will be worthwhile and i will find lots of things to do!
All in all, i am so much happier than i ever have been here, i am never homesick, and everything is fabulous. As much as i love you all, I am willing time to go slower, so i can absorb every minute of this experience and stay even longer!
Ciao ragazzi xxx
You imply you can't do any social stuff in Canterbury, is it really so bad here? :-P There are coffee places and people to meet up with so the social life can continue when (if!) you come back here as long as you want to :)
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Only just saw your comment! It's rather difficult to explain (I will try when we next speak!), its just different over here. You're probably right, maybe its me that has changed and not the place! Hopefully it will continue back in Canterbury (but you two are the only people who want to meet up with me there - so you better be up for meeting up lots so i can continue to pretend i have a social life!!! :-P - miss you guys!)
ReplyDeleteHahaha, i am definitely having to come back, so unfortunately its a when not an if! It will all be fine, i'm sure!