Decisions

So this weekend really opened my eyes to the reality of my life. I hate being at school. for as long as I can remember I loved being in the classroom and learning, but now that I know what I want to do with my life it changes everything. Collegiate theatre is killing me. This weekend I went to see Daniel (my stage manager from this summer). He and one of the actresses were doing the show at Turning Stone Casino and he called and told me he reserved tickets for me so i had better get my butt out there. So I did. After the show he brought me backstage and introduced me to Carlos, who is in charge of recruiting talent and production staff for TOC, the production company that puts on Menopause. Carlos took my name and told me to send in my resume they're always looking for help. Daniel strongly recommended me to him which was great :-). So because of my epiphany that I could be working professionally I've decided to try to graduate early. I could graduate this year if it wasn't for ONE class. I'm so angry I didn't take theatre history 1 this semester. It's only offered in the fall so I have to stay til next fall. BAH! I only need to take 7 more classes plus 4 credits of theatre practicum (usually offered as 2 credits per show). I'd be extrememly stressed and irritable but I think I could handle it. If I can somehow manage to get the theatre department to give me credit for SMing the music club's opera then I will be fine. I'm working on the musical and will be getting 2 credits for that. If that doesn't work I'll do props or something for one of the shows next semester or be an assistant designer. I'm meeting with my adviser tomorrow to go over everything. I'm going to see what I can do about maybe doing an independent study for Theatre History I and getting out at the end of this year. I'm also bringing my resume with me so we can go over that too. Real life here I come...hopefully.

Missing Summer

I decided that I miss my summer internship. I worked with great people and I miss all the fun we had all the time. I like being at school and everything, but I'm so ready to graduate and just get out there and do what I love. Everyone keeps telling me to enjoy college while I can, but seriously I've been here for two years, nothing new is going to happen here. My life is static. I want to be out in "the real world" already. My job is one of the most fun there is and is always in demand. Classes are boring, I don't enjoy my English ones at all anymore and have decided to drop English to a minor. I know I'm not going to leave school before I graduate, but honestly if I had wanted to I could have graduated the end of this year rather than next. Oh well, guess I'll just do my time and look forward to next summer's internship. I want to get out of the area for this one though, maybe out of the northeast all together. Only the second week of school and already I'm planning for next summer, how sad is that?

Most of my classes are going well. I'm taking Intro to Theatre (new class that fulfills an old requirement aka easy A) Stage Lighting, Play Analysis, The Greek Dramatists, and Composition315. The theatre classes I don't mind, they fun and easy. Greek Drama is technically an English course, but it's basically another Play Analysis course and there are only 10 people in it. It's also a seminar so it's not bad. Comp is hard though. I hate studying rhetoric. There are only 6 people in the class which I like, but the readings are so dry and boring and the writing is hard for me (that's new). I signed into it hoping to improve my writing so I suppose I'll have to do some brain work. Doesn't mean I have to enjoy it though.
Mask and Hammer is going well so far. I'm still lost as to what the heck I'm doing as treasurer but I'm getting through it. I'm meeting with the old treasurer tomorrow morning so she'll be helpful. Our advisor is pretty good about helping me too. The getting to know you events are this weekend. We have a party (non club affiliated, but all of us getting together and getting the new kids wasted) and then a picnic on Saturday afternoon, which the faculty also comes to and we all recover from our hangovers. I'm bringing my kite :-)

Guess that's all. I'll go back to Ugly Betty now. I think I'm becoming addicted after only one episode lol.
Thoughts and prayers go out to the Wright's :-*

Long Time, No Blog

Well summer is over and I didn't blog once since I left school, so I'll try to keep it short. I spent this summer in downtown Albany working at Capital Repertory Theatre as the Assistant Stage Manager intern. I had a blast! The first week or so was strike and load in so I was covered in cuts and bruises, but once the actresses got there and the show got going it was much easier. I was a little wary of the show when I first heard that I'd be working on Menopause the Musical all summer, but it turned out to be a hilarious show and the people I worked with were fabulous! My stage manager was absolutely amazing and I learned a lot from him and I'll miss all the craziness of backstage. The actresses were great -- so sweet and hilarious! We had a great time together and it was sad to close and lose them all, but at the same time, 12 weeks of the same show is a little exhausting. I can't post pictures of the show since the set is copyrighted, but I do have pictures from our Saturday night piano bars. Every Saturday we'd all get prettied-up and the band would come down to the cafe and play while the actresses (and some patrons) sang whatever they wanted to. It was a lot of fun :-)


Me and Judy (Iowa Housewife)


Satori (Power Woman), Judy, Nancy(Soap Star). Some of the most talented ladies I know


Jan (Earth Mother) being glamorous and doing one of her favorite numbers


Daniel (stage manager) and Judy on her last weekend with us :'-(



That was my summer. Add a boy here, some drama there, and a few good friends and that about sums up my summer. I'm now back at school and having a great time so far. Today was the first Mask & Hammer meeting and we saw a lot of new faces which is great. Next weekend is our getting to know you party and picnic so that should be fun...if I can get through this week :-)