March 9, 2010

YES

I got one of the best phone calls of my life today. I’ll explain.

Today I was offered a contract with the Nebraska Shakespeare Festival! This may not sound like a big deal (Nebraska, who cares, it’s just a festival). But! It’s a huge deal for an actor to get work, especially well-paying work in his hometown that also gets him EMC points!

EMC stands for Equity Membership Candidate, which is a very good thing. Once you get 50, you become Equity, which means employers have to follow certain rulesets for rehearsing, paying, and employing you in general. Also, you get precedence on auditions in New York, as opposed to waiting in line for hours on end. However, you can reap a lot of benefits just by having points at all. EMC people still get a certain degree of precedence for auditions, and have some other perks as well. It’s a nice thing, and I really wanted it before auditions for summer stock shows second semester of next year.

I want to give a special shout-out to Scott Plate, who helped me prepare for this audition like crazy, came up with the idea for me to go do it, and supported me throughout! And to Anna Maria for increasing my dance ability for that dance call… I owe a lot to the one and a half semesters I have here already, and it just makes me so excited to see where I’ll be in 4 years!

March 7, 2010

Spring Break!!

Well, I made it to spring break. Surprising considering just how chaotic these last few weeks have felt. Things went from the beginning of the semester, when I felt that everything was relaxed and easy, to the last couple weeks, where I felt that I was scrambling just to have enough time to do everything that needed to be done. Ochem picked up speed, and now it’s every night, studying and reviewing just to make sure that I don’t fall behind. Music also is getting at me, Hist and Lit being the major culprit, with all the reading and the listening to musical exerpts, to be able to identify different styles. Late nights and early days have also done their part to grind away at my sanity

But with spring break here now, I’m hoping to use this time to rebalance myself, and plan out this last stretch of the year. I’ve got a few papers to start grinding out, and only two or three more lab reports to finish. During break I’ll work on getting in a lot of violin practice, something I’ve felt was being squeezed out of my regular routine. Bach fest is coming up, so before that takes over my life, I want to make sure I can get my piece for juries solid. This week is my chance to get that second wind before the push til the end of the year, so I’ll take it for that.

Happy Spring Break

Lauren

March 6, 2010

Home again, home again!

This week has been what we in the business like to call a train wreck.

Every day it has managed to be nonstop from when classes start to about 9 at night. Classes usually start at 8 am.

Not to mention that I never sleep until 2 in the morning for whatever reason happens to want to kill me on any given night. Sometimes I’m actually too tired to get ready for bed. As my APUSH teacher would have told me in high school: “LAME and PATHETIC”

But seriously, this semester in general has been killing me softly and subtly as it went. For some reason I’ve decided that midnight is no longer late, and my sleep cycle is progressing from “human” to “bat” at an alarming rate. Soon I’ll be eating bugs and getting to class by echolocation.

And now, I am home. Yes. I will, in fact, sleep til 11. I will, in fact, enjoy my life. I will not think about classes. I will not think about any unfortunate BW social situations. Well. I’ll try. I may, however, practice some music. I’m not on strike or anything. Yet.

Goodnight readers. Have a lovely break. With time on my hands, I’m sure I’ll be seeing you. Or rather, you’ll be seeing me. Or rather, you’ll be seeing the pieces of data that I altered and added to on this site.

Now that’s what I call the digital age.

March 5, 2010

Spring Break Cometh

Hey guys. So that count down is less than an hour until it’s time to go home. My dad will soon be coming to pick me up and all my stuff is already packed and ready to go.

My mid term this morning was much easier than I expected, which was a wonderful relief. I was terrified going into it, but after studying and worrying so much about it, things worked out in my favor.

But Monday morning I will be leaving to Tampa, FL for a golf tournament! Beautiful, sunny Florida. Lol. Usually I’m here in Northeastern Ohio, and as much as I love it, it’s awesome to get away sometimes, especially to some place where it’s warm enough to play golf. I really hope that everyone has an awesome break.

Oh, and I feel like I packed way too much just to go home for a week. I don’t want to leave anything super expensive here, so I’m taking my TV and stuff home, which takes up a lot of space. I just feel totally overpacked. But then I’ll probably complain that I didn’t bring enough home. You know that feeling. Lol.

Alright everyone. Have a great break. Have fun, and if you don’t have anything to do, sleep is a wonderful alternative.

March 5, 2010

Soon Gone

And here it is, I’ve officially finished up all the things I need to do, and am ready to go on spring break, which I’ll be leaving for within the hour. I had the second part of my Lit of Rock n Roll midterm, which was an in class essay–a bit of a doozy to go out on, but now I’m done with everything classwise. I’m practically done packing, just a few knick knacks here and there… (is that how you spell knick knacks?) Anyway, it’s time to be worry free for a good week down in Florida, which will be a nice change of scenery. I’ll be the first to defend Cleveland weather, but change is always nice for a little while. And I guess “worry free” is a bit of a stretch. There’s some work I’ll have to do over break, but that’s what a 20 hour car ride is for. And “little work” is an understatement, since I have like 200 pages to read and a big ol’ paper due the Tuesday we get back. Again, I guess that’s what the 20 hour ride is for. Anyway, I guess I’ll go finish packing and all, then sit around a minute before leaving. It’s doubtful I’ll be able to blog over break, so this might be my last one for a while. So, until then, a happy Spring Break to everyone.

March 3, 2010

Finishing The Week

It’s the halfway point through the semester, and oddly enough, up until this semester I’ve never really had to worry about any midterm work. But this time around I’ve been pretty busy all week long. I have like three projects and a paper due tomorrow, and have had a two part midterm exam in Lit. of Rock and Roll (just got back from part one, part two is Friday). Of course, I’ve learned from the past. Guess who’s gotten a jump start on all their work for the week? That’s right, I’ve been spreading my work around evenly and have finished up a few things that are due tomorrow, I’ve gotten my studying done well, and I’m just on top of things. Actually, what’s really driving me insane is this whole spring break thing… I’ve been running around trying to take care of little errands and getting ready for the trip. I’ll be like a thousand miles from home down in Florida, so I’m gonna need to have everything in order by Friday. Unfortunately, I’m just the kind of person to forget this and that, but I’ve made a checklist of what I need to bring. I mean, it’s only a week, so how much could I need, right? Wrong. Without some essentials, like a Gameboy, book, homework, and bathroom gear, this trip could go to hell in a handbasket. Okay, so maybe not that bad, but the fact remains that until I leave, I still need to keep on top of everything, whether it’s the schoolwork I have or things for the trip.

March 2, 2010

Hey there Lass

This Thursday I will not be on a midnight train to Georgia (sorry Gladys), but I will be on a midday plane to Newark, then to the rolling greens of Ire. Ireland. I am going to Ireland this Thursday. Am I excited? You bet. Though there have been quite a few murders in recent news, particularly right around the area where my kr3w is going to be posted up at, I feel invincible, so there are no qualms within my soul. The greatest thing about this trip though, seriously, is that I am able to go with a class here at BW. It is a relatively new class call Ireland and South Africa: Finding Peace and Reconciliation. Sure it’s a mouthful. All the best are. It’s moderated and taught by the fine, Dr. Susan Oldrieve, and the rambunctious, Dr. Herbert Marshal, the class entails the best in Irish history and Irish music. Every time I enter the classroom with these two, knowledge is gained. I would highly suggest this class to anyone who enjoys Irish Culture, which also means anyone who enjoys blood and an enduring Hubris. The music has been fantastic, too.
-SL

March 2, 2010

Midterms and Early Planning

So right now I really should be studying for my Government Midterm. Am I? Of course not. I’m trying to delay as much as possible. Good thing to do, I know. I’ll get back to it, I swear. I need to do well on this midterm. So I will. There.

Anyway, because I was procrastinating anyway, I found the class schedule for Fall semester of next year posted online. And so I already have my schedule for next semester! It’s great! Because I’m in the Honors Program, I get to register first, which means I pretty much get the classes that I pick. So as of right now I’m taking 16.5 credits and have a wonderful amount of time to relax. I get to sleep in, relax, only have two or three classes a day. Only one class on Friday. So I’m super excited.

Yeah, I’m one of those dorks who actually does something productive while attempting to procrastinate. But I’m really looking forward to next semester, because I know all of the professors I’m going to have and I’ve had a great time with them before, so Fall 2010 is going to rock!

Sometimes I think I think ahead too much. (Yes, that did make sense). And yes, now I’m going to go study. For a while. I promise.

March 2, 2010

Spring Break Soon!

Yay!, only a few more days till spring break. Too bad I still have three classes that I need midterms for. Grrr. Boy, have I been busy in the past few days. Saturday was Dance Marathon, Sunday was me doing work and napping (napping is essential for any healthy student), classes and work yesterday, and classes and probably more work. It’s just work, work, work, and ughh, more work. At least in a few days I get to relax a bit, sorta. I’m going to be working in the admissions office over spring break so I can make a lil bit of moolahs. It’s not that long of a break where I can just go and go back to my job and then go back to school. Pity it isn’t longer.

Oh wells, class is about to start. Maybe I can sneak a nap later? I sure hope so.
-David

February 28, 2010

Dance Marathon 2010 = Sucess and sore feet

Hey guys,
I participated in Dance Marathon once again and I have to say, it’s always fun and for a great cause! For those of you that don’t know what Dance marathon is. It is a fundraiser/education/awareness/celebration, all under one roof. All participants are required to raise $150. All the money raised goes to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation. The Foundation’s goal is to ultimately make a generation free of AIDS. All dancers are required to stand on their feet for 12 hours and dance the whole day. I participated last year and again this year. It’s a wonderful experience to work for something that is far greater than yourself.
I dance not for me, but for those who cannot dance

-David