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[08 May 2008|01:06pm] |
One final project down, one final performance down. Two written exams, one presentational exam, and two semester journals to go, all for Tuesday.
Oh and my show techs on Wednesday. Note to self: do not ever stage manage and do something else for the same show again. We still haven't blocked a full scene, the finale, and a lot of transitions. This makes me die inside. Also, lots of my set pieces aren't even remotely close to being done.
Pretty much, I'm going to die.
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[30 Apr 2008|03:49pm] |
This morning, it snowed here.
Last week, it was 80 degrees. Syracuse is bipolar as hell, but I enjoy the changeups.
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[28 Apr 2008|09:21am] |
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This semester is seriously kicking my ass.
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[22 Apr 2008|06:21pm] |
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So today, both my housing and my class registration got totally fucked. I'm shut out of a class required for my major, and this bitch dropped out of our housing arrangement..two hours before the housing lottery. I am livid and just fucking done.
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[17 Apr 2008|11:22pm] |
Today was gorgeous. It was campus drunk day (Dolphy Day), and it was 75 degrees and ahh. I slept so much, and I have a sunburn from when I finally got out of bed, but I'm in a good mood.
..Of course, the fucking acting homework I have due tomorrow sort of changes that.
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[15 Apr 2008|03:45pm] |
I am so busy, I think my head is going to explode.
I am stage managining a children's show for which I'm in rehearsal 3 hours a day, 5 days a week, with about another hour or so for each day that I'm there. I'm also one of the set designers for said show, and we haven't made many changes in the last few weeks and suddenly need to.
Then, I've got that whole school thing, which is eating away at my life. All of my teachers have decided that this is a grand fucking time to have ridiculous amounts of homework due. I have a new project due for my scenic design class every time we meet, 30 journals and a scene for acting, a lesson plan and a bunch of journals for creative drama, a paper coming up for children's lit, and my usual French work plus a presentation on an extra movie of my choosing. Bah!
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[04 Apr 2008|11:48pm] |
Today, I realized I have a weakness. My heart literally stops when boys intentionally play Glycerine when I'm around. This is the second time in the past two years that it's happened.
Awkwardd.
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[30 Mar 2008|12:10am] |
Things that are fun:
-not being behind in my English class.
-having English teachers really like me.
-adding a minor in literature.
-adding a minor in French.
-being paid to SM a show where a majority of the cast and crew are my friends.
-my French teacher telling me I should double major in French and theater.
-my English teacher from last semester expecting me to double major in English and theater.
-finding awesome shoes for my brother's wedding... for $11.
-March Madness, but that is a given as a member of my family.
-getting credit toward my major for the shows I worked on last year.
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[28 Mar 2008|10:44am] |
Boo to this lesson plan due in less than four hours, with two classes between..
Rabble rabble rabble!
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[25 Mar 2008|01:27am] |
Today, I did the worst thing I have done since starting college: I forgot my fucking teddy bear on my bed, because I was leaving later than I should have been and rushed.
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[17 Mar 2008|10:00am] |
Last night, Dave (college Dave, that is) finally realized something important about me.
Dave: Tomorrow during lunch, we study for French?
Me: Yeah, sure.
D: .... You don't need to study, do you?
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[10 Mar 2008|04:15pm] |
School is just so stressful. I hadn't really been behind until spring break, and now I feel completely fucked.
On the bright side, I saw five shows in 48 hours last week. I also spent a ton of time with my nephew, who continues to mean more to me than anyone, ever. He loves me, and is willing to say goodbye to his parents if I'm there. I'm glad about that.
I also bought a bunch of dresses, because my mother feels bad that she doesn't buy me clothes more often? I don't know. I have two options for Dave's wedding, now, and then three other dresses.
I don't think I could need the little break we have for Easter any more than I do.
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[21 Feb 2008|12:17am] |
The other day, I sliced my hand open with a box cutter by accident because I didn't follow the number one rule of cutting anything: do it away from yourself. I fail at girl-scouting. In my defense, it was two in the morning and I'd been fighting with foamcore that wouldn't cut all night.
Luckily, the project I was doing was a partner one, and my partner wouldn't let me touch blades for the rest of the night. I painted and measured instead. I need to get better at making models, though, if I ever want to design sets at all.
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[18 Feb 2008|09:08am] |
I just got this in an e-mail from a professor from last semester. I just resolved an incomplete with her, and she sent me this:
I want you to know, Emily, that you were the best literary analyst in the class--in both classes. Several students were in the top rank, but you were the best. If you hadn't been involved in the play and missed quite a few classes, you could have earned an A, I'll bet--and I don't give out many of those in ENG 218 !
What a nice way to start a Monday.
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[14 Feb 2008|03:53pm] |
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I hate that birth control made me little-miss-cries at the drop of a hat.
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[10 Feb 2008|08:34pm] |
My dad is starting a new job tomorrow. My mother was promoted to being a full professor. I am opening a show in five days and terrified.
It's 9 degrees here right now.
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[06 Feb 2008|11:07am] |
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It is really not cute when people scream Macbeth in the middle of reherasal for a production that's already had really bad luck. And in my opinion, in a building like ours, the whole thing is the theater, including the green room.
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[04 Feb 2008|09:55am] |
Yesterday, I discovered that I truly believe in theater curses.
Then I drove one of my best friends home to see her dying grandfather the second we got out of rehearsal.
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[31 Jan 2008|03:45pm] |
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In this semester, there are going to be quite a few times when I'll have to be in two places at once. This starts next week, and in the next two weeks there are three seperate times that it will happen. It will be terribly interesting.
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[30 Jan 2008|04:04pm] |
So, as a requirement for my degree, I have to take acting. Due to the fact that I got shut out of my planned fifth class and my back-up, I am taking it this semester. The professor this semester is the harder of the two, who knows me well enough to be able to push me way more than she would some random student. I am pretty much going through this class kicking and screaming, and it's painful, and it's only the second week.
For the first third of the semester, we aren't acting, but participating in games which engage our creativity. This means I still get put on the spot in front of my class, but I do not even get a script. I'm miserable in the class, and cannot wait to be done with it. I have to write 40 pages of journal entries over the course of the semester, too, which is just a fucking blast.
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