Oh, hey there! Remember the good ol' days when I used to update this blog in a timely fashion? Remember that? Whoa, what happened?
So yes, I apologize for not posting anything in the past few weeks. I've been INSANELY busy, so I'm going to do a very rambling rapid fire update of all the things that have kept me distracted from this blog. Deep breath, and....
1) Parents weekend! Well, for me, only Parent Weekend, singular, since my dad was busy with (insert-work-related-thingy-that-I-don't-remember-here). But my Mom came to campus for about four days to frolic about the town with me and see how wonderful this happy-go-lucky college lifestyle is. I took her to some of the wonderful restaurants in town, showed her more of the campus than she got to see during orientation, took her to the Obertones and Acapelicans Parents Weekend Concerts (the latter of which I performed in), and, most importantly, introduced her to the wonder that is the Slow Train Cafe. Over the course of 4 days, she spent approximately 32 hours there, I believe. The next time she visits, she's signing up for a loyalty card so she can earn herself some free drinks :)
2) I saw several on campus productions, some of which I was required to see for my Theater Class, and some I just wanted to see. (You know, for fun. Theater folks think that kind of stuff is fun.) First, on the same weekend as the "Godot" that I wrote about a gazillion years ago, I also saw the T&D production of Topdog/Underdog. A few weeks later, I had another double-show weekend, which included the T&D production of a student written play called "Hypnosis for Salesmen" and the music conservatory's production of the opera A Wedding (of which you can find a formal review here.) All three of these were absolutely amazing, and I would really love to write full length posts about each of them. But I would just die, so I'm not doing that. Sorry. Feel free to blame my laziness.
3) Acapelicans news! We are currently preparing for our end of semester final concert. New pieces will include a medley of PBS children's show theme songs (Reading Rainbow, Wishbone, Arthur, Sesame Street and Bill Nye), and Starland Vocal Band's "Afternoon Delight." Yup. It's gonna be a hell of a concert...
4) Other performing news! I was recently cast in two Winter Term Theater projects: A production of Eugene Ionesco's "The Bald Soprano" and a workshop of a student written play called "The Deep." They rehearse all through January, and go up in February. I'm so excited to be participating in both of these, so once we get started in January, I will most definitely be updating regularly about both of them. Stay tuned!
5) Thanksgiving break! I returned to Binghamton yet again to celebrate Thanksgiving with my Mom, her girlfriend, my brother, and my grandfather, and it was absolutely wonderful. In addition to all of the amazing food and the opportunity to see my family again, this was also the first time that I was home at the same time as my high school friends, so I was able to see many of them. I also drank a lot of bubble tea, and had some spontaneous guitar/ukulele serenading sessions with my brother. So between all of those things, I basically crammed everything I had missed about home into five days. Success.
6) I did my scheduling for next semester and lots of essay writing/revising, and had another midterm. But if I think about any of those for too long, I'll probably turn into a giant squid of anger, so I'm just not going to.
Now, what's up next on the horizon, you may ask?
1) Auditioning for the Acting I class! I'm actually doing that later today! Gahhh!
2) Theater 101 showcase: Everyone in our class participates in a final showcase in December, which will feature several small 10 minute plays. The one in which I will be performing is called "Duet for Bear and Dog." It's about a bear and a dog. And some humans. Yeah.....
3) Final exams and papers. See entry number 6, above.
4) Winter break is only about three weeks away! Huzzah!!!
5) Winter term, which means spending a month on campus doing absolutely nothing but those two plays I mentioned. Ummm, AWESOME. I'm pretty darn excited.
6) In addition, I'm considering possibly starting a vlog during winter term. I figured that since I spend so much freakin' time watching other people's youtube videos, and I've always had a super secret fantasy of becoming a famous vlogger, and people generally think I'm a fairly witty person, I could start up a channel on which I would discuss some current events, give my opinions on various movies/books/music etc. complain about college problems, get more involved in the Nerdfighter community, throw in a lot of cheesy jokes, and maybe even post some of my original songs that I've been dying to record. Plus, this would be a great way to learn about video editing and things like that. However, it might be something I should save for an official Winter Term project, because I could really make it more of a learning experience for myself, and actually earn J-Term credit for it. (On the other hand, if I decided to start it up before January, then I could participate in this year's Project for Awesome, which I've always wanted to do!) Thoughts?
Well, that's all for now. Time to do some audition preparation. Seacrest, OUT!
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