Upstarts and Broken Hearts

Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all? Snow White baby, and don't you forget it!
- Clay Clay Williams, Dutchman by Emiri Baraka.

One of the lines I didn't get to use (as it was from scene II, and we performed scene I) that I really liked. My character is kind of a tool in the beginning of the play. So while I'm glad I didn't have to learn and perform his rant (a nearly two page monologue... yikes!) I never liked him until scene II.

So we did the scene. We ended up going second as opposed to first in order of the scenes being performed due to the other groups preference. And we dropped a line. We recovered just fine though, and it was a really minor bit we left out but we're both pretty steamed at ourselves for it. Sara for dropping it, and me because I didn't catch it and move on with the next line. I got stupid and let myself slip into reactionary brain mode where I hear the line then follow. I should know better.

I guess that's why Emily's the professional and I'm not huh?

On the plus side we got a lot of comments about the performance, all of them good so I feel we did alright in the end. It's encouraging when strangers approach you and compliment you on the performance (the two people I did know in the class did so as well, but me with the salt grains and the search for ulterior motives of them trying to make us feel better) so that was encouraging. Overall, not bad for a two person, self-directed play after our two group members dropped last weekend. I feel pretty good about it anyways.

Speaking of Emily! And here! And more! I'm not too sure I'm comfortable with any sister of mine being likened to Britney Spears though. Meh. I might also get some actual copies of some of the movies she's been in too. Most important on my list? The Vampire movie, the Zombie movie, the post apocalyptic dystopia movie (that I helped with too), and really whatever else I can get my grubby little paws on. Cause let's face it. We're in some serious need for a movie night around here in T.O.

Well, it's 5:55 now. Off to class we go.

Man's chief enemy is his own unruly nature and the dark forces put up within him.
- Ernest Jones