Wow. Those comments on my last post were intense. Kristen went all "power to the people" on Tom! And you know what's funny? He was being nice to me about my social life. But she was all up on...nope, not going to finish that sentence. It will go no where good. Anyway, I appreciate the activity, even if it veered off on a random tangent... oh, by the way Tom, I enjoyed the double dig at Kristen by saying "Brevity is the sole of wit" in Spanish. Well played.
Oh Em: nice comment on the lovers' spat. I laughed. :)
Kristen, I don't mean to be mean to you in this post. Time to say something nice about you: I appreciate the time you devote to your comments! And yes Tom, that was a sincere compliment. :)
Oh, and let's not forget that the USSR had the upper hand in the space race to begin with, but the US triumphed in the end. So I willingly accept the analogy.
So I should be reading essays for English right now because I am about 14 essays behind...oh, and I need to buy ink. Rats. These essays suck out loud. The last one I read was a rant about how the movie Fight Club did not fit into his argument about the danger of capitalism (and I'm sitting there thinking, "If it doesn't support your point, why are you rambling about it?!"). The guy used some form of the word "pedagogy" 24 times. It was annoying. That word makes me think of churning milk to make cheese. I don't know why. I don't even know if that is how cheese is made. All of my lessons on the subject come from vague memories of Little House on the Prairie episodes.
So I have rehearsal tonight. I hope it goes well. We're blocking my biggest scene (not that big, mind you, but my biggest) and I just hope I have fun with my other cast members. I think I may be the only freshman, and it just seems like everyone already clicks. I know what that's like, except I'm usually one of the clickers. We shall see how this all pans out. I'll just be myself and try to be a good queen. A good queen in the sense of a queen that marries her husband's murder in order to maintain her own status...but hey, at least I get married! heh...
I also have mock trial this weekend. My first time and I signed up to be an attorney. That was stupid. But oh well. I'm going to try to find time to study the rules of evidence so I don't make a total fool of myself. I'm an actor, I'll pretend I know what I'm doing (yes Tom, it will first require me to pretend to be a good actor).
Well, I should pack up. My roommate just decided to take a nap, so I'm going to go to the library and read essays until rehearsal. Perhaps I will blog later.
Oh, and its official: I'm going to Texas for Thanksgiving! I am so excited to see my family (they're family to me!), but I am really bummed that I might not get to see Tom. What dates will you be home around Thanksgiving, Tom? Because my folks are picking me up from Tucson the Wednesday before and we're driving to Texas and we won't get back until Monday morning, and they're going to drop me off at UA, so I probably won't get to see you. :( That honestly saddens me. Kristen will be staying in California anyway because Arizona is now beneath her and thankfully I get to see Emily on a semi-regular basis so its not a total bummer that we'll miss Thanksgiving together. Speaking of which, Emily: you and me the weekend of October 25! That's when I'm coming home next, and I plan to not have homework if it is at all within my power. :) I guess this just means we have to hang out more over winter break, Tom. I miss you! Your comments make me miss you. I laugh all the time and probably freak out my roommate. But its not my fault my friends are so much cooler than hers.
Ok, so I didn't proof read this as I usually do, so don't nail me too hard on spelling/grammar mistakes. I'm an English major, I don't have to be good at this stuff. (if you didn't get that logic, don't worry, you're just not smart enough to follow)
Bible verse of the moment: "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." --Galations 2:20
I love you all! Talk soon!
Love,
Lindsey
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
Sorry for the hiatus...
Hey all (ha, I say "all" like people aside from Allison, Emily, Kristen, and Tom read this thing...).
Sorry I haven't blogged for a while. First came exams, then came catching up on the reading I neglected during exams, then came Phi Alpha Delta and the show, and interspersed in there were a few mild meltdowns. Very time consuming stuff.
Anyway, it seems I have made through my first wave of exams/projects. Not at all gracefully, mind you, but I have made it through nonetheless. I did well (as "well" as one can do in a philosophy based class) on my work for English, my Spanish teacher asked me if my family is Spanish because of my accent and has since been very happy with me and my class contributions (side note: when she asked me, I couldn't help think of Tom and the fact that he gets perks for being Spanish and I am every bit Spanish except for in the technical, biological, ancestral sense of the word...that just sucks...), my Geology class is pretty easy and I like my professor quite a bit (the fact that I got a 95% on my exam may have something to do my current affinity for the class), and I'm still waiting to see if there is yet a shoe to drop in my Modern Latin America class. I'll let you know (I know you'll be losing sleep over the matter...)
As far as my extracurriculars go, it has been overwhelming. Phi Alpha Delta is so involved, it is hard to wrap my mind around. I feel like I am sucking hard core at being a part of that fraternity, and the fact that I have rehearsal every week night from 6 to 10 for the next month will not exactly bolster my PAD involvement. I'm trying not to think about the requirements of the fraternity and just have fun with it. The requirements will take care of themselves. I have my Mock Trial competition for PAD on the 18th and that wigs me out to no end. I decided to venture to be an attorney (when being a witness is infinitely easier) on my first time, and I'm kind of freaking out. Buuuuut, whatever. Similarly, I signed up for a basketball tournament within PAD for Sunday, and I'm afraid I'm going to make a fool of myself. But I'm an actor, so I guess I should be used to that.
Speaking of acting, my read-through was this week and rehearsal begins on Monday. I really hope I get to know the cast and director because I like them a lot; I'm a freshman, a girl in a guy-dominated show, and I have a small part, so that'll make it hard, but who doesn't love a good challenge now and then?
And then there's juggling. In many ways my favorite, mostly because it is so low key but awesome at the same time. I started clubs this week (Tom understands the difficulty in this endeavor). They're tough, but I managed to make six or seven catches with three pins after about 20 minutes. And I've been learning new three ball tricks that make me happy. They folks I juggle with have been teaching me well. And then last week I went out with Mark, Ian, and Sedgwick afterward because rehearsal is going to prevent me from hanging out with them after juggling for like a month and a half. Thankfully juggling starts at 4:30 PM and rehearsal isn't until 6, so I won't miss out on weekly juggling. I am very glad. :)
Hanging out with those guys was fun. We went out for pizza and beer (well, beer for them, Diet Coke for me) and talked for a while. They are pretty awesome. But no one get excited or disturbed or begin to worry that the Apocalypse is fast approaching, because none of them are interested in me in anything resembling a romantic way, particularly because they are all too old for me (late 20s to mid 30s). But they're good friends. And I enjoy friends immensely.
Oh, so in Spanish class the other day we had to read a story that was kind of a fantasy story (I totally missed the fact that the guy turns into a newspaper at the end...got lost in translation...) and when we were done, our teacher said we had fifteen minutes to write our own fantasy. She mentioned that someone in her first class wrote a poem, so I thought I would venture to do the same. I mean, I write poetry, and I've always wanted to write poetry in Spanish, but I've been too timid to try. So I dove in and wrote my first Spanish poem (which had to have a fantastical angle) in 15 minutes. Here it is:
Hoy
Nada es bueno
Mis ojos son rojos
Porque no dormi
Y mi cuerpo esta cansado
El mundo es un poco pesado hoy
Pero tengo salvacion:
Mi papel del teatro
Cuando yo actuo
Este mundo sale decpacio
Y el mundo--las problemas--del papel
Son mios.
Hoy, quiero esas problemas.
Mi papel es de una reina
Mi postura es rigida
Mi voz es fuerte
Y mi hijo me aborrece
Es triste...para mi es mejor
Pero cuando la obra termina
Y sali el teatro
Nada es el mismo
Estoy en Dinamarca permanente
Porque es que yo quise
Pero este mundo es mas oscuro que el primero
Y no lo quiero ahora
Que ironico.
So there you go. Terrible poem in and of itself in my opinion, but oh well. Sorry I am too lazy to insert the accents.
Ok well, I'm sure I'll have more do discuss later. But for now, I think I may nap. Or juggle.
Oh, wait! Kristen has a boy! She doesn't know his name, but that's only because she's starting to lose track of all the men in her life. I'm a little concerned, but it is in the Lord's hands. Anyone who wants to join me in a prayer meeting for Kristen, let me know. We'll ask God to curb her strong tendency for flirtation that college has allowed to go beyond playing hard-to-get with Tom. Tom dear, you were good practice for her. Kristen, be careful with those powerful feminine wiles of yours. Don't be too Siren-like. It's cruel to all those men who can't help but drool over you. Emily and Allison: I think we better speed up the planning process for Kristen's bachelorette party.
On that note, farewell until soon!
Bible verse of the moment: "Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." --Philippians 4:4-7
In Him,
Lindsey
PS - oh oh, I've socialized this week! I'll have to write about that next time...
Sorry I haven't blogged for a while. First came exams, then came catching up on the reading I neglected during exams, then came Phi Alpha Delta and the show, and interspersed in there were a few mild meltdowns. Very time consuming stuff.
Anyway, it seems I have made through my first wave of exams/projects. Not at all gracefully, mind you, but I have made it through nonetheless. I did well (as "well" as one can do in a philosophy based class) on my work for English, my Spanish teacher asked me if my family is Spanish because of my accent and has since been very happy with me and my class contributions (side note: when she asked me, I couldn't help think of Tom and the fact that he gets perks for being Spanish and I am every bit Spanish except for in the technical, biological, ancestral sense of the word...that just sucks...), my Geology class is pretty easy and I like my professor quite a bit (the fact that I got a 95% on my exam may have something to do my current affinity for the class), and I'm still waiting to see if there is yet a shoe to drop in my Modern Latin America class. I'll let you know (I know you'll be losing sleep over the matter...)
As far as my extracurriculars go, it has been overwhelming. Phi Alpha Delta is so involved, it is hard to wrap my mind around. I feel like I am sucking hard core at being a part of that fraternity, and the fact that I have rehearsal every week night from 6 to 10 for the next month will not exactly bolster my PAD involvement. I'm trying not to think about the requirements of the fraternity and just have fun with it. The requirements will take care of themselves. I have my Mock Trial competition for PAD on the 18th and that wigs me out to no end. I decided to venture to be an attorney (when being a witness is infinitely easier) on my first time, and I'm kind of freaking out. Buuuuut, whatever. Similarly, I signed up for a basketball tournament within PAD for Sunday, and I'm afraid I'm going to make a fool of myself. But I'm an actor, so I guess I should be used to that.
Speaking of acting, my read-through was this week and rehearsal begins on Monday. I really hope I get to know the cast and director because I like them a lot; I'm a freshman, a girl in a guy-dominated show, and I have a small part, so that'll make it hard, but who doesn't love a good challenge now and then?
And then there's juggling. In many ways my favorite, mostly because it is so low key but awesome at the same time. I started clubs this week (Tom understands the difficulty in this endeavor). They're tough, but I managed to make six or seven catches with three pins after about 20 minutes. And I've been learning new three ball tricks that make me happy. They folks I juggle with have been teaching me well. And then last week I went out with Mark, Ian, and Sedgwick afterward because rehearsal is going to prevent me from hanging out with them after juggling for like a month and a half. Thankfully juggling starts at 4:30 PM and rehearsal isn't until 6, so I won't miss out on weekly juggling. I am very glad. :)
Hanging out with those guys was fun. We went out for pizza and beer (well, beer for them, Diet Coke for me) and talked for a while. They are pretty awesome. But no one get excited or disturbed or begin to worry that the Apocalypse is fast approaching, because none of them are interested in me in anything resembling a romantic way, particularly because they are all too old for me (late 20s to mid 30s). But they're good friends. And I enjoy friends immensely.
Oh, so in Spanish class the other day we had to read a story that was kind of a fantasy story (I totally missed the fact that the guy turns into a newspaper at the end...got lost in translation...) and when we were done, our teacher said we had fifteen minutes to write our own fantasy. She mentioned that someone in her first class wrote a poem, so I thought I would venture to do the same. I mean, I write poetry, and I've always wanted to write poetry in Spanish, but I've been too timid to try. So I dove in and wrote my first Spanish poem (which had to have a fantastical angle) in 15 minutes. Here it is:
Hoy
Nada es bueno
Mis ojos son rojos
Porque no dormi
Y mi cuerpo esta cansado
El mundo es un poco pesado hoy
Pero tengo salvacion:
Mi papel del teatro
Cuando yo actuo
Este mundo sale decpacio
Y el mundo--las problemas--del papel
Son mios.
Hoy, quiero esas problemas.
Mi papel es de una reina
Mi postura es rigida
Mi voz es fuerte
Y mi hijo me aborrece
Es triste...para mi es mejor
Pero cuando la obra termina
Y sali el teatro
Nada es el mismo
Estoy en Dinamarca permanente
Porque es que yo quise
Pero este mundo es mas oscuro que el primero
Y no lo quiero ahora
Que ironico.
So there you go. Terrible poem in and of itself in my opinion, but oh well. Sorry I am too lazy to insert the accents.
Ok well, I'm sure I'll have more do discuss later. But for now, I think I may nap. Or juggle.
Oh, wait! Kristen has a boy! She doesn't know his name, but that's only because she's starting to lose track of all the men in her life. I'm a little concerned, but it is in the Lord's hands. Anyone who wants to join me in a prayer meeting for Kristen, let me know. We'll ask God to curb her strong tendency for flirtation that college has allowed to go beyond playing hard-to-get with Tom. Tom dear, you were good practice for her. Kristen, be careful with those powerful feminine wiles of yours. Don't be too Siren-like. It's cruel to all those men who can't help but drool over you. Emily and Allison: I think we better speed up the planning process for Kristen's bachelorette party.
On that note, farewell until soon!
Bible verse of the moment: "Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." --Philippians 4:4-7
In Him,
Lindsey
PS - oh oh, I've socialized this week! I'll have to write about that next time...
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