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Ah Life in New York City

{ September 8, 2008 @ 12:29 am } · { Uncategorized }
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Well I’m back in New York going to classes and I’ve been busy as hell trying to get everything together and ready for school, including my body and voice. I don’t know which one is more of a pain but I’ve been doing lots and lots of yoga, and shower singing. Once dance classes start in full I’m sure

I started classes the day after I got off the plane and it’s been non-stop ever since. I didn’t finish nearly enough of my summer homework ahead of time so I was swamped with that for a while. Actually I’m still working on it, but depending on which classes I have tomorrow I think I’ve progressed to a normal level of busy. I should probably figure that out pretty soon. I also had my first academic classes last week and now that I’m in them I think I’m really going to enjoy them. I’m taking a class on Shakespeare, (I know how many classes on Shakespeare can I take but I learn something new each time.) I’m also taking intro to Sociology and we’re starting with Marxism which ties perfectly into my Chekhov work. I still haven’t decided what to minor in, but I guess there isn’t a rush.

My acting classes are off to a mostly good start. I sang Friday. I wasn’t yet ready to do so and it was pretty rough. Yet you’ve got to start somewhere and on the plus side I’ve spent all weekend working on these things. I guess the really great thing is that I’m really enjoying my work again and able to really throw myself into it again. I think last year I had so much other stuff going on and I was burnt out from doing theatre 24/7 I was starting to feel like I didn’t even know what life was like anymore because I had spent all my time imitating it.

I auditioned for the Wild Party last night, but alas no call back. They’ll be other productions, and I’m really excited for a re imagining of a Sondhiem Classic that’s coming up, so hopefully I will have the fortune to be a part of that.

It’s been a huge pain rebuilding my music book after a cat peed on it, but I’ve got a binder and a bunch of plastic sheets so now it’s just the process of getting copies of all the music I know again and slowly adding them back into my book.

Lots of things are happening in september.

Really Quick Post on Everything

{ August 27, 2008 @ 7:59 am } · { Uncategorized }
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All right so I’ve been distracted with summer homework and preparing to go back to NYC, along with spending my last couple of days with Andrew. The summer’s been great for the most part, but I have been incredibly lazy and so now have quite a lot of work to do. I keep telling myself I’m also going to get back in shape but that doesn’t seem to be happening. Once I get back to NYC I guess I’m just going to have to get my ass back into yoga and dance classes before placement auditions. Oh well should be interesting.

For free yoga class in New York I highly recommend Yoga to the People on St. Marks Place. They have daily classes running all day which will be appreciated by both advanced and beginning students that can be a great workout that’ll kick your ass but won’t leave you super sore the next day. It’s a donation based studio, and truly does not require you to pay a cent unless you need to borrow a mat. Check them out here!

Oh and it’s worth noting that YTTP just opened up a sister studio in San Fransisco for anyone who lives out there.

In other news the Stratford Man, Part II “Hell and Earth” by Elizabeth Bear

Alright, I wrote about this extensively when I reviewed part 1, “Ink and Steel” and as this is not so much a sequal as the second half of one book I can’t really say much more about the plot of this one without spoiling things a bit. I will however say that the second book fixed almost all my annoyances about the first book. The plot moved faster. It was easier to understand because the subtext of the dialogue actually went places and had consequences. This book was also quite a bit more action oriented without losing any of the depth and humanity found in the first. To anyone who likes Shakespeare, and dark fantasy that doesn’t fall into cliche fantasy genres I highly recomend these two books. In case you missed it here’s a link to my review of “Ink And Steel”, which explains the plot and the many reasons you should read this book.

And to assure you I’m not crazy here’s a link to another person’s review.

And of course for those who want to rush over to Amazon

And while I’m busy providing links, one of my favorite artists just opened up their website so here’s a mini advertisement and a link to maliceazriel.com

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