11 of 12 January 10, 2008
Winter Term 2008 has officially commenced…and I already feel like I’ve been here every day for my whole life. And after such a joyous and relaxing Christmas break, too. I’m taking 18 hours this term, which makes me a little nauseous and woozy just to say out loud, but it’s a decent balance of things I’m really stoked about and things I can recognize as essentials. It doesn’t make 8 a.m.’s any easier. It doesn’t make the fourteen hour school days go by any quicker. I want to do cartwheels about this one particular class; myself and Anchors and L and K and D (all close friends) have created an independent study in puppet making and I can’t stop thinking about The Puppet I want to build. It’s maybe the nerdiest thing I’ve gotten this excited about, but I dare someone to call Jim Henson and Tim Burton nerds (in any derogatory fashion)….puppet-making is cool. I’m also in scene painting III, costume shop management, professional career development, art history, western thought, and theater history. In addition to my production hours, which are apparently slated to include some paid work on the weekend for area theaters. It’s a crazy schedule, but I’m not depressed about it right now. Yet. Anchors best friend (our friend…) Baldy was in town this past week….it was good times. I laughed more and harder this week than I have in a while. It was a nice way to ease back into school…by completely ignoring my work and having Social Fun Times instead. Now I have to get serious. Blaugh. Off to crew. I’m painting a four foot tall portrait to serve as the centerpiece for Act II of the winter opera, which will be touring, so I gotta get it right, get it right get it tight!!
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