To begin at the beginning. January 2011 has rolled around and has almost finished without me even blinking. This month has been filled with emotional highs that I have not willed myself to show as well as exceeding happiness and glee which of course I have managed to share with all my closest friends. Emotional highs I speak of I am not sure I am quiet ready to disclose to those over the interweb, all you need to know is this year is the year of taking care of myself. For the past 5 years I have taken care of someone else and completely put my dreams and ideas on the back burner, I can't do that anymore and this past month has opened my eyes to all the thoughts and dreams I still have inside me that are just dying to escape. I have so much compassion I want to share with the world and I have sufficated it for far to long.
Today I decided with me being in the middle of my Junior year at SFSU majoring in my dream major it was about time I started a blog to record some of my thoughts along the way. This is mainly for my sake and that I have missed keeping track of thoughts and ideas as I did when I was younger, but also for my closest family and friends.
Just a taste of this week. School started Monday, Shakespeare Workshop class I auditioned for at 1PM and managed to secure a place; very interesting audition style but really enjoyed and learnt alot. I am honestly looking forward to taking this class and I have heard only outstanding things about the teacher. Tuesday, two Theatre Background classes back to back followed by two Humanities classes back to back. Theatre Backgrounds already loving the reading material, although I recognize it is going to be uber heaps of work, thus far I am already onto reading my second third play for next week, however I adore the exposure and both teachers are insanely passionate about the subject which only enhances my own interest. Humanities classes turned out to be a lot more interesting then I thought, one is a Contemporary Culture class based around a lot of Sci Fi and then the other is a Thought and Image class based around the teachings of Socrates, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr. ... both already very interesting and definitely good reads in the books that are being assigned. So, roughly this week has already consisted of a reading load of roughly 75 pages out of 5 different books...sadly I am a slow and thorough reader but I guess that just means I'll enjoy myself more and get more out of the text.
Along with school rehearsals for 'Equus' started this week at City Lights Theater Company where I Interned over the past few months and once school calms down I will be back working in the office. I managed to get a position as Assistant Stage Manager and Assistant Director. What an honour, honestly. Not only is this play insanely intrigueing and thought provoking but I am also working under this amazing director with this awe inspiring cast. Already with the first read through finished I feel like I have learnt alot and can only imagine what else I am going to discover through this process. The play it self goes up March 20th - April 20th, i'll give more details closer but I can already tell it will be outstanding.
Along with 'Equus' I am actually performing in a Musical, 'Working' at Foothill Music Theatre. FINALLY. I have craved to be onstage for the past 3 years and it is haven for me to know that in 3 short weeks I will be able to satisify this craving, long over due. I will be portraying Enid Dubois along with a variety of other characters. The cast is amazing, the direction is amazing, the musical will be amazing. Again, more details in the near future but the Musical itself will go up February 18th - March 6th.
I look forward to more shows to be performed in the future but I am also enjoying working behind the scenes of these plays as well and am beyond greatful and appreciateive to City Lights Theater Company for giving me such amazing oppurtunities. Hopefully next season I will be able to appear more onstage with all the theater companies in the area.
\random; with this year being a year that I am taking to focus on my health and happiness I have made plans for over the summer to begin lessons in pole dancing from an amazing friend who has so kindly offered to teach, this is mainly for me to get in shape but also for me to feel good about myself, and I am hopefully going to begin to learn Italian; a langauge I have adore and admire for years and now will make the effort to learn. Along with all of this during spring break I am going to try my hand at Mauy Thai a type of fighting taught at Fairtex in Mountain View and completely disconnected from that for my 24th birthday I am going to get another tattoo, when I do so I will post pictures for sure. \end random.
These are all my thoughts thus far this evening, I have more built up but overall I think this is all I can manage to translate for someone whom isn't myself to understand. Goodnight.