Rules and Regulations

Apparently to be a theatre student here, like me and many of my friends, there are a few rules. But my favorite is this:

-Be obese or be gorgeous.

Okay, so I'm paraphrasing (a lot), but those are more or less our options. And that's because we're so young. Apparently, if you're built like me, this body doesn't work for characters until about age 35-40 when I can start playing moms. Until then, I need to be gorgeous...somehow. Therefore, diet starts now. Step away from me with those cookies, Jake. I can sense you pushing them towards me and I want no part of it.

Weight

"I want to gain weight."

Never, ever, EVER say that sentence to me unless you want me to glare at you. I have been struggling for the past two years to lose at least fifteen (preferably twenty) pounds. I have not been successful because I don't have willpower at all. But that's beside the point. Some beautifully thin person whose body I envy turns to me and says, "I want to gain weight"...does not compute. Brain malfunction. I simply don't understand.

You really don't want to gain weight. Maybe if you're way underweight and it's unhealthy, but if you're perfectly normal and you look amazing (and all of us with two chins are jealous of you), you really don't. I promise. And don't get me started on wanting a bigger chest, because I will smack you.

I'm really not a mean person and I don't mean to come off as one when I rant like that. But I PROMISE you, you will be happier being thin and flat. Just trust me on that one.

A Few Dream Roles

Here are a few roles I would love to play someday:

Catherine in "Proof"
Mayella in "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Mother in "Ragtime"
Christine in "The Phantom of the Opera"
Nora in "A Doll's House"
Sarah in "Children of a Lesser God"
Melissa in "Love Letters"
Cecily in "The Importance of Being Earnest"
The Leading Player in "Pippin"
Mary Jane in "Big River"
Yonah in "Children of Eden"

There are so many more...someday!

Richmond

I really want to do a photo series of a walking tour of Richmond. It truly is a beautiful city with all sorts of cool, random locations. One second you're walking on cobblestones down pretty Monument Avenue, the next you're walking past Nanci Raygun's sign that says "Nazi punks @#$% off". You can be standing under the waterfall at Maymont and then go wish you could steal the swan bed from the Dooley Mansion and then go to Carytown for the BEST burgers in the universe.

This would be a fun idea except that my camera is broken. I'll fix it eventually.

First Acting Class

I just took my first acting class of my college career! It definitely sounds like it will be an adventure. Everyone seems very nice and I knew a few people from auditions (and both roommates are in it with me). We all wore black (we looked like ninjas) and played Red Rover. I have Costume Construction at 2:00 and my mom's bringing me essentials soon. Should be interesting!

Classes!

Classes officially start tomorrow. I begin my day with an 8:00 AM acting class (and probably an overdose of coffee with soy milk!) and end it with an evening algebra class. I love how I get to start the day doing what I love and end it doing what I strongly dislike...although I shouldn't prejudge. Maybe my math teacher will be amazing and I'll discover my John Nashlike math skills. Hopefully minus the schizophrenia, because that doesn't sound like fun.

Kaytren (roomie 1) and I went grocery shopping today. We were really good and bought juice, water, fruit, and tea. The only thing bad for us that we got was Coke, but neither of us drink it much. Sarah (roomie 2) has Diet Coke as well, so there's the option to be healthyish there. Maybe I'll get to avoid the Freshman Fifteen! I am on the tenth floor, after all. If things get bad, I'll do some stairstepping to burn it all off.

Musical Theatre

I wonder what the next "trend" in musical theatre will be? It's taken on so many forms. From Zeigfield to "Oklahoma" to "Cats" to "Rent"...it's interesting to see what shows work and what ones don't. I'm a big fan of rock opera, to be totally honest, and I think that taking actual opera music and having rock music behind it is a lot of fun to listen to. Maybe I'll write one.

I love how that paragraph (well, few sentences) makes very little sense and has very little depth. This is because I got about five hours of sleep and no coffee. And THAT would be because...I'm a college student. Yeah, baby.

Oh, and when I tried to write "student", it came out "stupid" on my first try. Freudian slip?

I'm at College Now

I officially moved into VCU today!

My dorm is really, really, really big. It's a triple, but even so, we don't feel cramped at all. The windows are huge (and there are five of them) and our view is ideal. What god did we please, exactly? And even better, both of my roommates are writers (I have a sneaking suspicion that there will be a lot of peer editing going on in here) who stay up late and have no qualms about sharing space. Thanks to whoever is in charge of putting roommates together!

It's funny because since our dorm is so big and pretty, we have a lot of "tourists". Just last night at least twenty people stopped by just to see it. We started calling it a museum. We plan to have movie nights every week. This year will be interesting, if nothing else...