Auditions & Concessions

I was pleased with today.
Just pleased, there were some metaphorical ‘hiccups’ that just made me want to scream, but other than that I think it was a fairly awesome day. I shook off the morning drowsiness by rote, was not gut-wrenchingly hungry in the afternoon, and got Speak rolling on a good note. Granted, I am going to bed as soon as I put up this post.
Today we held the first auditions for Speak and 12 people showed up, with more interested on the way. I think that it’s going to be great, because there are so many qualified actors – people I hadn’t even thought about were coming out in spades! It was amazing. I hope to get a cast of 30, ranging from REALLY HUGE parts [Melinda] to verrrryyyy tiny parts [Students & Cheerleaders]. There is sort of a disparity in lines between the two, but I think it will work out. Directing just feels so much more natural to me – I have been acting as Hermia and I love it, there’s no doubt, but I just feel powerful and beautiful when directing in a way that acting just can’t give me. I love it.
The rotten core of today, however, is that the administration is cancelling our January activities [assembly and dance – why? I ask this many times but there seems to be no reason… why would having a dance on Saturday affect the length of time that we’re in school?] And, even more than that, they’re moving graduation over to the 22nd of June! It makes me want to spit. I would willingly accept Saturday school for 5 days instead – I want the time to prepare for my IB exams! But having 5 days come in at the end is just pointless. I will be probably watching movies in every class and not learning anything. It just frustrates me that they didn’t even consult what the students may want.
Ah, but I guess there’s nothing to do about it now. We will march on, with our feet in the trenches, plowing throught the International Baccalaureate diploma and snatching up our high school graduation along the way. We will not be silenced! I am glad, at least, that they didn’t take away the senior party on top of everything. That would just completely suck.
Anyway, the picture above is of the famed yellow bag of the last post, and the other gifts that Heathy sent me – which are body butter and some soap [I hope she’s not trying to tell me something… haha] I found a new website, www.diyphotography.net, and was reading a lot of their articles – three of which were titled “Back to Basics” and really explained the relation of shutter speed, ISO, and aperture width to me. I played around with those a lot. I think also that, in lieu of an external flash or the money to buy one, this desk lamp really helps me light difficult objects without expending the quality. Hooray creative solutions!

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