Thursday, March 17, 2005
The Big Gulp
Will be taking a short hiatus to get things in order (e.g. study, take some midterms, do some housecleaning...). In the meantime, keep busy, read my blog, and “talk amongst ya-selves”. I will be posting photos, though.
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Eugenisms
Last semester my final for beginning acting was a monologue (link) from Sebastian Michael’s The Power of Love. There were two reasons I picked this play—I felt connected to the character, Eugen, in someway and I thought the play was intelligent, funny, and witty. And yes, it talks about love. Here are some Eugenisms:
"in a manner of speaking you always fall in love: sometimes with a person
sometimes with an idea of a person
sometimes with an idea of yourself as in love with a person
and sometimes just with an idea"
"surely the degree to which you're alive
expresses itself in terms of how much living you do
more than say in terms of
how much longer you're going to be hanging around on the planet"
"if there is one subject i am uniquely qualified to speak on
it is unrequited love
(and death for that matter)
because i've been through them both
and back"
More here:
(Psst. This link above wasn’t my original selection for my monologue. I will post the original scene (not available online) when I can scan it).
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Day 2 Recap
Here's a sample journal entry on my Atkins experience.
Dear Journal:
I learned three things:
You can get low-carb cereal, but not low-carb soy milk. (Isn’t it ironic, don’t you think?)
Low-carb chocolate is tasteless, black hell in a bar.
The cafeteria is not a vanguard of Atkins-friendly food. (Unless you like eating the same burger over and over again)
Although, towards the end of the day, I met a low-carb brethren (she started the South Beach diet). We compared our horror stories about our induction period, and then she told me that she was * surprised * I was even on a diet…
Believable—yeah, just like the phrase, “It’s not you…it’s me.”
/end journal entry --> cue "Doogie Howser, MD extro tune/
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“Conflicted”
"What do you mean?"
usage:
X is conflicted. X doesn’t know yet what they really (really) want. You can’t wait forever until X decides what they want!
Definition: Not into you, but making sure…
Another definition: “If I tell you the real truth, you’re going to start crying.”
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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…
"I wasn't always like this, really..."
Me needing advice! After Sunday…I have shifted from counselor-mode back into needy-“What do you think?” mode. Unlike other moments in my so-called life, this time, after Sunday, everyone is involved. It feels great to be able to involve all my friends and neighbors about my emotional journey through the trench-filled battlefield we call love…
“I don’t think … is ready to give that kind of advice yet.”
Like my final papers, my various love issues somehow cannot be summarized in a five-minute conversation.
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Sober
I took the time to think it over
I see the you that I never knew
Now it's finally sinking in
I am sober
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Be back when rested, fed, and energy-filled!
