Saturday, April 3, 2004

Anti-Climax?

Heh, I'm sorry if I've kind of built this post up to be more than it is- last night I finished typing up a post, and almost immediately afterwards thought "This isn't right". No matter how many times I re-edited it or reworded various phrases, it just didn't come out right. I guess I was in an odd mood. The last few nights have felt rather odd, actually. Certainly last Wednesday/Thursday night I had a terrible time trying to get to sleep. I wasn't sure why; I just felt really emotionally uncomfortable. The post really wasn't about much- just questioning the existance of my site in relation to buttons. That is, site buttons as opposed to plastic/metal/kyrptonite ones you might have on your shirt/blouse/bra or whatever. I'm just not sure I want one. Maybe that's just because I'm inept with graphics programs and have nowhere to host the images anyway... but I try and make a point of not jumping onto bandwagons unless they're something I feel would really add to my life. I remember I was proposed to in two out of three of my OB 'marriages', and the third I just... wanted, I suppose. I can't really describe why, but most evidence of all three's been wiped out now courtesy of v7, so I doubt I'll get started with that again. But even though they turned into a fad, they still served a purpose to build bridges, however long they actually lasted. As things go, buttons are definately a creature comfort. Albeit a rather nice-looking one. And I suppose they do give character to the links and cut out all that 'links to the left' business that has you scrolling through up to hundreds of names for the next site on your MyO run. But if everyone has them then it takes away their uniqueness. I suppose calling it a bandwagon seems a little unfair, but it did seem that way when suddenly every site I visited had a button designed for them, heh. I'm not bitter at all- they're really nice to look at, and if I wanted one that much I'd have asked. And after all, if they are a good idea then there's no reason why people shouldn't have them. I'm not advocating their use at all. I'm just making a mountain out of a molehill, hehe ^_^; I'm happy to put people's buttons up here- I've been meaning to revamp my intro for some time; I think with the quality of the artwork that's floating around it'd make any site look much nicer anyway, heh. One Last Shot Only four episodes of Trigun to go, then I'll have finished the series. It's been absolutely fantastic so far, and my sister says it's now her favourite anime. I'd probably have to agree, but only because I've seen things like Outlaw Star, Digimon and Nadesico more times than I can count. They're still great, just not as fresh. I can hardly believe what I found out that happens actually happens, though. It doesn't seem right somehow. But I doubt all those spoilers would be lying to me. I somewhat hope they are, or that I misremembered them or something. I have a penchant for my favourite characters being those who die at some point in the series. That's probably part of the reason behind my old OB signature, which I have yet to find a dceent host for >.> I can't just upload it to a thread on OB- it uses up the site bandwidth unfairly. But it might get more traffic than perhaps one free account can give me... ah well, I'll just have to find out. It's useful to have experience with these things anyway. I'm a big boy now, I can do this ^_^; Shin: It's purple now, you can relax. Disaster has been averted ^_^ Ben: (and anyone else in the RPG) Way of the Worlds is going to pace up a bit soon, make sure you're ready... when you're ready of course, heh. I don't want to rush you or anyone else if you have stuff to do. Which people inevitably do. Azure: ^_^; I've seen shorter, but at the time I wans't in the mood for decent explanations, and if I deleted the post it still would have said I updated and I didn't want people to think I was bluffing them just to get visits, heh. Mimmi: ^______^ I love The Last Samurai OST *hugs* Thankies, hehe. I owe PMs and MyO visits... which I shall (try to) honour in the next few days. Not hungry. I ate quite some while ago, heh. Oddly enough I wasn't too hungry then, either. But I did have a very big lunch. EDIT: Can you believe it? I was going on about my luck in Dark Crisis boosters because I hadn't had a Judgement of Anubis yet (which I bought in the end anyway), but in my very first Invasion of Chaos booster I got none other than the Dark Magician of Chaos! My one most fvaourite card I'd been waiting for out of that set, hehe. I was incredibly chuffed. And then a few packs later I got Dimension Fusion, which is incredibly useful. I r do be teh biggies chuff-edednessed.

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Friday, April 2, 2004

*flop*
-Post deleted for further analysis and editing-

Bleh, I couldn't be bothered.
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Wednesday, March 31, 2004

LAMDA LAMDA LAMDA
I had my LAMDA Gold Medal Exam today...

Preparation started a few days ago, when I started using lots of Clearasil and ate nice good healthy things to stop me from being ill on the day. I also had a shower yesterday (dun dun DUUUN!) The real psyching began late last night, when I went over my lines and blocking (stage directions) three times before going to sleep.

I must have gone over them in my sleep too o_o; As soon as I woke up, it was another line recital while tucked up in the cosiness of my duvet.

I was very careful to pick my favourite socks and boxer shorts while getting dressed. The little things can make all the difference. Not that they'd help me remember lines directly or anything; feeling good about yourself is all part of confidence building. The better your confidence, the better you can present yourself on stage. I wasn't going to prace around in my underwear in front of the examiner, but some of the 'Next' brand boxers I have tend to... travel. But I digress.

I made sure three times that I was wearing the right clothes, and had prepared the right stuff for my costumes and props. In all I needed my high-school blazer, my smart shoes, a white shirt, black trousers, my normal comfy shoes and bear feet, which I come equipped with anyway. The rest of the props/costumes were at college.

I left home rather uptight, and asked mum if she could leave commentating on her driving (for my learning benefit) so I could listen to the Outlaw Star tape and relax a bit. It helped somewhat, but I was still tense about getting to Wardrobe in time to pick up my toga, blue blazer and big mannequin torso.

Sue the Wardrobe Mistress was late, which didn't help my nerves much ^_^; On the way to the Assembly Hall I bought a McVitie's chocolate HobNob flapjack, which would have gone down well, had I been in the mood for it to actually go down at all.

After a very quiet half-hour wait outside of the Hall, Jez emerged, having done his exam directly before mine. He's a cool guy. I gathered up my stuff and waited behind the curtain at the back of thr room for the examiner to give her bell.

I'd heard stories about LAMDA examiners being hard-arse battleaxes, but the lady who examined us was really nice ^_^ Friendly, relaxing, considerate... but very proper. Not that that's a bad thing, mind. Being an examiner you kind of expect it.

I started with a piece from Last of the Red Hot Lovers, by Niel Simon. The piece went fairly well, but I missed some lines near the end, and my accent kept slipping on one or two words. She seemed happy with it though, so I went on to prepare for my Julius Caesar.

I think I started before she was ready >____<; That's a big faux pas when it comes to LAMDA exams. Aside from the three monologues you do, you're marked on things like presentation, and interrupting the examiner before she's ready can ruffle their feathers somewhat, not to mention looks unprofessional. I just caught her looking at me and gathered it was a cue to start... ah well, there's not much I can do about it now.

The Cassius speech flowed much better than I expected, heh. Nicey nice. Then came what I consider to be my best piece- the opening monologue of The Children, by Edward Bond.

It's not a cheerful play by any means, but it's a rather poignant bit that I like. I performed with... um... gusto, and a large mannequin body part dressed in a school jacket.

She sat me down after the exam at a little table in front of the acting area, where she gave me a brief rundown of what she thought.

She said it was obvious that I really enjoyed acting, and also that I sang. Aparrently I pitch really well, which was surprising but not unpleasant to know.

It was over very quickly, actually, and I was far less nervous than I'd anticipated. I guess since I knew what was actually meant to be coming I could anticipate it more.

I'm very happy with how it went. I think I may have passed, but I won't know for another month or so, when the results come through. There were some fairly big errors in my method, but she said she really enjoyed the pieces I did. I guess that's a good sign ^_^

Now, I Haroun and Bouncers all holiday long. Glory be to major roles... >.>

EDIT: Eee ^____^ The ads on my site referred to Furries! I'm happy. Furries rock.

EDIT 2: It's 'congratulations'. With a t. I'm ashamed at the person who shall remain nameless who I saw spelling it with a d. Whoo, you're in trouble now...
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