Pleading for the right to perform

            My idea for the individual audition piece is perform a rap song. I want to do this because I find rapping to fairly hard and I enjoy doing things that are hard. The rap song I want to do is called N.Y. State Of Mind by Nas, often hailed as one of the best rap songs ever constructed. I chose this song cause while it is fairly long, I already have it memorized and It’s structure is slow and lumbersome. I do not think this will help improve my acting skills but I do believe that this will help me become a more rounded person, able to do several things rather than just one. That is part of being an actor, the ability to be flexible. It would also help me with enunciation of words while speaking fast or enunciation in general. The other reason why I want to rap NY state of mind is because I have been practicing it for over 6 months now. Not that I was planning on reciting it, I just have been doing that for a while. Along with that, I also have gotten good at doing the whole thing which means I'm basically done. 

             So in conclusion, I would like to perform the rap song, N.Y. State of mind by Nas, i want to do this because I already have all the words memorized and it's fairly hard to perform. It is also long and is about four minutes. It would make me a more rounded person which is important for being an actor. it would also help me with enunciation and speaking fast. I also have been practicing this for a long time. It would also be fun to do. 

Reflection is a reversal of reality

      I believe that you are asking about the Inception project, at least I hope so because you were not specific. My performance in the project was mixed I suppose. I still think my role as a cameraman was acceptable but I could not tell which scenes I had filmed and there were some shaky scenes that I may have contributed to. I honestly do not remember anymore. My role as an actor was hindered by how ridiculous I looked wearing flip flops and my bush of hair. I still liked how I was acting because it looked natural. Or at least, more natural than other performances. I remembered my lines, said them naturally and had fun. I could have brought more emotion to the scenes but there is a fine line between acting and overacting. I think I need to improve my body language and my outfits.
            The project it's self was also mixed. There were some good scenes and some bad scenes. Obviously sound quality was never gonna be good but the editing could have been better. I though some of my fellow actors did a good job, like John and Kade, but there were some actors who actively detracted from the scenes because of their unnaturalness and rigidity. There were some scenes that were filmed poorly, like the lobby scene while some scenes flowed nicely. The settings we had were ridiculous and unbelievable, especially the airplane scene. I did not like how the movie was edited, there were some mistakes made during filming that could have been made by smash cutting the scene. The airplane scene is really a prime example of this because if it had been cut sooner then it would not have appeared to be a mistake and it would have worked. I really thought it could have been done better, I do not know why we did not cut before Mr. Banci started yelling at us. Be that as it may, I still thought it was a fun and enjoyable to watch the movie.      
         I thought that the projects direction was not clearly thought out, I think for the genre of film John wanted to make we did not have the resources to do. In low budget film making your script needs to fit what you have and we did not have any of the tools or resources to take on the script of inception. Be that as it may, I thought that the end product was fun if not a little confusing. There was certainly a lot of room for improvement of cinematography and the acting during the scenes but it still was entertaining. Which if you are gonna make a bad movie that no one is gonna watch, it is the best you could hope for. At least it was not boring.

Acting briefly

       I do not do much as an actor for this group project. I do not have any scenes where I say more than three lines and I mostly sit. I do believe however I managed to make myself as natural as possible for those brief moments I had. My character does not do much developing in any scenes so I had to get my character across with the little things.
       For example, I flipped the chair backwards in one scene, I put my feet up and had looked around in the rain. Perhaps my dialogue was not as strong but I feel that my presence was strong. I think I looked relaxed and natural. The other thing I did for inception was be the camera man. I think a lot of my fellow group members, including john, got the camera wrong. When everyone else was doing it, the last thing they thought about was where the camera should be for the scene.
        The camera is the most important thing about a scene, it affects what is seen and not seen. Everyone except me, thought of the project as a bunch of single takes, with no cuts, which is odd considering we were filming it as a movie and not a play. I do not think there are more than five scenes with more than 2 cuts. This leads to a lot of stilted dialogue that is not as much impact as It could have been. For example, we filmed two scenes the exact same way. They had very different connotations and tones. The impact of both scenes are the same though because we did not use the camera effectively.
         I did find the Cobb & Mal scene to be a delight to film because I could use the funnest filming style. I do not know what it is called but it is essentially filming around something to gain emotional impact. I may not be the best at it here because we did not pace out the scene with the camera but I gave it my best. It is often used when two characters are arguing and the camera goes from one side to the other causing the viewer to gain both perspectives and emotions of both characters by filming the character's face while the other is making their point. I do not actually know if that is a filming technique because I just made it up but I have seen it used before, I think.

Visitation of Agitation

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Visitation of Agitation Review

This project was dialogue between a aged mobster and a young novelist. The conversation starts off bad but ends up being worse because the novelist is also a fetishist. The mobster being a traditionalist and probably a staunch conservative does not take kindly to this. The awkward conversation dissolves into the mobster shouting at the novelist while she flirts with him. He then forces her to leave because his girlfriend is on her way over. I of course played the role of the aged mobster while Angel played the role of the novelist. 

I thought that my portrayal was a lot more goofy than I wanted to be. I was supposed to portray a more serious and yah know experienced person. Instead I made myself out to be a little bit of a goof and dumb. My tone was all over the place with it, mainly because I was supposed to be angry but at times I sounded more exasperated than angry. 

I thought my blocking was ok, I managed to not stand still all the time and looked like I was walking mad. I thought the group project as a whole created a good dynamic of serious vs. silly and I thought I worked well with Angel. I thought that Angel did well especially since she was out of her comfort zone with the script.

 I liked the beginning of the performance best cause it had lighting. That is always fun. I thought that we could have done more with the script but that was left to angel and she did not feel as if we needed to. I personally thought that we could have had something to the right of me so I could get a drink or something. The middle is really where my tone falters though, I was supposed to have building rage but really it I just look exasperated until the last two lines. It does not look bad but not nearly as good as it could have been. 

I need to improve on my ability to get into a character, maybe it is because I was much more a caricature than a character but I was not all that into it. I especially need to work on this because the play is coming up soon and I still do not know how i am supposed to portray David Mathison or "Cynical Dave.” I am loving Gale as a character though even if I only get two lines I have to focus more on my emotions as a character. I think when I specifically take the time to get into the mindset of a character I perform way better. Especially because it is supposed to be funny and things only seem funny when it is natural not forced. Besides that, I think I will be improving at lot of stuff because apparently none of my directors feel the need to tell me what to do. Anyways, I rate the performance Angel and I did as a 6/10. Was not bad but definite room for improvement.  

Scene two

JAKE opens the door to his apartment. Sitting on the couch is CRYSTAL. Jake is startled for a moment.
JAKE Jesus, you scared me!
CRYSTAL Sorry. I didn’t mean to.
JAKE
How the hell did you get in?
Crystal smiles.
CRYSTAL Oh I have my ways.
JAKE
Look, don’t take this the wrong
way but you shouldn’t sneak up on people like that.
He pulls out his gun and shows her.
JAKE
It could be bad for your health if
you know what I mean. Crystal’s eyes lock on the gun.
CRYSTAL Oh this is good.
She pulls out a note pad and a pen. As she writes she talks out loud.
CRYSTAL (writing as she
speaks)
The Mobster pulled out his gun on the helpless damsel. He forced his body against hers...
Jake looks confused.
JAKE
What the hell are you talking
about? I didn’t force nothin.
CRYSTAL
Oh I know. It’s for the book. This
is good stuff 

JAKE
Look lady. I said you could follow
me around a bit for research but now you’re making me out to be this hardened criminal. That’s not how it works.
CRYSTAL
I thought mobsters were supposed
to be ruthless. They take what they want when they want.
JAKE
First off, don’t call me a
mobster. I am in the sanitation business. Secondly, I don’t force myself on any women.
She smiles at him.
CRYSTAL Well you could.
JAKE
Lady, I have a girlfriend.
She holds her finger up and starts writing and talking out loud again.
CRYSTAL (writing)
As he eyed her breasts he confesses the love triangle that is inevitable. He tears her shirt with ...
Jake holds his hands up.
JAKE
Woa woa woa. Okay, that’s it. You
gotta go.
CRYSTAL (still writing)
His breath warms her neck sending chills down her spine. Goose bumps begin to form around her...
Jake grabs the pad from her.
JAKE
That’s enough. No more writing. My
girlfriend is on her way over. You have to go 

CRYSTAL (into recorder)
Lines are blurred as all three bodies intertwine forming one massive pile of flesh and ecstacy. A moment before climax the mobster...
Jake grabs the recorder from her and turns it off.
JAKE
Lady, you are nuts. Get the hell
out of my apartment.
She stops speaking and looks at him. She is almost too excited.
CRYSTAL
Are you going to be forceful?
Jake pulls out his gun and points it at her. She holds her hands up in the air.
CRYSTAL
Do you have handcuffs or should we
use mine?
JAKE
I’m serious. Get out now!
She gets up and makes her way to the door. As she walks through it she turns back and winks at him.
CRYSTAL
Call me...
The door shuts and Jake locks it. He breaths a heavy sigh as we...
FADE TO BLACK. 

Hardest thing

I think the hardest thing that I'm gonna hafta work on is my onscreen chemistry with Angel. This is because I have never worked with or know much about Angel. It is certainly gonna be a challenge and the only way to sort it out is to spend time talking with Angel but that's difficult seeing as she really isn't my freind. Not that she's a bad person but she doesn't seem keen on social interaction in the class all that much. Which is understandable seeing as no one in the class was already her freind unlike everyone else. Besides all that the scene we are doing relies heavily on Angel being more forceful than I've ever seen her. My character is reactionary to what Angel says and does so if she doesn't have a strong preformance or I don't have a strong performance while the other one does it's not gonna look good. Similarly if we both have week performances it's not gonna be any better so in order to prevent these things I'll have to spend more time with Angel.

Power rangers

Bar manager: John

Red ranger(Jason): Kade 

Bulk: will 

skull: Jack

Black Ranger( Zach): Ryan stennet

Green Ranger(Tommy): Ryan 

Pink Ranger(Kimble): Ella 

Blue Ranger(Billy): David Mathison
Rita: Maggie
Zordon: Mr. Porter

Once on this island review

Once on this island was an interesting musical. It had a short run time of an hour and a half with most of that time taken up by singing. In fact pretty much the entire musical either has singing exposition or dialogue while music was playing. The music is pretty good though a bit generic, it doesn't really venture away from how most musicals sounds and I think that is actually a strength. The musical did not try to be anything really special but it also never got to the point of being too samey.
        The musical has a big ensemble cast which were mainly there for dancing and singing wth the main cast. The problem with that though is whenever they weren't doing anything they would  stand unmoving with their faces betraying a sense of boredom. It also didn't help that the lights never changed the focus away from them so that if you let your eyes wander from the main cast you were instantly drawn out by these expressionless and bored faces. Half of them had their mouth agape. Beyond that though the choreography was nothing too complex but kept the viewer engaged and for the most part was preformed very well.
       The strongest scene with the ensemble is "pray". It was the one scene where I really felt that the ensemble was required and added to the scene. I'd really say that the entire song was the best moment in the musical. The tension and excitement was there and vocals, especially johns, were excellent.
        Let's now talk about the acting. The strongest performance is a toss up between Julia and Gianna. I was thinking Ryan was a good contender till the scene where he nearly gets stabbed, Julia really carried the scene there compared to Ryan's lackluster performance in that part. Anyways, I find that Gianna was perfect for her role as death, and it really stood out for me. The scene between death and teamoon was the strongest dramatic scene in my opinion. Julia did well with teamoon but it felt awkward for me because she just looked weirdly at the audience for 2 minutes in one part. The other gods did not entirely stand out for me. They all had their individual songs but honestly the only one I really remember is Gianna.
        All the side characters were fine. John stood out the most because his strong vocal presence in the song pray and his demeanor. Rachel Wallace looked her part and did good. I liked that within her ensemble role she still danced with grace but That's probably more to her being an awkward dancer then intentional. Sam weed did a good job as usual. The ensemble cast as I said before did a poor job when not in use but they did a good job with the dancing and Singing.
        My favorite part of the musical was the puppet scene because it was pretty fun and interesting. It was one of few parts that is adventurous and cool. While at times it got dumb it never was not fun. It slowed down the musical considerably from the pace it was going which I felt was fine considering the length of the scene was short and the entire musical is pretty fast.
       The costume design was alright, I especially liked the detail of the goddesses. The tattoos were pretty awesome. The set design was engaging and while it didn't really look all that great I liked it's simplicity and colorfulness. The costumes worked with the plays overall tone and the creature costumes worked well in the circumstances.
         In conclusion the musical "once on this island" worked extremely well. It hit all the notes it was supposed to and did not over stay it's welcome. It had enough in it to keep me engaged and was inventive with some of its scenes. All pieces of this musical fit together to create an fun and entertaining experience even if it is not all that original. I give this musical a 7/10.

dialogue script

   DAISY Open another window.
Tom There aren't any more.
DAISY Then telephone for an axe...
TOM Forget about the heat. You make it worse by crabbing about it.
GATSBY Why not let her alone, old sport?
TOM That's a great expression of yours, isn't it?
GATSBY What is?
Tom turns to Gatsby...
TOM 'Old sport'. Where'd you pick it up?
DAISY Now see here, Tom; if you're going to make personal remarks I won't stay here one minute. Gatsby's foot beats a restless tattoo;
Tom eyes him suddenly.
TOM Mr. Gatsby, I understand you're an Oxford man.
GATSBY No, not exactly. 100.
TOM Oh yes, I understand you went to Oxford.
GATSBY Yes - I went there.
Tom's laugh is incredulous and insulting.
TOM Sure; the man in the pink suit went to Oxford!
DAISY Tom...!
Gatsby stands.
GATSBY(slow, intense)I told you I went there.
TOM I heard you, but I'd like to know when.
GATSBY You’d like to know when....? It was in nineteen-nineteen, I only stayed five months. That's why I can't exactly call myself an Oxford man.
Tom glances around to see if the others mirror his disbelief. But they are all looking at Gatsby.
GATSBY (CONT’D)You see, it was an opportunity they gave to some of the officers who actually fought in the war.
DAISY I'll make you a drink Tom, then you won't seem so stupid to yourself...
But Tom’s not done yet.
TOM Wait a minute, I want to ask Mr. Gatsby one more question.
GATSBY Go on. Please Mr. Buchanan, go on.
TOM What kind of a row are you trying to cause in my house anyhow?They are out in the open at last and Gatsby is content.
 DAISY He isn't causing a row; you're causing a row. Please have a little self-control!
TOM Self-control! I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife? Well, if that's the idea you can count me out... See, nowadays people begin by sneering at family life and family institutions and next you know they'll throw everything overboard and we’ll have intermarriage between black and white!
GATSBY Your wife doesn't love you. She's never loved you. She loves me!
TOM You must be crazy.
GATSBY No, old sport. See, she never loved you... She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting. It was a terrible, terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved anyone but me!
GATSBY Daisy and I have nothing to hide...
DAISY Jay let’s go, please...!
TOM Sit down Daisy!
GATSBY(reassuring)Yes, Daisy, please sit down.
Tom's voice gropes unsuccessfully for the paternal note.
TOM What's been going on? I want to hear all about it.
GATSBY I just told you what's been going on; its been going on for five years...!
Tom turns to Daisy sharply.
TOM You've been seeing him for five years?
GATSBY Not seeing. No, we couldn't; but both of us loved each other all that time, old sport, and you didn't know. I used to laugh sometimes, to think that you didn't know...
TOM Oh - that's all; you're crazy! I can't speak about what happened five years ago, because I didn't know Daisy then - but I'll be damned if I see how you got within a mile of her unless you brought the groceries to the back door. But all the rest of that's a god-damned lie. Daisy loved me when she married me and she loves me now.
Tom starts to make himself a drink...
GATSBY No...
TOM She does, though... And what's more, I love Daisy too. Once in a while I go off on a spree, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time...
DAISY You’re revolting...
Daisy’s voice drops an octave lower, filling the room with thrilling scorn...
DAISY (CONT’D)Do you know why we left Chicago...? I'm surprised they didn't treat you to the story of that little spree.
Gatsby walks over and stands beside Daisy.
GATSBY That's all over now. Just tell him the truth, that you never loved him; and all this... all this pain will be wiped out forever.
Daisy looks at Gatsby blindly.
DAISY Why, how could I love him, possibly?
GATSBY You never loved him.
Daisy hesitates; too late, she realizes what she is doing.
DAISY I never loved him.
GATSBY That’s right...
TOM Not at Kapiolani?
DAISY No.
TOM(a husky tenderness) Not that day I carried you down from the Punch Bowl to keep your shoes dry...? Daisy? Never?
DAISY Please don’t.
TOM Daisy...
Her voice is cold, but the anger is gone.
DAISY There, Jay.
She trembles as she looks to Gatsby...
DAISY (CONT’D)You want too much! I love you now; isn't that enough? I can't help what's past.(begins to sob)I did love him once; but I loved you too.
GATSBY(shocked, uncomprehending)You loved me too?
TOM(savage)Even that's a lie. She didn't know you were alive. There are things between Daisy and me that you'll never know, things that neither of us can ever forget.
The words seem to bite physically into Gatsby.
GATSBY I want to speak to Daisy alone. She's all excited now...
 DAISY Even alone I can't say I never loved Tom. It wouldn't be true.
TOM Of course it wouldn't.
Daisy turns to her husband.
DAISY As if it mattered to you.

TOM Of course it matters. I'm going to take better care of you from now on.

GATSBY You're not taking care of her any more! Daisy's leaving you.

TOM Nonsense.

DAISY(with visible effort)I am, though.

TOM She's not leaving me; and certainly not for a common swindler!

Tom's words suddenly lean down over Gatsby.

TOM (CONT’D)Mr. Gatsby, who exactly are you anyhow? You see, I have made a small investigation into your affairs... You're one of Meyer Wolfsheim’s bunch.

 Tom turns to the others and speaks rapidly.

TOM (CONT’D)See, he and this Wolfsheim bought up a lot of 'drug stores' and sold bootlegged alcohol over the counter!

GATSBY What about it, old sport?

TOM Don’t call me ‘old sport!’ This drug store business is just small change compared to the bonds stunt you and Wolfsheim have got going on now.

GATSBY Well your friend Walter Chase isn’t too proud to come in on it

TOM I’ve been giving that some thought. How does a reputable banker like Walter Chase find himself up to his eyeballs in debt to a little kike like Wolfsheim?

GATSBY It’s called ‘greed,’ old sport.

TOM That’s right; you’ve got half of Wall Street out there swilling your free booze at that fun park every weekend...I’m surprised you hasn’t tried to drag Nick in... 

Tom registers this. 

TOM (CONT’D)My God, you has...

GATSBY He’s got nothing to do with--

TOM With your little racket...(to Daisy)Daisy... Can’t you see who this guy is? With his house and his parties and his fancy clothes; he’s just a front for Wolfsheim, a gangster, to get his claws into respectable folk like Walter...!

 GATSBY(a vicious sneer)The only respectable thing about you, old sport, is your money, that’s it, and now I’ve just as much as you; so that means we’re equal!!Tom smiles with smug, condescending scorn.

TOM Oh no, no, we’re different; I am, (gesturing at Nick and Jordan)They are...(now at Daisy)She is; we’re all different from you - we were born different, it’s in our blood, and nothing you do, or say, or steal or dream up, can ever change that... And a girl like Daisy will never...!

Gatsby explodes with terrifying rage.

GATSBY SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUTTT UP!!!!

Shock jolts the room. 

We float toward Gatsby. 

His rage-filled eyes stare into the void, as, with all his willpower, he restrains himself from ripping Tom apart..

Tom snorts a dismissive laugh. 

TOM That’s right Mr. Gatsby, show us those fine Oxford manners...

Gatsby recovers and turns to Daisy, who is trembling in the corner, on the verge of tears.

GATSBY My sincerest apologies. I... I seem to have lost my temper.

 Struggling for self control,

 Gatsby turns toward her as if Tom suddenly no longer exists.

GATSBY Daisy darling... None of this has any consequence. Don’t listen to him Daisy.

Daisy blanches; 

Gatsby, now desperate, babbles incoherently.GATSBY (CONT’D)We’re going back to Louisville to be married. Then we’re going to live together in our house;

There is a feeling of excruciating unease in the room

monologue review

My monologue was from the phone call scene of the movie Taxi Driver. In this scene the main character is calling a love interest in one last bid for her affection and fails. It is supposed to be a sad scene and the saddest scene in the movie. My goal was to recreate the sadness of this scene because I am not a very serious actor nor have I really explored that area of acting.
I do not think i captured that all that well. I come across as anxious more then sad and i keep making weird sounds with my mouth. My body language makes it seem as if i am aguring with a buisness partner or something rather then a ex lover. I keep bobing my head up and down and that really is not how people talk to eachother on the phone. I did like the fact that I stood up and began pacing, I felt it added fluidity to the scene and a good sense of the character being frustraited. The words I speak seem a bit fast and hurrying the conversation then trying to preserve it which was not what I wanted to come across.
I certainly need to be aware on how my body looks to the outside and how my words come across to the audience. I think i did well on the memerization asepct and the accent seemed alright.
On another note, I really do not think I learned much of anything from watching the other monologues. Maybe that is because I do not remember half of them. I did however like abligal's sentiments on will's monoluge "I liked how you channeled a new emotion into every paragraph of the scene." That is something new to learn, I thought that if you did that you would not be able to create tone but it worked well with what will did. Prehaps that has to do with the contenet of his monologue or because it was so longwinded. I do not know, what i do know is that people usually do add diffrent emotions into one conversation. I also learned that Ryan is truely the romeo of this school.
ttyl

Monologue movie

I really do not like watching myself

Monologue background

who: Travis
How old: 30ish
Sex: male
Personality: Vietnam vet who is isolated and desperate for anything akin to companionship

Where: New York, a pay phone
What: he's calling up a girl who he had gone on an unsuccessful date with
Who: the girl he tried to date
Backstory: he's calling up this girl as a desperate act to get her back into his life so that he won't be alone and isolated. He who is apathetic to the smut and grime of New York didn't realize that the girl would be upset by the film they watched.

Monologue

Hello Betsy. Hi, it's Travis. How ya doin'? Listen, uh, I'm, I'm sorry about the, the other night. I didn't know that was the way you felt about it. Well, I-I didn't know that was the way you felt. I-I-I would have taken ya somewhere else. Uh, are you feeling better or oh you maybe had a virus or somethin', a 24-hour virus you know. It happens. Yeah, umm, you uh, you're workin' hard. Yeah. Uh, would you like to have, uh, some dinner, uh with me in the next, you know, few days or somethin'? Well, how about just a cup of coffee? I'll come by the, uh, headquarters or somethin', we could, uh...Oh, OK, OK. Did you get my flowers in the...? You didn't get them? I sent some flowers, uh...Yeah, well, OK, OK. Can I call you again? Uh, tomorrow or the next day? OK. No, I'm gonna...OK. Yeah, sure, OK. So long.

Silent Movie

My group's Project was called "Kill Sam" a action comedy. I thought the movie went well with the jokes working and the action being ok for this kind of production. The strongest part would be the acting. I don't think it would have worked half as well if we did not have actors who were willing to act as crazily as they did. The jokes in the Movie were all physical and silly and without silly physical actors it wouldn't have worked at all. The worst part was the action, especially the fight between me and Jaden. It was at times slow and unexciting for something that is suppose to be thrilling though that's due more to our production value which was nonexistent. What really could have been better was the cinematography, it was very flat in my opinion. Most of the movie was shot at a distance from the actors and it it worked for the first scene because of the symmetry and action. I feel it was used to much for the second half of the movie, with only a couple of close ups. The camera at times did not entirely capture all of the action but all in all it was used effectively. The other group's project, in my opinion, wasn't the greatest. I thought some of the jokes fell flat and while I actually knew what was happening I couldn't follow all the stories because the camera was too far away. I could follow the main plot of the incompetent flight attendant but the second story on the right was impossible to really follow due to acting and as mentioned before the far away camera shot. I thought it was good story though and if it had been executed better I think it could have been better than our group's project in terms of plot and jokes. My performance was good for what we were doing. I excelled at acting outrageously and exaggerated. I could certainly work on my fake fighting skills because they are not the best. Most of what I had to do was easy, probably because there was no dialogue and no dramatic scenes. It was certainly was a lot of fun, I think the only part that was challenging was the synchronized dancing because I had to figure out what was funny for such a simplistic routine. I learned that I could have been even more exaggerated and that when you use a prop in a unusual way it looks great. 

The wonderfully inept: a brief history of me

I R Jack. I think those were the first letters I ever spitted out on the Internet. I said them when I at the tender at of 10 wanted to establish my self on a website called club penguin, a multiplayer game for young kids. I was then ridiculed for my terrible grammar and inelegant speech. I think that the interaction I just told you about sums up much of what my life has been. I try and communicate something and because of how I act or talk it either is not conveyed correctly or I'm insulted for my efforts. Sounds a bit narcissistic saying that but it's how I perceive most interactions in my life. 

        Anyways, I took an interest into acting when I was about 13 and joined a local theater in adolescent production of mid summers night dream. I took the lead role of Oberon. It was terrible. I think they only cast me as Oberon cause I was tall, I honestly didn't know what I was doing in the entire show and since is was Shakespeare I had to work very hard to even understand what I was saying at times. Afterwards I quit the theater and wasn't gonna do any type of production ever again. But then my teachers at the school started an improv club after school. I immediately joined cause this chick I was digging wanted to do it. I never got to date the chick but I did get into improv. It was the most fun I had during my middle school years. I  loved every minute of it. I liked it so much I preformed improv with a group of friends for a talent show and got the third prize a long with several people patting me on the back telling me how great I did. I eventually let my mom talk me into going back to that theatre to do a variety show that was mainly improv and skits. That was a fantastic experience and showed me that if I ever wanted to make a career of acting that improv could lead me to success. 

              I've seen many theatrical shows most of which have been musicals with comedy. I think the best show I've ever seen was once cause the music was very passionate. Like the first time the band plays or when the main character plays by himself blew me away with how much energy and emotion went into the performance. I could never act like that because I often am never invested into what I'm acting as. That is one of my goals in class, to be able to have an emotional range as an actor. So far I've failed this task so I'm trying to do better at it. I also just wanna be a better actor in general. 

          That was a little about me, and I hope you enjoyed reading it. I certainly had about 2% of fun writing it. 

Tanks and ttyl. -Jack