I've realized lately how naive I am to the world around me. Well i guess I've known it for some time now, but it is beginning to annoy me. I wonder if I had taken another path in life how long it would have taken me to realize this. I've come to value the education that I have been blessed with and look forward to continuing it.
I love the thought of finishing my psychology degree. I want the knowledge. Psychology is always something that has interested me. That is partly the reason I chose Psychology as my major, the other part is because I believe it ties into acting. I definitely want to finish school and get my degree, it is just a matter of when that happens. I want to be a professional actor and make a living do it. I want to make respectable art and I fully believe that I can do it.
I went off on a little tangent there, but now I am back. :)
So the point to this blog is not my passion for acting (this time). It is about my desire for knowlege. I have had the honor of being surrounded by intelligent women this past year and I long for that intelligence. I often find myself in situations in which I can't carry on the conversation or cannot make sense of what people are saying. I hate having to wonder what people are talking about. Especially this past year during the election. I actually think that was when all my desire to know started. So I did a lot of reading and talking to people and I made a decision and I stick to it today. I feel so proud of myself and I want to have those opportunites more often.
So I made a list of books I want to read and I am really excited to expand my knowledge. Hopefully soon I will have a big vocabulary and i won't have to use a word like big in this sentence. We'll see, only time will tell!
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Acting
I'm just going to delve right into this....
I LOVE watching the extra features on a movie. The bloopers. the making of, the commentaries...ect. I think from my point of view it's like taking an acting class. Each special feature has something for me to learn from. The bloopers show me how to fix a mistake and improvise - even if the improvisations are crap they can get you somewhere you didn't think of before. And hearing the actors say things about each other you realize that there is this brilliance that an actor has and it is so inspiring. And then you think "oh this actor added this humanity to this terrible character", that is something to keep in mind.
I have this longing to work with all these different people. Some of them from my perspective are just amazing and some are just so so - but I feel like everyone has something special to offer and you can learn that and take it with you. That is another reason I love acting - it's such a learning experience in itself. It's like - the people you meet are just so amazing. I never forget the people I've worked with because of that little something they brought out.
And it's so wonderful - the feeling that acting gives you. For how ever long it's OK to be someone else. And it's not necessarily that you want to be someone else, but it's that you can take things from your character too. Just everything about acting is such a learning experience for me. I have learned things from characters I've played; who I am, who I want to be, and who I don't want to be. And isn't it amazing how you can just become someone else? And make people believe that you ARE that person. I LOVE watching an actor on stage who has forgotten a line or something has happened that is not right and they just role with it. And NEVER break character. They just know what that character would say or do.
There is just so much passion is this art and it blows me away every time I think about it.
I LOVE watching the extra features on a movie. The bloopers. the making of, the commentaries...ect. I think from my point of view it's like taking an acting class. Each special feature has something for me to learn from. The bloopers show me how to fix a mistake and improvise - even if the improvisations are crap they can get you somewhere you didn't think of before. And hearing the actors say things about each other you realize that there is this brilliance that an actor has and it is so inspiring. And then you think "oh this actor added this humanity to this terrible character", that is something to keep in mind.
I have this longing to work with all these different people. Some of them from my perspective are just amazing and some are just so so - but I feel like everyone has something special to offer and you can learn that and take it with you. That is another reason I love acting - it's such a learning experience in itself. It's like - the people you meet are just so amazing. I never forget the people I've worked with because of that little something they brought out.
And it's so wonderful - the feeling that acting gives you. For how ever long it's OK to be someone else. And it's not necessarily that you want to be someone else, but it's that you can take things from your character too. Just everything about acting is such a learning experience for me. I have learned things from characters I've played; who I am, who I want to be, and who I don't want to be. And isn't it amazing how you can just become someone else? And make people believe that you ARE that person. I LOVE watching an actor on stage who has forgotten a line or something has happened that is not right and they just role with it. And NEVER break character. They just know what that character would say or do.
There is just so much passion is this art and it blows me away every time I think about it.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Happy Early Thanksgiving!
Ahh this thanksgiving is going to be fun! I am cooking a turkey breasts for my mom and I. Landyn is with Luke for thanksgiving. I kind of feel like it's the weekend - having him not be here for 3 days. But I have a project to work on and yummy food to cook.
I realized something a few minutes ago. I'm pretty sure that thanksgiving day is my favorite holiday. Not only do we get to sit down and eat a humongous meal - which I happen to be pretty good at (especially the turkey and gravy) - but we also recognize what we're thankful for. I've never really cared before, but with my new found appreciation for life it seems to be an amazing holiday. How great is it that we have a holiday where everyone can put everything to the side and look at everything they have. What a beautiful day!
Have a fantastic Thanksgiving!
I realized something a few minutes ago. I'm pretty sure that thanksgiving day is my favorite holiday. Not only do we get to sit down and eat a humongous meal - which I happen to be pretty good at (especially the turkey and gravy) - but we also recognize what we're thankful for. I've never really cared before, but with my new found appreciation for life it seems to be an amazing holiday. How great is it that we have a holiday where everyone can put everything to the side and look at everything they have. What a beautiful day!
Have a fantastic Thanksgiving!
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Fun Thanksgiving Activity - The Thankful Tree
Found this at the Rachael Ray website. It looks cute!
Fun Thanksgiving Activity - The Thankful Tree
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So I saw Twilight the other day :0!! I am so happy that it was good. It definitely could have used an extra 30 minutes since it was only 2 hours, but I understand that they did their best. Hopefully the next one will have a little more. I am quite pleased with the movie though. I will definitely be seeing it multiple times.
Fun Thanksgiving Activity - The Thankful Tree
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So I saw Twilight the other day :0!! I am so happy that it was good. It definitely could have used an extra 30 minutes since it was only 2 hours, but I understand that they did their best. Hopefully the next one will have a little more. I am quite pleased with the movie though. I will definitely be seeing it multiple times.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Vote!
I hope everyone voted today. I felt so good after I did this morning. Like no matter what happens - I made a difference.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
almost twenty-one
I'm on the verge of turning 21. I can't believe it - I can't believe I'm actually about to be 21. I can buy a bottle of wine, or have a martini when I'm out to eat. I can even get a beer at a ballgame.
I feel free.
I feel free.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
teen pregnancy on Tyra
http://tyrashow.warnerbros.com/2008/09/tomorrows_show_the_teen_pregna.php#comments
I'm watching this now I want to cry
I really want to cry
I can't believe this was me - they are all so naive...that was me. I can't believe the things they are saying and then I remember - oh my god I said that exact thing. We need more education..more information in sex ed. It needs to be a course taken every year with more in depth topics as students get older. These girls think everything is going to be ok and it will...but it won't be ok like they are thinking it will. It will be a different kind of ok.
I ache for these girls. I want to give them hugs. I want this to stop. I want young people to stop thinking that it's ok to have sex when you're 12. I want people to stop thinking that they have to have sex to fit in or just because everyone else does it so whats the big deal? I remember people saying they respected me for being a virgin. Being a virgin is something to be proud of.
I want parents to educate their children. I don't want parents to tell their children to not have sex. I want their parents to tell them the truth and the risks. I want them to tell them about protection. I want children to be able to understand their bodies and what goes on in them. So parents need to tell them. And the parents need to make it clear that whenever a problem arises about their bodies or sex that it's ok to talk to them. That their children won't get in trouble.
Some of the comments left on the website were sickening to me. Someone said something about how the show didn't show how good it could be. Excuse my language but what the hell? Why on earth would you say that on a show about the hardships of teen pregnancy. Yea it can be good because you have someone you love unconditionally and it's so powerful but don't sugarcoat it. It's hard and it's exhausting, and you will NEVER have the kind of life you should have. Tell that to the teens who think it's OK. And one girls talked about how she's worked so hard and got a job and all this and said "not all young moms are ruining their lives" thanks for stating the obvious but that doesn't make it a good thing to do. She's not talking to girls that have kids...shes talking to ones who are doing it who are risking it.
This breaks my heart.
I'm watching this now I want to cry
I really want to cry
I can't believe this was me - they are all so naive...that was me. I can't believe the things they are saying and then I remember - oh my god I said that exact thing. We need more education..more information in sex ed. It needs to be a course taken every year with more in depth topics as students get older. These girls think everything is going to be ok and it will...but it won't be ok like they are thinking it will. It will be a different kind of ok.
I ache for these girls. I want to give them hugs. I want this to stop. I want young people to stop thinking that it's ok to have sex when you're 12. I want people to stop thinking that they have to have sex to fit in or just because everyone else does it so whats the big deal? I remember people saying they respected me for being a virgin. Being a virgin is something to be proud of.
I want parents to educate their children. I don't want parents to tell their children to not have sex. I want their parents to tell them the truth and the risks. I want them to tell them about protection. I want children to be able to understand their bodies and what goes on in them. So parents need to tell them. And the parents need to make it clear that whenever a problem arises about their bodies or sex that it's ok to talk to them. That their children won't get in trouble.
Some of the comments left on the website were sickening to me. Someone said something about how the show didn't show how good it could be. Excuse my language but what the hell? Why on earth would you say that on a show about the hardships of teen pregnancy. Yea it can be good because you have someone you love unconditionally and it's so powerful but don't sugarcoat it. It's hard and it's exhausting, and you will NEVER have the kind of life you should have. Tell that to the teens who think it's OK. And one girls talked about how she's worked so hard and got a job and all this and said "not all young moms are ruining their lives" thanks for stating the obvious but that doesn't make it a good thing to do. She's not talking to girls that have kids...shes talking to ones who are doing it who are risking it.
This breaks my heart.
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