Tuesday, February 5

 
eeeeek!!!! i just received some great news: the helenes spring costume party is not until april 27th this year! that means that if i stick to my plans of coming home on the 24th i will get to go! i am SO EXCITED! that means trying to find a costume and a date within about 48 hours but hey, it's me, so it can be done!

if you are an eligible guy watch out, you might be pounced on come april 24th...

or in the case that i cannot get a male date, if you are lindy parker or janelle herrick, try not to make plans for that weekend.

posted by from shannon at 4:49 AM

 
i think i am not like most of the kids here. example - vacation plans - while they are discussing where they can go to get the most trashed, i am sitting here looking up disneyland paris online.

is this weird?

yesterday i went to this acting workshop that takes place once a week. the only performing arts experience i have is limited to one 2-unit improv class at usc and my time spent as second clarinet for the marching sundevils, so it's not like i'm any good. i just like the energy of it. it was like my improv class in that it was very physical and game-oriented. it made me realize how much i miss the endorphins (right word?) or physical exertion, so if either one of my racquetball partners is reading this, be prepared for an all-out war this summer, because i miss it.

anyway, the people were cool and i had fun. we did this one trust exercise where one person stood in the middle and closed their eyes and just let themselves fall, and the others, in a circle around her, kept passing her around, pushing her back and forth. after my turn the professor said he was impressed that i was so good at holding myself still and getting in the zone so that i could really trust everyone to keep me from falling. it reminded me of crowd surfing at a show, which to me takes a hell of a lot more trust than some little game where my feet are on the crowd. these weak drama sissies. i'm so punk.

speaking of punk i really miss shows, and i miss having a stereo so i can bounce around and go nuts. i need that energy so badly. well, someday.

i went to an italian soccer game this weekend. it was awesome. people were pounding on the glass and having fights and i heard a lot of "tua mamma"s being tossed around. these crazy italians.

also, on friday night i was invited out with some of the swedes in my class. this was very cool because i now have international friends who speak italian. i feel very chic.

i am not sure that word means what i think it means.

(anyone who gets that reference and email gets some kind of italian treat.)
posted by from shannon at 3:55 AM