I know I haven't written in this thing in a while, and I am sorry. There hasn't been a shitload of interesting stuff to talk about. All my classes now are finals, which mostly consist of your average performance-based stuff (which I have trouble remembering) or writing stuff down, but at any rate, at this point it's less about learning new and ( Read more... )

Last night was a radio performance class. There's not a shitload to say about it other than that I am really a lot more confident behind the controls now, although I still have some way to go. Also there was some ad-libbing and I was kind of proud of the line I came up with: "In a recent Rolling Stone article, Toby Keith said he wishes he'd written ( Read more... )

Last night was a TV Performance class. I showed up early, because I had nothing better to do -- like an hour and change early. Mike, one of the students, was also there. I signed up for studio time and then we got to talking about what had happened during the last class. I guess I wasn't alone in thinking that things had gotten a bit ridiculous, as ( Read more... )

The copy final was last night. Some things happened. I will try to remember as many of them as I can ( Read more... )

Last night was the performance final. The assignment was to read this bit of copy, and then ad-lib for a minute or so about it. We had to actually memorize the copy, so thankfully it was short. I guess I was sort of cramming, so when it was my turn, I kind of sounded way too stilted. Thankfully there was no real audience but the instructor -- the ( Read more... )

Sorry I didn't update Friday. I left work early on Thursday and on Friday I was supposed to go to Six Flags but then it rained. Total bullshit, if you ask me (which you didn't). Anyway ( Read more... )

Last night was the sportscasting final. This may seem strange given that "sportscasting" has consisted of more or less half a class for which I was barely paying attention. I did the homework yesterday, and then did the read. I knew the stories were tight but since I am that sort of person I didn't even bother to time it. So, going into it, I had ( Read more... )

Last night was TV Production. I didn't do anything exceptionally funny, I was kind of bored and fidgety but I absorbed what I was told, I think. Everyone got practice doing everything, I worked an effects board for the first time and I think I did pretty okay. I don't know how interesting I can make a recap of this -- it was all just working the ( Read more... )

I appear to have homework due in a week. News to me! I'll figure something out ( Read more... )

Last night was another TV performance class, this time with the social dynamo who taught sportscasting last time, the guy who came up with "dry as a clam." It's not that he's a bad guy or anything, he really means well, it's just that he's kind of square in a lot of ways ( Read more... )