In Shelia's Shakespeare class today she was a riot! She was telling us these crazy stories and doing these loud screams of joy and stuff. We did everyone else's sonnets today and then she gave us each a play to go get. I got Measure for Measure. Then she gave us a character to look into. I am reading Isabella, which is funny because she is a nun with morals that has to decide whether to have sex with a man to save her brother's life. The reason this is ironic is that in my sonnet I did it to someone who was atheist and tried to get them to become religious, so that's all Shelia really knows about me, so in picking a character, of course she picks the nun!! I've been type cast! lol. But I'm okay with that...it should be fun!
Next we had voice where we worked on breathing. I know we worked on other stuff too, but I was kinda falling asleep because she did a lot of talking about things I have learned before. I went out for lunch at Pizza Express with Livy, Emily, and Lily, which was nice to get out. Then I had a little bit of a break before Mick's modern physical class.
And this is where the funny story begins! So, we played a game where he would say "Stop, go, clap, and jump" except then he changed it to where we would go when he said stop, and clap when he said jump and vice versa. It was hard, and funny. Then he taught us a song that we sang in rounds and he allowed us to make harmonies and stuff, but of course I had no idea how to do that. Then we spent the rest of the class learning the 7 tensions- Catatonic, Californian (hippy like), Neutral, Slightly anxious, Suspense, Explosion after the suspense, and Extreme tension (I can't remember the name). Well we did some exercises walking and talking on these different levels and at one point he had me and Zack show extreme love for one another in the same way we would pick a huge fight...so basically we were screaming at each other "I Love you DAMN IT!" and stuff like that. It was hysterical. Then he broke us into 3 groups and had my group stay on stage and move together as a chorus in the first level (we ended up going through most of the levels). Then we were suppose to greet the audience as we would if we were in that level and then profess our love to someone in that way (professing our love to the same person every time). Well, when Mick got to me he said "Okay, Alicia. Wait is that how you pronounce it?" and I said "No, it's Alyssa, but I go by Lys." "Oh, sorry, well off you go LYS" So who did I decide to profess my love to? Mick. BAD CHOICE! I started off being like "I love how you don't pronounce my name correctly. I love your plaid scarf. I love your hair and how it sits on your head." Then he was like "is that all you can say about it?" Well, for the record his hair is gray and crazy like he never brushed it. So I said "And it's spunky and fun." Also, Mick has a drum that he hits with a mallet every time to start and end an exercise, so I said "I love how you bang" and then I stopped "Your drum every day" Mhmm, everyone was cracking up. It sounded so wrong! I also proceeded to say that I like how the top button of his shirt was undone and what not before I said "and "I love you so much that I don't want to go on because this is getting awkward." Then we moved onto the next level it went much the same, and I was actually really good at being funny, but then I said "I love your stick (referring to the one he hits the drum with) and I like the ball better than the pointy part cause that hurts" Yeah, go ahead, crack up. It was hysterical. Like half my group fell on the floor laughing. The reason I said that was because he always pokes us in the back with it when he picks us to be "it" in games, and made a joke about only poking us with the sharp side if we were bad. And of course, this is what I was thinking when I said it, but gah, it was SO funny. At the end of class he said "I look forward to seeing you all next week, especially you Lys." Oh yeah, and we still have two more levels to do next week!!
Then we came home and I have just been chilling with the roomies putting together our reality tv show we are making called "Real Life London" It's pretty stupid, but also funny. I'll definitely post it once it's made. I was also suppose to go to Bath tomorrow, but of course people don't research well enough and it takes 4 hours to get there by bus and no one is willing to pay for the train. Looks like I will be traipsing around london doing who knows what instead! Grrr I'm not gonna get to travel anywhere!
just take your ball and stick and strike out on your own! You're a strong independent chick, you don't need a babysitter.
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