My favorite class of my first semester of my freshman year of college is now over.
It was a bittersweet ending.
Today, I got up for an 8am class for the very last time this semester. I'll have to do it again next semester, but not nearly as often. I'm proud to say that I have officially made all my 8ams so far, and have not been late to any either. Today, for my acting final, many of us were very early!
We decided on an order in which to present our scenes, and then circled up to do the five-act play exercise one last time together. We've all missed it!!! We do it a lot better now than we did at the beginning of the semester though, which was really neat to see.
The other thing that was amazing to watch was how much each of the one-act scenes had drastically improved over these past few weeks. After seeing how each scene was when we all started working on them, seeing them at the very end of the semester showed me, and everybody, just how much we've improved and learned this semester. There wasn't a single scene that I wasn't invested in at some point- regardless of the fact that I'd seen every one of them before and already knew what was going to happen. Even my own scene! Only a few times did I have to actively remember the specific actions I had decided to do. Most of the time... it felt totally natural. I just slipped into my character...and away we went! It was enjoyable from start to finish.
Not only did each scene improve drastically these past few weeks, but all the amazing actors and actresses I had the privilege of working with this semester improved majorly from the beginning of the year!! What a talented group of kids. Really, I admire each and every one of them and seriously feel so honored that I got to learn alongside of them all.
Of course, we owe all of this to our incredible professor, Mary Joan Negro. She pushed us and challenged us unbelievably, but we were all changed for the better because of it. Her wisdom is priceless. People have been telling me this year how lucky I was to be getting her for my 101 class, and I know I am. I am oh, so incredibly lucky to have gotten to work with her. If she ever reads this, THANK YOU AGAIN MARY JOAN!!! You will be thanked in my acceptance speech if I ever happen to get any sort of big award in this business.
Honestly, I'm so glad somebody caught me and taught me how to really act like this at the beginning of my USC career. I've learned more than I ever imagined I would in just one semester, about acting, of course, but also about myself. I still have so much to learn and lots of work to do! If this was the impact that this one class could have on me this semester... I can't wait for all the classes I'll be taking in the future.
It was hard to leave afterwards, but I went to get some breakfast, and then headed back to my dorm. There, I got to Skype my lovely Annie, as well as call my wonderful sister, Melissa.
Today is Melissa's 20th birthday. Twenty years old!!! That is so weird to me, but so cool at the same time!!! I really wish I could've celebrated with my sister and family today. Calling her just didn't feel like enough. Happy Birthday, Melissa!!! You've blessed my life so much, and I'm proud to call you my favorite older sister as well as one of my best friends. <3
After that, I got pretty productive- I went job searching for next semester! Earlier this week, I applied online to a few places around campus and on-campus. One of these places was Starbucks, so I walked over to follow through and talk to the manager. Starbucks is a pretty big company, so there were quite a few issues she seemed to have with the idea of hiring a college student. But I got her to take my resume so hopefully she's at least still considering. Then it was to Yogurtland to drop off an application, and then another coffee shop that I actually need to go back to tomorrow to give them my availability. I even got an application for the USC bookstore! Out of all those places... there's got to be somebody who wants me to work for them... right? Let's hope so...
I attempted studying for an hour, but it was much more fun to go to lunch with Thomas! It was quite fun to hang out with him again!!! We did for quite a while- I didn't get back to my dorm room until about 4!
Also, we talked a lot about Disneyland during the course of our conversation. This conversation is the reason that ever since lunch, I have been in a perfect mood for either going on the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland, or watching an Indiana Jones movie. Unfortunately, I cannot do either. :(
The rest of my day has been pretty consumed with studying. I devoted today to studying for my Philosophy final next Monday. I haven't finished as much as I wanted to in the course of today... so I might use some of tomorrow to reach that point before I start studies for another class.
There's a lot to be grateful for today. The future's looking bright, folks.
Fight on.
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