Lindsay

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:40:01 GMT

FOOTLOOSE opened tonight!

The show was absolutely fantastic. And what's even more important: the audience was so energetic that we fed off their responses and made it 1000 times better. They were cheering in the MIDDLE of songs, and laughing so loudly in all the right places, which caused the rest of us to jump around excitedly like fools backstage because it was just... brilliant.

Having to pause after a line because people are clapping, laughing and whooping is an amazing feeling. I just hope the grin on my face looked like I meant to do that, haha.

It's sad to think that in less than 24 hours, it'll all be over. Well, that's not true, the cast party will be going strong, lol, but everything we've worked for since September will have paid off. We have two shows tomorrow and it's gonna be a long but incredibly rewarding day.

I wish you guys were here to celebrate with me, I miss you all so much.

Personal Risk

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:23:29 GMT

One of the assignments for my Voice class is to take a personal risk, and then present it to the class. It's things like these that make me love theatre classes, because my schooling isn't just about absorbing facts, writing essays/reports or calculating numbers, it's about growing as a person and learning about yourself, even if that usually means being extremely open and vulnerable.

So, for my personal risk, I am going to be singing karaoke solo. I've sang with other people, but never alone, and I am TERRIFIED. Next Saturday, March 7, is when I meet my doom, and a lot of my friends are going to be there for support, which almost makes it worse! If I was just singing for strangers, I could tell myself I'll never have to face these people again, so it doesn't matter. But since this is not the case, it makes it even more difficult. One of my friends is doing the same thing for her personal risk, so it will help knowing that someone else is going through the same anxiety, but still. Gah.

However, most of my friends are in that class with me or took it last semester, so they know why I'm doing this and have faced/are facing the same challenges. They're also in my Performance class, and the relationships between the people in Performance are SO close, even with those who aren't your friends per se, that if you end up sobbing while working through a monologue, it's okay and no one will judge you for it. (This hasn't happened to me yet, but it almost did, and it probably will happen by the end of next year.)

People are always shocked to find out that quiet, shy, introverted Lindsay is in a theatre program, and it probably sounds even more crazy when I describe assignments such as the personal risk, but I love it with all my heart. March is the month when everyone has to work twice as hard and then we get to see the whole year's work pay off - the fourth years have their final performance, the directing class presents the One-Act festival, the School of Fine and Performing Arts does a Showcase of visual art, music and drama students' work, the community theatre class puts on their show, another group of students called Connections do a show, and the Musical Theatre Troupe will finally be presenting Footloose. And even though, out of all those things, I'm only involved in Footloose (March 27 and 28, tickets are $12.50, let me know if you want to come see it!), that combined with final projects for classes and finding time just to see all those other shows is going to result in a month of insanity like never before. And I wouldn't trade it for the world.

FOOTLOOSE!

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:10:01 GMT

So, I'm still waiting on the official email from the director, but I mean, it's on facebook, and clearly everything on facebook is fact:

LULU - Lindsay Smith

The director also told a mutual friend that I was cast last night, and the stage manager told me very forcefully to check my email, so I'm pretty sure it's safe to announce that yes, ladies and gentlemen, I will finally make my university theatrical debut as Lulu in FOOTLOOSE! Doesn't seem to be a big role, but that's perfectly fine, and really, I have a name! A name! How awesome is that?!

March. Be there. Er... here. Be here.

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:15:03 GMT

I have had ONE class so far, out of SIX, and I am already stressing out about everything.

I'm an Assistant Stage Manager for the show in November!!! This means I have responsibility galore, but not the major scary intimidating one of saying 'okay lighting cue go... NOW. Sound cue go... NOW' and that sort of thing. So I am very happy. Terrified, but happy.

What I am not happy about is the fact that rehearsals start tomorrow and seem to be scheduled for every day except Saturdays (tomorrow is an exception, yes). And after rehearsal tomorrow I have a murder mystery dinner party to attend, set in 1934, and then have to be back at school 10:30 Sunday morning for another rehearsal. Oh, and I also have to do a play analysis on the script before Thursday, and start getting weekly and daily rehearsal schedules up on the production board.

Did I mention I have five more classes that I haven't even gone to yet? This oughta be fun.

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:11:27 GMT

I was recently without internet for a couple weeks (one at the cottage, and one while my computer was in for service) and I feel like I missed a lot. =( I want to say that I could have gotten together with people in the last week, but to be honest, there was just so much going on every night what with last minute school shopping and general need of sleep/exhaustion from working every day that I'm not sure it would have been feasible, unfortunately.

So now I'm all moved in to residence again, and almost finished unpacking, which is really quite the accomplishment for me on day one. We have to wear these annoying wristbands all week to prove we are rez students, and they do not come off... rather inconvenient, but I guess I can see the reasoning behind it. It feels odd to be back, like nothing has changed, yet everything has. It's weird. It's also 1:00am and I am tired and rambling.

Anyway, if anyone feels like spending a couple days in St. Catharines, let me know, I have a couch with your name on it!

Also, I know it's technically past September 1st now, but a very happy birthday to you, Renee! I hope it was a fantastic one! Much love to you and everyone else as well.

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:52:30 GMT

I, in some miraculous turn of events, got an entire week off work to go to the cottage, hoorah! I leave Sunday, will be back next weekend... then one more week of work, then back to school. Seriously, where did the summer go? It doesn't feel like August at all, maybe because of the cooler weather.

I'm sort of excited for school though. My classes are Performance, Culture (aka, history of theatre in the 20th century), Praxis (aka, different performance methods and theories), Stage Management, Props and Lighting Design, Voice, and Directing (in which I learn about directing, but I'm not taking part two where you actually direct a couple short plays, cause I'd rather be IN them... hopefully *crosses fingers*).

Plus, Footloose will be in March, and I intend to be in that, because my friend is directing it... I love having connections, lol. She's still making me audition though, and I am REALLY not looking forward to singing all alone. Anyway, I think student tickets are $9.00. I'll keep you posted.

Also, Half Blood Prince has been pushed back from November 2008 to July 2009?! Whaaaaaat? *frowns* I also read that Daniel Radcliffe will have a nude scene in Deathly Hallows, and now I'm wondering if I missed something when reading the book. Hmm.

Thu, 01 May 2008 16:39:42 GMT

Am at work, on lunch, kinda bored... learning something new this afternoon, but apparently it's boring too, haha... but for now, I eat my delicious cheese scone. Mmm.

I might be going back to St. Catharines for a weekend soon to visit friends who are taking a Mime and Mask course, and then there's the Schomberg Fair May 22-25 (demolition derby, anyone?), and other than that... I have no life but work. You can only imagine how thrilling my time at home has been so far, lol.

And since all you guys seem to have forgotten....

HAPPY ORGY DAY!

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:10:05 GMT

Today my performance class got let loose on the school as clowns.

That's right, wearing plastic red noses and crazy outfits, running around the university, staring and pointing at pretty things, sneaking and hiding in corners, mimicking people on gym equipment, discovering snow for the first time, dancing and laughing and running for 45 minutes... this is why I love drama.

We've been working on our personal clowns all semester, basically learning things about ourselves as little kids... it's all improv, which I hate with a fiery passion, but clown - this I can do. Pictures will be on facebook soon, I hope. We're all so freaking cute! Best morning ever.

ETA: Four pictures are on facebook, check them out! Hee!

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:01:20 GMT

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMANDA!!!

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:25:47 GMT

Today I auditioned for the directing class' scenes. This audition went IMMENSELY better than the last one (at the end of last year), so I am very pleased. I did a two-minute prepared monologue, and then they had me do some improv things... such as, 'convince us, without using words, that whatever is behind that curtain is the most hilarious thing you have ever seen' and 'explore the stage as a badly behaving dog' and then 'say the first 30 seconds of your monologue in a deep manly voice', hahaha. Yesterday I heard that someone was asked to sing and dance like the Brady Bunch, so I was mildly terrified, but everything went okay. Postings go up Wednesday. Eeeeeeeeeeeek.

Life has been treating me decently since I got back to school... it honestly does not feel like I've only been here a week. I have a ton of homework already that I'm getting behind on, including a different monologue for my performance class. Somehow I have to empty my brain from today's and put another one in there by Wednesday morning or we've been told there's no point coming to class. And then do a whole bunch of other work.

Anyhow, I'll most definitely let everyone know if I'm going to be in a public performance and then you should all come watch my university debut. My brain would explode in a fantastic way if you guys were here, seriously.

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 21:32:06 GMT

I woke up at 7:00 this morning because I didn't know what time we were supposed to be leaving for Shinerama. Turns out my don chose the afternoon shift, which meant he came ringing my doorbell at 11:00. So, I spent that in between time putting a ton of music on my shiny new mp3 player.

I'm now a tiny bit sunburnt, a huge bit exhausted, and taking a nice rest before the free concert tonight. Am excited, even if I'm too tired to express it.

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:37:23 GMT

What is this? Updating twice in one month? Something must be wrong with me... or it's a testament to my current state of boredom.

This morning I got my OSAP papers taken care of, found some classrooms I was unsure about, bought front row tickets for my parents to see Leslie Gore (songs include "It's My Party" and "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows"), snagged free goodies from the vendor fair and made it home again before noon. I consider this to be a successful day.

I have a few more boxes to unpack which I might get to this afternoon... and I may read through a new textbook called 'A Practical Handbook for the Actor' because it looks interesting and easy.

Saturday is Shinerama, which is basically a car wash to raise money for Cystic Fibrosis, and my biggest motivation for participating is the afterparty at the campus bar where Mobile will be playing. I didn't get to the Metric concert last night, but I'm okay with that.

Alright, off to do something semi-useful.

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:33:04 GMT

Am driving up to Balm Beach tonight and won't be home till Friday night or Saturday morning. Yesssss.

I kind of fear for how things will go at work while I'm gone with someone else on reception, but obviously everyone will survive. I've been working extra hard today to get things caught up before I leave. Can not wait to get out of here, though. I wanna crank up that Hairspray soundtrack and hit the road NOW.

It's been a pretty good summer overall, I think. I'm sad to see it come to an end, but I'm ready for a change. I'll miss the three day weekends quite a bit, but at least every day won't be the same.

Cherry, don't worry, I forgive you. It would have been fun to have you at the Tow Show, but work commitments do come first. Boo to them.

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:47:33 GMT

My poor grandma tripped and literally fell on her face yesterday afternoon, on the cement patio outside her back door. My mom went to see her and said she scraped the side of her face, has a goose egg above one eye and broke her glasses. Her eyelid is bruised, and one hand is a little bruised and swollen cause I guess she tried to catch herself. We don't think it's broken, but I'm not sure. Her neighbours saw her lying there and went to help, but all I could do was laugh at the thought of how thrilled my grandma must have been, since she has some unreasonable grudge against them. Though she thinks they're nice now, apparently, hahaha.

So we're going to stop in tonight on the way home, and my mom has told me not to laugh cause she's pretty banged up. Hopefully my dad has already been to see her; that'd make her happy. Dunno how much longer she can live by herself... she is 91, after all. Oh, grandma.

And I finally got my schedule sorted out last week since I register on the 19th. The night of the 18th, really, since it opens at midnight. In addition to taking the required performance, culture, stage craft and script analysis classes, I'm taking a half credit to work backstage on a student show and another half credit Shakespeare text course, which seems to be more script analysis, basically. I didn't want another englishy one, but it seems I have no choice. I get Thursdays off all year, but I go till 3pm on Fridays in first term, and 6pm in second cause of Shakespeare. Bruuuuutal.

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:57:53 GMT

Yesterday was the first time my dentist ever told me I was doing a good job. It was a moment; I relished it. He must have been in a good mood.

After the dentist we went to Value Village, where I never find any clothes, but I bought a CD of various songs from Baz Luhrman (sp?) films which I have never seen (lots from Romeo & Juliet - it's high on my list of Things To Watch), Aqua (because there is nothing better when one is in a 90's pop mood), a copy of The Golden Compass to match my sequels that is in rather good condition (the one I had was the children's version, it's not nearly as pretty) and three plastic cups in a bag, one of which is a holographic Chamber of Secrets cup. This just proves that I'm cool.

Reception is going well today. A LOT less brutal than yesterday, thank goodness.

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:14:52 GMT

So, say you were a university. And your website said Look! We're going to offer this third year drama course to second year students, because we think it would fit in real nice for that elective you've got to choose there. And then at least one of your profs said the same thing to students personally, just in case they missed the various places it was written online.

Would you schedule that pretty third year course at the same time as a mandatory second year one?

If you are Brock, the answer is Yes. Why? I don't know. They only have the one option each, and I think that there are going to be more people than just me with this problem.

So I'm trying to make an appointment with an advisor, but that isn't going so well. I want to go see them in person, so my mom and I will make a day of it and hit up the buffet at Fallsview casino, because my goodness that food is amazing.

And for those who are confused, yes, I am going into third year, but it's my second year in the theatre program.

Other than all that, work is going well, we get Fridays off starting next week, just had ice cream cake because a staff member is leaving, and I can't wait to wear jeans tomorrow. I've had enough of skirts, for sure.

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:07:49 GMT

Turns out there was an error with the e-mails that the Department of Residences sent out yesterday. A new e-mail said to pay the amount that was billed to your account, as that one would be correct. So, I only owe $10 for the things I didn't do instead of $100. I can deal with 10 bucks. Of course, it still sucks that I'm going to have 'damage fees' on my record, but I think if it's only a 10 dollar charge, whoever is concerned will realize (hopefully) that it wasn't anything serious.

I'm not liking how the new main logged-in page tells you the last time you made a post. It made me feel guilty, haha.

Am visiting Erin and going to the Burlington Sound of Music Festival this weekend. Stabilo is the headliner band on Saturday night, but there's some other shows we might go check out. Should be a lot of fun.

Life is boring without MSN.

Wed, 02 May 2007 16:57:51 GMT

Am at work (I started Monday), getting paper cuts galore, because I'm helping to stuff, sort and seal over 10,000 envelopes. Except they didn't have the second paper ready to go in it when the team got here, so we really have stuffed all 10,000 TWICE.
'The team' is myself, another summer student, and 5 men who are injured caretakers that can't go back to work in their schools yet. They're an interesting bunch, and I have a whole new respect for caretaking staff.

MSN and Facebook are both blocked on most of these computers, and I'm too impatient to go on my internet at home, so I am not going to be online very much. If anyone needs to get ahold of me, e-mail or lj is always good, and we usually have the phone unforwarded from the taxi after 6:30pm.

Wonderland Sneak Preview Night is this Friday evening. Am debating going... but I'm getting a Season's Pass for sure. I have to work till 4:30, but I'll go if anyone else is interested. My car is in Beeton getting fixed at the moment, so I don't know if I'll have it by Friday... so getting a ride might be a problem. I'll worry about it if anybody does want to go. Cherry? Jo? Anyone?

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 21:01:29 GMT

I'm done exams, done that audition (terrible, horrendous, dreadful - these words do not even begin to describe how that went) and I'll be leaving tomorrow afternoon.

Erin just moved out and left, and I'm hating being alone right now. I wanna go home.

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:39:37 GMT

Cherry dahling,

May you have the happiest of Happy Birthdays ever!!!
I misses you, and I was thinking about the derby the other day and getting all excited and I can't wait for the fair and I'm glad you'll still be in the area to come with me because I demand that you do and you have no say otherwise.

Much DNQ love,
Lindsay

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:04:43 GMT

I LOVE DRAMA.

10 kilometre run/walk complete? Check.
Possible mark of 8/10 on said run, surpassing my goal of 70%? Check.
Almost all 30 classmates crying while doing a goodbye exercise for over an hour? Check.

What a day to remember.

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 02:10:51 GMT

Good day, good day.

I survived the week from hell, though just barely. Got my 2 page paper done for Monday's drama class, my 4 page paper done for Tuesday's drama class, wrote a sign language test, did a spanish presentation, had a skit rehearsal, wrote my spanish midterm, and at the end of it all saw a fantastic play that was so much better than I expected it to be. Love it when that happens.

Today, I veg. I got to sleep in, then Erin and I ordered a ton of Swiss Chalet food again for lunch, we had a friend over and watched Unbreakable, and after he left we ate more food and watched The Devil Wears Prada. Now I'm just killing time until we go out to see The Number 23, and watch karaoke for an hour or so afterward if we can get in to London Arms.

The guys downstairs are having a party tonight (beach theme!), and came over to warn us about potential loud noise, which I thought was pretty considerate for once, and then they even invited us to go and party with them. We're wondering if this is all part of our don's plan to make Houses 1 and 80 become friends instead of enemies, because he's certainly been encouraging it for a few months now... I don't know but I'm going to find out.

The best thing about today was that, despite having some work to do for next week, I have been able to not worry about it and just relax. Usually on days like this I feel stress and guilt constantly pressing at the back of my mind, but not today. It's honestly such a relief.

Tomorrow, I go eat waffles at the cafeteria, and then crack down and get stuff done. It IS the month of insanity after all, and I refuse to let it kill me. Actually, I'm really, really sad that the end of the year is sneaking up so quickly, mostly because I'm preparing to be disappointed that next year won't live up to the standards that this year has set. But anyway, I'm on my way out now. Have a good night, everybody in lj land!

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:07:40 GMT

I feel like I've been neglecting lj (probably because I have) but I've still been reading everyone's entries, and want to send out big virtual hugs to everybody who needs one, or just simply wants one. I miss you guys... my reading week is Feb. 19-23 (next week), when are yours??

BUT, in other news, who wants to come visit me in March and see DAVID USHER and DALA?

Tickets are $45 I think, which is kinda expensive, I know. The show is the night of Thursdsay, March 15. I want to get tickets fairly soon; I don't know how fast they're selling. If I don't hear from anyone I'm probably gonna go by myself, which will be sad for me, but hopefully fun anyway. I'd be happy to pitch in for your costs (transportation, the show itself, etc.), cause I know it would be totally worth it. XD

Link to the Centre for the Arts website: http://www.arts.brocku.ca/performances/viewperformance.php?scode=2006&ecode=CA06

Let me know!

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 07:32:06 GMT

First week back to school done, and it wasn't even that bad. Aside from the 5 hour long drama class, but I didn't feel the negative side effects until Tuesday morning when I realized that my legs weren't cramped because I slept funny, but because I had made them move so much the day before, something they are not accustomed to doing. Am starting running tomorrow with Erin though, we're going to aim for three times a week, either at the track or just outside around our residence.

Also, everyone should check out this link; despite my extreme dislike for Lindsay Lohan, this is pretty good. If you can't hear it at first just turn up the volume, for some reason it's really quiet.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/2006/07/lohanhilton.html

Tomorrow (today, technically) I go grocery shopping, running, eat some of the groceries, and then crack down on homework. Hopefully the rain lets up by morning because we want to get to the store earlier than the bus starts running. Darn public transit weekend schedules! Sunday evening there's a spanish movie showing in a theatre on campus that can get me some extra marks if I write a little review, which I'm definitely going to do, and then it all begins again, hoorah.

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:41:06 GMT

The ground/parking lot was definitely not white the last time I looked out the window.

Whoa.

ETA: It has snowed a whole lot more now, and it looked all blizzardy out there for a while, but I think it was just the wind trying to be impressive. It's starting to feel more like winter (and Christmas) and I likes it. XD