it's like thanksgiving...without the pie

my plate is just so full right now.
not that i'm not completely enjoying myself almost all the time, because i definitely am . . . but there's just. so. much.

this being my last semester, i really wanted to take advantage of everything that is possible on this campus. and in this department. so i'm taking classes. lots of classes. and independent studies. and, per usual, rehearsals. some days are from 9am-1pm, others from 8am-3pm. then rehearsals from 7-11 or somewhere within. so i'm packed. to the brim. with occasional spillage.

there was a major overflow last thursday-saturday, when my body decided to say "No More, thank you very much. I've had enough," with much enthusiasm. you see, many of these classes that i'm enrolled in are incredibly taxing on one's body . . . especially after just coming back from a month of essentially sitting on one's backside, or road-tripping to memphis, or watching movies.

i'm in this Yoga for Dancers class that meets at 8am tuesday-thursday. i mean, it's for dance majors. so they're good at it. and know what they're doing. i, on the other hand, while quite flexible, have little to zero strength in these gangles of mine. therefore, i end up being in pain during most of the 45 minutes. or at least i can count on the anguish to appear for the next fews days.

but. it's good pain.
. . . right?

then i have fight class, which consists of rolling around on the ground for 30 minutes and then pretending to punch, slap, kick or choke my classmates for the next 30.

and finally, and most likely my favorite, clown class. yes, that's right. Clown. Class. we're learning how to flip each other, do handstands, juggle, and fly through the air. one of our finals will be to juggle while reciting an entire monologue.
this is my school. this is what i'm doing with my life.
i love everything about it.

besides those blissful moments of my day, i have a voice-over class, and independent dialect seminar study thing, and acting for the camera.

and i'm in love. which puts sugar all over everything.

now, i'm going to take out these contacts, put in a load of his&hers laundry, and learn Scottish by watching Trainspotting.