we crossed the line, who pushed who over?

So, I have a pretty funny German teacher. His name's Jared. He's a native of Hamburg and he's about 25 years old. He likes to make funny jokes and mock Americans. It's pretty great. One time he slipped and said a word with an American accent . . . so, for a couple of minutes, he continued speaking in German with a ridiculously exaggerated American accent. It was doubly hilarious because he added a sort of southern drawl to it. I couldn't stop laughing.

At the beginning of each class, he asks us about the night before and if we did anything interesting. So, one girl said she'd only gotten six hours of sleep or something (which, by the way, isn't interesting) and Jared started making jokes about Utah drivers. Everyone not a native of Utah complains about slow, dumb Utah drivers . . . because, well, they're slow and dumb. Anyway, Jared (this was all in German which made it funnier) didn't talk about sleepy drivers. No, he said that it took eight hours to sleep off alcohol and get it out of your system. Everyone of course gets wasted every night and since students don't usually get their full eight hours of sleep, they have bad hangovers and can't drive. I guess you kinda had to be there. And maybe you kinda have to be Mormon too. I couldn't stop laughing.

It's not every day that I can't stop laughing in class, but it has its moments. Right now we're learning adjective endings. Warum? Wenn wir kennen adjektive endung, dann lieben wir adjektive endung.

In other news, I think I'm having an unhealthy love affair with musical theatre. Why do I love it so? I do not know. Sunset Boulevard is apparently being made into a film and I'm so excited I think I may wet my pants.

deal.

It has officially been forever since I've posted a post. My deepest apologies. It's been all stress and drama here in Provo . . . especially with the opening of Oklahoma!. The show is open and I am hearing only postitive feedback. So, that's either great because everyone likes it . . . or bad because people aren't being honest. Either way, I'm proud of it. It has been the experience of a lifetime. The show is amaizing . . . life-changing, even.

Now, I have to get caught up in my classes and start working on Hamlet for reals.

I'll try to post here more often, though.

Just to show you that I care . . . I uploaded all my Christmas break photos. Or, at least, the better ones.



Your turn, britt.

daily grind

Here I am, back in Utah . . . and not particularly pleased to be so. I got teary-eyed when I was walking to my gate in PDX. That's never happened to me before.

Aside from some slight jaw-ache, I am doing pretty well. I have a full schedule of classes that I think will be collectively grand. I have the second half of Dramatic Literature (RAD!), German (scares the pants off me 'cause the teacher speaks only in German . . . which is good 'cause I'll learn more . . . but nonetheless, intensely intimidating), Lighting Design 1 (Also RAD!), Directing Fundamentals (required for graduation . . . I'd get out of it if I could), Design Projects (I get credit for assistant designing on Hamlet), and Tech for Art History (we learn about the methods through which art is created).

I'm not doing very well at getting in bed early because the Oklahoma! set was supposed to be finished this week (stayed up until 5:30 Tuesday morning because of it) and tech started tonight, basically. I went to the rehearsal this evening (first night onstage) and helped arrange all the panels in the scenes. Tedious? Yes. But, I really love the show. Honest. I think it a most excellent production and I can't wait for other people to see it and tell me what they think of it. And, my phone has paint on it again. That feels nice.

I'll post photos of break on flickr as soon as I can . . . maybe this weekend? I think maybe Friday I will have some free time in the morning. If not then, I'm feeling good about Friday.

As far as New Year's resolutions go . . . I've got a couple of my own down! I petted a cat and I bought all of my textbooks without smelling a single one of them.

things to do, places to see

things:

see the Aurora Borealis
hike to the end of the south jetty of the Columbia River
purchase Opera Factory
have it signed by George Tsypin
learn to draw figures and portraits
draw interiors

places:

Alaska
Alexandrinsky Theatre		St. Petersburg, Russia
Library of Celsius		Ephesus, Turkey (135 AD)
Air Force Academy Chapel		Colorado Springs, Colorado
Sattler Theatre		Buffalo, New York
Trevi Fountains		Rome, Italy
Greece
Guaranty Building		Buffalo, New York
The Roman Theatre		Palmyra, Syria
The Auditorium Building		Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois

roadtrip ideas:

Ghost-towns USA
Magnetic Hills USA
Shipwrecks