Vol 4.5: Renewal of vows

What a day! What a night!

I was up at 6:30 this morning, for the much-lauded pre-dawn Improv practice. That was fine, I did my best to be chipper, after all, this was for the team. Even though I spent the entirety of first sitting in the box office, writing my "senses poetry" for Writer's Craft.

School raced by at a snail's pace. I enjoy all my classes, but 3:00 was long in coming. I got home, ate an early dinner, and by 5:30 was back at school to await driving to the Improv competition.

Oh and I also discovered a fabulous new website, the WebComic El Goonish Shive. It's brilliant.

Improv was great. The difference between this time and last time was that this time, they took us aside this time and told us what was good and what should be improved. And they gave us points, which basically painted us an inferior to all the other groups. I dunno, I don't think it was unfair but I wish we didn't have to tie. That really eats it. I didn't have a "double-pearled" line although I did get a few laughs; in theme when I randomly interjected "I'm already crying," and in Character when I said, as 'honest' waiter, "The special today is steak. It's not very good. ... well the reason why it's so special is that it's probably the worst special we've ever had." And then had to rush the ending. And so character, which is normally our strongest, became our weakest. We did consistent, and I think we did great, but overall I see so many places in which we - and myself in particular - could have picked up the ball better. I'm sure everybody walks away thinking "If only I'd said this in this scene," but that was not to be. Story and theme, however, the new inductions to our oevre, were well received, and life was an infinite improvement over first punk show; "letting a friend down" opened up all kinds of doors which we just knocked down with what I consider to be great success.

Afterward, Alyssa, Doug, Ryan, Emma and I stopped into Timmy H's for a cup o joe and about an hour of chit chat. I'll tell you there is very little in this world that I take more pleasure in than just sitting down with any random combination of drama kids and talking. Just grooving.

That's all I really have to say for now...
Keep on Rockin'
-Scott