Monday, September 20, 2010

Another Acting Post! :O

Hi guys! Qui here, and ITS BEEN FOREVER! Ok maybe not forever, I just don't post as much as Padme does.
Anyway, today, I went to a ceremony for boyscouts and they did this thing where they read from scripts. It was their way of telling us what they did over the summer to earn merit badges and stuff like that. They did it in a scripted way to avoid them rambling and people getting to bored with it. So techincally it was made to make the whole thing less..."painful" but for me as an actor it was VERY painful. Oh my gosh.
I guess I can't really sympathize with people who don't speak or act well, just cause I've never been that person. But, it was KILLING ME. The whole time I was thinking things like, "Cheat out! I can't hear you you're mumbling! Read it with more feeling? There should have been a beat there. That was too long a pause." etc. etc.
So, good for them for actually getting up there and doing that, but still. Maybe I'm just kind of snobbish about that.

Any updates on my acting stuff? None. I've had NONE. It really upsets me, and I feel sorta empty inside. ;-; I'm swamped with dance and school and then my brothers do alot of other extracurricular activities. I'm pretty pathetic. I search the web for monologues and I preform them in front of my mirror as if I'm doing it for an audition or drama class or something. *sigh* I can barely watch movies or tv without getting jealous of the actors. So yes, I'm pathetic.

Lets talk about something happier? Dance! :D I love dance! Both of my dances are beautiful, and as are the songs. For contemperary we are doing Winter Song by Sara Barellies and Ingrid Michaelson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67xr_KKPTHE) and then for ballet we are doing "Veni, Veni, Emmanuel" which is O Come, O Come, Emmanuel in latin. It's totally accapella and very pretty.

Well, thats about it for me today.

MTFBWY!

~Qui-Gon~

7 comments:

  1. You like to Dance?!? I do too! I am taking Tap and Lyrical this year, although I have taken Jazz and Ballet in the past. What types of dance do you do Qui-Gon?? I also co- teach a 3-5 year olds class, the little girls are soo cute! Excited to see a fellow dancer...Lol. Also, I know what you mean about some people just not knowing how to speak! I'm not an actor but I have done speaking in the past. Sometimes I wonder if there are speaking lessons for certain people!! lol,
    MTFBWY,
    Jedi~Chick

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  2. I have always been interested in acting, but I'm not brave enough, I guess, to jump into it. This year at co-op they had a theator class. I was not brave enough to join, so I took culinary arts. A Beka Academy also offers drama as a summer camp. I'm a good speaker, (I think I get it from my dad) but I just am not brave enough. There's also a theator where I live that allows kids to perform and audition for parts in plays. I have so many chances to act, but I just can't seem to. I think next year I'll join the speech and debate club at co-op, and take speech as an elective in my homeschool program. Maybe doing that will make me braver.

    -Leia

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  3. Good Idea Leia! I've been in a few plays when i was younger, but I haven't since the fourth grade. I still perform though. I dance, I used to sing, I play the violin and viola and I am a good speaker. I think I get it from my dad too. Our schedule is packed so even if I wanted to try acting again or something else i really cant. O well. Good luck with the Speech and Debate thing Leia, I should see if any local co-ops have it.

    MTFBWY,
    Jedi~Chick

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  4. Drama is a lot of fun!!!!! We blocked the first five pages of our play at class today. For some weird reason, I am sweating, and the only thing I did was walk, sit, and stand. :3 I can't wait to perform!!
    I have a feeling that I would like to dance, but we'll never know......

    ~Padmé

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  5. Jedi~Chick: I do contemparary and ballet! I took tap for about a year and a half, but then I had to stop dancing for a while. But I finally started up again this year! :D

    Leia: You should totally do that. I mean, I used to be so scared to act, because I mean obviously some of it might make you look a little silly. It was hard, but I've gotten to the point where mostly i don't mind looking silly or being out there up on stage or anything like that. Anyway, drama's great. Start with the class at co-op and learn some things before you go out to audition though. :)

    Padme- Ahhhh, i miss you guys! And blocking...ugh i hate blocking. xD

    ~Qui~

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  6. I'll try to take the class next year then. =D

    -Leia

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