School

...is great and am completely ensconced in it at the moment.  Working with our director yesterday was so fantastic because he just makes everything so clear. That's why it's such a shame that there's all this extraneous stuff happening in the background at the moment:

1. Our college has been under a university for some time, but it's only recently that big changes are starting to be made.  In 2011, our course is changing significantly, and we're all a bit worried about how that is going to affect future generations.  Other schools have had staff cuts and course suspensions, and it's all become a little bit crazy.  We are currently in talks with our head of school and the other disciplines are also trying to work things out with their teachers.  Most of us at the drama school are focussed on working out how to preserve the spirit and content of the school with the university, while most of the rest of the college are not really sure what's going on.

Read our plight here, but keep in mind that while this website is advocating for federal support, not university co-operation.

2.  One of our classmates is leaving at the end of the term.  This is very sad, as I think he's very talented and would do really well in the course.  Selfishly, I also think he'd make our company amazing.  He's also very, very young and is probably making a very rash decision, not even six months into the course.  However, at the end of the day he doesn't mesh with the methods of the school and he wants to make his own theatre.  Everyone has their path and drama school is clearly not my classmate's. I know how he feels to know something is wrong and that you just have to follow your gut no matter what anyone says. But it's funny to think that a year ago people were probably feeling the same way about me!  And it's funny to be in that position where I feel like I'm in the right place and that it's a shame that other people don't feel the same as me...but one day my classmate will find it!

3.  Been feeling weird not writing in blog for a while because I felt like I was polluting cyberspace with my words.  The thing is, although I haven't written as much, I've been talking a lot more.  Now instead of feeling like I'm polluting cyberspace with my neuroticism, I'm polluting the air.  Both take up a lot of time and both are a release for me, although with blogging I always feel like if I'm writing I should be writing fiction.  So I'm still working on this whole creativity/life balance and I'm not really making that much progress.  But clarity will come soon, I'm sure of it!

Back to being baggy and verbose!