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Feb. 16th, 2003 02:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jainaI was walking back from skating, thinking about all the things I was going to put in my big-ass LJ update, and of course now that I'm in front of my computer I can't remember half of it. Start from the beginning, I guess, and just keep talking...?
Right. The show is over. I am happy about that, but not because the show was bad or it was an unhappy experience. Rather, I'm delighted that it went so well, that everyone seemed to have such a fantastic time, and that I could be a part of it all. It was something amazing that none of us will be forgetting anytime soon. Amy said she'd do it over again, and nothing differently. I would do it over again, but a few things differently. I'd like to be healthy for the entire run, instead of being constantly sick and exhausted starting the week before prod week. (Not doing Mystery Hunt would've solved that, but then I would have missed our fantabulous Kappa Sig! win, and that would have been sad.) I would have liked to have planned better on my own and not depended so much on Kimmerie. I would have liked to have kept my calm far better than I did. I think the solution to the last two, or at least a big step toward a solution, is to stop costume designing shows I'm in. This presents a problem, because I love both acting and costuming, but I think it's time to accept that I can't do both at once and keep my sanity intact. Not until I learn to handle crises better, anyway. I think it will be okay if I act and help out with costumes-- I just can't be in *charge* of the costumes.
While we're on the subject of costuming, I've concluded that it's definitely not a temporary hobby. I worried, back in the summer when I first started getting excited about recreationg costuming, that it would be another hobby where I'm into it for a few months, then get disinterested and drop it. That hasn't happened yet, and it's been eight months. I've noticed, now, that whenever I watch anything-- theater, movies, TV shows-- I often pay more attention to what people are wearing, and how their hair and makeup is done, than to the plot. (On that note, we saw DareDevil yesterday, and I HEART DAREDEVIL'S BOOTS!) (Also, I pay a lot of attention to speech patterns. It's amazing, when you compare first-Angel-season Cordelia to third-Angel-season Cordelia, how "Sunnydale" her speech pattern is at the beginning. She very nearly sounds like Willow. Then as the seasons go on, she gradually loses it. Neat, huh?) Right, so back to costuming, I have a bunch of stuff I want to get done before term ends-- finish my rainbow dress, sew a skating dress for my costume practicum, make Amy's Eowyn chemise in the cream silk we have, at least get a start on Padme's blue Tatooine midriff dress. And then last night, I decided I *had* to make one of Sikozu's outfits, so maybe that'll be a project for this summer.
Summer. Nearly everyone I've talked to has said, "Take the summer off! It's the last break you'll ever get before grad school starts!" So I think I will. Or perhaps I'll just do something part-time, like UROP two days a week or something. And the rest of the time I can-- do whatever. Make costumes. See if I can do Padme's deleted Senate dress. I'm bursting with costume ideas to try, I just need the fabric and the time. Well, and money, I suppose.
Grad school. I have four interviews in the next five weeks. On the plus side, I shouldn't have to deal with jetlag much, if at all. My normal schedule should work just fine for a few days in California-- if I go to bed at 2 am here, and get up at 10, that's 11 pm and 7 am, their time. See? Perfect! I just hope that one of the schools feels "right." I came to MIT and knew I belonged here; so let's hope it works the same way for grad school.
I think I've rambled more than enough now...time to do laundry, clean room, watch the Farscape costume documentary-- d'oh! (See? I'm an addict.) Ah well. Off I go!
Right. The show is over. I am happy about that, but not because the show was bad or it was an unhappy experience. Rather, I'm delighted that it went so well, that everyone seemed to have such a fantastic time, and that I could be a part of it all. It was something amazing that none of us will be forgetting anytime soon. Amy said she'd do it over again, and nothing differently. I would do it over again, but a few things differently. I'd like to be healthy for the entire run, instead of being constantly sick and exhausted starting the week before prod week. (Not doing Mystery Hunt would've solved that, but then I would have missed our fantabulous Kappa Sig! win, and that would have been sad.) I would have liked to have planned better on my own and not depended so much on Kimmerie. I would have liked to have kept my calm far better than I did. I think the solution to the last two, or at least a big step toward a solution, is to stop costume designing shows I'm in. This presents a problem, because I love both acting and costuming, but I think it's time to accept that I can't do both at once and keep my sanity intact. Not until I learn to handle crises better, anyway. I think it will be okay if I act and help out with costumes-- I just can't be in *charge* of the costumes.
While we're on the subject of costuming, I've concluded that it's definitely not a temporary hobby. I worried, back in the summer when I first started getting excited about recreationg costuming, that it would be another hobby where I'm into it for a few months, then get disinterested and drop it. That hasn't happened yet, and it's been eight months. I've noticed, now, that whenever I watch anything-- theater, movies, TV shows-- I often pay more attention to what people are wearing, and how their hair and makeup is done, than to the plot. (On that note, we saw DareDevil yesterday, and I HEART DAREDEVIL'S BOOTS!) (Also, I pay a lot of attention to speech patterns. It's amazing, when you compare first-Angel-season Cordelia to third-Angel-season Cordelia, how "Sunnydale" her speech pattern is at the beginning. She very nearly sounds like Willow. Then as the seasons go on, she gradually loses it. Neat, huh?) Right, so back to costuming, I have a bunch of stuff I want to get done before term ends-- finish my rainbow dress, sew a skating dress for my costume practicum, make Amy's Eowyn chemise in the cream silk we have, at least get a start on Padme's blue Tatooine midriff dress. And then last night, I decided I *had* to make one of Sikozu's outfits, so maybe that'll be a project for this summer.
Summer. Nearly everyone I've talked to has said, "Take the summer off! It's the last break you'll ever get before grad school starts!" So I think I will. Or perhaps I'll just do something part-time, like UROP two days a week or something. And the rest of the time I can-- do whatever. Make costumes. See if I can do Padme's deleted Senate dress. I'm bursting with costume ideas to try, I just need the fabric and the time. Well, and money, I suppose.
Grad school. I have four interviews in the next five weeks. On the plus side, I shouldn't have to deal with jetlag much, if at all. My normal schedule should work just fine for a few days in California-- if I go to bed at 2 am here, and get up at 10, that's 11 pm and 7 am, their time. See? Perfect! I just hope that one of the schools feels "right." I came to MIT and knew I belonged here; so let's hope it works the same way for grad school.
I think I've rambled more than enough now...time to do laundry, clean room, watch the Farscape costume documentary-- d'oh! (See? I'm an addict.) Ah well. Off I go!
