10/23: Almost There...

Another day late. Hm. Expect updates now on either Fridays or Saturdays. Sorry, guys!

Anyway. More Hectacity ensues. This week hasn't been so much of a homework overload as it has been a time-consumption for other things.

The Assistant Designing thing has obviously been taking some time. We're now closing in on our Technical week, which I will have to start squirreling food around in the theatre building (I will find hidden cracks to hide cookies in!). It has mostly been figuring budget numbers and accounting for what the show needs and what it doesn't need. Ahh, to be a skillful accountant...

What has been taking my time, mostly, is Construction Class.

Mostly because our class is in the process of patterning pieces for the final project (An Edwardian/Victorian shirt fitted to ourselves) and the process takes several hours outside of class to finish the patterning.

The average for my fellow classmates is an hour minimum to finish this process.
It takes me five hours.
...I've been a little frustrated with myself, but I am determined to make sense of patterning with paper. It will happen. I may be slow with it, but with time and practice I hope to become more of a useful person.

I have been making myself step back and relax when I can, but some stress factors keep coming up. Mostly financing (what else is new?), finding a job, finding the hours for sleeping, and possibly finding a new place of residency before the end of December.

At this point, everything is literally up in the air. I have no control over what happens, so I am enjoying and taking everything one day at a time. I am having a wonderful time hanging out with my fellow costumers and friends and keeping in contact with the people I love. It means the world to me and literally makes the one-day-at-a-time thing such a possibility.

I hope all of you are taking your days one at a time as well, and I hope everyone has a fantastic week! Later~

10/22: Hectacity

I forgot a post last Friday...? DARN ME. I promised myself that I wouldn't keep doing that! I'm terribly sorry, everyone.

Well, I suppose now I should recap on what's happened in the past TWO weeks, ha ha.

Mostly? Assistant Designing.

The weeks have been consumed by pulling clothes out, purchasing period-styled garments and communicating with the director as to how many characters ARE in A Streetcar Named Desire. This is a worthwhile process and I am learning a lot from it, regardless of me doing mostly grunt work.

I definitely am aware, however, that it is going to take me a few more years before I can even consider being a Designer of a show. I might not get to design a show for when I'm in college...but someday.

In other news, have mostly been concentrating on Costume classes and Chinese. Astronomy is now a joke to me as the professor pretty much talks straight from the book material. A fantastic use of my money towards the man. I am not entirely worried about that class at all.
Oh but how I long for a Biology or Chemistry course...*sigh* One can dream, no?

And my birthday went pretty well. I have not gone out for a drink yet, but I am in no rush; being 21 doesn't exactly mean I have to jump the gun just yet. Although I may visit a bar with a billiards table and play some pool. I can finally do that now! I miss playing the billiards.

Within the next two weeks begins Technical Rehearsal for Streetcar, which means I will be strapped to the theatre building well into two o'clock in the morning. Hopefully, however, I will not forget to keep you guys updated!

Hope everyone has a beautiful weekend and a fantastic day! Later~

10/8: Elevator Days

Second week into the term, still incredibly tired. Both for good and for bad.

Bad first: I've come down with some kind of cold (it's foreign to me, though; I've never had a cold this demanding before), and it seems everyone else on campus has had the same symptoms I have, all stating how abstract the symptoms were from a normal cold.
UM. I'm sure it's nothing serious, ha ha. But it has made me more fatigued than before, as I force myself into bed by midnight regardless of homework content and waking up at 8 am. Someday, I shall sleep in.

But as far as homework goes? AMAZING. I have to make character sketches for the play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" with character analysis', I have a daily construction homework for my Costume Construction class and basically looking at the stars for my Astronomy class. Oh and practice my Chinese, of course.

我研究了很多，但我讲一点点国语 (Translation: I study a lot, but I speak a little Mandarin. Even though, technically, the Internet is stupid in not translating right. I will have to download something to make my character writing even more efficient and accurate)

Anyway. But I am also exhausted for good reasons, too. Tonight was my last night officially working at Wendy's, which means more focus time on all this Assistant Designing work! It is for the better, I believe.

Speaking of which, so far everything is going smoothly. But everyday seems like a test on my self confidence. The days alternate; one day I will feel like the most accomplishing person ever, and the next day I will have completely screwed something up and disappointing my Designer. It certainly is testing who I am and who I have to become to accept this career choice. Along the way, I will just need to know how to become a better helper and realize, in the end, that if I don't live up to someone's expectations, then I have to compromise with that rather than beat myself up consistently about it.
Or strive for improvement. Either way.

I am grateful for this opportunity and by the end of this run, I will have learned more than I thought I would have.

So I hope y'all had a good week and I hope you have a good week to follow! I'll let you know how everything goes on my end! Later~

10/2: Beginning of New Ends

...HA. I lied again, I'm terribly sorry.

It is time, however, for me to commence my blog updates once again! Now that the Autumn season is flowing back into the world as students continue their education, so must I in my feeble attempts in earning a college degree.
Well, we'll see how this goes.

To say the least, my first week of school demanded MUCH more time than I anticipated. For some of you who may not remember, I was assigned to Assistant Design the Main Stage production for SOU's "A Streetcar Named Desire". And with our school system's shortened term, we had to basically hit the ground running. This week mostly consisted of:
-Production Meetings
-Review Meetings
-Pulling costumes from the stock racks (about two rooms worth of clothing)
-Measuring Actors
-Color palette/swatch shopping

And that's just the first week. November will look amazingly more busy, ha ha!
But for now it goes well. I am not taking as many classes this year (mostly costuming classes!), so it'll lighten the load from the amount of work I need to do for this show.
On top of all this, I am quitting the Wendy's job (at laaaast!) in exchange for possibly another job at a local theatre for an Assistant Costumer's job. It will pay as a stipend, but it's a step forward! I am excited.

As for how my summer went...? Let's just say it was filled with many changes, epiphanies, and...WELL it was just a BIG metamorphosis project, all together.
Was the change for the better? I honestly believe so.

Anyway, with how hectic this term will be, I will do the best of my ability to either post my blog BETWEEN Friday through Sunday. There are no guarantees though, so watch out!

I sincerely hope that all of your had an interesting summer and I hope only the best for y'all this coming Autumn and Winter seasons! Later~