She's a rich girl, she don't try to hide it

Spring break: you were much too short. Or I suppose that's relative. Any duration would be too short, especially because one week or more results in a sort of funk that's difficult to get out of in either case.

Right now I am looking at my copies of "Tommy" and "A Fish Called Wanda" I bought for $9.99 each at Barnes & Noble with a gift card. I want to watch them right. now. Those movies are epic.

Just like Shakespeare! I am thrilled to start working on As You Like It because I have never attempted to act within this genre. It's like the 6 ft end of a swimming pool. I'm a pretty good swimmer but that doesn't mean it's OK to dive, especially when no lifeguards are on duty. This metaphor is so long. It could go on forever, really. "You can tread, but only for so long." "You can either sink or swim." "Goggles would help clear things up... maybe a snorkel to work on breathing technique" blah blah blah. But that's what literature connoisseurs want you to think. That Shakespeare is God's gift to the world -- like The Beatles of theatre or something. But I'll be honest, he is not my favorite. Which is not to say I don't appreciate his work or that I haven't read enough of it to really know what I'm talking about. I guess for me it boils down to this: the delivery of lines filled with beautiful metaphors that no real person could think up on the spot is all cool and fun and impressive and then it becomes... expected. I guess the actor's challenge is to avoid this. E'en so, old tricks lose their effect and next thing you know... OH GOD! She obviously doesn't know theatre. I don't pretend to. I just know what I like. And not all of it filters back to an Elizabethan mastermind. And thus, I shall not let myself be intimidated by this.

Onward.

I am not embarrassed to say it: I sometimes wished when we were reading (WOAH FOUR WORD ALLITERATION!), that we could slow down just a tad so that the words could actually mean something, but more so because I wanted to comprehend what was going on. Shakespeare is not easy to read. When I read things, I tend to go back over sentences a lot because I hate missing out. Also because I think I have mild ADD.

Well. I leave you with this. Bit slow at first but picks up eventually.

Love,
Katie