Fourth Meisner class Another tough one. I’m beginning to think that I probably just got in over my head. I’m trying to learn as much as possible, but it’s very difficult and not very gratifying. I’m having a tough time consistently achieve the level of emotion that
Read more →Third Meisner class I’m totally exhausted. Problem is I was exhausted before the class tonight. I was flat all night and everyone knew it. The good news? I get to do it all over again tomorrow night! … Super. This stuff is just plain tough. I constantly
Read more →Second Meisner class This one, while more emotionally and physically draining, was much better overall and I feel like I made a lot of progress from Monday to today. Monday, we started with the repetition exercise and we’ve since been adding levels to the same exercise. As
Read more →First Meisner class I had my first of eight two-hour classes tonight. My first reaction is a feeling of serious inferiority and inadequacy; my second reaction is that I learned a lot and this is going to be a very productive month. My first reaction was due
Read more →Laptop I finally got one. Dell was having a big fat sale today, so I took advantage. It’ll be a couple weeks before I have it, but I’ve been waiting to buy one for about 3 years, so what’s a couple more weeks? Anyway, it’ll be good
Read more →Back to school Looks like I’ll be starting a short course studying the Meisner technique starting next Monday. I’m excited about it and a bit nervous, but not nearly as nervous as I was when I took my first class a couple years ago or when I
Read more →Old egos die hard For a long time, I’ve had this thing about not going to movies alone. A few weeks ago, I started thinking about that and asking myself why I had such a problem with that. Well, I discovered it was basically an ego thing:
Read more →Florida: Days 9 through 11 Well, my last few days in Florida were relaxing, but fun. On Friday, we went out to Newberry for a baby-back-ribs fix and then watched Miami beat FSU again. Obviously, I take great pleasure in seeing the ‘Noles beaten again and it
Read more →Inside the Actor’s Studio: Harrison Ford I’ve seen many episodes of this show, but Harrison Ford’s interview is up at the top of the list as far as content and honesty. I have learned little things from others’ interviews, but it seemed like almost everything he had
Read more →Things are about to change I got a call from my acting coach tonight and, apparently, he’s heading out to L.A. for the next three months. I didn’t get all the details, but it’s obvious that my weekly lesson will be sporadic at best and non-existent at
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