I Dreamed A Movie/Why I Love Theater

So today I had my second day of theater classes and after I was excited. We did these exercises in class where the teacher would give us a single line to say repeatedly to each other. First we were in two lines and both had to keep saying "hello" from far away and then from a comfortable distance. Then we switched partners, and at a comfortable distance, we repeated "I'm glad you're here" over and over, playing with the emphasis and pronunciation. Then finally, we switched again and had to say "you can hurt me" to our partners. The things that made this time different was that first, I was partnered with a guy I'm slightly attracted to, second, what we were saying was easier to attach meaning to, and third, we were standing not even a foot apart and had to look each other in the eye the entire time.

Now I'll be honest, intimate emotional situations make me nervous, especially when I can't get away from them, even if that getting away is by not making eye contact. So to be forced into that situation was pretty intense and I could feel all kinds of different conflicting emotions inside that I couldn't separate. It was a really strange but almost exhilarating feeling. Once again I was reminded why I'm at this school. Those are the classes I want to be in. The classes that encourage me to push my limits and gain insight.

So after this class, I went home, did some reading for another class and fell asleep on the couch. I kept waking up periodically until I finally decided that I needed the sleep and should just sleep, and wow, was my dream vivid.

I dreamed that I was at home in my dorm, although the building was completely different and a couple of blocks away from where it is now, and I was stressed but amazed all at the same time. The sun was setting behind some trees that are on the street a couple of blocks away and so everything outside was this golden orange color. A large group of people including one guy that I felt I was interested in, but didn't recognize, said they were going either surfing or skateboarding. I was a little bummed because I don't know how to do either, when my dream cut away to a movie like clip. It was two characters in a club, the classic tale of a guy trying to get a girls attention and, though she's clearly interested, she knows how to keep his. It made me realize that just because I didn't know how to skateboard, didn't mean I couldn't go along, so I decided to go watch. Then it turned into this more stressful but still amazing dream of trying to get my stuff to go hang out with the skateboarders, but I had left my key in my apartment, so I had to get upstairs somehow and none of my roommates were home. Craziness. And this is stuff I actually worry about, because forgetting your key means you have to pay $10 each time. So anyway, the point of the story is that this dream was so saturated with color and felt so inspiring and was just all together amazing. It felt like a reminder of why I am where I am. (Not including the losing the key crap. That's just stressful and sucks.) The whole time I saw the dream as if it were a movie, which is interesting because I don't think I've ever had that feeling before.

So now I'm ready for another theater class and unfortunately I have two writing classes and a drafting class tomorrow. Whooo... Party... I like those classes okay, but they're not theater classes. I could do theater every day and be perfectly happy. I even felt like a geek when the teacher was giving us homework and when everyone groaned, I said to the girl next to me, "I love theater homework." She seemed to think that was slightly odd, and I just wonder, "WHY ARE YOU HERE!?" Now that's a little extreme but you get the idea. Why would someone pay $38,000 per year if they weren't excited about their major. The days in between theater classes are going to be killer. I need to find something else to do that relates to it.

Anyway, there's ups and downs but over all, I'm loving it here.

Weeks of Welcome

Wow. So I have been crazy busy. I'm now in Chicago and have been in the dorm for a few days. I don't even know where to begin! We've been having Weeks of Welcome, and there have been lots of events and such. I am absolutely exhausted! But I'm having a blast. And as far as my dorm, I love it. It's basically an apartment, and the view is amazing. I love waking up to it every morning.
You're jealous. I know. So far a couple of my roomies have been staying elsewhere most of the nights, and tonight, they all are. Apartment to myself!!! I watched Elizabethtown and just relaxed. I'm trying to recover from all that I've done. There was the dance, the concert night thing:

These guys are two of the four members of Pet Lions. They were really good so check them out.

So there was all that, I got to tour the Goodman Theater another time. Oh what else...

Then there was New Student Convocation which was really brilliant. There was free stuff, free food, music, and overall fun. There were also people walking around in costumes performing.

I even got an airbrush tattoo for the first time. I'm testing out the location to see if I want to get a tattoo there, though it wouldn't be the image I currently have.
Any opinions?

Anyway, there's still so much to do and classes start Tuesday, and I really should get to sleep now, but I will show you a few other pictures first.

A concert area in Millennium Park. I don't know what it's called haha...


The Millennium Bean!!!









One of the gorgeous gardens of the Art Institute.

And then there was me!

And that's all folks! Until next time.