Thursday, March 23, 2006

Can't Sleep

So here I am, awake and it is 5:46am. I have been up since 4:00am, just lying in bed thinking about the lines for my performance next week and what I have to do when for assessment. I then start thinking about how much money I will need for the holiday and all that jazz and that does it. No longer can I even think about falling asleep in time to have a decent amount before I have to gt up at 6:30am. So I thought that I would have a look at the State Library for information on my assignment and they happen to have quite a bit!! Happy days!! So I will be going there on Wednesday to have a look at the books and make the relevant copies of what I need!! Then I can write the bloody thing.
Good thing is that I have my Drama assessment next week and that is really going better than I expected. I am really enjoying the class. I started really learning the monologue last night and I can remember it already. I am happy about that!
That will all be out of the way in a matter of days, then I will have to get my sculpture done by the middle of the following week (week 6), which will be easy enough! I will be buying the Perspex thismorning for that and all I will need to do is make the base and get the light....not too difficult!!
Then there is Gold and Silversmithing. That will be the harder one, but I have changed my mind as to what I will be doing for the Cuff that I want to make - this will make it cheaper for me. Plus, I think that it will look really good! But we will see. I will hopefully have the finished product on Friday - all going well, So I will be able to post something soon in regards to photos.
Assessment for G&S is not until after the holidays which is brilliant!!!
Thank you Easter!!
So the only piece of assessment that I will have to worry about is the theory assignment that I will be really working on in the next couple of weeks. Hopefully I will be able to have all the information and list this so that I can get good marks and the assignment is nice and concise!!
Happy days really.
I am not that stressed - well...I thought. But maybe waking up at 4:00am is another thing!!
Having to go to the toilet though does not help, and once I am awake, the hunger pains start for breakfast...Which is what I think I will have right now!

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Well.
I had Acting in Context today and we had to do our scenes in front of our lecturer.
Everyone was a bit nervous, but there was really good work happening.
I was told that I had really good focus, which is nice.
One of our guys in the class is actually doing X-Stacey at the Brisbane Arts Theatre at the moment- so he has an unfair advantage- but I say more power to you!!!!
He is really good too which is a bonus, but I suppose he should be -especially to be performing in public!!
I was really happy with the work that I did but there are always improvements that can be made with the work- so we will work on that and go from there.
Now all I will have to do is practice the monologue. I have the learn the lines on that!!!
I am enjoying the class. I was worried as I have already written- given the disaster of last years class, but these people are really focused and that makes it all a lot better.
They want to be there and that is really good.
I will also say that Lil (the lecturer) is fantastic in the way that she says what she wants to say and it is all straight forward. She said that the performances that we did today were better than the final pieces that she has seen in the last three years of teaching the subject and that we are one of the most focused groups that she has taught!!!
I am really happy with that. If there were two subjects that I would like to do full time, that would be art and drama. But I suppose that I should look at teaching though I am not 100% on that....I see other paths coming out of this degree that I would love to explore!!
At this point I am confused and not sure where I will go from here.

Saturday, March 18, 2006

Time Flies When you are Having a blast!!!!

Well, the weeks are flying by!!
I cannot believe that I will have assessment in only two weeks!! I am a little stressed!!
But there is one guiding light in my sights that is helping me...That would be the trip to Thailand. I have been stressing about having the spending money but there is a solution and I will have a little more money than I used to....My friend Amy will be moving in. FULL HOUSE!!!
She will move in this week so I will not have to fork out a huge amount of cash to have to live here anymore and she will be paying bond, which will ease the burden of trying to find cash for the trip!!! I have a guaranteed $400 for spending so far!! I also have the sewing machine for sale that will help out with supplies for uni and I also have a few other items for sale on ebay!!!!
Things are looking up and to tell you the truth, I can feel the stress levels dropping already!!!!
So there you have it!!
I will be showing you all some of the things that I have been doing shortly. I also have in the pipe lines a possible exhibition happening. Well a couple. I will have to work exceptionally hard to get the work all done but I want to get my name out there and this is the best way to do it.!!!
I will have more details on that when it happens and will show you the items that I will have for sale as soon as they are done!!!.
Maybe I can do something with that coffee table after all!!!
Well folks, that is it for the moment. Speak to you soon.