10 PM TUESDAY NIGHT

SNOW STORM PHASE 1

THE BEGINNING OF THE STORM

Last night six of us attempted to travel ten minutes south to Old Town on the RTA. The buses were supposedly running but after waiting at the stop for 20 minutes while inches of snow poured down on us we realized it was time to retreat home and start our own party. This is exactly what we did. Here is a weird shot of the street while the sky was falling.

SNOW STORM

The last three classes are just as wonderful as the first three soooo here they are.

Acting III: Sketch and Theatrical Comedy

 Our professor for Acting has written a few Improv/acting books that we are encouraged to read. He reminds me of the comedian Lewis Black's character in the movie Accepted. If you have not seen it too bad cause I can't describe him any better. He swears like a sailor on drugs but is a very intelligent man. He is definitely NOT afraid to share his opinions. I'm liking him a lot. 

Physical and Vocal Training for Comedy

Jet is our professor and she is the most hippie dippy person I've seen thus far in the theater world. She's a free spirit and has the yoga instructor mentality with added swear words for comfort. This classroom is similar to a dance studio with the mirrors and wooden floors. We did some crazy exercises and mind games aka you have to give up the fact of being a normal cool and start gettin' weird.  For one exercise we all laid on our backs with the lights off. Jet said to make a sound scape which meant everyone had to create their own noise or voice to create one flowing rhythmic beat as a class. Bizarre but very cool.

Writing Comic Scenes

This class is taught by a younger guy named Andy. He is really down to earth and is a disgustingly talented writer. Our first homework assignment was to write two monologues, one similar to ourselves and the other, opposite ourselves. Our class is four hours long and starts at 9 am which might a bit difficult but I'll keep ya posted YA'LL!

The 411

Overall, this week was a BLAST. The comedy studies group is getting along swimmingly and we've already seen the Second City Main Stage Show and ETC show and they were fantastic. The shows were both equally hilarious but one had more musical pieces than the other. My classes are going to be the bomb diggity.

Creating Scenes Through Improvisation 

 This class is taught by a man named Norm. He's in his forties and wears a long trench coat and crazy glasses. He's a straight to the point kind of guy and I already learn a crap ton from him. His improv exercises are all about getting inside of your character and the relationships with group.

History and Analysis of Modern Comedy

I never thought I would say this but I look forward to history class. First day of class we took a 59 question quiz all about the history of comedy going back to Charlie Chaplin to Lily Tomlin to Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy. My teacher for this class is also head of the program and was one of the members to start it. Anne has worked along side the greats of comedy and also wrote two books I previously read. Very down to earth lady. 

Context for Comedy

In context for comedy we learn about satire and the first day of class we discussed The Colbert Report and The Daily Show. We had to list ten pet peeves we have in the world. 

Examples from me and my classmates in no specific order: 

• Rock of Love
• Billy Ray Cyrus 
• Black ice
• Everybody Loves Raymond
• Self check-outs 
• Jersey Shore
• Bandwagon hoppers
• Teen pregnancies
• Stupid people
• Sarah Palin
• The fact that George Bush is not a comedian
• People who are double jointed 
• TSA
• Yellow lights
• Mothers who let their babies cry really loud in Target
• Velcro Shoes

After we shared our list of ten aloud to the class we had to choose the one that made us most angry and write about why for two minutes. After, two at a time went up on stage and started SCREAMING what we wrote down simultaneously to rest of the class. I hate self check-outs. 

It. Was. Awesome.  


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More to explain but out of time for now! Check back later!

Bus Stop Sass

Personal Reminders

Simple personal reminder to stay organized as seen above. 

Personal reminder: Never look at this again.

Simple Reminder: Stuff ^

 Last and least Deceiving Reminder: This ice hasn't melted.