Ah Yah, Buns and Thighs (and Calves)

And now I realize these first couple of weeks are gonna make me preee-ttyyy tired. Commuting to campus via bike is going to be something of challenge. But I feel it'll be a rewarding one. Hot and bothered as I was when I arrived at my first class this morning, it was totally worth it being able to streak down the road, passing all the cars that were backed up for the usual beginning-of-the-year/morning traffic rush. Can I get a "Hell yeah!"?

Thank you.

One of my classes this semester isn't technically a class, I feel. It's only a 1 hour credit and it's a Theatre major requirement, titled "Senior Seminar." Basically, it prepares seniors (as it's open only to students in their graduating year) for the "real world" of theatre work. Supposed to be constructing resumes, having mock interviews, hearing from people already working, etc. But honestly, I feel extremely out of place, even a bit awkward. Here are all my peers who study theatre because that's what they want to do, or something connected to the theatre, whereas I'm studying theatre simply because I enjoy it and have no real intentions of going immediately into the professional theatre field after graduation/preparing and saving money to move to New York or Los Angeles for theatre/film related jobs and such. Granted there's maybe one or two other students who intend to pursue something non-theatre related, but studying theatre and the arts along with whatever second major they're completing gives them some kind of boost that might help them in their jobs. Me, I'm planning to hopefully secure a job or do research while I nervously await results of dental school applications. The professor leading this seminar remarked on the reality that a few students in the class aren't going into the theatre field at all; she once had a student who was studying geology and wanted to go into that field. I honestly don't know whose direction is more polar to theatre: that kid's, or mine.

But our professor touched on an interesting point, and that it is perfectly ok to be diverging of this theatre-geared path. It really comes down to what we, as individuals, desire/need in our lives. Actually, we're supposed to write this manifesto of some kind, stating just that, what we need and absolutely can't do without. Once I write mine I'll probably post it here as a reminder to myself. For what, I'm not entirely sure yet.


On another unrelated note, I find it rather interesting and extremely frustrating and perhaps somewhat amusing how a single text message can knock me back on my ass when I thought I'd gotten up already. Le sigh.