It's been a while hasn't it? Um... Buonasera! Come stai? Ali è abbastanza bene, grazie. Non parlo italiano, ma capisco un po italiano.
Yup! That would be (bad) Italian. Why am I speaking Italian you may ask? For absolutely no reason other than I can! And it is far more fun to return from awkwardly long breaks in a different language.
What have I been up to since August 1st? A whole heck of a lot! So, since there is quite a lot to say I'm just going to jump into it and start from the beginning (it's a very good place to start) which will most likely make this a rather lengthy post... sorry! Oh, and please excuse my lack of pictures, I'm too lazy to find them right now!
Well! So after Mind the Gap ended, I had a wonderful friend of mine drive me to the airport at 5:30 in the beautiful (far too early) morning. I will admit that I was pretty much scared out of my wits to go through security and board a plane and whatnot by myself, but I did it! Balloons and confetti for Ali! Thus, I made my way to Florida!
The reason we went to Florida (we being my family and I) was to visit some awesome friends of ours who we have not seen in far too long. I will not bore you all with the details of the fabulous time I had with some of the greatest people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing and will instead skip to what I know everyone is curious about: college!
As I've said, I am attending Oklahoma City University in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma as a BFA: Acting major. I initially auditioned to be a Music Theatre major, but I am so happy that God has led me to this particular program because it is everything I could ask for and more. I love it so much!
Anyway... my first week here was actually rather depressing. Why you may ask? Because I didn't have a roommate. And see, I thought that was great at first, but then I realized how lonely it actually was. I hated it! Sure it was nice to have the peace and quiet, but I needed some human interaction!
Ergo, I ventured outside! I know, scary! During our orientation week, there were a lot of events that were open for students to go to, and when I wasn't rehearsing for my audition (which decides your roles for the entire semester) I was meeting new people. And man am I so happy I did!
I now have three great friends (and three other friends that I hang out with a little less often) who I treasure dearly and would not trade even for a really good cookie. NOTE: I have not in any way replaced any of my high school friends. I'm not naming any names, but you know who you are, and you have no reason to worry because I still love you! :)
As for the roommate situation, I now have a roommate! She is actually pretty cool, although we don't interact too terribly much. I don't think we're ever going to be best friends or anything, but I certainly don't loathe her.
Moving on, I start rehearsals for It's a Wonderful Life: The Radio Show tomorrow and I'm super excited! I already have gotten to work on one show: 9 to 5: The Musical. I did props which was a new experience for me, and I actually ended up having a lot of fun. I'm not actually in the cast of Wonderful Life, I'm just a preshow entertainment thing, but it will still be cool to work on a main stage show... especially since one of my good (new) friends is one of the Assistant Stage Managers.
Now, I'm sure you are all curious about what exactly an acting major studies. I'm sure you want to know what my classes are like. I'm sure you want to know if I have written tests. I'm sure you want to know if my parent's money is being put toward a worthy education. Well calm down! I'm going to tell you! Jeez, you eager beavers!
First of all, I do not have class on Fridays! Yes, be jealous! My Monday/Wednesday schedule consists of Freshman Actor Workshop, Stagecraft, and LAS: Local Legends. My Tuesday/Thursday schedule consists of Play Analysis, Stagecraft Lab, and Acting 1. On Wednesday I also have a Voice Lesson, and scattered in there I also work in the MSA Office.
I will explain more about these classes at a later date when I have pictures and/or funny stories to accompany each.
Here is one picture just because I'm nice!
This is a picture of me interviewing the sculptor David Phelps for the Remembering Ralph Ellison Project which is being supported by the Oklahoma Humanities Council, the Oklahoma History Center, and Oklahoma City University.
Random story that I have to share: So I was walking back from class last month, back from Acting 1 to be exact, when I heard a strange noise. This noise sounded like a male playing guitar and singing. Normally, that would not be strange; except on this particular occasion, I could not seem to find any sort of male holding a musical instrument of any sort. He was not on a bench, he was not sitting in the grass, he was not frolicking, there was no male to be found.
As the music persisted, I ventured a glace upward. And there, in a tree, was the male. Normally, this would not be strange either, except the first limb of this tree was almost 15 feet off the ground. After this occurrence, a friend of mine even tried to prove the tree could be climbed by attempting to climb it and he could not.
Now, one can only wonder a few things: first, what possessed this male to climb in a tree with his guitar? Second, how did this male climb into the tree? Third, how did this male climb into the tree with his guitar? And fourth, how does this male plan on safely climbing OUT of the tree?
So many questions.
I know, I know, I told you a story about a boy in a tree instead of telling you the one thing you've been waiting to hear about. Well, fine! If you're going to be pushy and impatient I guess I might as well just tell you!
I joined (my sorority)! Yup, you read correctly! Ali joined a sorority... actually it's technically a women's fraternity since it was founded before the word sorority came into existence. But that is so beside the point right now.
I want something to be completely understood before I move on: I did not pledge (my sorority) because I wanted to be in a sorority, I pledged (my sorority) because I wanted to be in (my sorority). I would not have even considered it if I had not fallen in love with (my sorority). That is the full and honest truth.
Did you understand that? Are we good? Good!
All I am going to tell you as of right now is that I get initiated Nov. 9 and I am super excited!
Other random things:
- I went to the State Fair with my family and ate a lot of amazingly fried food.
- Speaking of food, the food here sucks!
- Speaking of sucking, I need to work out more. Luckily, there's a smoothie bar/fitness place down the street that does free metabolic exams and classes are free... if you buy a smoothie or shake.
- I got a job! More on that later.
- I love my church!
- My friends and I do Friday Night Dinner every week since one of my friends has a full kitchen and I like to cook. We just watch movies, play games, and hangout and it's fun! :)
Um... I think that's about it for now. I promise to update more frequently, it was just hard to get back into the rhythm of it.
I love you all and I promise that next time my posts will be more amusing, I just had a lot to get out there this time!
As Back-From-The-Dead As Always,
Ali
Oh! And I almost forgot, I crocheted the cutest hat last night! Pictures will be up soon!
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