I'm feelin' alright

I'm feeling pretty good about things right now.  I just got my U/RTA packet back and I can go ahead with preparing my auditions/interviews.  I have a lot of writing to do, though: statements of intent/artistic philosophy for the Directing interviews, as well as script analyses (analysises? analysi?) for shows I've directed (read: show, singular, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead).  In addition to all that writing, I also have to do preparation of a Sound Design portfolio (which I'm still not sure exactly how to go about doing) and monologues to memorize and prepare.  I have a few ideas, and I'm reading more and more.  I have to read 5 or 6 plays to be familiar with enough to get through a design/implementation discussion, so maybe I'll find some monologues I like there.  So far I've read all the Shakespeare that everyone wants to discuss, so I'll start reviewing that soon.  Probably after the show ends in December.

Oh, yeah:  I've been cast in an IndyFringe production of Sam Shepard's Curse of the Starving Class.  I play Emerson, a thug who blows up a car at the end of the show.  However, I'm also doing sound design and running the board, so hopefully that will pad my resume a bit.

In other news, I think I've finally decided to buy a new computer with which to do my sound production on.  You know, that and everything I would use a computer for.  But mostly sound.  I bought a external optical drive today to get over frustrations with my Mac (not the Mac's fault, just unattentive college slobs' error).  Getting it to work made me realize that I really do need a new computer, though.  Ideally I would shell out the cash for a MacBook Pro, but the problem there is lack of said "cash" to shell out.  So, I'm going to get a high-powered ultra-portable HP.  I like the smaller screen size, and I've found one at The Hellmouth (read: Wal-Mart) that is an amazing deal for the specs: 1.6 GHz AMD processor, 320 GB 7200rpm HDD, 4 GB DDR2 memory . . . yeah.  For right around $600.  With my external drive, I will be a portable machine.  I hope to utilize it first and foremost to make a kick-ass portfolio.  Then maybe for playing a little Portal?  Who knows?