Grade: 100
Today we barely did anything at all. But I deserve a 100 because I sat there and was a good little child while you worked with other people. Is that good enough? I hope.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Beep beep
Movement: 35 minutes
Running, yoga, strength with Wii Fit. I also did thirty pushups on my own.
Voice: 20 minutes
The usual dealings. I made up a catchy little melody today while doing warmups. I think I might make a full song out of it.
Script Work: 20 minutes
Given circumstances and began connotative analysis. Funderful.
Grade: 100
I deserve a 100 today because I was actually working the whole time with my group and I think we have the beginnings of a really nice costume design. I think the color palette that we came up with is going to look good.
Running, yoga, strength with Wii Fit. I also did thirty pushups on my own.
Voice: 20 minutes
The usual dealings. I made up a catchy little melody today while doing warmups. I think I might make a full song out of it.
Script Work: 20 minutes
Given circumstances and began connotative analysis. Funderful.
Grade: 100
I deserve a 100 today because I was actually working the whole time with my group and I think we have the beginnings of a really nice costume design. I think the color palette that we came up with is going to look good.
Love Always,
Daniel Baker
Daniel Baker
Monday, November 24, 2008
Our true master... Magneto!
Movement: 20 minutes
Wii Fit... Yoga... strength... running... I think I pulled a muscle in my stomach. Ow.
Voice: 10 minutes
It hurts to sing. I definitely pulled a stomach muscle.
Denotative Analysis: 20 minutes
Finished up Act Four. Gonna work on Act Five tomorrow. Most of what Bottom says is pretty straightforward... I love this character. I'm not sure where to start on my given circumstances, so I haven't yet. But I've got bits and pieces of things that I know will be there.
Grade: 100
I hate it when they split us up. It's so annoying. I worked on some writing stuff... There wasn't much else to do.
Wii Fit... Yoga... strength... running... I think I pulled a muscle in my stomach. Ow.
Voice: 10 minutes
It hurts to sing. I definitely pulled a stomach muscle.
Denotative Analysis: 20 minutes
Finished up Act Four. Gonna work on Act Five tomorrow. Most of what Bottom says is pretty straightforward... I love this character. I'm not sure where to start on my given circumstances, so I haven't yet. But I've got bits and pieces of things that I know will be there.
Grade: 100
I hate it when they split us up. It's so annoying. I worked on some writing stuff... There wasn't much else to do.
Love Always,
Daniel Baker
Daniel Baker
Friday, November 21, 2008
Hey, you guys wanna hear a joke?
Grade: 100
We watched Waiting for Guffman today. It was a good movie. Eye-opening... Not an existential crisis. Just an existential brain aneurysm. Then we talked for forty minutes about how tough our lives are gonna be. Yay!
We watched Waiting for Guffman today. It was a good movie. Eye-opening... Not an existential crisis. Just an existential brain aneurysm. Then we talked for forty minutes about how tough our lives are gonna be. Yay!
Love Always,
Daniel Baker
Daniel Baker
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
I can see Cologne, Germany from my house...
Movement: 25 minutes
I ran for ten minutes... 1.6 miles (ish) and fifteen minutes of yoga/strength. Uh... I don't know. I didn't feel too good today. Didn't want to run too much. But the yoga made me feel better.
Voice: 20 minutes.
Sing your heart out, boy. Nothing special to report...
Denotative Analysis: 20 minutes
Instead of doing my reading out loud, every other day I'm going to do my denotative work for Midsummer. I did a good portion of the script today. Got up to Act Three.
Grade: 100
I sat in CAD all day and worked on my script... Is that 100-worthy? I hope so, because that's all that I was able to do with them splitting us up into different shops... Such bullshit. Whatever. I will survive. I fixed the endings on my two current scripts, so that's good. Yay good.
I ran for ten minutes... 1.6 miles (ish) and fifteen minutes of yoga/strength. Uh... I don't know. I didn't feel too good today. Didn't want to run too much. But the yoga made me feel better.
Voice: 20 minutes.
Sing your heart out, boy. Nothing special to report...
Denotative Analysis: 20 minutes
Instead of doing my reading out loud, every other day I'm going to do my denotative work for Midsummer. I did a good portion of the script today. Got up to Act Three.
Grade: 100
I sat in CAD all day and worked on my script... Is that 100-worthy? I hope so, because that's all that I was able to do with them splitting us up into different shops... Such bullshit. Whatever. I will survive. I fixed the endings on my two current scripts, so that's good. Yay good.
Love Always,
Daniel Baker
Daniel Baker
Monday, November 17, 2008
Anderson Cooper is my hero
Movement: 40 minutes
I RAN OUTSIDE TODAY! :D I spent about ten minutes doing Wii Fit yoga and then 30 minutes running around town. I thought I got lost but then came to realize that I was simply on a different street... Shut up, I'm not a loser. Running really feels great. I just get to think about stuff while I do it. I was thinking about my play the whole time.. How I could make the ending bolder. Anyway, yeah. Running.
Voice: 30 minutes
God damned facial tension. I thought I had made progress. I worked on that a lot today. My face felt like rubber by the end of it. I hit a new high note... I'm not sure what it was though. I'm gonna try to figure that out tomorrow.
Reading: The Why - 20 minutes
Haha. Remember this play? I really want to redo my monologue from it. See if I can. To be honest, I was a moron and had never read the play before doing my monologue freshman year... So, a lot more stuff in it makes sense now.
Grade: 100
We did monologues today, I was finally out of my head, my face was tense. It's a double whammy... If I think, my face is less tense. If I don't think, my face is very tense. I have to be able to do both. We also read Blood/Carbon and everyone gave me some pretty good feedback. Yeah... I'm stumped. I think I'm gonna put it down for a few days and go back to it.
Oh, speaking of writing, I entered Travis Tribbins Learns to Be A Man in this:
www.spfnyc.com
I read over the terms and conditions... Seems legit. And it was free to enter, so I thought, why the hell not.
I RAN OUTSIDE TODAY! :D I spent about ten minutes doing Wii Fit yoga and then 30 minutes running around town. I thought I got lost but then came to realize that I was simply on a different street... Shut up, I'm not a loser. Running really feels great. I just get to think about stuff while I do it. I was thinking about my play the whole time.. How I could make the ending bolder. Anyway, yeah. Running.
Voice: 30 minutes
God damned facial tension. I thought I had made progress. I worked on that a lot today. My face felt like rubber by the end of it. I hit a new high note... I'm not sure what it was though. I'm gonna try to figure that out tomorrow.
Reading: The Why - 20 minutes
Haha. Remember this play? I really want to redo my monologue from it. See if I can. To be honest, I was a moron and had never read the play before doing my monologue freshman year... So, a lot more stuff in it makes sense now.
Grade: 100
We did monologues today, I was finally out of my head, my face was tense. It's a double whammy... If I think, my face is less tense. If I don't think, my face is very tense. I have to be able to do both. We also read Blood/Carbon and everyone gave me some pretty good feedback. Yeah... I'm stumped. I think I'm gonna put it down for a few days and go back to it.
Oh, speaking of writing, I entered Travis Tribbins Learns to Be A Man in this:
www.spfnyc.com
I read over the terms and conditions... Seems legit. And it was free to enter, so I thought, why the hell not.
Love Always, Daniel Baker
Thursday, November 13, 2008
The pain machine
Movement: 40 minutes
Yoga and balance for 10 minutes. Running for 30 minutes. Yay. 4.8 miles. Yay. Wii Fit. Yay. I miss running outside though. Once the weather gets warmer, I'll start doing it again... I hope. I don't know.
Voice: 20 minutes
Singing, warmups, facial tension... Story of my life.
Reading: Waiting for the Bus - 10 minutes
This is a play from that book... It's... okay. I think it may have gone over my head, so if that's true, it's probably a brilliant play. I'll try reading it again tomorrow.
Grade: 100
I deserve a 100 because I worked my monologue today and I felt really, really vulnerable while working Ari. It felt good but at the same time it felt horrible. It felt interesting, to say the least. But I think there was a pretty significant moment that improved the entire monologue. And I hope I can do that again.
Yoga and balance for 10 minutes. Running for 30 minutes. Yay. 4.8 miles. Yay. Wii Fit. Yay. I miss running outside though. Once the weather gets warmer, I'll start doing it again... I hope. I don't know.
Voice: 20 minutes
Singing, warmups, facial tension... Story of my life.
Reading: Waiting for the Bus - 10 minutes
This is a play from that book... It's... okay. I think it may have gone over my head, so if that's true, it's probably a brilliant play. I'll try reading it again tomorrow.
Grade: 100
I deserve a 100 because I worked my monologue today and I felt really, really vulnerable while working Ari. It felt good but at the same time it felt horrible. It felt interesting, to say the least. But I think there was a pretty significant moment that improved the entire monologue. And I hope I can do that again.
Love Always,
Leinad Rekab
Leinad Rekab
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Keekeekeekeekee
Movement: 30 minutes
I ran 3.004 miles in twenty minutes today! My first mile only took seven minutes. I'm very happy with that. The other ten minutes were occupied by nine minutes of yoga and one minute of a game that tests my balance and reflexes. Like I said, quite specific. I set a new goal today to run five miles in twenty minutes by November 30th. I wonder if I can do it.
Voice: 20 minutes
I hit a pretty low note today. I wish I had had a piano to see what note it was... Lower than I can recall ever going. I hate my facial tension. Raaaah. I wonder if it's getting any better. Still can't do lip trills... God damnit.
Reading Out Loud: The Bear by Anton Chekov - 20 minutes
Chekov is beautiful. That's all I have to say about that.
Grade: 100
Not much happened today. I helped some people with their trouble spots in their monologues, but I didn't work on mine since all the paper work is done and I didn't get to work it today. But I deserve a 100 for being a good little student and helping out. I also graded papers! Yay!
I ran 3.004 miles in twenty minutes today! My first mile only took seven minutes. I'm very happy with that. The other ten minutes were occupied by nine minutes of yoga and one minute of a game that tests my balance and reflexes. Like I said, quite specific. I set a new goal today to run five miles in twenty minutes by November 30th. I wonder if I can do it.
Voice: 20 minutes
I hit a pretty low note today. I wish I had had a piano to see what note it was... Lower than I can recall ever going. I hate my facial tension. Raaaah. I wonder if it's getting any better. Still can't do lip trills... God damnit.
Reading Out Loud: The Bear by Anton Chekov - 20 minutes
Chekov is beautiful. That's all I have to say about that.
Grade: 100
Not much happened today. I helped some people with their trouble spots in their monologues, but I didn't work on mine since all the paper work is done and I didn't get to work it today. But I deserve a 100 for being a good little student and helping out. I also graded papers! Yay!
Love Always,
Daniel Baker
Daniel Baker
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
The wholesome snack that smiles back
Movement: 32 minutes
Ran twenty minutes in Wii Fit again and did some yoga. I don't remember exactly how many miles I ran... 2.4 something. Pretty much the same drill as yesterday. I was gonna go running outside today but it was too cold.
Voice: 20 minutes
More singing, more vocal warmups. I still can't do lip trills... God damned facial tension. I did those jaw stretches today. They felt weird, but they loosened me up a little bit.
Reading: 20 minutes
Monologue work. I think my diction is pretty good now. I'm also pretty well memorized... I can rattle it off pretty fast now. Yay.
Grade: 100.
We took a test and I stayed quiet the whole time. Do I need another reason?
Ran twenty minutes in Wii Fit again and did some yoga. I don't remember exactly how many miles I ran... 2.4 something. Pretty much the same drill as yesterday. I was gonna go running outside today but it was too cold.
Voice: 20 minutes
More singing, more vocal warmups. I still can't do lip trills... God damned facial tension. I did those jaw stretches today. They felt weird, but they loosened me up a little bit.
Reading: 20 minutes
Monologue work. I think my diction is pretty good now. I'm also pretty well memorized... I can rattle it off pretty fast now. Yay.
Grade: 100.
We took a test and I stayed quiet the whole time. Do I need another reason?
Love Always,
Daniel Baker
Daniel Baker
Monday, November 10, 2008
Ask me for a fabulous makeover
Movement: 33 minutes.
Today, I played Wii Fit for movement, like always. It's really the only way I have of working out at all. I did 13 minutes of Yoga and then I ran for 20 minutes, running 2.464 miles. The game keeps pretty detailed records of everything. That's about a seven and half minute mile. That's the best I've ever done. I think tomorrow I might go running outside.
Voice: 20 minutes
I love singing. Today, I did some scales and then sang for a while while I played my guitar.
Reading Out Loud: A Midsummer Night's Dream, 20 minutes
I technically didn't read the play today. Rather, I worked my monologue for twenty minutes, specifically on the diction, since I think that's my main problem right now.
Grade: 100
I deserve a 100 today because in our acting widget, I think I did well. The rest of the class I sat and observed monologue work with the others. I think I had one of my "this is why I do what I do" sort of moments today. I know that I haven't even seen the tip of the iceberg on the hardships that I'm going to face, but moments like today's are gonna be the moments that I remember when I'm facing those hardships.
Watching Matt and Monica today doing their respective monologues made me realize that the amount of change that a piece of theatre can undergo in a split second and how beautiful it can be. I mean, the monologues themselves still need work, but if you compare them from point a to point b today, it's amazing how quickly they changed.
Yeah... Yay.
Today, I played Wii Fit for movement, like always. It's really the only way I have of working out at all. I did 13 minutes of Yoga and then I ran for 20 minutes, running 2.464 miles. The game keeps pretty detailed records of everything. That's about a seven and half minute mile. That's the best I've ever done. I think tomorrow I might go running outside.
Voice: 20 minutes
I love singing. Today, I did some scales and then sang for a while while I played my guitar.
Reading Out Loud: A Midsummer Night's Dream, 20 minutes
I technically didn't read the play today. Rather, I worked my monologue for twenty minutes, specifically on the diction, since I think that's my main problem right now.
Grade: 100
I deserve a 100 today because in our acting widget, I think I did well. The rest of the class I sat and observed monologue work with the others. I think I had one of my "this is why I do what I do" sort of moments today. I know that I haven't even seen the tip of the iceberg on the hardships that I'm going to face, but moments like today's are gonna be the moments that I remember when I'm facing those hardships.
Watching Matt and Monica today doing their respective monologues made me realize that the amount of change that a piece of theatre can undergo in a split second and how beautiful it can be. I mean, the monologues themselves still need work, but if you compare them from point a to point b today, it's amazing how quickly they changed.
Yeah... Yay.
Love Always,
Daniel Baker
Daniel Baker
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