Monday, September 8, 2008

Articulatory Agility and Other Semi-Interesting Thoughts

Movement: 15 minutes
Vocal Work: 15 minutes
Reading Out Loud: Midsummer's Night Dream - 15 minutes
Grade: 100

Kinky cookie, giggle-gaggle...

I'm really proud of myself. Today we were doing articulation exercises in class and my articulation has gotten so much better since freshman year. I used to have "s" problems like nobody's business, but now it seems like those are gone. I still have a bit of a vowel slurring problem though, which is odd, since I'm the only one in the class who has them. But whatever, one problem is not very much to complain about.

Shakespeare is beautiful. Really. I never realized how insanely well-written Hamlet's "to be or not to be" monologue is. Crazy, man. Crazy. It puts doing Midsummer into both a better and a worse place now. Better because I understand the levels of insight and beauty in his work, worse because I don't wanna bleep it up. Oi.

Anyway, today, I've earned a 100 because I participated in the exercises we did, participated in the discussion about Shakespeare and whatnot. I also helped my partner, who is new to the school, with any questions that she had and to understand the exercises better while we were doing them.

Now to continue working on my vowels... And dance the night away. Good day.

Love Always,
Daniel Baker

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