So here I sit in my bed at midnight without having the desire to sleep even though my body is telling me to shut down. I have a lot on my mind. Can't say if its excitement or anxiety (maybe just both) but so far, things have been going. I've realized that having an open mind to everything in my life is giving way to receiving more information that I ever anticipated. Decided to not post anything about week one or two since I knew I needed to get settled with my new hectic schedule and eventually find some down time to put every jumbled up thought in my brain to process as I write this (or how I want it to be written) but it isn't going to be perfect so here I go: I'm officially enrolled for twenty hours of course work. It's really not that terrible once you get used to it but I will say that Tuesdays and Thursdays can get real tough. From waking up at 5:30am in order to avoid morning rush hour traffic after 6:30am I get on time to my class at 8am. In fact, I'm always early, which I don't mind because I have time to mentally prepare for the day (or actually just read for my next class after Astronomy, i'm not superwoman people!). I leave quite early because I commute, so I don't have the luxury of living on-campus, BUT i'd rather live with my parents with good healthy food, my own bedroom, and car instead of sharing an apartment uncomfortably with someone else, being encouraged to eat at whataburger at 3am and not use my car, so driving the distance doesn't matter to me as long as I can get there. I go through Astronomy, dance history, advanced ballet and then an hour break before choreography I. Recently, I can feel my mind drifting away during dance history since it's the time my body feels the amount of activity I've been doing since I got up. But thank god for coffee and an amazing professor like Rebbeca Rossen, who not only makes the class incredibly interesting to learn but also lets us get up in the middle of class just to stretch our aching bodies (most of us are dance or theatre majors so our classes feel chill, no one is ever shy) so nobody would raise an eyebrow if I decided to crack my hips or raise my leg up for a hamstring stretch.
By the time I get to actual technique class, my mind doesn't want to, but my body is eager. So to add, after being thrown a bunch of information for three and a half hours, our body is physically being challenged as well. This is good, we need to dance EVERY SINGLE DAY just to maintain our instrument on check (AKA our bodies). I know I can be satisfied with that day's work when I sweat like a Brazilian dancer during a festival (have you ever seen legs like theirs?!)
During break, I know half the day is gone by. Only have choreography class followed by rehearsals for DRT's Fall for Dance show (PREMIERES NOV. 12 - 15 @ IDEN B. PAYNE THEATRE, BE THERE OR BE SQUARED).
So after that, I can finally go back home and do the following: shower, eat, PJ's, chill with my parents, sleep. (homework tries to happen but ehh, I'm tired bro) usually in that order.
Don't worry guys I do have (and make) down time for any homework I need to get done (mon, wed, and fri). Those days I only have Pedagogy and Pilates (and technically PDPR but depends if we have a workshop from a guest choreographer, audition or a rehearsal on that day specifically) and pedagogy class is a whole other topic to talk about that I won't get into in here.
Alright, I just finished my third week in. *checks vital signs* ok, i'm still alive guys!
AND we won against Rice's football team this past weekend, or should I say we "fried rice?" *du dum pssst* (be quiet, I'm funny). HOOK'EM HORNS!
All this is to say that I am happy to have a hectic life so far. I feel like I am learning so much my mind is about to explode. in a good way. But it's difficult to apply everything I'm beginning to understand right away (philosophically, physically, mentally, spiritually, and wholeheartedly) i have many projects in the works so I won't give anything away until they are done or close to that. With many things to be grateful for and other thoughts which are going through my head I needed to type this to get some feelings out and my experience out, starting with the basic human being that I am.
Life gets interesting fast when we open our minds for everything as long as we decided to do so with a kind heart.
Rant done, god bless.
- V -
By the time I get to actual technique class, my mind doesn't want to, but my body is eager. So to add, after being thrown a bunch of information for three and a half hours, our body is physically being challenged as well. This is good, we need to dance EVERY SINGLE DAY just to maintain our instrument on check (AKA our bodies). I know I can be satisfied with that day's work when I sweat like a Brazilian dancer during a festival (have you ever seen legs like theirs?!)
During break, I know half the day is gone by. Only have choreography class followed by rehearsals for DRT's Fall for Dance show (PREMIERES NOV. 12 - 15 @ IDEN B. PAYNE THEATRE, BE THERE OR BE SQUARED).
So after that, I can finally go back home and do the following: shower, eat, PJ's, chill with my parents, sleep. (homework tries to happen but ehh, I'm tired bro) usually in that order.
Don't worry guys I do have (and make) down time for any homework I need to get done (mon, wed, and fri). Those days I only have Pedagogy and Pilates (and technically PDPR but depends if we have a workshop from a guest choreographer, audition or a rehearsal on that day specifically) and pedagogy class is a whole other topic to talk about that I won't get into in here.
Alright, I just finished my third week in. *checks vital signs* ok, i'm still alive guys!
AND we won against Rice's football team this past weekend, or should I say we "fried rice?" *du dum pssst* (be quiet, I'm funny). HOOK'EM HORNS!
All this is to say that I am happy to have a hectic life so far. I feel like I am learning so much my mind is about to explode. in a good way. But it's difficult to apply everything I'm beginning to understand right away (philosophically, physically, mentally, spiritually, and wholeheartedly) i have many projects in the works so I won't give anything away until they are done or close to that. With many things to be grateful for and other thoughts which are going through my head I needed to type this to get some feelings out and my experience out, starting with the basic human being that I am.
Life gets interesting fast when we open our minds for everything as long as we decided to do so with a kind heart.
Rant done, god bless.
- V -