September 08, 2003

Life, the universe and everything

Its been a crazy couple of weeks, what can I say...

In short, the house rocks. Scott, Matt, Graham, and Joe make pretty decent housemates, and even better Halo opponents. No major problems besides me doing a hell of a lot of dishes last week. Eh, what can I say - its relaxing, and isn't too bad. The house is great...I finally have what I missed during sophomore and junior years - that feeling of being in the place where people like to congregate. I'm no longer living anywhere thats out of the way or difficult to find or where no one else is, like dorms when everyone is in the apartments.

The Masque is auditioning people for the one acts tomorrow - "All in the Timing" by David Ives. I'm directing "Sure Thing" which is purely comedic in the timing of the show. I'm nervous; I've never really audtioned people before, and I've surely never really directed anything beyond a 15 minute television show before...oh well, first time for everything, I guess.

Classes are, for the most part, fantastic. 18 credits is cake...yeah right. Playwriting is fantastic...the prof isn't completely sure how to teach us, but even in what we've done so far has been entertaining. He's at least boiling playwriting down to formulae that are pretty decent to start from - plug x into y, add characters and you have a scene. The 60's is interesting, the prof definitely has an incredibly evil laugh through. But he was there, he experienced the 60's firsthand, and he's relating the experiences to us in a way I can understand. We're plunging right into drawing tomorrow, and going head over heels into the human form with a model. I'm currently freaking out, as I've never successfully executed a picture of a house in my life... Com Ethics is actually really fun - I'm understanding the material, am currently ahead in the work aspects, and enjoy discussing these theoretical situations. Film Seminar is incredible...I've never had an opportunity to really enjoy Scorcese and Woody Allen films, and now we're forced into it. Bro. Gerry is proving to be a damn good teacher who understands whats going on. And finally...Contemporary Drama is Harty, and Harty is the same as always, dry and hilarious. I'm constantly losing it in class when he compares everything to Cats, or whenever we get the "Youth is wasted on the young...it really is" lines. He's a really decent guy, and I'm learning quite a bit.

Other than that...life is pretty happy. I'm employed again in the Division of Student Affairs, working on web sites for student organizatons, a job that I know I'll like. I've always been an advocate for putting information like that online - other universities right now are a lot better than us right now, having info on lots of organizations, but we'll catch up. The Masque (besides the One Acts) hasn't really started up yet (besides Meet the Masque, which was a night I may never forget...) so theres no stress. Community Development is Community Development, as always.

I have my Senior Portriat taking tomorrow... I'm nervous, not because of the act of getting photographed, but in the whole symbolic action deal - this is how I'll be remembered in the yearbook, "immortalized" for all eternity. After tomorrow, the idea that I'm a senior may sink in, and I may realize that theres less than a year left.

I'm comforted by the fact that the year has barely started yet, and theres a heck of a lot of time left.

So... in the hopes of making this less about me, and more about general stuff, here's a quick top 5 list - top 5 anagrams for mylasalle web portal


  • PRY ALLOWABLE METALS

  • STOW LAME BALLPLAYER

  • TELL ROM WAS PLAYABLE

  • MEATBALL PLAYERS LOW

  • RAPE MEATBALL SLOWLY

And finally, my favorite for "mylasalle": A SMALL LYE.

(courtesy of: the Internet Anagram Server)

Have a wonderful day, and week all!

[Listening to: Me, Myself, and Irene Soundtrack - The World Ain't Slowin' Down (Ellis Paul).mp3 - by - (00:00)]
Posted by Matthew at September 8, 2003 02:12 AM
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Hey there longhorn!

Everything is right with the world. I am going to be a bike-riding security officer and, most importantly, there is a BLOG update. Thank my lucky stars!

Posted by: Robert Goulet on September 9, 2003 01:12 AM

Staring contest...me and you...right now! You win. You always do.

Posted by: Brian P. Veitz on September 11, 2003 05:17 PM

Staring contest...me and you...right now! You win. You always do.

Posted by: Brian P. Veitz on September 11, 2003 05:17 PM

That's why I called it "The Coconut Banger's Ball: It's a Wrap". It has all your favorite hits from Puffman, Biggie, Sisquo, and Coolioolio.

Posted by: GOOOOOOOOOULET on September 11, 2003 11:50 PM
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