MUN

MUN has started, and so far so...not so well. I didn't get to attend the meeting today (group 4 presentation) but that's ok. We haven't gotten our country yet, so right now we're more just talking. There's an MUN blog that I'm following to keep up with meetings that I've missed.

Gotta get this one better journaled. Will do soon!

Destination Imagination

DI hasn't officially started, according to the season. But as a school and team we've started. My team includes Myself, Tildy, Blake and Eric. We're ready this year, and sad to see Lauren not participate. We've chosen to do the Improv Challenge, like we did our first year. We've started (as a school) dealing with the money issues. We are required to pay a lotmore money this year for the activity and in order to do so we've discussed fundraising.

We're selling carnations again this year. It's previously worked well in the past and we're hoping that it does so again this year. I'm starting my selling this Friday during break and lunch.

Nothing really to reflect upon yet, just that it's really stressful trying to raise so much money in such little time. Crossing our fingers!

Oh, and my team needs a new coach, so that's a team challenge that we're trying to work through. So far we have afew ideas but no official coach or possibilities. Still looking! I'm thinking about asking Mrs. Botsford to coach ust his year.

Prom Committee

Prom committee has been an interesting activity so far. I'm having trouble making some of the thursday meetings during lunch due to another committment to MUN, but i've been keeping up. What I've been doing so far is doing actual work outside the meetings. For example, during Open House I sat the entire time at a table promoting our fundraiser for the gift cards, the tag sale, etc. Tonight (October 20) I'm working with Lauren McCann at the open mic night to acquire more tickets for the gift card raffle.

I'm excited this year to be apart of prom committee. I've never done it before so I'm afraid to speak up. I wish I was able to always attend the meetings regulary, and I'm hoping that I Can start. MUN has moved dates for meeting so that is definitely a plus.

STAGE - DINO - Almost Off Book

Dino is going...well. It's been tough so far. I've never realised just how much work is involved being the lead of a school play. I have to say that being the lead actor is a hell of a lot different than being the stage manager. I'm always wanting to be directing other actors and it's real tough triyng to keep my mouth shut. I feel like authoritatative, which obviously makes sense. It's also kind of nice to be less authoritative, despite my desire to be.
I like being told what to do. It's one less thing I need to do (tell people how to act). I enjoy being told where to walk, how to walk, what to say, how to say it, etc. It's also really hard. There's so much that I'm always being told to do, so many notes that I have to write down. The tough part is all the blocking. There's always new blocking, always things changing. It's tough to keep up with it all, but I'm doing my best.
 Somthing that I'm personally having trouble with, actually somethings that I'm having trouble with include:

• Articulation
• Lines
• Pacing
• Pauses

My biggest thing though are my lines. The off book date is NEXT WEEK. October 29th to be exact. For the most part I'm off book. My problem is being confident in myself to know the lines. I've studied them over and over until I've fallen asleep, but I can't seem to bring this to the stage to show it. I'm in need of the crutch that a script provides and I'm really nervous for next thursday when I will literally have that crutch taken away.