Tuesday, January 23, 2007

To Improv or Not to Improv

I have a dilemma. And who better to turn to than my loyal readers, all of whom (to my knowledge) are both older and wiser than I am? Yeah, I came up with a whole list but oh well. :-P

I am not doing any of the theater departments projects this semester.
While I should be filling the spare time I have looking for ways to make money -- scholarships, jobs that aren't too time consuming, etc -- I haven't been. Mostly I've been doing favor after favor after favor for friends and being a bum in my room. I'm just completely unmotivated, and I think that my distinct lack of theater (or possibly my distinct lack of hours at abercrombie) is the reason my motivation has up and disappeared.

There's an audition on Thursday for our campuses comedy improv group. I'm friends with everyone in the group, and they are all encouraging me to audition. I want to, but they are only receiving two new members and I am really not that good at being funny when I improv. At least, I don't think so.
There's also the fact that it brings me into the theater department. In some sense, that's good because this semester the theater department will be going through a lot of changes and I will need to stay on top of those changes. This will be an easy way to do so.
Unfortunately, it also brings me into the theater department, which will probably get a lot worse before it gets better. And by that I mean, it's going to fall to pieces. I don't think I want to watch that from inside. More to the point: it will mean I might have to deal with our hellish tech professor, something I've been successfully avoiding.

Also, because I will be behind the other members as far as knowing the improv games, it will absorb pretty much all of my free time. No time for scholarship-hunting, no time for job-hunting, at least at first.
But maybe it will motivate me again?
See, it's a dilemma. Should I audition, or not?

In other news, I did do something almost productive this week as far as my financial situation goes.
I created an account at ModelMayhem and have already been messaged by one photographer, and added by a few others. I could do some modeling on the side of school, no problem! Right?

1 comment:

Sue said...

You should audition. If you get in it will be an honor and you will love it. You are never the best judge of your own gifts. Don't be the one to close your own doors; let others do it for you. You can always make time for the other things you need to do. Let me know if you have any questions.