Friday, October 20, 2006
Monday, October 16, 2006
These are my babies. I painted them all by myself and they are beautiful. Who would have ever thought that I, Sean McCain could ever paint something so wonderful. Granted they can look like poop when you are up close, however, this is scenic painting, and they look perfect from a distance. Just thought I'd share this with everyone as I am extremely proud of them.
Friday, October 13, 2006
National Coming Out Month
In honor of National Coming Out Month, I am coming out...as a blogger. For years I have kept my blog private as I didn't want to offend anyone. However, I am done with that, as I realized I don't care. As I have had this blog for over 3 years, I have posted a lot of things. A lot of them from high school, which is nice. However, I have grown up considerably since then. I no longer dwell upon the petty things. I don't "hate" my parents as we have the best relationship in years. (Probably because I am not living with them.) I want my blog to be public knowledge. I don't care if people don't like what I have to say. I am just going to keep the previous years as an archive of my last years in high school. I am going to move on from there. So, here's to my new blog.
I haven't posted much since starting school. Mainly because I am busy with class work, etc. So, I will just post on what has been going on in my life.
Stagecraft: I love this class. We started out with a carpentry unit. We had to build a set of sawhorses for the scene shop. Not only did we have to do that, but we had to draft out working drawings of a set of sawhorses we already made. After overcomplicating things, I finally got mine done. Perfectly, mind you. I loved my sawhorses. We are currently in the scenic painting unit. Wow, that's something I never thought I'd do. We have to paint marble on one 2'x 4' flat, and bricks on the other. I am currently working on my marble. Both flats are due on Monday, so I will have to work on them during the weekend.
Script Analysis: Another amazing class. We have only been analyzing The Glass Menagerie upto this point. It's pretty intense. I hated The Glass Menagerie when I read it in high school. However, I love it now. We are going to be starting on Hamlet. Hamlet is the first script we have to do an analysis paper on. Apparently they are pretty intense. I am looking forward to my final analysis. I get to analyze Equus. It's gonna be crazy.
Acting Basics: We do yoga in this class. However, it isn't the "break into a sweat and be smelly the rest of the day" yoga, it is the "breathe and stretch" yoga. I like it so much more than the kind we did in Acting 2. I actually loathed the yoga from acting 2. Julia always expected me to warm up to it: I never did. However, that's in the past. This is a nice class because the only outside work required so far is an occasional assignment, and 3 days of exercise per week. The in-class stuff is pretty relaxing. However, I wish I could melt into the floor for a longer period of time.
Theatre History and Literature 1: This is probably my favorite class this semester. There is a lot of actual content and factual information in this one. It's probably going to be my most challenging class this semester. The study sessions are going to be great. I also am getting the opportunity to read a lot of plays, which is nice. However, it is sometimes hard to fit all that reading into my schedule. I am not going to lie. Sparknotes has helped me out a bit in this class. We recently delved into Roman theatre. Interesting. The Romans were just a bunch of plagiarist bastards. Here's what I learned about Greek theatre: Don't fuck with Oedipus.
Interpersonal Communications: This is my only non-theatre class. However, it is part of my communications/business major. I never go to this class because I stay in my room and do the readings. It is some interesting stuff. I have a test tomorrow, which I am going to rock. But, if I don't, then I will have to start attending class. I think it is going to go wonderfully. Not much else to say about this.
The Comedy of Errors: No this isn't a class. It is Augustana's first offical mainstage production for the 2006-2007 school year. I play Dromio of Ephesus. Technically, this is my first lead role ever. It's kinda intimidating as it is Shakespeare. Tonight we had to be off-book for Acts 1 and 2. I thought it went semi-well. It is going to be a good show. The set is amazing. Everyone should come see the show. Nov. 9-11, 16-18 in the Edith Mortenson Theater on the Augustana College Campus.
Well, that's all for now. Thanks for reading.
I haven't posted much since starting school. Mainly because I am busy with class work, etc. So, I will just post on what has been going on in my life.
Stagecraft: I love this class. We started out with a carpentry unit. We had to build a set of sawhorses for the scene shop. Not only did we have to do that, but we had to draft out working drawings of a set of sawhorses we already made. After overcomplicating things, I finally got mine done. Perfectly, mind you. I loved my sawhorses. We are currently in the scenic painting unit. Wow, that's something I never thought I'd do. We have to paint marble on one 2'x 4' flat, and bricks on the other. I am currently working on my marble. Both flats are due on Monday, so I will have to work on them during the weekend.
Script Analysis: Another amazing class. We have only been analyzing The Glass Menagerie upto this point. It's pretty intense. I hated The Glass Menagerie when I read it in high school. However, I love it now. We are going to be starting on Hamlet. Hamlet is the first script we have to do an analysis paper on. Apparently they are pretty intense. I am looking forward to my final analysis. I get to analyze Equus. It's gonna be crazy.
Acting Basics: We do yoga in this class. However, it isn't the "break into a sweat and be smelly the rest of the day" yoga, it is the "breathe and stretch" yoga. I like it so much more than the kind we did in Acting 2. I actually loathed the yoga from acting 2. Julia always expected me to warm up to it: I never did. However, that's in the past. This is a nice class because the only outside work required so far is an occasional assignment, and 3 days of exercise per week. The in-class stuff is pretty relaxing. However, I wish I could melt into the floor for a longer period of time.
Theatre History and Literature 1: This is probably my favorite class this semester. There is a lot of actual content and factual information in this one. It's probably going to be my most challenging class this semester. The study sessions are going to be great. I also am getting the opportunity to read a lot of plays, which is nice. However, it is sometimes hard to fit all that reading into my schedule. I am not going to lie. Sparknotes has helped me out a bit in this class. We recently delved into Roman theatre. Interesting. The Romans were just a bunch of plagiarist bastards. Here's what I learned about Greek theatre: Don't fuck with Oedipus.
Interpersonal Communications: This is my only non-theatre class. However, it is part of my communications/business major. I never go to this class because I stay in my room and do the readings. It is some interesting stuff. I have a test tomorrow, which I am going to rock. But, if I don't, then I will have to start attending class. I think it is going to go wonderfully. Not much else to say about this.
The Comedy of Errors: No this isn't a class. It is Augustana's first offical mainstage production for the 2006-2007 school year. I play Dromio of Ephesus. Technically, this is my first lead role ever. It's kinda intimidating as it is Shakespeare. Tonight we had to be off-book for Acts 1 and 2. I thought it went semi-well. It is going to be a good show. The set is amazing. Everyone should come see the show. Nov. 9-11, 16-18 in the Edith Mortenson Theater on the Augustana College Campus.
Well, that's all for now. Thanks for reading.