Showing posts with label airplane. Show all posts
Showing posts with label airplane. Show all posts

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Tub Dreaming - A Return

Hey Abyss,

Look, I know its been a while buddy but I have concluded that there is really no point in my writing about my progress in school. It would get repetitive and boring, and on a side note the training at NTS is one that cannot described. So I come to you with news of my return.

I am going to be making weekly entry's now that, one, I have time due to the ending of school for the summer, and, two, I am heading back to Halifax for job hunting! So lets dive in:

Today is my 4th day in my empty apartment. The only things to keep me busy are my cats, a computer with limited internet connection and a newly polished off 4kg container of peanut butter. Sounds like a ballin' time eh? I have been sleeping in my bathtub because my bed has been moved to my new apartment, that is about a half hour away, and I have slowly been packing my ONE bag with the essentials that I think I am going to need for 4 months.

This past week has been an eventful one full of much drama and learning. I will start off with my Monday of last week which started with me falling down Mount Royal and having my hand crushed and splitting my pinkie open. After a trip to the emergency room, with help from a man I had just met that night, I was back in my apartment with a stitched hand and a now lost iPod. Needless to say, I have learned to not drink 6 litres of Heineken and go rock climbing after a Canadian Solider, the guy who helped me, has told me not to.

My hand was pretty swollen earlier this week and so I could do nothing for myself, and I mean nothing.

Picture personal things, yeah those I couldn't do either.

So I needed a lot of help and was surprised by the amount of people who called and offered to help my in any way they could. Except with the personal things.

On Wednesday two of my friends helped me move all my furniture over to one of the three apartments I am currently paying for.

A quote : "You always know who your friends are when you see who shows up after you ask for help moving." Jesse LaVercombe.

I was happy to get that all done in less then two hours, but had forgotten that now I had nothing in my apartment which has made for, as mentioned earlier, a grand 'ol time.

Let's just say I think that my cats and I know each other really well now.

My hand has slowly been healing and if you follow my Twitter or Facebook you can see the damage as of yesterday. It reminds me of Frankenstein.

Always an attractive feature to have when appealing to women.

I am leaving for home on wednesday night of this week coming and am stoked to see my family again, although my dear mother laughed at me when I called her and told her what happened on the mountain. It will be nice to have a home cooked meal, or at least a free trip to MacDonalds. I am excited to see all my friends and catch up with people who I have missed for the 8 months I have been here. And most importantly getting some more acting work!

I am praying, for my student loan sake, that this summer will be lucrative and I can make some money and get a decent amount of coverage again. I feel so out of the loop with my city and I am anxious to get back and start annoying people with my public appearances.

I don't want to prattle on for too long but hopefully this has answered the question as to why I have not been writing. And if you have any other questions for me put them in the comment box below.

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Peace Abyss.


Thursday, May 19, 2011

HEAD in HOME

Hey,

So today I leave Montreal.

Today is a sad day. I am hoping that with this emotion lain on this day that I will not crash before I get home (knock on wood).

I had my audition yesterday and I think it went well. Personally, my new material was the best it could have been. So I was happy with that.

The auditors had me work with my Shakespeare text, which made perfect sense to me because I am so uneducated in the whole realm of Shakespeare. Not to make his work sound like a weird video game involving goblins and elves. Although that would probably help me understand him more.

The text is just so beautiful that I find it difficult to bring that same beauty into my words.

Anyway, I was the very last to audition for them which can be perceived as a good thing I suppose or a bad thing if I was awful. I am really unsure at this point.

There is this feeling in the back of my mind that I am not getting in. I just feel like the chances are so low and I feel like I didn't do exactly what they were looking for yesterday and that I could have done better. Its just so hard to tell, where they do the same process to so many other people in the exact same boat as me. Its out of my hands now though.

They said they would be letting people know in two weeks as to what their decisions were. I almost don't want to know... I am just glad I have things distracting me for the next few weeks.

I start shooting Blackbird on Tuesday and I am stoked beyond reason. I am currently weighing my options as to wether I should shave my head down to velcro or keep it the way it is right now, which is kind of like a baby seal..

Wow, my life is about as exciting as you can get. This is said sarcastically.

I was sent the character breakdown for a show that is being done this summer and I am going to submit for it. The characters are a little bit older than me but I feel like, "what the hell?" Its more audition experience.

Anyway, thats basically it. I am going to try and see some shows this week. Possible reviews are in tow.


Night Abyss