On Greeting a Stranger on the Street...

Too good not to post...

Eric's School of Acting:
Lesson #1:
Talk so loud it sounds like your yelling and straining your voice.
Lesson #2:
Show no emotion in face, body or any other emotable region.
Lesson #3:
Suck (Notice how Lesson #3 wasn't specific.)

Well.. he is in the army. And Slecta is very.. well.. lets not go there. But it would explain why Eric gets the parts he does.....

And it's becoming acceptable

WELL... So.. how 'bout that Odyssey? With the.. uhh.. casting. And the.. great script? I really wish I had a knife-in-my-eye-and-you're-twisting-it emoticon, or perhaps a murder-sclecta one.

So.. How many people said it? 50% of the people I know, at least. So Eric is Odysseus. Everyone knew it was going to happen, and the ones that said it wouldn't were in denial. Eric is his little pet, and no matter how wrong he is for a role, he gets the lead. Eric is tiny, and he in no way could play a badass like Odysseus. Odysseus is not a nice guy. He gets things done any way he can, stabbing people in the eye and sleeping with countless women (actually.. only like 4).. this.. is not Eric. Eric is neither manly or intense. Completely wrong for the role. Either Nolan or Talon should have gotten it. Nolan is a big guy who can act, and I'm guessing if he got the chance he could deffinately be a badass. Same for Talon.

And on the same subject.. Emily for Penelope. How many people didn't see that coming? Eric gets lead male, Emily female. Thats just how it works with Sclecta. Emily can't act as well as she used to be able to, and the part isn't right for her. She'll be able to pull it off, but shes not the best for the role. Sara Rhum would have been fantastic.

Telemachus.. I don't know how big a role he has in this, but Givan is all wrong for him. First of all, hes bigger than Eric. Hes also asian. And his acting style doesn't fit how Telemachus is supposed to be. I can't think of a perfect person to play him, but the first that comes to my mind is Collin. And if Michael Sutherland could act a little bit better, him too. But at least Givan can act.

I don't really want to get into the other people, because I want to pretened that the rest of the cast doesn't exist.. but.. why not. Ok.. with the castaways. Jed would have made a perfect Gilligan, but he didn't try out this year. Michael works, but it's not the ideal part for him. Sam as the skipper? No. I mean, Sam is flexible enough to make it work, but it's all wrong. Skipper is a big loveable teddy bear (...dont.. say.. a word. :| ), a big silly guy. Not really what Sam should be doing. Sam's too good to play a big bumbling oaf.

Thurston Howell... Evan? No. This is all wrong. Evan is a decent actor (even HE would have made a better Odysseus than his brother), but his acting doesnt fit howell at all. I guess Noel works for Mrs. Howell, but she's a better actress than that. And she would have worked great in Go-go boots, heh. Sam was really the only choice for Ginger, so that's good. The professor.. Corey? I'm sorry, but thats the second worst casting in the show. The professor rules. He's cool and calm. Smart. Corey.. is not. Evan (newman) should have gotten Professor. That would have worked great. And Eden is perfect as Mary Ann.

I don't know who the master of ceremonies is, or Cody Harris for that matter, so I have no opinion. Talon as the stranger.. it's as close to getting Odysseus as you can be without actually being cast as him, heh. It'll be interesting seeing Talon as an old man. But I don't know what exactly the role entails, so I'll save my opinion. Athena.. Carrie works, so that's okay. Erin as Circe.. who didn't see that coming? It works, so why not. Deanna as Calypso.. err.. not too sure about that one.. Sara as the "nurse." Talon and I came up that this role actually means Odysseus' mother, so in this case.. I feel really bad for Sara. She's a great actress, and Sclecta keeps sticking her with the old woman role. But.. if the part has any meat to it, it should work good.

The suitors.. I guess they work. Collin and Cliff are probably the two least suited, but I can visually see Cliff as a suitor, and I can see Collin acting it, so it's okay. Nolan really got stiffed, though. The sailors.. Most of these peolpe shouldn't have been in the show. But if they have to be.. I guess they work as sailors. I'm only hoping they don't have speaking parts. Polyphemus has way too many girls and not enough guys. Neither Evan or Ryan have deep voices, or loud ones for that matter. So they'll be drowned out by the girls. And I don't know how hes planning on doing Scylla, so I have no opinion.

The Sirens/Handmaidens all work.. not sure about Katherine Roloff though.. she's a good enough actress (if I'm even thinking of the right person), but.. aren't the Sirens supposed to be.. suductresses? Titanic survivors were all a bad idea in the first place, but.. all women? I'm confused. Maybe it's just that we were short on guys.

Overall, the casting has a few decent people, and depending on the script, it could actually work out fairly well. But that's only if the script is good. And I'm doubting Sclecta could pull it off. And I've heard from people that have read it that it's as terrible as you could possibly imagine. Oh well. I mean, if this was a full on parody of Broadway, or if the script was written by someone other than Sclecta.. It might have worked. It certainly wouldn't have worked well as a serious production with the type of "quality" FHS's drama department keeps churning out (well, speech team is good at least). But it should have been a different play. And don't get me started on the set. Did all of you know that ship on the stage is finished? ...Yeah. Shea didn't want it like that. He had big plans for this set along with Hosbond. And then Sclecta told him to keep the boat how it was. Now Shea is fucking pissed. And I would be if I were him too. He has nobody helping him (hopefully I'll have some time next week to give him a bit) other than a few slackers who never show up, he has to do tons of stuff all by himself, make it all really shitty to Sclecta's specifications.. etc. This is going to be a disaster. ......of Titanic perportions. (HAR! ...but seriously. Sorry about that joke).

Evan's was fun last night. But they should have let me play Amplitude single player. The pocky was great, Xenogears was actually pretty entertaining to watch after a while, the company was good.. so yay :D

...wow. That was possibly the worst thing ever.

:/

Well, I don't really feel like I have much to write about in here, but I do want to write something, so I'll just start rambling and hope it comes out to something good.

I do feel sort of restricted on what I can type here simply because of the people that read it are exactly the people who I wouldn't want to (read: Larry, Bryan, and all you other fuckoffs). I guess I'll just have to turn to my paper journal for all that stuff. But really, thats all that's going around in my head right now, so it does feel very restricting.

I hope this weekend wasn't an indicator of the rest of the year's. I sat around and did nothing for the entire time except on Saturday, Collin and I got bored and decided to go to the square and coffee house and such. We met up with people and it wasn't nearly as fulfilling as I could have hoped. But, really, what is these days? But then again, it did save me from some things I didn't want to say (yet). But I'll have to sometime soon. And that's going to suck. I'm just putting off the inevitable, because it's going to be thoroughly unpleasant and I'm going to feel extremely guilty (not that I don't already fro just thinking about it), but something has to happen to take everything out of what it's in right now.

I've been thinking, lately, what I would do to make my life better if I could manipulate people and situations to my will, and I've come out pretty surprised with some of the results, which I don't really feel inclined to write about on here. Because some people actually read this. But it's some stuff I wouldn't have expected. Too bad it's never going to happen :/

See, everything in my life that I want changed right now is sort of related to something I wrote in here ages ago about how things immediately lose their value if you tell somebody about them. I used it in the context of my weight back then, and how if I told people that I wished they had commented on my weight, it immediately becomes void when they do because I told them I wanted it. It doesn't feel genuine anymore. That, I guess, is one thing holding me back from saying the things I (don't) want to say. Because once I admit them, once they happen they'll just be happening becuase I said I wanted them too, not because thats how things would have naturally progressed.

God.. I just want this all to be over with. Skip all the unpleasant stuff and move on to the fun happy times, assuming they actually ever happen. Because, right now, anything could really happen. I see many a path in front of me, but I always, ultimately, see myself becoming what I was, again. But this time with more life experience. And it really doesn't matter, then, does it?

You know what sucks? School sucks. Except for TAG, advanced speech, and composition. Even lunch kinda sucks this year. So far.

And again..

I'm being a spitefull asshole and I can't help it. I do wish things were different, though.

Met my "expectations" (read: diaspointments)

Well.. I haven't updated in forever. I was sick. So shut up.

Every single song on my playlist, no matter how happy a song it is just comes to my ears sad, or hopeless. That or I hit next song, because I can't handle the others. Actually, I've only really been listening to one song for the past day.. Bittersweet Symphony by Oasis. My brother introduced me to Oasis, Green Day, Nirvana, etc back in the day. And I liked them. And that was strange, because I never liked music before that point. So really, some of the best music of all time was the first music I liked. Thank you Andrew. I never really realized how much he influenced me as a person. I mean, really, it all stopped when I hit 11 or 12, because really he had grown into a different sort of person who I didn't look up to anymore, so that kind of tore a rift between us. But really right now we're as close as we've ever been. He was never nice to me as a kid, except for a few years.

Well today.. I was dreading it because it was school for the last week, but really I realize that isn't it anymore. In first hour composition with Dunlap, she had us write a prediction of how we thought the day was going to turn out. I wrote almost nothing about school. It was just about people, and my relationships with them. And all of those have fallen apart, pretty much. Well, the ones that I've built in the past 2 years, anyway. Most of them.

Now I'm thinking about any new ones. And I just don't see them. I see myself being stuck in a rut for 2 years. And finally graduating. And it's nothing to do with anyone but myself. It's all in my head and I know that, but I can't do anything about it. I'll just have to let what things come, come.

Today in Advanced Speech, Sara complimented my weight. And I guess it's just because of the past 4 years never receiving a real compliment from any of my close friends, I just couldn't give one back. I couldn't compliment any facet of her. So I gave her a sarcastic insult ("oh, and you're real[ly] fat" or something), which is the best I can do, because I've been around complete bastards like Quinn and Collin and Davey for too long. I never got it whenever anybody talked about close friends before. Example. In an Aquabats song, the lyrics go

"Friends help each other any way they can, When you're up at bat, they'll be your biggest fan. If you're in a pit, they'll pull you out of it."

And I just couldn't relate. Because if I were metaphorically "up at bat," my friends would be the ones making fun of me. Maybe not in the most literal sense, but that feeling is always there. And I've grown tired of it and for the longest time I've wanted good friends; close friends. And I guess I have that in some ways, but it's just too feeble, and too hard for me. And I don't know if I can do it back either. Becuase I've been with those friends too long who wouldn't support you.

I truly don't see myself being happy at all for the rest of my high school career. Usually, when I start school, I feel like I'm still in the grade behind. Not now. Now I feel 2 years older than I am. I really need big change if I'm going to be happy, and I don't see that with my current circumstances. And that's nobody's fault but my own. I take it back.. I am that fucked up. God..

God.. I wish I could say I'm sorry, but I can't. It's not an issue of pride.. I don't know what it is. Maybe just a matter of principle. I really don't know, but it is holding me back. But I think I just might let it, because it's too much effort. I just can't deal with all of this. It'll probably resolve itself, but if not.. I don't know if I care any more.

The best thing I can say about school this year is that it certainly is going to be interesting. Opportunities and such.

Love Hina > You

Well, I finally got around to watching some Love Hina today. It rules. I've only seen 1-11 as it is, but I'll be downloading the rest tonight or tomorrow.

Hmm... what else? Peoria was cool. Not much to say. Fun stuff, not much happened. Break from normality. Nothing else I really want to type here.. except that I have a mouth sore, and it hurts :(

Gandalf on Crack: :D
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bob the leech:
Gandalf on Crack: i hate you


I am a god.

Best.. news.. EVER

Well at least Collin will have one bit of good news by the time he gets back..

Mr. Travers. The moron. The halfwit. Certinaly not the teacher.. was fired. FIRED. Let me repeat that once again. MR. TRAVERS WAS FIRED.

My least favorite person on earth. I'm so happy. God I want to stab him. Anyway... I guess that's all.

God that was a weird dream

My subconscious must be really fucked up right now, heh. It's not even worth explaining, but it involved school and Erin. We were getting along really well in the dream, which was a good sign? I really don't know. Oh well, I'm looking foreward to seeing her in a normal situation sometime soon.

I really don't know what to expect this year at school. A few weeks back I had it set in my mind that the next year would suck total ass, but.. now I don't know. It could actually be pretty good. Change still sucks, yes, and theres going to be uberchange from last year, but the changes aren't, for the most part, negative. Now that school is coming up, I don't seem to be dreading it so much. I should probably buy school supplies soon :|

So that's what reality feels like

I just thought I'd let you all know.. I've added a messageboard.

http://pub162.ezboard.com/bthelegionofsuck

Just thought, you know, since the site is growing and I have at least 2 or 3 hundred people coming per day, I could add a discussion forum. You know, get with the internet culture and all. So there we are. Post away.