Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Keep on moving...
Okay, so updates! Just made it back to Long Beach after a long, crazy four years in Santa Barbara. Graduation went well. Pico Iyer was the commencement speaker for the Arts and Humanities graduation ceremony and I was super stoked on that!!! He was so eloquent and inspiring. He said those who are graduating with degrees that make money, like, say, NOT THEATER, may have the money, the houses, the cars, the "answers," but they are the ones who will be turning to us, the arts and humanities students for the REAL answers about life. It made me smile and made me think, for some reason, of my time on Semester at Sea. I wonder why? Maybe because SAS was the best thing I did in college and probably the best thing I've done, ever. And although many people chose to spend their time in school "getting ahead," staying behind, on a ship, was something that I think will get me ahead in the long run.
After graduation, me and the girls headed straight for Las Vegas. Of course. Joanne got this fantastic deal for a suite at the Encore hotel, so we jumped at it and found ourselves in a "King's Suite" on the 38th floor of the Encore with a huge bed, couch, nice bathroom and stunning view of the strip! The room was unreal. And destroyed by the time us 8-10 girls had stayed in the room for 3 nights. Utterly destroyed. We left a big tip for housekeeping!
And then, after thinking, as one always thinks to herself, or screams to her best friends in the car as she drives away from Las Vegas, GET ME THE HELL OUT OF LAS VEGAS, we made it home.
Now, I've moved most of my stuff back into my Mom's place in Long Beach and am unpacking my life as I start packing for Greece with Cambodia's packing-for-a-year in the back of my mind. It's all about the suitcases and duffle-bags and storage containers. Yup yup this is going to be an adventure... or a series of adventures...
Until next time!
After graduation, me and the girls headed straight for Las Vegas. Of course. Joanne got this fantastic deal for a suite at the Encore hotel, so we jumped at it and found ourselves in a "King's Suite" on the 38th floor of the Encore with a huge bed, couch, nice bathroom and stunning view of the strip! The room was unreal. And destroyed by the time us 8-10 girls had stayed in the room for 3 nights. Utterly destroyed. We left a big tip for housekeeping!
And then, after thinking, as one always thinks to herself, or screams to her best friends in the car as she drives away from Las Vegas, GET ME THE HELL OUT OF LAS VEGAS, we made it home.
Now, I've moved most of my stuff back into my Mom's place in Long Beach and am unpacking my life as I start packing for Greece with Cambodia's packing-for-a-year in the back of my mind. It's all about the suitcases and duffle-bags and storage containers. Yup yup this is going to be an adventure... or a series of adventures...
Until next time!
Monday, June 20, 2011
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Musings on the Museum of Woman...
The shows went so great! We performed on UCSB's campus as well as downtown on State Street in front of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art during Santa Barbara Downtown Organization's First Thursday Events. Both nights were highly successful! I got a lot of great feedback. The best thing any audience member said to me after the show was, "Thank you for doing this."
It's kind of incredible that it was, in fact, so brave to do what we did on the stage/sidewalk two days ago. I didn't realize the scope of what I was touching on. Or maybe I did, and I just refused to process it completely because I probably would have exploded with nerves. But we did something powerful out there on Thursday. We questioned society and the norms we take for granted on a physical place, a property where those norms are continually upheld. Maybe we did something brave. Maybe just a little. Maybe a lot?
Check out my university newspaper's review of the Tuesday show on campus: http://www.dailynexus.com/2011-06-02/museum-woman-art-life-inspiring-form/
She got it, and it sounded like a lot of others did, too. One step at a time :)
It's kind of incredible that it was, in fact, so brave to do what we did on the stage/sidewalk two days ago. I didn't realize the scope of what I was touching on. Or maybe I did, and I just refused to process it completely because I probably would have exploded with nerves. But we did something powerful out there on Thursday. We questioned society and the norms we take for granted on a physical place, a property where those norms are continually upheld. Maybe we did something brave. Maybe just a little. Maybe a lot?
Check out my university newspaper's review of the Tuesday show on campus: http://www.dailynexus.com/2011-06-02/museum-woman-art-life-inspiring-form/
She got it, and it sounded like a lot of others did, too. One step at a time :)
Monday, May 30, 2011
The Museum of Woman
Tomorrow night's the big show!
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=173192126072999
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=173192126072999
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
The Museum of Woman
This blog was originally created to serve as a connection for my friends and family while I was studying abroad with University of Virginia's Semester@Sea. Now, Fall 2009 is long gone, and so, I thought, was this blog. But as I prepare to set sail again (this time, metaphorically), I thought, why not start up my blog again? Since, after all, I am a traveler and writer. So let's do it! Watch me, read me, live vicariously through me as I traverse the world.
UPDATES. I’m graduating UC Santa Barbara in two weeks. In the last four years, a lot has happened. A lot has changed. Obviously. Ugh, I’m boring myself. The point of this lack of a story is… there is an ending to this story. I am so fortunate to have an “ending”—a culmination of my work. A senior thesis project. A performance.
Leading me to my conclusion: after a year of work on this project (and four years of work in theater), I am one week away from presenting “The Museum of Woman.” Not my first play ever produced, but the first time I truly saw a project start to finish essentially on my own. Well, not really on my own, because I have such a fantastic support system/cast/advisor, etc., but this was my idea, my concept, my original research, my play, my direction, my producing. I’m even acting in the show! So thank god this is ending in a week. And truly, thank god I have had the opportunity to create.
Check out the facebook link to the performance: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=173192126072999
After this performance, it’s off to Vegas (AGAIN), then to Greece, then almost straight to Cambodia, where I’ll be teaching English to preschoolers for 10 months. This life is a blessing! :)
UPDATES. I’m graduating UC Santa Barbara in two weeks. In the last four years, a lot has happened. A lot has changed. Obviously. Ugh, I’m boring myself. The point of this lack of a story is… there is an ending to this story. I am so fortunate to have an “ending”—a culmination of my work. A senior thesis project. A performance.
Leading me to my conclusion: after a year of work on this project (and four years of work in theater), I am one week away from presenting “The Museum of Woman.” Not my first play ever produced, but the first time I truly saw a project start to finish essentially on my own. Well, not really on my own, because I have such a fantastic support system/cast/advisor, etc., but this was my idea, my concept, my original research, my play, my direction, my producing. I’m even acting in the show! So thank god this is ending in a week. And truly, thank god I have had the opportunity to create.
Check out the facebook link to the performance: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=173192126072999
After this performance, it’s off to Vegas (AGAIN), then to Greece, then almost straight to Cambodia, where I’ll be teaching English to preschoolers for 10 months. This life is a blessing! :)
Thursday, December 24, 2009
At Home
Okay. I have been really terrible at finishing this blog. Once we wrapped up our on-ship production of "Dog Sees God," finals came in full force. Then, suddenly we were in Hawaii. Then suddenly was the Ambassador's Ball. Then suddenly I was home!
Hawaii was a blast! The first day I.... jumped out of a plane. Literally. It's called skydiving! It was THE SINGLE most amazing experience of my entire life. Scary, empowering, ridiculous, dangerous, and all together FUN! I fell through clouds and watched the waves crash over Hawaii's North Shore. I jumped out of a plane! I still think about it and cannot believe it!
The second part of Hawaii I went with my friend and his parents to the resort his parents were staying at. We enjoyed some luxury and some serious beach time. The next day we all rushed to get back to the ship, only to find that due to inclement weather, we were staying an extra day in Hawaii!!!!!! Not bad; as the rest of the country froze in a huge storm, I tanned on Waikiki Beach!
Then came the realities of ship life, yet again. Finals and boredom and PACKING to go HOME! It all started to get really sad as we realized the voyage was truly coming to and end. I tried to spend as little time studying and packing as possible (haha) and focused on spending time with my friends who live on the far-far-away East Coast.
We all had a great final farewell in the Ambassador's Ball. The food was great and it was nice to see all my friends dress up and look their best. And Obama never came to the ship. We had no guest speaker at all, much to our dismay and disappointment!
So now I've been home for over a week and have had time to reflect on all my experiences. I don't have much desire to draw upon all these in some grand, conclusive entry that will sum up everything of the last 4 months in some cute little phrase. In fact, that would just be dumbing-down what have been some of the most important, influential, great, exciting experiences of my life. But notice I said SOME. Not all of the best things in my life have been on this voyage. I am going to make sure of that. This semester is only the beginning, a chapter in my life. Now, its time for the next chapter, and I can only hope I will have as many great adventures in this chapter as I have had in the last one.
Hawaii was a blast! The first day I.... jumped out of a plane. Literally. It's called skydiving! It was THE SINGLE most amazing experience of my entire life. Scary, empowering, ridiculous, dangerous, and all together FUN! I fell through clouds and watched the waves crash over Hawaii's North Shore. I jumped out of a plane! I still think about it and cannot believe it!
The second part of Hawaii I went with my friend and his parents to the resort his parents were staying at. We enjoyed some luxury and some serious beach time. The next day we all rushed to get back to the ship, only to find that due to inclement weather, we were staying an extra day in Hawaii!!!!!! Not bad; as the rest of the country froze in a huge storm, I tanned on Waikiki Beach!
Then came the realities of ship life, yet again. Finals and boredom and PACKING to go HOME! It all started to get really sad as we realized the voyage was truly coming to and end. I tried to spend as little time studying and packing as possible (haha) and focused on spending time with my friends who live on the far-far-away East Coast.
We all had a great final farewell in the Ambassador's Ball. The food was great and it was nice to see all my friends dress up and look their best. And Obama never came to the ship. We had no guest speaker at all, much to our dismay and disappointment!
So now I've been home for over a week and have had time to reflect on all my experiences. I don't have much desire to draw upon all these in some grand, conclusive entry that will sum up everything of the last 4 months in some cute little phrase. In fact, that would just be dumbing-down what have been some of the most important, influential, great, exciting experiences of my life. But notice I said SOME. Not all of the best things in my life have been on this voyage. I am going to make sure of that. This semester is only the beginning, a chapter in my life. Now, its time for the next chapter, and I can only hope I will have as many great adventures in this chapter as I have had in the last one.
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