Dreams of Scotland

Wishing I was here!!!

Picture taken from http://allphotographyblog.com/2012/10/16/edinburgh-castle-scotland/, which has some amazing photos.

ADVICE FROM AN ASPIRING ACTRESS

I am new to the whole acting thing (besides high school productions), but in my little experience in a college theater department and from other productions, I have gained much wisdom... usually from my own embarrassment. Here is my advice for other newbies when it comes to auditioning.

1. Be sure you are in the correct room that the audition is in. The fact that there is a professor with a clipboard in the room accompanied by other students does not necessarily indicate that they are actors auditioning for a professor. In fact, it could be that it is merely a room of students talking to a professor holding a clipboard. They will not like it when you try to audition for them.
2. Be sure you have arrived at the correct time for the auditions for the character you received callbacks for. The fact that all the other actors are the opposite gender as you should be a tip off that this is not the character you are auditioning for.
3. When discovering that you are not, in fact, in the correct room for auditioning, or that you have entered at the wrong time for the character you are auditioning for, you should not quickly stand up, salute the director, and carelessly stroll out of the room. What works for Carol Burnett does not always work for the rest of us.
4. If you should happen to make the mistake of doing what is mentioned in #3, do not laugh loudly after exiting the room... until you are certain the door is closed.

Power Shoes!

These are a pair of shoes I designed as part of a costume for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, intended to be paired with a white suit that I had splatter painted. I just kinda wanted to show them off, actually, but now that I've bothered to make a post about them, I might as well say something about them that sounds deep, such as how I keep them around because they remind me that I decide where my path will take me, and that it's not about my situation, but my attitude. Life is all about making the most of your potential and taking time for others, even when the world seems at it's worst.
"God's in His heaven; all's right with the world."

Piratical Poetry

On odd occasions I am subject to random bursts of poetry, which usually come at the most inconvenient times. For instance, I was writing a note on a very small card attached to my friend's Christmas present when the following poem hit me. Needless to say, I had to get a bigger card.

SO YE BE WANTIN’ TO BE A PIRATE!

The pirates, aye, though they be the scurviest dogs in the land,

There’s far more to bein’ a pirate than a cutlass in your hand.

So if ya be wantin’ to be a pirate, qualifications you hafta meet:

Number One: You must have a heart that’s black as the boots upon your feet.

But in a pinch, I suppose, a greyish heart will do…

That bein’ said, ahem, we’ll go on to Number Two.

A pirate, aye, to sail the seas, must have a witty brain,

And a pirate without guts and pluck would be a cryin’ shame.

You hafta stomach fish for breakfast, lunch, and sometimes tea;

An expert now at swilling grog a pirate needs must be.

Swabbin’ decks and countin’ booty are chores that hafta happen,

So a sturdy back is a must to have- unless you’re the Pirate Cap’n.

Important of all, if ye be wantin’ to join our grubby crew,

Ye must be, above all else, a matey that’s brave and true;

For friendship, aye, that’s the grog that fills the pirate’s cup.

Now lookin’ at this here pirate list, how do ye measure up?

ARRR, YE BE A FINE PIRATE!

 

 By the way, the poem is much better if you imagine it being said by a small child wielding a plastic sword and speaking in a fake Scottish accent. I bet I could make a children's book out of that...

 

 

 

A Welcome

This is the sometimes uneventful and usually quite random blog of a Scottish-ish lassie who enjoys writing about nothing in particular. As Shakespeare would say, I like to "find tongue in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything". I am the type of person that strange and rather amusing things just tend to happen to... in fact, I'm sort of a magnet for comedic situations. My friends and I refer to this as my "misfortunate luck", and that's really kind of how this blog came about. Keep in mind, I will not post anything very personal, and if I ever post a story involving someone else, you can be sure I have been given the express permission from that person. So please, think kindly of me, and read on.