It's the last week before the trip. Still lots of things to do... pack, girls night out, coffee with friends I haven't seen in ages due to studying, beauty saloon...
Anyways, as far as diet is concerned, I've came down to 167lbs so far and planning to lose at least 2 more until the trip. That, my friends, is a breaking point in my diet, because it puts me in normal body mass index. It's not optimal weight yet, but I won't be overweight anymore. How freakin' cool is that? :) (I can not believe I had over 250lbs at some point - NEVER AGAIN!)
I also started reading playwrights for the audition next year. The academy has this list of recommended contemporary and classical dramas (I've got to pick one each), and (aside from suitability of characters) I based my pick on availability of the actual book. So I came down to Chekhov's Three Sisters (classic) and Durang's Laughing Wild (modern). I think it's a good choice, especially since they encourage variety of characters, and in Three Sisters, you've got this young, quite conservative girl who believes in true love, yada, yada, yada... and the Laughing Wild chick is this crazy and unstable girl, so I'm guessing it's gonna work. However, last night I was chatting online with a theatre postgraduate, and she told me there is almost always someone on the auditions that does Laughing Wild. I think I'll read some other modern plays too, just in case.
Damn, I'm in love with acting. "The Show Must Go On" has a special meaning to me. I remember being 8 or 9 (it was 3rd grade of elementary school) and we had this little show at school. That day, I've got an awful ear infection and had about 39˙C temperature. I fought with my parents until they finally let me go there, went on stage, recited the poem I had to, and went back home to bed. I know it must sound crazy now, but I ain't letting anything stay in way between me and the stage.
The definite moment of being sure that's the thing I want to do until the rest of my life was when we had the final production of (the only one in Slovenia) Drama School in theatre of Ljubljana's Castle. We had rehearsals from early morning 'till late at night and being there, doing that, was the most fulfilling feeling I've ever felt. You know, when it just feels "right"?
That's why I feel this trip to LA is going to be a milestone. There's a whole stairway to go to reach the goal, but this is a step closer. And it's all about those little steps. I think I've learned something I was never able to do. And that's to enjoy the moment. Enjoy the journey and not just looking back nostalgically into past and dreaming about the future. It's about now.
See you all in the City of Angels next time!!!
