"My Name Is Not Roderick!"

Ahh, words immortalized by your truly this evening whilst performing a rather disarmingly good rendition of Pierre from the play entitled "The Madwoman of Chaillot". Okay, perhaps I'm overselling it a little bit, or quite a lot, but to be honest- I've never had so much fun.


While the idea of spending even a few hours with the "drama kids" may seem repugnant to some of you, I revel in the thought as I try to learn by some hypertonic->hypotonic diffusion system, trying desparately to understand the secret to their success. I've come down right to it, and it's the confidence. If you make a mistake on stage- even if it's really obvious, you've got to play it off as the big white elephant in the room that no one is noticing.

Speaking of elephants, and by some neural connection or another, Horton and Seussical! I am scared out of my wits as to how I'm going to even start preparing for an audition, but I do know that, fear or no fear, I will tryout, dammit, and not even the infamous wrath of stage fright is going to deter me. Is that too foolhardy? Ah, well who cares. It's not worth doing if you won't do it head first!

- Jonathan

Ohhhh Snap!

'Tis a "snaptastic" post today! You'll notice that each of the topics have a nice little snap related title. =D Enjoy!

Cold Snap!
The weather has been wrecking havoc what with its mild afternoons and freezing morning gusts- what gives?! THIS IS FLORIDA. -.-
It would be nice if it actually snowed here like it did in 1993; at least then we would claim to remember seeing snow in the godforsaken town that gets colder my freezer but is as about as snow filled as my oven (which brings me to....)

Ginger Snap!
Ever since this cold weather has begun, I have had the strong urge to bake holiday treats! I'm contemplating making a really nice little confections basket for each of my teachers for the holidays with seasonal treats like Peppermint Bark, Hot Cocoa Mix, Peppermint Taffy, Christmas Cookies, and other things. Sure, it's a little "brown-noser" thing to do, but hey- I'm not denying it.

Triple Finger Snap!
DRAMA: I've mentioned it before, I'll mention it again! As I've talked about in weeks prior, I'd like to get a little more involved with our drama department. Well, I see a perfect opportunity with Seussical! I'm really excited about it, though the chance of me actually getting a part is very slim. Oh well, a guy dream, can't he?

Snapfully yours,

- Jonathan

Uncharted Waters

So as you may or may not know, I've been getting more and more involved with the drama department. It seems that my interest started after Pack Attack and my role as Napoleon Bonaparte.

Frankly, I'm not sure what I've gotten myself into. I hate performance. Well, that's a lie; I can rattle on about superb PowerPoints for hours if given the chance (I'm sort of a demi-god at PowerPoints, I'll show you sometime). However, I still hate performing infront of large crowds- I just as nervous as you might be.

So why am I doing this to myself? Why am I pushing myself to accept two roles instead of one? Why am I throwing myself to the wolves (no pun intended)?

~ because I'm sick of the same old people and the same old thing.

Is that wrong of me?


- Jonathan