The holidays are upon us with Halloween only a few days away and I just can't handle it! Slow down time, I need to take a breath and I need to get all of my materials ready for URTA!
URTA if you don't already know is the University/Resident Theatre Association, every year they host a huge event that I like to describe as speed dating for grad schools. Schools with graduate programs in theatre come and peruse your display and decide who they want to speak to, then you get a list of interviews and literally like speed dating sit there and talk to all these different schools -hopefully that is. So I have a whole portfolio to redo and a website to launch and applications to finish and schools to peruse. Oye!
Also on the horizon, quite literally, is hurricane sandy. It isn't supposed to really hit us but we are going to be affected. We may get SNOW! So exciting!
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Inspiration in Ithaca
I really am growing to adore Ithaca. It's funky blend of metropolitan and rural, chic and dirty hippy, small town and big culture is quite appealing to me. I love the citywide emphasis on recycling and repurposing, and it fits in altogether too well with my seriously low budget lifestyle.
I never thought I would say that it is a blessing to make so little money but in this instance it is. Even though my apartment and all of my utilities are paid for I still make so little that I qualify for foodstamps and that is a major blessing because regardless of my living situation my school loans still snag more than half my monthly salary as fast as I can earn it. So because my food is free as long as I eat at home, I have spawned a new love for cooking. I have always loved to bake but now the kitchen is my new hobby (as well as my new employer, the Kitchen Theatre :D). My roommates have no objections, seeing as I frequently get home before they get out of rehearsals they get to come home at least once or twice a week to dinner on the table, and I get to try my hand at whatever Pinterest recipes catch my eye. Cooking can easily be an expensive hobby, so I am feeling quite spoiled.
I have also been diving into the free and bargain bins whenever I get a chance. One of my favorite new stores, Funky Junk, has a great trunk full of free "junk" which consists of small things they have picked up at estate sales that they know they can't move as regular merchandise in the store. I am more than happy to regularly take an arm load off of their hands and see what can become of it. Last weekend it resulted in this adorable skirt made from old curtains and some curtain ties replaced the sleeves on this adorable vintage blouse that I rescued from our artistic directors garage.
The weather here has already changed, there is real fall here! The leaves are changing on the trees and it feels like I always imagined autumn would. It is really fueling my desire to heat up the oven and sit in our comfiest chair with a cup of tea and my needle and thread! Here is a glimpse of the trees from my apartment window, isn't it just so picturesque?
I never thought I would say that it is a blessing to make so little money but in this instance it is. Even though my apartment and all of my utilities are paid for I still make so little that I qualify for foodstamps and that is a major blessing because regardless of my living situation my school loans still snag more than half my monthly salary as fast as I can earn it. So because my food is free as long as I eat at home, I have spawned a new love for cooking. I have always loved to bake but now the kitchen is my new hobby (as well as my new employer, the Kitchen Theatre :D). My roommates have no objections, seeing as I frequently get home before they get out of rehearsals they get to come home at least once or twice a week to dinner on the table, and I get to try my hand at whatever Pinterest recipes catch my eye. Cooking can easily be an expensive hobby, so I am feeling quite spoiled.
I have also been diving into the free and bargain bins whenever I get a chance. One of my favorite new stores, Funky Junk, has a great trunk full of free "junk" which consists of small things they have picked up at estate sales that they know they can't move as regular merchandise in the store. I am more than happy to regularly take an arm load off of their hands and see what can become of it. Last weekend it resulted in this adorable skirt made from old curtains and some curtain ties replaced the sleeves on this adorable vintage blouse that I rescued from our artistic directors garage.
The weather here has already changed, there is real fall here! The leaves are changing on the trees and it feels like I always imagined autumn would. It is really fueling my desire to heat up the oven and sit in our comfiest chair with a cup of tea and my needle and thread! Here is a glimpse of the trees from my apartment window, isn't it just so picturesque?
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Living Vicariously
Recently as I have been going on my many adventures, moving from this place to that, meeting new people, experiencing new things people have been asking me to keep them updated on my life through facebook, skype (aishinjumegan), instagram and this blog (which I update on occasion...) My family says to me, "Take more pictures, I want to feel like I am there!" And this has me thinking about living vicariously through another person.
In the past, I have watched other people's facebook statuses and such and thought, 'Ugh, you are so lucky to get to (fill in blank with awesome activity here)." But recently, I haven't been felling that way. It's not that my friends aren't doing incredible things, they are -so many of them are jet setting around the world, working at their dream jobs, getting married, having kids, and living life abundantly. So, it's not that my friends are living hum drum lives, it is that I am finally really living mine. I have found that I can live vicariously through them without being sad about my own circumstances because I have finally stepped out. I no longer feel like Rapunzel wondering when my life will begin, I am living it and now when I look at my friends pictures and hear about what they are doing it is not a source of bitterness for me, but a source of joy. I can thank God that I am on my way down the path towards the extraordinary career that I have been created for and rejoice for my friends who are following their dreams.
In my time of waiting for the next step in life I couldn't see how I could ever get to a place where I wasn't resentful of where I was and how everyone else seemed to be beyond me. Obviously I had no clue what God had in store for me, but there will always be something that is just beyond the horizon, something to be waiting for. So right now I am blogging about this as a reminder to myself for the next time that I am in the darkness before the dawn, just because you don't get what you want right when you want it or think you need it doesn't mean you won't ever get it, it just may be that you aren't ready for it yet and there is a time when you will need it more.
In the past, I have watched other people's facebook statuses and such and thought, 'Ugh, you are so lucky to get to (fill in blank with awesome activity here)." But recently, I haven't been felling that way. It's not that my friends aren't doing incredible things, they are -so many of them are jet setting around the world, working at their dream jobs, getting married, having kids, and living life abundantly. So, it's not that my friends are living hum drum lives, it is that I am finally really living mine. I have found that I can live vicariously through them without being sad about my own circumstances because I have finally stepped out. I no longer feel like Rapunzel wondering when my life will begin, I am living it and now when I look at my friends pictures and hear about what they are doing it is not a source of bitterness for me, but a source of joy. I can thank God that I am on my way down the path towards the extraordinary career that I have been created for and rejoice for my friends who are following their dreams.
In my time of waiting for the next step in life I couldn't see how I could ever get to a place where I wasn't resentful of where I was and how everyone else seemed to be beyond me. Obviously I had no clue what God had in store for me, but there will always be something that is just beyond the horizon, something to be waiting for. So right now I am blogging about this as a reminder to myself for the next time that I am in the darkness before the dawn, just because you don't get what you want right when you want it or think you need it doesn't mean you won't ever get it, it just may be that you aren't ready for it yet and there is a time when you will need it more.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Ithaca: Week One
My first full week in Ithaca has come and gone, and so far I am in love! Ithaca is adorable and a very nice area. The theatre is small and intimate and the quality if work is fantastic. I live with two other interns and they are awesome. Liz is the stage management intern and Emily is the artistic intern, we are all similar focused on keeping things clean and tidy which is always nice. We live in adorable little apartment over a restaurant in the middle of downtown, it's about a 10 minute walk to the theatre. There is even an adorable brick wall in my room and I am getting all settled in. I haven't found a church yet but then again, I haven't had a chance to look.
I m getting more comfortable with my job and learning what exactly my duties are and some of the challenges I will be encountering. I am going to have a lot on my plate but everything will be great for my future and my career.
Honestly, I am missing my car and the autonomy my own vehicle provides. I occasionally feel a bit trapped, but on he other hand there isn't anywhere I have really needed to go so it's kind of silly, just something I'm accustomed to that I no longer have.
Overall, I think I'm going to like it here!
I m getting more comfortable with my job and learning what exactly my duties are and some of the challenges I will be encountering. I am going to have a lot on my plate but everything will be great for my future and my career.
Honestly, I am missing my car and the autonomy my own vehicle provides. I occasionally feel a bit trapped, but on he other hand there isn't anywhere I have really needed to go so it's kind of silly, just something I'm accustomed to that I no longer have.
Overall, I think I'm going to like it here!
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Big Announcement!
I have been so stinking busy recently I can't even begin to tell you all of it right now, nor does it really matter. What matters right now is my big announcement: I am moving! I have been offered a 10-ish month internship with Kitchen Theatre Company in Ithaca, NY. So I will be heading to Ithaca in about 2 weeks. GAHHHH!!! PANIC!!!!
Not really:) As of right now I am just really excited. I will be working as the Production Intern which means I will be doing carpentry + electrics + my true love props = a whole lot of work for not a lot of money. BUT, that is okay because the money doesn't really matter as long as I can eat and they provide housing so that is already taken care of.
This contract lasts til July 6, 2013, I get one day a week off, Thanksgiving day and December 24-29, so I will not be coming home at any point. That is the one part that makes me sad, but that is also what Skype is for (THIS MEANS YOU, FRIENDS AND FAMILY!)
I will be home for a very brief time before I leave and hopefully I will get to see some people and I will definitely find time to see my family, cause I'm homesick as it is! But there is a lot to do. I have to sell my car (anyone looking for a great little '05 Hyundai Elantra with only like 61,500 mi? I'm hoping for $6,600) I have to pack and I have no idea what to bring because I've never ever lived anywhere with real weather! GUYS- I'm going to get seasons!
Yeah so I'm really excited, but I really need everybody's prayers, this is a huge move and pretty scary. It's going to be a real test of faith and it's going to be an amazing growing experience!
Not really:) As of right now I am just really excited. I will be working as the Production Intern which means I will be doing carpentry + electrics + my true love props = a whole lot of work for not a lot of money. BUT, that is okay because the money doesn't really matter as long as I can eat and they provide housing so that is already taken care of.
This contract lasts til July 6, 2013, I get one day a week off, Thanksgiving day and December 24-29, so I will not be coming home at any point. That is the one part that makes me sad, but that is also what Skype is for (THIS MEANS YOU, FRIENDS AND FAMILY!)
I will be home for a very brief time before I leave and hopefully I will get to see some people and I will definitely find time to see my family, cause I'm homesick as it is! But there is a lot to do. I have to sell my car (anyone looking for a great little '05 Hyundai Elantra with only like 61,500 mi? I'm hoping for $6,600) I have to pack and I have no idea what to bring because I've never ever lived anywhere with real weather! GUYS- I'm going to get seasons!
Yeah so I'm really excited, but I really need everybody's prayers, this is a huge move and pretty scary. It's going to be a real test of faith and it's going to be an amazing growing experience!
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