Well...it's past time I've posted again. I'm sorry it's been so long, but really, nothing very fascinating has been happening. I've been getting accustomed to my schedule - both my weekly and daily schedules. I've already detailed them, though, and don't really feel like doing it again.
My days of going to Frohnau after school for German lessons are dwindling, however. This is something I am glad to report. While I am learning a lot at my lessons, it's a rather tiring trek, especially after classes. It's about an hour from school, and then the trip back home to Kladow takes just about an hour and a half. I've seen quite a few interesting characters, though. It's fun to sit on public transportation and watch people. There are three categories, I've discovered - those who try too hard (these are the ones you want to turn away from but can't because it's so....something), those who don't try hard enough, and those who are blessed enough to not fall into either of these categories. I always take my book and ipod, though, so I'm never bored.
This weekend is the first inbound orientation, for which I am SUPER PSYCHED. We're all shipping off to Neuruppin, a town about forty minutes outside of Berlin and are gonna be there for whole weekend and drive those people CRAZY. That's pretty much what happens any time a group of exchange students get together. Three of us on the U-Bahn results in angry looks and contemptuous glances. Imagine what will happen when fifty-odd 15-18 year olds descend on an innocent town? I can bet it's gonna be epic. Apparently we have to do something that's...our own? Like, playing an instrument or whatever. Well, since I don't have a cello and haven't played in eons (sadface) and I'm pretty much not good at anything else in that realm of possibilities, I'm going to perform a monologue.
Yep, I'm gonna kick some serious butt with some Moliere. This is the monologue I put together last year for auditions using pieces of dialogue from various characters from Moliere's The Misanthrope. It is the first monologue I have ever liked enough to remember enough of it that I don't have to start from scratch if I want to perform it again. I LOVE this monologue. It is the perfect monologue. It's not too long, not too short, extremely versatile, ambiguous in a gender-sense, and timeless. Well, there are a couple references that sort of hearken to the times of lords and ladies, but it is amazing. I think I could probably come up with five different ways to perform it. An identifiable but not glaring beginning, middle and end allow for a perfect transition in emotion that allow for a great range to be expressed. I am really excited to perform it again. Really, really excited. I recited it on the way from the Frohnau station to my counselor's house (his wife is my teacher). It's a really nice piece that also allows for a little bit of...anger management. A couple lines are very condescending. :)
Tomorrow I have a Rotary meeting. Which means getting all dressed up and pretty and then going to three hours of art (wearing heels, might I add) and then going back to the U-bahn station and then get off five stops later, and then try and find my way to a place I've never been. In heels. It's gonna be great. :) I think the heels are going to go for a ride and then get put on right outside the hotel. haha.
Well...gotta do some homework. Bis später. :)
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