This MLK weekend feels just like any other to me. I was hoping for a fun adventure but instead am feeling a little trapped in Eugene. The good news is that it will definitely help me focus to get some homework done and also some research for the play I am directing. Actually since I am going out of town next weekend it's probably for the best.
I have been reduced (by the lack of television and want just to veg on the couch for a few hours) to watching Bring It On. What a film. I can't believe there are no Academy Awards for the Best Cheer routine in a film or Best Physical stunt or backbend.
Despite some of the horrendous acting in the film right now I have a deep appreciation for the physicality. I have been taking a Physical Comedy class this quarter and it has been kicking my butt a bit. My core muscles, I'm talking my upper abs, have been so incredibly sore that I feel most comfortable in the fetal position. Most of the things we have to do in class I can manage to accomplish ok. A lot of it is rhythm and group exercises and also some balance stuff like headstands and tripods but yesterday we had to attempt to walk ourselves down the wall into a backbend. Halfway down the wall I started to feel a little bit like there wasn't anything to hold onto to keep myself up and I may have fallen backwards right onto my head. Yup... luckily my partner at the time, Sarah, is amazing and brought me back up as if from a dip. Bet that looked pretty smooth. I'm so cool, I'm so cool.
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