Benedick

This can be no trick. The conference was sadly bourne. They have the truth of this from Hero. They seem to pity the lady. It seems her affections have their full bent. Love me? Why, it must be requited. I hear how I am censured. They say that I will bear myself proudly if I do perceive the love come from her. They say, too, that she will rather die than give any sign of affection. I did not think to marry. I must not seem proud. Happy are they that hear their detractions and can put them to mending. They say the lady is fair. Tis a truth, I can bear them witness. And virtuous. Tis so, I cannot reprove it. And wise, but for loving me. By my troth, it is no addition to her wit, nor no great argument of her folly, for I will be horribly in love with her. I may chance to have some odd quirks and remnants of wit broken on me because I have railed so long against marriage. But doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age. Shall quips and sentences and paper bullets of the brain awe a man from the career of his humor? No--the world must be peopled. When I said that I would die a bachelor I did not think that I should live till I were married. Here comes Beatrice. By this day, she's a fair lady. I do spy some marks of love in her.

feelin' weird

I feel all sorts of weird today. It started this afternoon in voice class. We've been doing this exercise for the last few days in which a person lies (lays? I can never remember which one) on a mat and relaxes completely. Then three other people manipulate your arms, legs, head and torso while you remain relaxed. It feels really amazing, but it was my turn today and it threw me all off. I've felt very strange since then. Maybe that's not the cause, but that's my only theory.

I'm also working on a very strange movement piece entitled "Larva and Bean". That's all I'll say about that.

Shakespeare Monologues

Assignment for this weekend:

Find two new Shakespeare monologues to work in Eli's acting class. This is sort of in preparation for the Colorado Shakespeare auditions next week Sunday. I must read more Shakespeare. Why have I not read all his plays by this time in my life? Isn't that something that a serious theatre artist should do or should have done? Yes it is and I will begin now.

I'm back

I don't know if I'm just messing around or what, but I kind of wanted a blog where the stakes were a little lower. Where I could just post something for the heck of it. I love it over at catapult but I can't just post a bunch of junk if I want. So that's what this'll be for. It will be thrilling reading, no doubt.

Test elf

We'll meet again.

Okay, the cable guy is coming to take away our cable tv and internet access today, so I won't be able to post until we get to Iowa. Moving tomorrow! Wish us luck -- see you in a few days!

no idea

Yesterday, the conferences and events group I've worked with at Deutsche Bank for the last nine months had a little going-away lunch for me. It was so nice. Amanda came along and finally got to meet almost everyone from work. As usual, the conversation was fast and furious, the topic changed every five seconds, and everyone was laughing like crazy, which was perfect because it was entirely representative of the general dispositon of the group. They're so much fun. I've only been away from work for a couple days and I already miss it. Yes, I'm excited to move and start new things, but it was a great job and you honestly could not ask for a better bunch of people to work with.

Also, went to No Idea? bar last night (just down the street from us) with some friends. It was "Jason" night, meaning that anyone with the name Jason got free drinks from 5-11 pm. Wait a second...I COULD HAVE GOTTEN FREE DRINKS!!! Anyway, our wonderful friends Nicola, Martha, Steve, and Katie came by and we had a great time. I guess it was sort of an unofficial going-away party. I have a peculiar way of dealing with leaving people and places. I try to maintain an exceptionally positive attitude at all times and it usually works. It's not denial, exactly, because I'm not really denying or ignoring any realities or feelings. Rather, I just concentrate on the fact that we're planning to move back to New York in three years - and with modern technology (LIKE THIS BLOG!) there are all sorts of ways to keep in touch with people - and whenever you move somewhere new, it's kind of like you're starting all over with endless possibilities ahead of you. I don't mean to act or sound like a motivational speaker, that's just how I deal.

Okay, I should totally be packing boxes and cleaning our apartment.

(If you are interested in booking me as a motivational speaker, please e-mail me at jasonvbnyc@hotmail.com)

UPDATE

I'll redo some of the stuff I had blogged earlier, such as a quick update on life right now. Here's where it's at:

Amanda and I live in New York City, where she just graduated from NYU with her MA in Performance Studies and I worked a "temp" job at Deutsche Bank on Wall Street. We're moving to Iowa in TWO DAYS, where we'll hang out with family and friends for part of the summer. In early August, we're moving to Orange County, California. I'll be studying for my MFA in Acting at UC Irvine for the next three years. I'm rather excited to get started.

Previous to this, I had a livejournal. If you'd like to check out old posts, go here .

yet another new blog

Something terrible happened to my old blog. It just disappeared -- white screen -- nothing. I imagine that it was somehow retrievable, but as there were only seven posts, I decided to start fresh. Welcome to the new blog.