It's raining, this is a cause for celebration.

I live in god damn Arizona. Rain here is either a breath of fresh air or a sign of an apocalypse. It was unexpected too since most of today has been pretty bland and clear. There's thunder, too. Yeah. In Arizona, storms are fucking SWEEEEEET.

It'd be a crime for me to sleep now since it's raining, so I'll blog. Sound good?

Well, consider this the official announcement that I will be auditioning for the school play on Wednesday (originally Tuesday but I have French club elections that day). I've made this final decision for a few reasons:

1. Last school year, I kept saying "I might audition", and everyone told me I should do it because they felt I had the right kind of personality
2. I really want to get more involved in school. I've done a lot more than I usually do, theater teching (hopefully), Cub Links, French club. But it doesn't seem like enough. I need to get my actual name into the yearbook multiple times rather than just my picture. It's my last year, and my last chance.
3. I want to surprise people. Anyone who doesn't know me, literally doesn't know of me. I don't talk to people I don't know, and the teachers I've just met think of me as a shy, quiet, and collected person. I want to break out of that.
4. I've got to get over the shyness I have.
5. I want to try acting
6. Most importantly: My mom told me today that she admires me for doing this, because she knows of my issues with talking to people. Not only that, I have the monologue, I have it memorized, and I'm getting the characterization down. I've gotten "good lucks" from everybody. If I chickened out now, I'd not only be a coward, but I'd be letting everyone who told me I could do it down. I can't do that.

That's enough about the actual audition. I wanna talk about that monologue I chose (it's a couple posts down, take a look if you haven't yet). Quentin Tarantino is easily the best director there is, lol. Not Steven Spielberg, not Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino. He could convince me to do anything. And as such, he convinced me to audition, because I really love my monologue.

It's so true, it really is. How else would Superman of come up with that persona? That way of thinking? It's so interesting how Tarantino put it into perspective, I don't think I'd of ever been able to make that kind of connection. Now, that has a bad side too, since I have to convey this monologue to the Theater Guild. And when you copy one of the best monologues ever written, they're going to expect a damn good audition. Which is even harsher on me because it's my first time doing ANYTHING related to acting, I have absolutely no experience.

I haven't used this pic yet, so...

Whatever, I'll keep working on this and I'll tell you all how it goes. I told my friend I didn't want the male lead in the play, however that's susceptible to change. If I can get the male lead on my first audition, this could mean something for me. I've tried a few things, this is something completely different for me, and if it leads to something good, it'll end up being one of the more important decisions in my life.