Land of Bob

by **Stryfe** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 11:45 pm

Since you more than likely didn't read my last post in this forum, which was posted a mere 2 days ago, I'll bring you up to speed in shorthand:

Stryfe: Actor
Pipes: Tori, Friend who went with
Audition: Good
Location: Virgina
Theatre: http://www.BarterTheatre.com

Seein as i live in the "great" state of Ohio, this also entitled a Road trip.Goin down blew cause we didn't leave until 5, so we should've got into Albingdon around midnight, but we got turned around at one point and didn't get there until 2am...oh well. I was fuckin beat by the time we got there, Pipes was too, even though she got to sleep for a few hours on the way down. I broke my own personal speed record on 81 south though...didn't think my lil 4 cylinder could do 100, but it can...of course Tori was asleep so i have no one to pay as witness to this, but it's alright, i know how fast i was goin. When we finally got there we went to Tori's friend's house to crash, but didn't for a few hours cause she was havin a party.

Let me tell you something about the city of Abingdon, it's kinda small. Everyone says if you blink, you'll miss it, Tori says that half of the world's talent is just like crammed into the town for the theatre and you can just see talent sitting in a coffee shop. The town was really creepy though, but in a really good way, the whole town flet like something fimilar to me, and everyone i met i felt like i had met before, they all looked like someone i could pull outta my memory.

The actual audition was....well, i'll be honest, it was the WORST audition that i have ever given...it really was bad...i did the Dagger Speech from The "Scotish Play"...ya know, the whole "Is this a dagger which i see before me, the handle towards my hand? Come let me clutch thee, i have thee not yet see thee still..." Speech...i worked on it for a few hours before i left and a few hours when i got down there, but, and this really sucked, they stopped me in the MIDDLE of my audition. They were just like "Ok thank you" which means i either did really well or really bad. I was bummed for a long time after that, but Tori kinda cheered me up and i let it go. The best thing about the entire day was the dance audition...If you know me, you know it's funny to think of me on a dance floor. I've never danced in my life and have less rythem than the White Stripes, but i gave it all i had, learned the dance, and didn't do too bad at it...it was fun, i have to admit. We won't know if we're in or not until March, which is bullshit. If i get in, which is a long shot, i'll be gone for either all summer or a year and a half...wish me luck people

We hung out with the rest of Tori's hot friends the rest of the night and crashed somewhere around 4am..."Nah, it's not trash and i'm not littering, it's just paper i don't need anymore" Got a, what i'm havin to rule as, a drunk dial from someone usin a private number around 5...fuckin stupid people, the hell with yas, wakin me up.

Pipes and i left around 3:30 from virgina, stopped twice on the way in, and made it here in 6 hours. The drive should be close to 8, but what can i say, speed limits are mostly a suggestion to me. Eh, more details than this, but i got finals tomorrow that i haven't worked on yet, but i don't need a week to study cause i rule like that. Balance between life and school is important.
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by **Weaver420** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 1:11 pm

<EDIT> Flaming deleted

by **Stryfe** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 1:19 pm

Look kid, I'm fuckin sick of this childish battle we seem to never be able to get the fuck away from. I don't like you, you don't like me, end of fuckin story. Must we keep draggin this all over the fuckin forums?

If you got beef with me, send that shit right in the fuckin grinder cause i'm sick of this shit. The other like 4 people on the forum shouldn't have to go through it.

by **Jedi Knight** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 1:21 pm

Thats right weaver! Your posts are just overflowing with wisdom and insight on everything... ok so thats bullshit; your posts are mostly spam consisting of .25 cent words, which i would expect from a high schooler, so if you don't care for a certain topic or whatever X person has to say, move right along =]

by **5chw4r7z** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 9:10 am

so stryfe you are an actor?
you should get with duckie sometime. shes done a couple dozen plays in the y-town/trumbull area. wonder if you have done something together and dont even know it.
if you have last years flyer from the ysu theater season, shes on it.

next up the v-moneloges at trumble in april. which is wierd because isnt that traditionaly done on valentines day?
could be wrong about that.

by **The Powers That Be** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 12:02 pm

Stryfe wrote:The other like 4 people on the forum shouldn't have to go through it.

That's pretty funny while at the same time, sadly accurate. Oh, and good luck with whatever the hell you you were talking about, Stryfe. I've already forgotten.

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