(Don't read unless you are entertained by me being hyper and tweaking out about performing Shakespeare infront of an entire class, while completely winging it and getting so nervous that I finished an hour ago and am STILL shaking, rofl!)


Wow, that was exhilarating but so damn NERVE racking!!!

For our final project for Shakespeare 101, we have to pick an ambiguous scene from one of the plays we've read in class and perform it in two different ways. Our groups were supposed to be 3-4 people--but my group of three for Macbeth got whittled down to me and Sean-the guy who usually sits next to me, though we've never spoken before now-a few days after our groups were assigned. Me and my friend Lynn WERE trying to sign up for Macbeth together, but of course we got put into two DIFFERENT Macbeth groups! (The only play to have two groups from so many people signing up...)
Of all the luck...

My partner and I were supposed to get together yesterday so we could decide what scene we were doing and how, but I got sick yesterday and missed meeting up with him. So of course he had to type up the playbill and pick the scene and how we'd do it all on his own--which I feel really guilty about. What neither of us knew was WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO TODAY!!! So about 10 minutes before WE had to go up in front of the entire class and present/act, I was told what lines we were doing and how--now, I kinda skipped reading all of Macbeth...-I only read the big ones-the three witches, killing Duncan, etc--and of course this scene is one of the scenes I SKIPPED!!! So, before getting up there and reading from our books, which we weren't supposed to do but had to because we didn't have our lines typed up yet, I was told from where to where I was reading, and that "The first time, you're supposed to act worried, the second, you're supposed to act all indifferent and like you couldn't care less." That was ALL the stage direction I got!!! (now of course my partner was almost in the same boat-he had just chosen the scene yesterday, and we hadn't rehearsed or anything, but he'd read it before once so he was a little ahead in the game than where I was)


So, basically, I had to completely WING it up there, reading the lines for the first time ever, while trying to actually make it sound like they were my words, and make the same exact lines sound completely different twice!! >.< o.o (and trying to ignore how intently our classmates were staring at us, along with our Professor)

BUT, when we were done--big claps. Apparently I was really good, and so was he. o.o I was like, "Seriously....?????" I only messed up like two or three words, thank GOD, and according to my teacher we portrayed them very well-voice, expressions, movement. I was -not- expecting that. At all. After the third group (and last for today) went, my teacher says something very close to, "Very nice guys-you did very well. -->Was anybody nervous???"

Me: *nervous cough*, *hem*, *points to self*
Prof Colleen Kennedy: "Jeannine, you were nervous?!?"
Me: "VERY nervous! Extremely nervous. Ha, you have no idea..."
Prof: "Really? You didn't seem like it at all."
Me: "I was-I was NOT prepared at all, and I have -very- bad stage fright. Like, very bad."
Prof: "Wow, well you did really well-good, strong voice and everything, your expressions even matched how you guys were supposed to act, like that little furrowing your brow and all, your tone."
Me: *slightly shaking and ready to go sit in a corner and pass out for the rest of the day* "Hah, ah. Thank you....?"

And now of course I've got a little bit of a big head, cause I got a lot of high fives and compliments. Yeah, way to go me--now time to go and try to calm myself down and stop being so twitchy and s**t. Lol

But still, I think the only reason it went okay was 'cause I had less time to get nervous and freak out about it than usual. I mean, heck, even when I prepare for an entire weak for a presentation or something, usually I can't even string one full, non-stutter-filled sentence together!!! Kara's seen it, she knows what I'm talking about--and anyone who's ever been in my voice lesson group for chorus or one of my classes. XD It's usually pretty bad, lol.

Me and my partner definitely had to high-five when we went to go sit back down, for both of us just pulling that out of thin air and doing pretty good. Lol

Now I kinda find myself wishing some of you had been there to see it--I'm a little proud of myself after that--that I bit the bullet and went up there, completely unprepared for lines I hadn't even read until today, winged it, and apparently did okay. Fwhoo! AND up until now writing this sentence completely forgot that that was our FINAL PROJECT for this class!!! That a good chunk of our grades depend on that....! Ee! (Of course we've still got our final paper to write, and our final on monday, but eh)

So... gonk xd blaugh confused lol mrgreen rofl 4laugh eek whee xp cool

ninja burning_eyes ninja

And now my mom's calling me a drama queen... Great.
Well, any of you who know how I am with presentations and stage fright will know why. XDD Lol
Well, thanks for reading if you did, even though you probably don't really care and it was pointless to read it. XD Just had to get that off my chest so maybe I can calm down now, and stop freaking out so much, and tweaking. Lol
Hasta luego! ^.^