The class I started last night may well be the most interesting class I have ever taken.

It's not just because I'm the only male with 8 females. Although, that helps! =^)

This is the first class I've taken that is actually going to help me with one of the bigger obstacles in my life. This class is designed to "help any actor truly make a role their own; to live fully within the imagined reality of the stage."

That idea, combined with my belief that where I am physically at any given moment is merely a stage... and that nothing outside of that stage matters, or even exists, will be very instrumental in my evolution.

I'll be able to focus on the here and now, getting the task done.

I am very excited about it!

The second rule of the class reads: Polite is useless.

His explanation of that was spot on. In our everyday lives we get tripped up, because we are so concerned about saying what we *think* the other person wants to hear. We worry too much about offending the other person.

However, in a stage performance, that hang up has to be overcome. I've seen some plays with very powerful roles in them. Just watching the actors maintain the "role" during some of the goings-on during a performance is truly outstanding.

I want that. Not just for the stage, but for my life. There are some valuable life lessons here, as I recognize that I let too many things get to me. I'm not saying I should become cold-hearted or anything like that, but little things like rejection, insults, and really anything that just isn't important, should just run off me like water down a duck's back.

And now I have found a vehicle that will help me to become a better person; more self-serving, more alpha, more stand-up, more take charge.

Just more.

This is a good thing.

What i'm listening to:

I'll Do Anything
Natural Selection
Natural Selection