Sunday, January 31, 2010

Ohh shoot.

I'm currently reading "A Million Miles in a Thousand Years" by Donald Miller, suggested by my friend Kyle. The author discovers how to write a real story, and one thing was "You have to write every single day. You can't just wait for personal inspiration to strike, or else a novel will never get done."

Wow. That's a lot of pressure for me. Especially since this blog was intended for everyday writing, and now that's not being completed, to write in a fiction style everyday is so much work. Also taking into account that I have 4 writing-based classes this semester......you'd think I would be sick of writing. Except that I'm not, surprisingly.

But I still can't find time to write on here...........
I'm going to actually make a valiant effort.

For instance, I watched "On The Town" tonight for a musical theater paper, but wow, I forgot that I loved Frank Sinatra. And Gene Kelly. And the classic women such as Ann Miller and Vera-Ellen have given me a totally new inspiration for hitting the gym. Those women are skinny and fabulous, and I would love wearing revealing (tasteful) clothes like they do - If you see the movie, you know what I mean. These girls can dance, tap, sing, and parade around looking wonderful while doing it. I have new motivation to run as much as humanly possible before Spring Break. I will look fabulous for Austin, TX. :)

Oh, and going back to "On The Town," I found that passion for classic romances again in that movie. I forgot how much I loved the beautiful storytelling through song. Now that I've taken musical theater, I appreciate a whole new aspect of the music and harmonies. It's so great to hear harmonies and unison and vocal ranges in order to tell the story. For example, if characters sing in a high tenor for males and soprano for females, then the character is idealistic and does not find life in reality or take things at face value. Their life is usually in the clouds and won't think in a reasonable manner. It's fascinating if you look at all the parts separately in a musical and then seeing how they intricately form some dynamic show: the dance, the songs, the script itself. It's really crazy how much time is put into one simple entertaining musical.

...Okay, I'm aware that I went on a few rabbit trails. So I'm going to wrap it up. haha

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