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This about sums it up. I know that from the perspective of match-making systems and other such meta-information about the game, it has made some strides, but the experience that my friends are having does not include that. So what are people going on about? (I mean, about what are people going on? ACK! Prepositions galore! About what are people on-going?)

No matter the medium, the guy will smack your entertainment bone upside the head: Sugarshock: Webcomic(ish)

As I head off this week to intern at the nation’s largest stage combat workshop, I watch this with glee and dread. Plus, it seems to focus on some sort of autistic savant of the martial, which tweaks me in the right places. My sister has a genetic condition similar to autism that I’ve considered writing into fantasy short stories. Nothing new under the sun.

Perhaps it’s due to my recent Lovecraftian splurge — in just the last few days, I’ve busted open Arkham Horror, Dark Corners of the Earth, and my friend’s latest novel (although even he admits it more in the style of Stephen King than his previous) — but the spam below has horrific underpinnings, as though it were written by a cruel, arcane intelligence. The proximity of the words feline, cirrhosis, postmortem, fecal, pregnancy, nightmares and quarantine, along with the obtuse and alien words interspersed, casts an eerie greenish patina over the simple links held within it.

“It would mask when antabuse trademark including feline buy tussionex no prescription min to phenergan with codeine lortab cirrhosis. Transcription factors the medical medroxyprogesterone and edema and postmortem ritalin uses nightmares. Fecal or quarantine for alesse and pregnancy data as patient information for coumadin medication treatment harmed. Attachment is staff were restoril company sefforcent cependant known.”

I did this mainly as an affirmation and a resolution for the upcoming year. I think it’s a good exercise to recognize your strengths and weaknesses and address them with specifics. I have noted that my self-confidence wanes fairly often, and that can cause me to doubt whether I have the chops or the chutzpah to really pursue this. I am betting my life – somewhat literally – that my determination and passion will win over my low self-esteem.

10 assets for my acting career
—
1. I am tall and muscular, with a large chest and shoulders, assets for leads and stage fighters.
2. I have a love of words, lending ease to memorization and comprehension of dialogue.
3. I am flexible and agile, considerably moreso than the average person my size.
4. I have a strong, deep, and mutable voice; I am a skilled mimic, who takes to accents/quirks quickly.
5. I have above-average musical ability in percussion and vocals, which is an asset for musical theater.
6. I have remarkable endurance for low-impact work, including physical comedy and stage combat.
7. I have over a decade of experience writing, instructing and directing a small high school production.
8. I have a well-developed sense of humor and timing.
9. I have a strong work ethic.
10. I have an expressive, reasonably handsome face and can grow a full beard.

10 areas for improvement as an actor
—
1. Through a more stringent fitness regimen, I would improve my movement skills further.
2. Through a more stringent fitness regimen, I would be castable in more varied roles, including lead roles.
3. With voice training, my inflection would be better at maximum projection.
4. With voice/music training, my singing would earn me more prestigious roles in musicals.
5. With formal voice training, I would have credentials and skills to break into voice acting.
6. With character/mask training, I would be more convincing in more roles.
7. With character/mask training, I would move beyond the simple rote of acting into the true craft.
8. With more formal education, I could assist a teacher at the college level.
9. With a stronger grooming regimen, I would feel more confident, specifically when auditioning for lead roles.
10. With impulse/movement training, my reactions would be more realistic, improving the quality of my craft.

I don’t have Twitter. I don’t think I need it. But everyone needs these succinct little beauties.

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All actors are full of bull. But, you want to make sure, if you are an actor, you have the right kind of bull: dependable, capable, reasonable, humble… and hirable.

Most-honoured Girlfriend has created a fairly comprehensive playlist of montage music from our favorite 80’s songs. Missing from my list is Would I Lie to You? by Eurhythmics for One Crazy Summer and an English Beat song from the running home scene of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Clare has them on her list, but could not share since she purchased them via iTunes.

My personal favorite is, of course, You’re the Best by Joe Esposito from the end of The Karate Kid. The lyrics I found online don’t do it justice apart from the awesome all-caps instrumental break:

Try to be best
‘Cause you’re only a man
And a man’s gotta learn to take it

Try to believe
Though the going gets rough
That you gotta hang tough to make it

History repeats itself
Try and you’ll succeed
Never doubt that you’re the one
And you can have your dreams!

You’re the best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down
(repeat)

Fight ‘til the end
Cause your life will depend
On the strength that you have inside you

Ah you gotta be proud
starin’ out in the cloud
When the odds in the game defy you

Try your best to win them all
and one day time will tell
when you’re the one that’s standing there
you’ll reach the final bell!

You’re the best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down
(repeat)

INSPIRING GUITAR SOLO

You’re the best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down
(repeat)

Fight ‘til you drop
never stop
can’t give up
Til you reach the top (FIGHT!)
you’re the best in town (FIGHT!)
Listen to that sound
A little bit of all you got
Can never bring you down

You’re the best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down
(repeat)

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