Sex: Recreation and Procreation

Tons of fun this class was.

I enjoyed being able to recline, relax and breathe before class. However, I haven't been able to breathe through my nose for the last day or two. Curse you, immune system! Maybe if I got more than two hours of sleep a night...

I think the reason why being a caveman is so very fun is because cavemen are in that place somewhere in between animals and humans. I've always enjoyed imitating animals because that's how you get started as a kid. You're playing around outside and you act like the dog or you meow at the cat. I guess I've never grown out of that childish joy. And I hope I never will.

The group improv was quite successful, because we stuck to the main rule of improvisation: agreement. The five of us agreed and committed to the collective choice of the New Age-y society which has weaponized positive and negative vibes, and so we were able to create with the full support of the ensemble. Yet another case where I'm glad that we're in an advanced acting class. Were we not, someone would have wound up being self-conscious and not committed to the absurdity of the scene, and it would have fallen apart.

I suspect that we all hang around each other too much, because we almost unfailingly came up with the same ideas regarding behavior in the different eras in history and places. There actually were a lot of things going on in the 20's, but we all came up with smoking and Roaring 20's-style activity. Maybe we need to broaden our horizons.

I've been observing Silverado and have made some fun observations about shklim (kudos if you got the reference). Just some fun little things with voice and body, mannerisms and quirks that are so distinctive that you don't notice them anymore when interacting with the person. I just need to make sure that I don't start aping these traits in everyday life. That would be weird.

Just for the hell of it, here's an interesting segment on Modern Marvels about the history of bowling ball technology. In reality, it's only the tip of the iceberg as far as the analysis can go, but not bad for an eight-minute segment which has to start from the ground up.

I'm out like something that's no longer in.