Rant Blog

I hate group projects. No, I loath group projects (loath is a stronger word than hate, right?) The main contributing factor to said extreme negative emotions is that many people are unreliable. So, if you get stuck in a group with someone (or worse multiple people) who is unreliable, you're pretty much screwed. It is inevitable that that person will not pull their weight, and you'll have to stress out and pick up their slack. Frankly, I hate doing other people's work for them. I also don't like being taken advantage of. Its completely ridiculous that an entire group should look bad because one person is a selfish prick. So, pretty much the point of this post is for me to rant a bit and say to all people doing group projects : Don't be an asshole.

Really? You know who I am?

I always feel weird when people who I don't think know me come up to me and say hi, especially if they address me by name. I get a funny feeling that that sentence doesn't make much sense to most people, so let me explain. Being involved in theatre, and now improv, I know a lot of people I don't actually know. This could be actors from plays, people in other improv troupes, or even just friends of friends. To say the least, I recognize a lot of people in the community that I am no actually acquainted with. Being myself, I automatically assume that people don't know who I am, especially people that I think are really good at what they do (although, I think most people are better at things than me, so this applies to most people.) So when one of the aforementioned people comes up to me and greets me by name, I'm usually thrown off.

For example, last week I was at an improv show (as an audience member) and at the intermission someone came up and started talking to me, asking how I was, etc. This person was the director of a show I had auditioned for. It would be normal if I had actually made it into the show, or saw this person frequently, but I did not even make it past the first audition. I think I had perhaps seen this person twice in the past 3 months, and that was in a large group of people. It seemed very unlikely for him to remember me, considering how brief our interactions had been. But, come intermission, he walks right up to me and says something along the lines of "Hey Melissa, how have you been?"

I'm still getting adjusted to people recognizing me. Having people come up to me and say things like "Oh, I saw you perform a while back, you were really funny." seems so strange to me. The fact that people enjoy scenes I do enough to commit me to memory fascinates and confuses me. I've come a long way, but I'm still the awkward shy person I've always been at heart.

Random Tuesday Sept 14, 2010

1. Its my first day to college today. I'm only taking 3 classes, and only one a day, but I'm still super excited. (a bit nervous too, I've been out of school for over a year.)

2. While baking cookie today, I managed to give myself a nice little burn. It's rather annoying, but on the plus side, its on my middle finger, so I have an excuse to innocently flip people off.



3. I'm more than halfway through the third book in the Artemis Fowl series now. I've been reading so much lately. (Three books in one week is VERY strange for me.)

4. I can't think of much to say in this particular post, so here is a video of me telling my friend Mark that I hate him. (Mark, I don't actually hate you, I just hate your giant light when its in my eyes.)

Random Tuesday Sept 7, 2010

1. I randomly decided to start re-reading the Artemis Fowl series. I'm almost done with the first book. I first read Artemis Fowl when I was in 6th grade. After all of these years, I still love them.

2. I made another t-shirt design this week, and I plan on making more in the next few days. You can find all of my recent designs at my shop.

3. I've been completely addicted to a site called we heart it lately. A lot of it is stupid girl stuff, but every once in a while I'll run across something really cute or meaningful.

4. Its starting to cool down a bit in Vegas, but I want it to get colder faster so that I can start wearing long sleeves again.

5. Insomnia is a bitch.

6. I love tea so much I might be secretly British.