End of the Trial

Today marked the end of Trial By Jury, my first show of my sophomore year and the 5th show I've been in at Rice so far. One more and I'll have already hit the total number of theater shows for my entire high school career. This show wasn't particularly amazing in the way JCS was last year, nor as hilarious and clever as Hello Hamlet, but I would say that I somehow bonded with the cast members in this show in a way that I haven't in a while. We only practiced for the show for a month, and only ran the show for 5 days, but it seemed like a lot longer than that.

One of the things I love most about theater is the way you are able to meet new people. Theater at Rice is so much more amazing than theater at Brentwood because for almost every show there is a new set of people you're working with. In high school it seemed like the same group of 20-30 people did every single show, with some people taking short breaks for a few months to sit a show out every now and then. At Rice, I've met easily 60-80 different people through the shows that I've been in. Going out to eat after virtually every show I've been in helps the process of meeting people a lot too, though it also unfortunately helps the process of lightening your wallet quite a bit too.

The unofficial cast party tonight was also amazing. Watching drunk people play the Wii is something everyone needs to do before they die.

Random bits of my life that may need to be mentioned as well:
-Sophomore classes >>> Freshmen classes
-I made a really cool MechE scepter in machine shop out of steel and aluminum. It feels awesome to make something of that quality with your own hands. I'll be keeping it for a while. Welding lab starts in 2 weeks.
-Complicated relationships are almost as cool as real relationships once you actually understand what makes them so complicated. Many things were made clear last weekend. On a related note, Hard Rock Cafe is expensive, but amazing.
-I'm really looking forward to having lots of football games that we're playing in coming up. Only two more weeks with no games from now until the end of November. This has been such a slow season with so many away games at the beginning of the year. The Tulane trip is going to be fantastic.
-I have free time now. What am I going to do with it?
-Ian, Collin and I are going to attempt the Endless Song Marathon on Rock Band 2 on Tuesday. It has 84 songs and should take about 7 hours. It's going to be sweet if we are alive at the end of it.
-Just finished the 1st season of Lost which involved staying up in Robyn's room until 3:30 or so last night. It was amazing and really frustrating at the same time. I don't know whether I love her or hate her for introducing me to it. Probably the former.
-Due to Monica spending more time in my room than I do, I've decided that I actually do have 2 roommates now. She's a very interesting person, and it's kind of cool to have another person to talk to late at night in my room aside from just Aaron. She also has a wonderful side effect of making Aaron say interesting and witty things. It's pretty cool.