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Every one has this experience with group projects. Either you are the person who ends up doing all the things or you are the one that slacks off and gives up. So what would the end results be when you do this in improvisation? Disaster? Chaos? No clue what the hell is going on?
What is amazing about improvisation is that it is just like “life”. Life doesn’t come with a exact script with directions though it does have a general format just like improvisation has. It is where norm is ignored and forgotten and something new is created and you might just end up with something amazing and wonderful that you didn’t know you were capable of creating in the first place.
Secret Agent Man talks about why remaining thankful for the small steps in your career will keep you in this cutthroat business much longer.
Being in the entertainment business isn't all about talent, it's about being loved by people that watches your performance. Every step we take toward our goal, be sure to be thankful for people who had lend their hands and helped us along the way. Be sure to say "thank you for your hard work" to others who have helped you with your performance.
Happy Thanksgiving!
What type of Disney Princess are you?
All those Facebook applications that picks the type of princess that you are meant to be: is very predictable. You can tailor your answers according to provide the one that would show that one that works for you. All my life I loved Belle from Beauty and the Beast because she is smart, a bookwork, falls in love with a monster who in fact is a nice sweet guy. Anyways, Today I realized that I am Cinderella, minus the Prince Charming.
Here is the break down of the characters
Cinderella: Me
Godmother: My brother
Step mother and step sisters: My mom and dad
Prince charming: (Pending)
Mouse: My friend from HA program
Person that could care less about the whole thing: My sister
Today I had a bachelorette party for one of my friend from the HA program at the Square. My parents didn't want me to go to the party (as usual). So my fairy godmother (my brother) let me go but on the condition that I need to be home when the clock strike 12. He also made a fitting and plausible story that would work with my parents (step mother and step sister). So when the clock striked 12, the call came and I had my friend (the mouse) drop me off at home. Happy to inform that I didn't lose my glass slippers this time. And I didn't get to meet my Prince charming this time but I got to have fun at the ball. I really hope my fairly godmother will be there to help me whenever I really need my godmother. Therefore I am Cinderella.
~Shin Jin Young
How Did I End Up Here?
I lived most of my life taking in one day at a time with no worries and thoughts about the future. In fact the future didn't scare me at all. Some days I wanted to be an astronaut, other days a doctor and so on. I did what my parents told me to do and what I had to be in the future. My mother used to say when I was in 10th grade that "10th grade is your turning point in life" when I was 12th grade, she told me " 12th grade is your turning point in life" and she said the same thing when I was in college too.
But for me, a stage show in Austin was my turning point in life. The man in middle (picture below) is one of the famous actor/comedian in the Mollywood industry (consider it as a sub-division on Bollywood) despite the way he looks in this (considering he did two shows on the same day in Austin and Dallas).
Growing up outside of India, I didn't have chances to meet big stars or see their live stage shows. So when my dad told me and my brother to go watch the stage show in Austin starring Deelip and other actors/actresses, was the most excited and wonderful miracle that happened to me.
So this is what happened that day:
After the show was over around 11pm, me and bunch of other kids were excitedly waiting to meet the actor outside the door that led to backstage which was guarded by two big guys. After an hour long of waiting, one of the bodyguard told us that the actors has already left and that we wouldn't be able to meet them. Upon hearing this, everyone left the auditorium and so did the guards who left through backstage. As a curious person, I was, I decided to go after the bodyguards to backstage quietly with my camera in my hand. Well the backstage was clear, not a sign of a single person not even a crew member. Sad and defeated, I exited through the back door that was left open. When I came out, I was a bus that was lighted inside with the closed door. Realizing that guards had lied and the actors hasn't left.
But FEAR stopped me from moving forward to have the courage to knock on that door. I paced back and forth 5 times on the side of that bus with shaking hands to summon courage to knock on that door. But I WAS SCARED, I FEARED that the managers or the actors themselves would tell me to go away and wouldn't grant my request to meet and take pictures with them. And also that thought of meeting such big stars scared me as well.
With my head low, I left the area and went back to meet my brother and our friends. On our way back home, our friend shows me this photo (below ) with him, Deelip and my brother. I don't have words to explain how I felt the moment when I saw the photo.I was sad, angry, outraged, pissed off, furious, enraged at myself and to a point i just wanted to cry. At that moment I hated myself for not having the courage to knock on that door and ask even if there was a possibility I would or wouldn't have kicked out. That night was my life's turning point and my biggest regret in my life.
Since then, I never was the old me, who took life as they came and dreamed whatever I wanted or did whatever people told me to do. I started have dreams with a new destinations and worked toward to go that path. Since then I never questioned myself when I wanted to something. I chose to do things that people told me were impossible for me to do. And whenever someone says that something is impossible for me to do, I make it my life to prove them wrong or die trying.
I started with modeling, took the courage to confess to a guy that I loved, acting and also started singing again on stage (to which I had a bad experience and had stage fright to do solo). I started to do things MY WAY. I carry a personal quote that reminds me of that night and every time things don't go as planned or I start backing off from my dream (to be a Mollywood actress), I say to myself "Don't do What If's and Don't do Regrets."
This was me last week. With so many things going on, I just wanted to crawl under my bed and hide from the world that was around me. When unexpected and unfavorable things happens in our life, we should should take one moment to check back into our life to see what are the reasons that got us here. There might be good, bad, life changing things and things that might make you think 'what the heck' just happened moments as well. But at the end of the day, we should touch our heart and tell to ourselves that "All is well"
Nature
Scorpio
Spider crawl
Viper’s venomous tongue
Butterflies flew down from
Dream heaven cloud
Into the summits symphony
Meadows. Flocks of
Swans
Geese
Goose and
Sparrows
Soar toward the creek
Where a garden has
Roses
Lily
Lotus and
Jasmines’
Smell spread in the air
Owl hoots
Birds chirp song
In the cold winter twilight mist
In the dark night awake
Wolf howls
Panther
Lion and tiger roars
Fox
Bobcat
Coyote and
Cougar prowls
Prey where
Gazelles
Rabbits and
Deer
Try to survive
Storm rises while
Rain floods the earth goddess
Oak
Willow
Elm
Cypress and
Maple
Die in nature’s rage
Along with the rest.
At St. George Indian Orthodox Church, San Antonio, Texas http://sasgioc.org/ Sung for Fr. Mathews George (Sajeev Achen) Farewell Party
ROBOTS OR DINOSAURS?
Robots
Last Prayer
[June 2008, Southern Regional Conference, Austin. A camp with a beautiful lake behind. Last day of the conference everyone is by the lake, riding speedboat, banana cannon and boat paddling. Me and my mother along with Steve and Tina came back after our first round on the banana cannon. Steve and Tina decided to go again and I wanted to go as well but my mom was against the idea.]
Anna: Mummy can I please go with them 1 more time, just last time.. Please
Mom: No, the only reason you didn't fall off was because I was holding on to you.
[I went against my mom's wish. Totally excited, I sit second to the last seat, on my left Steve is holding on to Tina's life jacket and behind me sat a teenager named Ricky. I as well as rest of the gang was excited to take our second trip. Halfway through, Steve yells to the driver of the boat]
Steve: [aloud] Is this all you have got. Where is the speed?
Tina: Steve, don't do that.
[After Steve shouts a couple of times, the driver picks up the speed. On one of the bump of the wave, I lose my grip on the handle and lands on Steve's leg. In that way I was jammed between two rows. The driver speeds again and on the next wave, I am off the cannon and into the lake. Now I am panicking and totally forgetting what life jackets were for!]
Anna: [panicking] Help! HELP!!
[After few cries for help and noticing that the boat is not coming back to rescue, I realized that I was going to die there]
Anna: Oh Jesus, Forgive me for all the sins I have done. [Starts praying] Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, they kingdom come, come, come...[ and I forgot what comes after that and started on Hail Mary] Hail Mary full of grace, our Lord is with thee, blessed are, are, are... [And I forgot what comes after that too] Oh God, just forgive all my sins, Papa, Mummy sorry if I did anything wrong including this one.
[So during my forgotten verses of prayer, at last the driver notice someone is missing and one of the co-captain jumps into the water with a rescue pad]
Anna: [Thinking to myself] Angel? I am dying, right? An Angel.. So beautiful.. So peaceful.. Sooo Handsome [A smile appeared on my face... looking like an idiot]
Angel:Are you OK? Don't worry I got you. You are safe.
Anna: [Thinking to myself] He has a beautiful smile
[Angel helped me hold unto the rescue pad and he started pulling the pad toward the banana cannon. I started to snap back to reality. Shit, not dead but totally screwed when my mom finds out about this.. It wasn’t a bad idea to enjoy the moment and the angel’s face.]
Angel: Would you sit in the boat or the cannon?
Anna: Cannon. Thank you
[On the way back, we decided to not to tell my mom about what happened]
Mom: So why did the boat stopped for a long time [Looking at me, who is completely drenched in water. Apparently the promise of not to tell my mom didn’t work either] Anna! I told you not to go by yourself. See what happened.
Anna: No worries.. Just maybe I thought I was gonna die and said my last prayers and asked God for forgiveness.
[Weeks later the story of me forgetting my prayers when I almost died because the joke of the year. And the following semester I decided to take a swimming class only to find out that all I had to do was put my legs up and I would have floated. And I learned a valuable lesson “If you don’t know how to swim, you better wear a life jacket.”]
Giving a ride to a complete stranger is TOTALLY OK.
Since I started to attend at Texas State, I have never been to a football game or tailgating. So I took up the opportunity to attend the Tuesday night game with UL Cajuns and the tailgating. Since we were losing pretty badly, my friends and me decided to go home after half time. My friends went toward bobcat village to their car, while I walked very quickly to Strahan catch the night bus for Aquarena and Blanco River. 5…10..15..20..30… minutes past, the bus never comes by. Others who were waiting for bus decided to leave one by one.
While only I ended up standing there like an idiot.. 5 minutes later, a girl coming from the stadium asks if the night bus for the Aquarena and Blanco River route left. I said I was waiting for the bus myself. She thanked and went to sit on the floor. We wait there for another 30 minutes by this time it was past 10 pm and the night was turning chilly. I decided to leave the thought of waiting for the bus and called my brother to pick me up. Luckily he and his friends were almost done shopping at Wal-Mart. I stood there for a few more minutes my thought went back to the girl who was waiting for the bus just like I was. I am type of girl that shy away from talking to strangers unless I am hyperactive due to caffeine or under the influence of alcohol (not drunk). But thoughts of that girl alone in the dark this late and cold just waiting for a bus bothered me. I could not just leave her there and I had all these weird thoughts about killing and missing stuff started popping up (yes, I watch way too much crime shows.. guilty) So I took up the courage and went to her and introduced myself and told her that I was not going to wait for the bus and that my brother was coming to get me. I offered her a ride with us since it was on the way to my apartment. To my surprise she accepted (if it was me I TOTALLY wouldn’t have accepted it even if it was girl..maybe) and told me where she lived. She introduced herself as Mariana.
Mariana: So where are you from?
Me: From? Like city or cultural/country vise?
Mariana: Country.
Me: India. And where are you from?
Mariana: Mexico.
We went on to talk about how many semester we have been in school and by this time my brother showed up with his friends and we got into the car. I introduced her to my brother and our friends (Jerry and Jijo). On the way to her apartment, I asked her what here major to which she replied ESS (something exercise and sport) and she asked mine. We dropped her at her apartment and said thank yous’ and good nights. A minute later, I realized and thought out aloud that I just did my assignment for improvisation.
Jerry: Assignment?
Me: Yes, I had to talk to a complete stranger without telling them it is for an assignment
Brother: You didn’t know that person?!? I thought she was your classmate!?
Me: Nope, I just met her while waiting for the bus. I didn’t feel like leaving her alone at the bus stop, so I offered a ride with us.
Jerry: No wonder, I was thinking that you should have known what major she [your friend] was doing already.
Jijo: (laughing aloud) for her [me] everything happens in a big twisted plot.
Men are animals and Media is GOD
I AM JUST SCARED TO DEAD TO VISIT MY OWN MOTHERLAND!! I am scared for my mother's, my sister's, my cousin's, my daughter’s ,my grandmother’s, my aunt’s and for my own life. It is just embarrassing to say about that how narrow minded those are men in this point of time. Yes, I do blame the media for making women their "ITEM" and "PROPERTY" those men can just use. And its just awful for me to say that Indian Film Industry is probably the only big industry that still use violence toward women and makes it seems like its OK for them to slap, rape, harass women. For Heaven's name "WHEN THE HELL WOULD THIS SHIT CHANGE?" They say that good behavior starts at home. But HELL NO! it starts from media. Being a 90's kid I learned about life from movie and shows not from school or from my parents. And therefore I don’t expect kids nowadays to learn from school or from their parents. Because I am scared of kids learning these kind of stuff, I encourage kids to watch movies and shows from South Korean Film Industry. Because so far it’s the only film industry that I have seen that gives women the respect she needs. In fact some cases its the men who gets the slapping from women (which I am ok with because he probably did something he shouldn’t have). For the last two times I have visited my motherland, I made it to the point to dress carelessly, ugly as possible. I made sure I packed the clothes that we too loose, out of fashion salwars, and the ones that make me look even fatter to wear when I went shopping. And Makeup? Jeans? HELL NO!! I wanted to be one less women who “PROVOKE THEM” as those idiotic, testosterone filled animals would say. So if you see a women dressed like a hobo at the international airport that could possibly be me. It bothers me that I have to give up what would like to wear out in public because I am scared for my life. But it is even sadder to say that women who wear the hijab and abayas to conceal themselves are not more safer than any other women. In my defense, I will say NOT all men are ANIMALS but apparently there are more (cough ANIMALS) men that outweigh in that society. I know it won’t be a change that would happen overnight or with just one Facebook post but I sincerely hope and pray that one day this would change. So that my mother, my sister, my cousin, my daughter, my grandmother, my aunt, and I would be able to walk in broad daylight without the fear of getting gang rapped, harassed, eve teased in our own MOTHERLAND. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt1Rhd_sRhg#t=866
How to make Failing grade Totally accepting by your Mom
Mom: Dear, how was school? Jake: It was ok... Mom: Did u get your grade for your Finance test? Jake: uhh.. yes.. mom.. but.. mom.. Mom: That's good. I just know you got an A for it! You studies so hard. Jake: OMG! Mom!! how did u know? WOW! You are on the spot, Mom. Mom: REALLY!! OMG, WOW!! I was just guessing. That is wonderful Son! Jake: Thanks mom. I will talk to you later. Bye Mom: Have fun with your friends. Celebrate for getting your grade!! Bye.
(Thinking to self): She never asked me what I got on the test. I just totally accepted to what she said. Gotta love Improv!
(One minute later)
Jake: Hey Mike! party at my place tonight. Mike: Dude, I thought you will be grounded for your finance grade. Jake: Its all cool. Mom totally understands. Mike: That's awesome.. I wish my mom was that understanding and accepting.
~ Shin Jin Young
