So guess the semester has been a long one, because I haven't posted anything on here...for a long time. sorry. I hope you all didn't get too board. Anyways...I finished the play and was convincingly scary, worked on a ton of film projects, registered online as a casting director, and got through my first year of college without dying completely. Overall a good year was had. And now I'm home...and missing LA, but glad to be back. I may be working on a project over this summer but I'll let ya'll know more about that when i get more info tomorrow.
Love to you all and hope that your summer is wonderful
~Karyn (the going to be better blogger)
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008
Pursuits on Performance
"Alack for mercy!"
I am now a member of the cast for Torrey's presentation of "The Tempest". I auditioned last semester and got cast in december and now rehearsal's are fully underway. So from 9-12 every monday, tuesday, and wednesday and am basically in fairy bootcamp. Fairy bootcamp is a very regimented training program meant to turn unassuming college students in creepy, spirits who do the bidding of the sorcerer Prospero. So far, we are basically not used to being in human bodies and use our limbs only in cases of great need. Otherwise, fairies are strange creatures who are half-present in this reality. Sharp head movements and then moments of staring into the black oblivion are normal as are very angular and jerky movements. So basically we spend 3 hours running back and forth in strange manners and jerking our heads around. Eventually the effect should be quite spooky...right now my legs hurt. But it's all for theater and I'm loving it!
Among other things, I am also a co-host on a Biola Radio Show called the Motley Cool. Melissa (my friend down here) started it and is the host joined by Blake, Andrew and myself as her "Motley Cool". We basically talk for an hour each week about current issues and other ideas. Last week was our SUPER show talking about Super Bowl, Super Tuesday, and Super Popular TV shows. This week we are going to talk about Valentine's Day and what the meaning of love is on our society and what it should be. So if you have a free moment on Thursday nights at 9, stop by biolaradio.com and give our show a listen!!Praying you are all doing well!
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Back at Biola
So I am now back at school!
Quick Update: The film shoot went great and i was working 14 hour days and loving it! Mostly I was working with actors and extras and making sure everyone was doing their jobs and the set was running smoothly while the director did his whole directing thing. It was great and tiring, but so worth it. We filmed in the cool historic town that is still the same as it was in the 1890's and in this little cabin 20 mins away down an icy road of death. Yep so pretty awesome. Hopefully i'll get more work like this in the future...until then i'm stoked!
So Kaitlyn and I are now living just the two of us on campus. Sarah moved out so now there is a TON more space in the room. We got a lamp and a couch and some other fun stuff and it really feels homey and peaceful in here. We have such similar styles that everything we put up matches perfectly. it's pretty funny.
So classes start on monday and i still have some work to do before then, but not a lot so i'm mostly catching up with friends and such. It's been great to have a few days to readjust. Missing every one back home a lot, but i think this semester is going to be good.
Quick Update: The film shoot went great and i was working 14 hour days and loving it! Mostly I was working with actors and extras and making sure everyone was doing their jobs and the set was running smoothly while the director did his whole directing thing. It was great and tiring, but so worth it. We filmed in the cool historic town that is still the same as it was in the 1890's and in this little cabin 20 mins away down an icy road of death. Yep so pretty awesome. Hopefully i'll get more work like this in the future...until then i'm stoked!
So Kaitlyn and I are now living just the two of us on campus. Sarah moved out so now there is a TON more space in the room. We got a lamp and a couch and some other fun stuff and it really feels homey and peaceful in here. We have such similar styles that everything we put up matches perfectly. it's pretty funny.
So classes start on monday and i still have some work to do before then, but not a lot so i'm mostly catching up with friends and such. It's been great to have a few days to readjust. Missing every one back home a lot, but i think this semester is going to be good.
Monday, January 14, 2008
So tomorrow...
...I'm leaving for a pre-film trailer shoot for an actual film! I'll be the 2nd Assistant Director (AD) and working with mostly the actors and the directors to make sure everything runs smoothly and on time. I'll - hopefully - be updating this as i go since the shoot runs from tuesday to saturday, but if not i'll definitely let you all know how it went soon after i get back. :) If you think of it please be praying for travel safety for the cast and crew and wisdom for me to be able to do my job well, since i'm fairly nervous about it.
Thanks all and hope you are enjoying/have enjoyed your Christmas Break!!!
Thanks all and hope you are enjoying/have enjoyed your Christmas Break!!!
Sunday, December 30, 2007
The Other Hand
This is the story of how my grandparents met. It was such a sweet story i wanted to write it and put it up here.
“A penny for your thoughts,” she asked him playfully as they walked hand-in-hand across the quad. He paused, looked off into the distance for a moment as if pondering a great decision, then leaned forward and kissed her.
“…and I suppose that’s what he was thinking about,” ended my grandmother, matter-of-factly. She had been telling me the story of their meeting all afternoon. They had met her first year of college at a small Christian university in Tennessee. He was sophomore biological sciences major and she was a spunky freshman who wanted to be a lab assistant. While learning to mouth pipette acids, she met him in the lab. She quickly overcame his shyness and they became close friends.
“One night,” she continued. “We were studying for chemistry in the library. We had apparently hidden ourselves away in stacks quite well, because when we came out the library was deserted. Your grandfather walked up to the door and declared it locked. We were stuck and late for dinner. Now at that school, if you missed dinner, everybody noticed. And if we missed dinner together…well. Your grandfather and I ran around the entire library trying all the rooms without any luck. Visions of being forced to spend the night in the deserted room began to fill my head. Then, and I’m sure this was God’s grace, he spotted an open window! Now I wasn’t much of an athlete, so he had to help me down out of the window after he had jumped down…but he didn’t seem to mind too much.”
She giggled to herself and then proceeded to tell me that they had indeed been late to dinner and got quite a talking to afterwards from their professor who apparently had no appreciation for the fact that they librarian had locked them in. So they decided to start dating the second semester of my grandmother’s sophomore year. My grandfather was double-majoring at the time and was incredibly busy, yet he always seemed to have time for grandma. By the time my grandfather was in his senior year, he was fairly certain that she was the one for him.
“Late that night, he took me out by the fountain and we were walking hand-in-hand. Oh, it was quite taboo in that time to do so, which was just silly, but we figured nobody was watching. We talked and talked and I could tell he was getting at something but he never quite got up the courage to ask me straight out. Well, we kept walking when suddenly Dean McClelland walked up behind us, pointed to our clasped hands and said, ‘What are you saving for marriage, Mahley!’ Now your grandfather turned around, looked him the eye and said, ‘The other hand, sir.’ That was quite saucy, but fortunately Dean McClelland thought it was funny. So did I.”
I later found out that my grandfather did not propose to her that night, but he did eventually. He dropped to his knee, held out a ring and offered her his other hand.
“A penny for your thoughts,” she asked him playfully as they walked hand-in-hand across the quad. He paused, looked off into the distance for a moment as if pondering a great decision, then leaned forward and kissed her.
“…and I suppose that’s what he was thinking about,” ended my grandmother, matter-of-factly. She had been telling me the story of their meeting all afternoon. They had met her first year of college at a small Christian university in Tennessee. He was sophomore biological sciences major and she was a spunky freshman who wanted to be a lab assistant. While learning to mouth pipette acids, she met him in the lab. She quickly overcame his shyness and they became close friends.
“One night,” she continued. “We were studying for chemistry in the library. We had apparently hidden ourselves away in stacks quite well, because when we came out the library was deserted. Your grandfather walked up to the door and declared it locked. We were stuck and late for dinner. Now at that school, if you missed dinner, everybody noticed. And if we missed dinner together…well. Your grandfather and I ran around the entire library trying all the rooms without any luck. Visions of being forced to spend the night in the deserted room began to fill my head. Then, and I’m sure this was God’s grace, he spotted an open window! Now I wasn’t much of an athlete, so he had to help me down out of the window after he had jumped down…but he didn’t seem to mind too much.”
She giggled to herself and then proceeded to tell me that they had indeed been late to dinner and got quite a talking to afterwards from their professor who apparently had no appreciation for the fact that they librarian had locked them in. So they decided to start dating the second semester of my grandmother’s sophomore year. My grandfather was double-majoring at the time and was incredibly busy, yet he always seemed to have time for grandma. By the time my grandfather was in his senior year, he was fairly certain that she was the one for him.
“Late that night, he took me out by the fountain and we were walking hand-in-hand. Oh, it was quite taboo in that time to do so, which was just silly, but we figured nobody was watching. We talked and talked and I could tell he was getting at something but he never quite got up the courage to ask me straight out. Well, we kept walking when suddenly Dean McClelland walked up behind us, pointed to our clasped hands and said, ‘What are you saving for marriage, Mahley!’ Now your grandfather turned around, looked him the eye and said, ‘The other hand, sir.’ That was quite saucy, but fortunately Dean McClelland thought it was funny. So did I.”
I later found out that my grandfather did not propose to her that night, but he did eventually. He dropped to his knee, held out a ring and offered her his other hand.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
A Bit of Narnia News
A don't think very many people will care about this...but i'm gonna write it anyways.
The voice of Reepicheep the mouse has just been cast as...Dun da da da -- Eddie Izzard!
Chelsea and Kelsey, now is your time to rejoice.
PS. I'm an evil giraffe....
The voice of Reepicheep the mouse has just been cast as...Dun da da da -- Eddie Izzard!
Chelsea and Kelsey, now is your time to rejoice.
PS. I'm an evil giraffe....
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