Journal 8
Sunday - 01-23-11
So much for getting up earlier. Yet again, another morning and afternoon has been claimed by sleep and/or my inability to rouse myself from a resting state.
On the bright side...
…I heard back from Elena today!!!! And all of my fears about starting some kind of terrible drama, or her reacting negatively to my request were all for nought! There were only good things in the message.
Long story short, here's what we covered:
1. She gave me her number, her partner's number (Dima), and another coach's number (Vova, with whom Roma/myself also wanted to work)
2. I covered with her who she is okay with us working with (if we are working with her) or not. So, obviously, working with her partner, Dima, is fine; and she was okay with us working with Vova, but she didn't say anything about Masha. So, I think she has some kind of link to Vova, if she doesn't mind us working with him. But that's good for us!
3. And I have a lesson with Elena on Wednesday!!!
Now, what's interesting is that, from what I've seen, Elena and her partner have done/have been doing better than Vitaly and Dasha in competitions, and yet, they are still cheaper for lessons. Not by much - but still. Though, Vova will be slightly more expensive than Vitaly; so in the end, I suppose working with the both of them will average the costs out! Can't complain!
Just knowing that I got a positive response to my, "Help!!" message, and that I'll have lessons again, finally, on Wednesday, it helps me breathe a little bit easier. The knot in my chest has loosened… Slightly…
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As I mentioned in yesterday's journal, I finally met up with my actor friend Igor this evening, to go see a movie!
I actually had a very good time -- Igor showed me a few clips of some things he'd been working on, which had an English dialogue, before we went in to see the movie** -- and while the movie wasn't quite my taste, there were some funny parts.
[** -- It was quite funny, watching the clips actually, because Igor was giving me a "behind the scenes" commentary of sorts! 'That actor, you can see, was reading from a cue card; but I had my lines all memorized,' etc.]
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As we left the theatre, he was telling me about a certain French play that he and some others were re-working, and going to be putting into production. For the life of me, I can't remember the title, but the original story is something along the following:
Man woos three separate women, none of whom know about the others; all of them arrive in one place on a given evening -- hijinks ensue.
The reworked version adds a little more fancifulness to the plot, in that the main male character has been traveling, and therefore has found a woman in three different countries. He returns (to Russia), and, at some point, all of the women follow him there!
It sounds as though it will be very interesting.
Also, it seems he might be trying to throw a party next weekend, for some directors and other [actor] friends of his. He invited me to come, so we'll see if that works out.
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I returned home, and passed the evening doing boring, online things -- namely, chatting with friends (and having an awesome discussion on Jade (the stone) with Yitian), and watching, "Mad Men."
I also spent some time stewing over the fact that I'm terribly behind on posting -- but, obviously, that didn't much spur me to any action… Whoops.
I should probably sequester myself at the University tomorrow, until all of my French homework is finished, my Russian homework at least partially so, and until all of this journal business caught up.
God knows, I'm not doing anything here at home. *sighs*
(Which reminds me, so much for the translations I wanted to work on over break… :( I've done nothing as far as they are concerned…)
And now I'm thinking of all of the OTHER things I need to do….!
I need to start making plans for what I need to be doing this semester.
And following up on transcripts…
And finding work…
And figuring out trying to stay here (in Moscow)….
And
And
And
… I should be asleep. Except that I can't sleep, because I'm scared and nervous -- mostly because I'm thinking about all of the things that need to be done, and all of the things that need to be done, which I have been putting off…
I really think I should take advantage of a certain time schedule I heard about once. Treating school like work. (I.e. - From 9-5, you are doing school work, etc. After that, your time is free time.] I know that this semester, just as it's been, I'll have less actual class time than the other students. But I should still put myself to work. Hopefully those translation projects I set up for myself will keep me busy. I need to improve.
I'm feeling like all I have left are these four months… It's scary.
I'm looking forward to Thursday, so, so much -- I'll be hanging out with Mulzoff. Hooray! ...I need it.
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In the middle of all this, "internal crossing," the following thought hit me, and I posted it to my Facebook -- but it's still stuck with me, so I'll write it down here, too:
"The days are like grains of sand in an hourglass: slipping away, one over the next. They say, if you hold on too tightly, they fly faster -- but they're going anyway, and what if you just want one moment to last...? What do you hold on to then? "Gone too soon…""
(Yes, the, "Gone too soon," is a reference to the Michael Jackson song of the same name.)
Love,
Moscow Kitty
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