Yeesh...

Dylan asked me why I don't blog anymore. So I visited my blog. I honestly didn't realize it had been THAT long. Sorry, dudes.

Update (for the sake of updating): I'm in Kansas City. I live by myself just off of the Plaza. I'm super happy here. I'm hoping to go to grad school in the fall. If I don't get in, I'm not exactly fussed about staying here another year.

I have kind of a skewed idea of getting into grad school. I did a lot of research back in November when I decided I wanted to go... and there were only a couple of schools that stood out for me (that were actually admitting for the coming fall). I emailed each of them, and Arkansas (which has been my number one this entire time) has been the only one good about getting in touch with me. I auditioned for them in December, felt really, really good about it and incredibly inspired by what I saw there. I'm waiting to hear from them next month (their last auditions are on March 13, so I should know a few days after that). And they're the only school I'm waiting to hear from.

Sometimes I worry myself by asking, "Why am I putting all my eggs in one basket?" To which I immediately answer myself, "It's the only basket I want right now." And I feel like I'm taking a very healthy view of this. I did the U/RTA thing. I think it's a great idea if you don't know what you're looking for (the way I was when I went) or if you have a lot of schools you're interested in, but not the funding to visit all of them (another part of why I went). But I now know exactly what I want in a school, and Arkansas has it. Sure there are other schools I like, but none of those are admitting this fall (damn that ever-popular three-year admission cycle). So if I don't get into Arkansas this year, I'll try again next year, and for more schools.

That's not to say I wouldn't be incredibly disappointed not to go there this year. It's hard; since it was back in December when I auditioned, I have no idea what they've seen, and even though I feel good about how I did, I don't know how that translates to my acceptance. It does make me feel good to know Jim Ryan put in a really good word for me since he's very good friends with the Acting Head there. But that doesn't guarantee anything, so right now I just try not to think about it or else I'll go crazy.

Other news... I gave up pasta for Lent. This is the first time I've ever given up anything for Lent. I eat way too much pasta. Seriously. Way. Too. Much. Pasta. So I'm stopping. Because I'm never going to lose weight if I just eat pasta all the time. And weaning myself off of foods I love doesn't tend to work as well as just stopping, so Lent it is. I'm giving it up completely for Lent, and when Lent is over, I will hopefully not crave it so much anymore. And if I do... well, I just won't eat pasta anymore.

And I'm now obsessed with Doctor Who. Oh my God. SO GOOD. If you have Netflix, you should watch it. You just should. But if you do watch, be warned: it can get very, very creepy. Like, store mannequins chasing after you creepy.

On a related note, I'm in love with David Tennant now. He is mine.

Until next time.