London Day 15

I'm ready for bed but I still have to go see Present Laughter in like a half hour.

I got to sleep in a little today which was nice but then Laura and I decided we would try and take the bus to class. Online says its about a half hour class but today not so much. I guess there was a police strike going on. There was probably like a mile worth of officers marching down the street protesting pay....at least thats what the signs made it seem like. It was pretty crazy seeing that many people in the street. So it took a little longer than it should have but we left early so it worked out.

I don't even know where to begin describing Devising London.

The professor starts by handing Aaron, Laura and I her notebook so we can draw a picture of ourself for her to use for attendance.

She's an interesting lady. She looks like a taller, more fit version of Maureen from Lyman's (not that more than 2 people reading this know who that is). She teaches yoga at like 4 different places around the city and has a band....who me and this other girl might go and see on Friday. She is VERY soft spoken and just kinda like a wing-nut. One kid asks if she received his email. She responded by saying "I haven't checked my Westminster email in 7 years.". So very crunchy granola out there.

The first exercise was an improv game where like the new people were interviewed. It wasn't that exciting, we're not really a funny group of people. Not as good as Dick and Auden's class.

After was the yoga...it kicked my butt...or bum as the professor would say. I didn't think it would be that hard but I am not flexible at all which made it difficult. We did like 20min worth. I'm going to be sore but it was pretty fun. I think I might try to do it at Babson if I get the hang of it here. She went off about like being in the womb and then had us rock back and forth on our backs in a circle...that was a little weird.

But so far the class isn't too bad and hey I'm getting exercise out of it. Then she tells us to break into two groups and put together a skit about going to Primrose Hill. So I mean heres Aaron and I, seasoned Babson Players and I mean theater is partially my life so I was a little excited of course until this ANNOYING girl took over...she was horrible...and Aaron found out a theater major...I feel sorry for her....but I won't be mean anymore. So our piece was well...the only part the professor liked was when Aaron pretended to be my dog. She's very wacky and out there and wanted it more surreal. So then the other group goes and at one point they had a girl in a wheelchair because I guess that's what someone saw when they were on the hill and she LOVED it. I mean like she was obsessed with the idea of people being pushed in chairs. We were soo confused.

Okay gotta run, I'll pick this up again tonight.