Post by JACOB S. PORTER on Aug 2, 2011 23:32:32 GMT -5
| [atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, width:450px; padding:10px;] ignore this here [atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, width:200px; height:300px; overflow:auto; vertical-align:top;]jacob s. porter, 22, junior, theatre: acting, directing, conor oberst, I guess you could say I've always been a dreamer, yeah. It's just, I was one of those dreamers who couldn't remember a damn thing after I woke up, or something. Must've went through at least twenty different "dreams" as a kid. Fireman, rock star, superhero, detective, pilot, scuba diver, you name it. Never really had a direction in life. I guess that's why high school felt so awful. All that pressure to decide your whole future already. I never even applied to colleges; it was hard enough sticking it out to graduate. I hated showing up, it all felt like a waste. So, you know, I was in no rush to dive in to school again after I graduated, let alone pay for it. Took a year off. Best decision I ever made. I mean, I worked retail, nothing special, but at least I was working for something, you know? Anyway, so I hear from this coworker, Adam, about some general acting/improv workshop thing, right? I dunno what it was that possessed me to show up to the thing, but I went. It was about a week of classes, the whole thing. And I get there and they start talking this crap about relaxing and feeling energy and imagining things that aren't there and it's all so weird. Nothing I'd ever expect, for sure. But I played along. I can't even explain half the things we did, it was all so odd. But I'll tell you, once it all sort of clicks, it's life changing. I mean, it sure was for me. By the end of it I felt like a whole new person. It was like, I've never been so happy as I was then, never felt so comfortable to just be. That's when I knew, and I mean really knew. I was gonna pursue acting and that was that. Course, I didn't have the money for somewhere real big. So I signed up here, Columbia College. Grew up in Chicago itself, and I'd heard of the place, at least. Seemed like a decent starting point. Maybe I'll head off to Juilliard or something later, who knows. But I'll tell ya, this place, this major, this company of sorts... all of it is the best I've known. Never been so sure that I've made the right choice. It's the best feeling, just being immersed in all this. It feels good. Danielle/Dani -- 16 -- err... about four years? -- I sort of want a supersuit & cape |