perspectives practice

After World Impact, we came back to church. We got back a bit earlier than I expected, so we all just sat around and chilled for awhile. As 2 o'clock rolled around we got ready for Perspectives practice. The kids ran out to QQ's to get nie tza. Tony, Becky, and I went to Burger King to get lunch. Tony tried to pay for us, but Becky and I were sneaky and put our money in his coat.

We got back to church before the QQ people. When they came in, they were like, "Whoa, when'd you go out to get food?!"

We moved into the grange to practice, so they could work on their projection a bit. It was taking such a long time to get the kids settled that I banged my aluminum clipboard against the pulpit. I didn't realize I hit it so hard until I looked at my clipboard and saw 3 very distinct dents in it. Once we got started, it was alright.

For some reason, they would laugh at some of the most inoportune moments. There was one point in Joyce's monologue where Dan burst out laughing. For some reason, he found the word "willow tree" extreme funny. Even afterwards, at the sheer mention of willow tree, he would start giggling like a school girl.

Overall, both Tony and I were pleased about where the monologues were at. They still weren't where they should be, but we'll take what we can. After the monologues, Tony and I surveyed the stage and decided on an order for the show. We realized that the entire show was really heavy and needed something to lighten the mood.

We asked the kids to do some improv, specifically, Justice League. We went through two of them, both of which were terrible. Finally, the third one was good. The world crisis was everything was in black and white. Spencer, the starter,'s power was bleach man. Alex came in next as newspaper boy, becky came in as spotlight woman, and joyce came in as diamond girl. They had this running gag where they showed each other the world was in black and white with a newspaper. But since newspapers are black and white already, they would pull out a Time magazine. The solution was that spotlight woman would shine her light into diamond girl, refracting the light to produce color once again.

Our dream was shattered when they told us that they had planned the whole thing, destroying the whole point of improv. We went from excitement and approval to disappointment and shame.

It was getting late, and we had Sara's party to go to so we broke for the night. It was around 5:15 PM EST.

I went home, took a shower, and debated whether I wanted to blog or not. I felt there wasn't enough time, so I didn't. I called up M to see if she needed a ride to Sara's. Something came up, and M couldn't make it anymore. Last minute, they had to go to go out to dinner, all because Kimmy was home. They couldn't wait to do it the next day, even though Sara's party had been planned weaks in advance. Pretty inconsiderate in my opinion.

I just kind of relaxed before Sara's party.