Things right now

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Just finished my most recent blank verse assignment for school. I kind of hate it, but I think it satisfies the requirements. At this point that's the best I can hope for, while maybe I'll incidentally get better at generating unrhymed iambic pentameter. I do not much think this course study has made me much better a poet than I was before, so honestly I'm feeling like it was kind of a waste.

For my next regular playwrighting assignment I have to write a one-act play, which is supposed to be about an hour long. I have no idea what that will be about. I had a tough enough time figuring out stories to run just ten minutes. But I only have a few weeks to do it in, so I'll better get cracking.

Margaret opens tonight. I've seen the show at rehearsal several times now, but I'm going to try to attend as many performances as I can in order to support them (not to mention enlarge the audience.) There is also a photo call beforehand, which I'm going to try to be present for so I can take pictures of the costumes. I want to have them for my portfolio, and to e-mail to my mother.

I normally would have ballet tonight, but I want to be there for opening night. Also, my Achilles tendon is a little sore, presumably from pliés, and I really don't want to do permanent damage to it. Still, I hate missing class. I enjoy doing it, it's a great workout, and I don't want to fall behind in my learning. My progress has been spotty; some nights I feel like I'm improving and following along fairly well, some night I feel clumsy and weak. My arms are still ugly. I just wish I were better at remembering exactly what the exercises we do in class are so I can more effectively practice on my own between classes.

Today is a sad kind of day.

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[in-water-writ.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry today is a sad kind of day. :(

On a more practically helpful (hopefully) note, when I was in high school, I had wicked tendonitis in one of my Achilles tendons. My doctor gave me a good exercise for it.

Stand in front of a wall. Take a small step back from the wall. Put your hands against the wall at shoulder level. Then slowly, do a sort of push up against the wall- lean yourself in until your nose is touching the wall, hold for 10 seconds, push back up. Do this 5 times.

The next day, take an extra step away from the wall, and otherwise repeat. Each day after that, step back one more step than the day before.

When you reach the point that you are fully extended and can't step back anymore without falling, return to your original position, only one step away from the wall. Put a book under your toes - I recommend about 300pp. Repeat the process, and every day take a step further back with the book under your toes.

This worked wonders for me when my Achilles tendons were tight from being in Marching Band and the Bowling team during the same season.

[breakinglight11.livejournal.com]

That sounds like exactly what I need! Thank you, dear, I am going to try it.