Tuesday 29 March 2011

Developments

Yesterday, I walked into stage management class to find my instructor, Gary Harris, next to a overhead projector. Our class submitted reviews of a dance we were meant to see over two months ago and we have neither received our essays nor our marks back; because of this delay, I've made it my goal to pester Gary about it whenever possible. I took one of the pens next to the projector and Gary took the other. This was the message that was brazened on the screen.
Sacha: Do you have our essays, Gary?
Gary: Yes I do.
Sacha: Sweeeeeeeeeeet.
Gary: Not here, mind you.
Sacha: Fuck off.
Later on, he was able to identify someone's ringtone as being from Metal Gear Solid so it was all good.

Later that day, Ewa was teaching our German class. I was looking at her since she was the one speaking. She suddenly stopped.
Ewa: "Sacha, why are you looking at me?"
Sacha: "...you're teaching the class. Where do you want me to look?"
She played Nena at the end of class though so it was all good.

Today in acting class, me and my acting partner, Michael, were performing a scene from The Importance of Being Earnest. I got to eat muffins in my scene. I then played a best man, a pirate, a gay bride, and a samurai performing seppuku . Fun class all around.

Thats all for now.

Sunday 27 March 2011

My Application to Urban Outfitters

This is what I answered for one of the questions.

Question 2: WHO ARE THE PEOPLE YOU DRAW FASHION INSPIRATION FROM?
David Bowie, Julian Casablancas, Andy Warhol, Joe Strummer, Damon Albarn, Zach Gray, Nardwuar the Human Serviette, Eugene Hütz, Thom Yorke, Hugh Hephner, Liberace, Ryan Kesler, Sammy Davis Jr., Brendan Nagel, George Harrison, Brandon Flowers, and Stephen Harper.

Hope I get the job.

Saturday 26 March 2011

Words That Have Transpired in Sacha's German Class.

Since I have learned that the nation of Germany has such amazing history, I decided I will visit its many historic sites this summer. Since I don't want to go through the country unknowing of what other people are saying, I started taking German this semester at Simon Fraser University. My professor is named Ewa (pronounced Eva) Ciesielska and she's Polish. She's a nice enough person, but, being the shit disturber I occasionally become, I sometimes like to mess with her during class. Here are some of the dialogues we have had.

Sacha: "Ich habe ein Frage."
Ewa: "Watch your pronunciation, Sacha. Its rather harsh."
Sacha: "...do you actually speak German?"

After me and the history major beside me, Calvin, discover that the word for 'computer connection' in German is 'Computeranschluss':
Ewa: "Calvin, how would you describe 'Computeranchluss'?"
Calvin: "Its sort of like when you conquer the internet."
Sacha: "No, conquer is the wrong word. Its more like when you annex the internet."

Ewa: "We're now going to listen to a German band called 'Wize Guyz'."
Sacha: "Do they sound anything like Nena?"
Ewa: "...no."

Ewa: "Why does everyone in this class sit in the same spots every lecture? When I was in school, my classmates and I would sit in a different place every class."
Sacha: "Is that a Polish thing?"
Ewa: "...no"

Ewa: "I'm now going to play for you a singer who is the German equivalent to Frank Sinatra."
Sacha: "Is he as popular as Nena?"
Ewa: "...I don't know."

Ewa: "Every Christmas, my father would buy two live trouts from the market, which we would keep alive in our bathtub until my father killed them and cooked them for our dinner."
Sacha: "...is that a Polish thing or just something you did?"
Ewa: "Yes, it is a Polish thing."

Calvin scratches his neck by leaning back in his chair and rubs his neck against the TV stand behind him.
Ewa: "Calvin! You're scratching your neck like a bear!"
Sacha: "What? Is that a German saying?"
Ewa: "No! Its just...it looked like it from the way he was doing it..."
Sacha: "I didn't realize that was a thing."
Later, I move in my chair and accidentally hit my knee on the underside of my desk.
Sacha: "Ow!"
Ewa: "Ha! That's what you get!"
Sacha: "For what?!"
Ewa: "...for making fun of me"

Ewa: "For the last class of the semester, we'll watch a German language movie to see how much you understand."
Sacha: "Which one? 'Christiane F'?"
Ewa: "No, we'll try and watch something that isn't sad and depressing!"
Sacha: "How about 'Downfall'?"
Ewa: "No! I said something that ISN'T sad and depressing!"
Sacha: "It ends with the fall of the Third Reich! You couldn't ask for a happier ending!"

Several classes remaining. More to follow.