Outside the Smiley board

[zachrwolfe]

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[bluesno1fann]

Highschool student in grade 10 (first day back to school tomorrow, in fact), iOS app developer. Soon to have a pong clone on the App Store.

Same. Starting Year 10 as well

[zachrwolfe]

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[bluesno1fann]

Highschool student in grade 10 (first day back to school tomorrow, in fact), iOS app developer. Soon to have a pong clone on the App Store.

Same. Starting Year 10 as well

When do Australian school years begin? I've been back since September, today was only the first day back after Winter break (and today was actually a snow day since it was around -48 degrees C w/ windchill ).

It depends from State to State and Public and Private schools. I live in Victoria and go to a Public school, so school starts at the end of January.

[MaxL]

Former film student; now a shelf-stacker/cashier at Sainsbury's. Life, eh?

[RangeRoverA1]

I've been back since September, today was only the first day back after Winter break (and today was actually a snow day since it was around -48 degrees C w/ windchill ).

Wow, is it for real? I thought Russian winters are by and large the most severe. I'd give Canada -25 at best.

[feelsflow]

Hi RangeRoverA1,  We are having effects from the polar vortex dipping down in the northern states.  It's what makes it so cold where you are, but from what I can tell yours is called Artic vortex.  Not sure what the difference is, but both make it real cold.  Parents are not letting the kids out to play in my area.  It's not common.  I don't remember having it before in the 15 years that I have lived here.  Another occurrence is just beginning here in New York, expected to last until early February.  We are also having more snow this winter.  I like that.

peace,  Will

[hypehat]

1st of all, thanks to punkinhead for making this topic, it's a great way of getting to know the other board people. 2nd:

I have come to the realisation that I have been acting in a show in some capacity since early September. Apparently, this would qualify me as a budding amateur actor. How on earth did this happen.

I had the same question after reading your story. BBs fan & acting seem like 2 polar opposites, so I bet you weren't good at acting. Though maybe you quit it by now.

!!!!

What brought that on?

[zachrwolfe]

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[Vegetable Man]

A Sophomore in High School here in the great state of Texas. An active member of my schools theatre department.

[RangeRoverA1]

2 feelsflow: I knew that it's cold in New York, but I didn't know that it's that cold that even kids stay at home. And yes, I agree that more snow is a good sign. I like snowy weather.

2 hypehat: I said you weren't good at acting based on this video posted on the Karaoke thread: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_3yCPsVtOg&feature=youtu.be
I agree with Billy, the rhythm was delivered well, but that's it. No artistry, lack of playfulness etc. So, I was being realistic rather than rude when I left that remark. Don't know why pixletwin or anyone thought so. However, I agree about the BBs + acting comment, it's indeed possible to have both in one. Bad phrasing on my side, though I'm sure I meant sth. I don't recall now.

2 Zach: You hoped rightly, I don't live there. You know, Russia is a big land & consists of lots of regions. The 1 you mentioned I've never been to. -65 is a crazy temperature even for Russian winters. The place where I live is -40 at worst; luckily it happens occasionally. For instance, today it is -21-19.

[Niko]

An excerpt from hypehat's (who plays Romeo) last production:

"Romeo:
Have not saints hips, and holy dances too?

Juliet:
Ay, pilgrim, hips that they must use in dance.

Romeo:
O, then, dear saint, let hips do what thighs do;
They bounce, grant thou, lest dance turn to despair.

Juliet:
Saints do not bounce, though grant for boogies' sake.

Romeo:
Then bounce not, while my boogie's effect I take.
Thus from my hips, by yours, my sin is purged.

Juliet:
Then have my hips the sin that they have took.

Romeo:
Sin from thy hips? O trespass sweetly urged!
Give me my sin again.

Juliet:
You bounce by the book.”

[hypehat]

2 feelsflow: I knew that it's cold in New York, but I didn't know that it's that cold that even kids stay at home. And yes, I agree that more snow is a good sign. I like snowy weather.

2 hypehat: I said you weren't good at acting based on this video posted on the Karaoke thread: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_3yCPsVtOg&feature=youtu.be
I agree with Billy, the rhythm was delivered well, but that's it. No artistry, lack of playfulness etc. So, I was being realistic rather than rude when I left that remark. Don't know why pixletwin or anyone thought so. However, I agree about the BBs + acting comment, it's indeed possible to have both in one. Bad phrasing on my side, though I'm sure I meant sth. I don't recall now.

Yr basing my acting on inebriated kareoke??? You've never seen me act. That's like saying, idk, you're a terrible poet based on the prose posts you write here. LOL at you thinking i'm somehow not getting the artistry of the goshdarn Ignition remix across, it's hardly 'To be or not to be'

BTW I am a banging actor if I say so myself, sold out shows, got some good reviews, played lead in several things (Shakespeare and other tings), but then there's no way you can pass judgement on it because you've never seen me act. Sorry if i'm overreacting.

[RangeRoverA1]

Yr basing my acting on inebriated karaoke??? You've never seen me act. That's like saying, idk, you're a terrible poet based on the prose posts you write here. LOL at you thinking i'm somehow not getting the artistry of the goshdarn Ignition remix across, it's hardly 'To be or not to be'

BTW I am a banging actor if I say so myself, sold out shows, got some good reviews, played lead in several things (Shakespeare and other things), but then there's no way you can pass judgement on it because you've never seen me act. Sorry if i'm overreacting.

Fair answer but then again, weren't you doing an R Kelly impersonation, donning the black coat & even repeating his intro spoken lines? I'd say it can at least be considered a small type of acting. Yes, it's no Hamlet, however, it's not necessarily about serious performance, being an entertainer is a complex task too, as you may know. That's what I hinted at. Anyway, it's a positive sign that you are confident about your real talents etc. Belittling yourself ain't good.

[hypehat]

Yr basing my acting on inebriated karaoke??? You've never seen me act. That's like saying, idk, you're a terrible poet based on the prose posts you write here. LOL at you thinking i'm somehow not getting the artistry of the goshdarn Ignition remix across, it's hardly 'To be or not to be'

BTW I am a banging actor if I say so myself, sold out shows, got some good reviews, played lead in several things (Shakespeare and other things), but then there's no way you can pass judgement on it because you've never seen me act. Sorry if i'm overreacting.

Fair answer but then again, weren't you doing an R Kelly impersonation, donning the black coat & even repeating his intro spoken lines? I'd say it can at least be considered a small type of acting. Yes, it's no Hamlet, however, it's not necessarily about serious performance, being an entertainer is a complex task too, as you may know. That's what I hinted at. Anyway, it's a positive sign that you are confident about your real talents etc. Belittling yourself ain't good.

Kareoke has nothing to do with acting in drama! I'm not quite sure how you're equating the two outside of 'well i wasn't entertained' and it's like, no sh*t, it's a fuckin kareoke video done for the benefit of two people. I'm not even sure it was a success on those grounds.

I mean, based on this you said I can't act, and it just happened that I actually pride myself on my acting as something I initially found very hard to do and have achieved a bunch of things I would have never thought I could have done a few years ago so IDK, it means a lot to me. Although you obv had no idea about all that, so it's no biggie really.

[Freddie French-Pounce]

History Student in my first year at Uni.

My diet is Noodles and Lemonade. Sort of. The Lemonade part is accurate though.

[RangeRoverA1]

Kareoke

Initially I thought you did the typo, but you wrote the word the same way again - is it really how the British spell karaoke? I tried to search sth. about it to no avail.

[alf wiedersehen]

There's an "outside"?

[rab2591]

There's an "outside"?

"Smiley Smile is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work... when you go to church... when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth."

[Mendota Heights]

I should start an institute.