And the rejection I expected...
Mar. 23rd, 2009 09:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prusikI, not surprisingly, did not get on to a Harold team. The two amazing improvisers with whom I played most of my scenes with did get in. It's good to know that I didn't screw up their chances.
There will be another audition later in the year. I will probably audition then too even though I'm mostly auditioning to learn to deal with stressful situations rather than actually attempting to get on a Harold team. If getting on to a Harold team was hard now, it'll be harder later in the year when I'm not regularly taking Harold classes. OTOH, my problem isn't so much with the Harold as much as keeping it together to do solid scene work.
I'll probably stay involved with improv because it's fun. I'll probably audition every chance I get because I need to learn to be competent in high stress situations. (Either that, or I need to learn to be mind-blowingly stellar at everything I do so that when I'm off my game in high stress situations, I'm still competent. The former sounds so much easier.) Yes, the accidental side effect if I succeed is that I end up performing improv in front of an audience on a regular basis. I'll cross that bridge if I ever meet it. Honestly, if that's the worst thing that happens...
As a side note, I realize no one is ever going to write a form rejection along the lines of "We're blind now because we needed to stick rusty forks in our eyes to rid ourselves of the taint of those whom we didn't pick. The ricochet of dropped improv offers has made us deaf. We don't know what caused the rash located on that spot in the back that we can't quite reach, but we're sure it too had to do with their sucktastic performances. They should just stop performing improv now. For the good of the country. Please. We're on what is left of our knees begging." For one, I doubt they saw anyone who actually deserved those words. For another, that's just plain unhelpful.
The traditional words of praise to the rejected they write instead is just customary courtesy. (e.g. when someone asks "How are you?", the proper answer is "Fine. And you?" It's a ritualized greeting, not an actual inquiry of state.) This would be easier to remember if it didn't read so much like encouragement.
There will be another audition later in the year. I will probably audition then too even though I'm mostly auditioning to learn to deal with stressful situations rather than actually attempting to get on a Harold team. If getting on to a Harold team was hard now, it'll be harder later in the year when I'm not regularly taking Harold classes. OTOH, my problem isn't so much with the Harold as much as keeping it together to do solid scene work.
I'll probably stay involved with improv because it's fun. I'll probably audition every chance I get because I need to learn to be competent in high stress situations. (Either that, or I need to learn to be mind-blowingly stellar at everything I do so that when I'm off my game in high stress situations, I'm still competent. The former sounds so much easier.) Yes, the accidental side effect if I succeed is that I end up performing improv in front of an audience on a regular basis. I'll cross that bridge if I ever meet it. Honestly, if that's the worst thing that happens...
As a side note, I realize no one is ever going to write a form rejection along the lines of "We're blind now because we needed to stick rusty forks in our eyes to rid ourselves of the taint of those whom we didn't pick. The ricochet of dropped improv offers has made us deaf. We don't know what caused the rash located on that spot in the back that we can't quite reach, but we're sure it too had to do with their sucktastic performances. They should just stop performing improv now. For the good of the country. Please. We're on what is left of our knees begging." For one, I doubt they saw anyone who actually deserved those words. For another, that's just plain unhelpful.
The traditional words of praise to the rejected they write instead is just customary courtesy. (e.g. when someone asks "How are you?", the proper answer is "Fine. And you?" It's a ritualized greeting, not an actual inquiry of state.) This would be easier to remember if it didn't read so much like encouragement.
