A Tale of Two Enthusiasms

Part 1: 9:30 to 11:00 AM

I met KR and BF in town today.  We had a great time.

We started by hanging out at B, and me and KR got something to eat.  Then, we seemed to be going around town, like we normally do, but found to our dismay that at lot of places were closed either due to President's Day, the fact that it was Monday, or that it was too early in the morning.  We didn't hit a lot of places.

At S we had the most awkward experience.  We were sitting on the comfy chairs, when this guy come up to us and looks as if he's about to say something.  Then, after an awkward silence, he gives a hand gesture to me as if he's Spiderman webbing me.  Then, after a brief period of laughter, he goes to shake my hand, and webs me again.  Then he actually shakes BF and KR's hands, and then he webs me again.  Then he left.  We just laughed after that for a while.

Then I had to go and get ready for rehearsal, but I had had a great time.  It was nice to feel like someone's friend again.  I wish they, and a lot of others, could be with me all the time.

Part 2: 12:00 to 4:30 PM

There was no school.  Naturally, that means there are at least five hours of rehearsal.

So, from the moment we started, I knew it wasn't going to be a great day to do things.  When attendance was taken, about 10 people were missing.  That put MG in a bad mood to begin.

For the first three hours or so, we reviewed "Blow Gabriel Blow".  Sure, we made a few changes (which took forever because MG hadn't planned them out at all), but the bulk of it was review.  And it still looks terrible.  I don't see it getting a lot better, either.  After that, we ran through "Anything Goes" for a while, and MG spent most of the time yelling at the people on the platform.  The tappers were told that we didn't look good, but he didn't really give us a lot of corrections.  We were let out a half hour early, except for the few people in the one section of "Blow Gabriel Blow" that still needed choreographed.

I hardly had any social conversation with anyone the entire time.  I was never challenged with the dance steps, got very few corrections, and was annoyed quite frequently with everybody else.

In summary...

The beginning of my day was so much better than the second half.  We're talking two different worlds here.  One is a world in which I am excited, I have fun, and feel like a part of something.  One is a world in which I get annoyed, am bored frequently, and hardly talk to other people.

I've told several people the following statement lately, and I feel it is fitting to put it on my blog:

Sometimes I wish I could quit the High School Musical.  I won't, because I've already made a commitment, but if this were earlier in the rehearsal process I would have a serious decision to make.  I'm bored in rehearsals, and I feel like I don't belong.  The excitement that came freshmen year of being the best male dancer has worn off.  And I blamed my social inequality with the fact that I was an underclassman, but nothing's changed.

-NM