Tesseract: Independence Day to the nth degree!!!

So, Amanda (my roommate) and I realized that we've been in class for 14 straight days, ALL DAY LONG without a break or a day off. Today, I hit the wall and started to get a little loopy, so tomorrow has all new meaning to the term "Independence Day." I NEED A BREAK!!!

The loopiness of today:
For my "climactic moment" scene in Directing today, I decided to stage the scene in JAWS where the captain gets eaten, and the shark gets blown up. It was pretty epic. And received very well. It was funny, dramatic... I was pleased! (I also got to play one of the Boondock Saints in Amanda's scene, which was like living out a dream!)

After all our classes let out today, there was a Grad Program picnic at Scott's (he's the chair of the department) house in town, and it was a lot of fun... I got to meet a lot of people in the program, and take time out to chill a little.

After that, we went to Kat's house (she's the costuming person here) and had a bonfire and roasted marshmallows. It was really nice to get out and have some down time with other people in the program. Tomorrow, we're going to go to the movies and see Super8 (yay!) and also go downtown to the park and watch fireworks. (Oh, and get a TON of work done in the meantime.) I am going to bed early tonight (11-ish by the time I get in bed probably) and sleep in until I wake up! I am SOOOO looking forward to it!

Here are some pictures of the scenery and friends at the bonfire tonight!