Practice makes Quasi-Perfect

Practice makes Quasi-Perfect
Well, Devyn and I have been working on our scenes. The plan of action has been quite repetitive and there hasn't been a lot of new information to report. However, I am due for a blog. So, I'll blog about our recent practices.
Devyn and I switch up our practice locations. Sometimes we'll try a place and work until we get distracted or stuck -- switching locations then helps us. We usually grab a room in Swem, but sometimes work outside, or in the basement of Swem. We also sometimes work in PBK. Devyn and I play games to assist our studying and make it less painful. For instance, we'll toss a ball back and forth as we recite our lines. If we don't have a ball, and want to play catch, sometimes we'll toss a bag of chips back and forth. This helps us sometimes -- when we are tired it wakes us up. On the other hand, sometimes we can get carried away with playing ball/chips. When we get "carried away" we say we are "channeling our 14 year old" so that it is relevant to the script. Devyn and I do act 14 when we are together. Seriously.
We also made up another game called "Fuckbag." This game helps us release our inner aggression when we are forced to sit down and study calmly for a long period of time. But more importantly, it also helps us get comfortable with our cue to say our line. We yell 'fuckbag' when we are done with our line and it is the other person's turn to speak. For instance, when Devyn finishes her line, she yells FUCKBAG. Now I know its my turn. This game is sort of like riding a bike with training wheels.
Anyway, Devyn and I noticed a difference in how well we have the first few pages memorized (mostly verbatim) but tend to miss words like "OK" or slip "really" in instead of "totally" later in the script. We decided to gain the mastery of the later pages by adopting a new strategy. We will forget the first few pages which often take up a significant amount of study time to get through -- and we just focus on a few later pages at a time. At the end of the session, we run through the entire script.
We will be meeting again today, tonight, or tomorrow to practice again. I can't believe how soon we will be performing.
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