Set, and Match.

Last night I went to a Rugby World Cup match here in Edinburgh, at Murrayfield stadium. It was Scotland against Romania, and although the game was boring in that the 42-0 score was overwhelming for the Romanian team the experience was still wonderful. Before I had only seen about one and a half games of rugby, and those were at UVA in Mad Bowl. I'm not saying the UVA teams are bad, but it's not the same as watching a world cup match.

The really amazing thing is how much I understood the game. So much is like american football but at a much better pace. I think I asked three questions the entire 80-minute game, and two were clarification. I'm not saying I understand the finer points of the games, and I definitely don't understand what happens when penalties happen, but it was really good to watch and figure out a game I had explained to me at tea.


Today was my last audition, I think. It was for the uni's "alternative theater", Theatre Paradok. This semester they are performing Durrenmatt's "The Visit" the week of Thanksgiving/one of the last weeks of the term, and they're looking for about ten people to fill in, and possibly double up on, small roles.

I think it was one of my favorite auditions. The small group, about fifteen including the directors, did warm-ups and exercises for about 40 minutes, then they passed out scenes to random pairs or groups, and so we performed for a few minutes then watched other scenes while looking over our next assignments. A lot of fun, very interactive, and at the least I am sold on watching the play two months from now