What I've Been Up To Lately...

[Jodo]

Well, in the past year several new things have happened, and I would say the vast majority of them are quite positive. I can't remember exactly when the forums went down, so I'll just start at the begining of the year. It started out with me in my first theater class, something I'm completely new to. This was taken a step further, when I was cast as the lead in the play, as Captain Jack Sparrow.:
(My friend Jacob and I)
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Furthermore, one of the people in the cast is Brad Jordan, a little person, who with his sister share the world record for "smallest siblings". Dicovery contacted his family for a one off documentary, so the fim crew came to our campus and filmed. While they were there, I was interviewed extensively on stage about how it was working with him,etc.

He was lucky enough to be contacted by TLC, and a TV series was proposed. A different (much ruder) crew then came out, fed us lines and totally ruined my experience. Where the first crew was wonderful to work with, this crew was much different. The show was very sterotypical fake reality. Through the course of filming that day, I quickly realized that all of my past beliefs about reality TV were true, and perhaps even worse than I originally believed. Having said that, I was used extensively in one episode, and I became a local celebrity myself.
(Brad and I after being interviewed at the last performace)

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Another main thing that happened, was the fact I got elected by the student body to be the student member on the board of trustees. I'm the most powerful student on campus, muhahaha! What this really means is that about once a week I am able to attend a college event, and get presented in front of groups of 300+ people each time. I attend all pinning ceremonies, graduations, and board meetings. Likewise, I get to have an advisory vote (it doesn't count) on the board, unless it is a tie breaker. My name also appears on every paper leaving the college, as it appears on the header. All the other pamphlets,etc that are created also have name (or face) on them. Additionally, I am also in the paper every 2 weeks or so.

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[Jodo]

I also won best actor for the season with my performace. Gonna be honest, unless I do really good in the Spring play, probably not gonna win this again. LOL...I'm playing Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol this year, and he's not my favorite person to play. LOL.

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As far as costume go, as shown above, I finished Captain Jack Sparrow:

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I did John Dillinger:
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A one off of Bob Dylan:

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For Halloween, I started working out to be Bane, but due to several repeated illnesses, fell off the bandwagon, and gave up. Another problem was the fact I couldn't source severl peices to the costume, and decided I'd rather save and have a better costume next year.

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I also decided to go cheap for my backup costume, which was a mix of Johnny Depp's Barnabas Collings, Jonathan Frid, and my own inspiration.:

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I also put this pic. together to show off a few characters at once, definitely some of my favorites!
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And I'm in the planning stages for next year's costumes.

[Jodo]

Otherwise, I keep fairly busy. I have maintained my 4.0 GPA while at school, making the President's List for outstanding achievement every semester I've been at school. I will be graduating soon as well. I'm majoring in communication, as I would like to teach college level speech classes. I can't decide on a minor yet, it may be business, or perhaps English. I think the business minor would be more beneficial, although I actually think I have enough history credit hours to qualify for a minor there as well.

I will be going to a different college in a few months, and I hope it works out half as well as it did at my current school. Like many of my friends have told me, I really have left a mark on this place...I think some people mean that negatively though. It's a curious thing having literally every person on campus know you, including administration, staff, and students. I always joke that it's like being a rock star, LOL.

Right now I'm just looking forward to the semester being over, as there are only a few more class days left this year. However, until then I just write papers, preform skits, make special guest appearences in classes to speak, rehearse the play, and attend events. Oh, and additionally, I was also put on theater scholarship this year. I could have graduated this semester, but I can now pick up additional credit hours which will transfer to my next school. I'm a few years behind everyone anyway, so honestly, one semester isn't going to kill me, and it couldn't have worked out better with having the trustee position, as my term is up this coming May.
(My friend John, Brad, and I at the Fine Arts event)
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I'm also single right now. Which I hope is remedied soon.

[Big Red]

Glad to hear everything's going so well! I'd have to agree that a business minor is probably the best/most practical choice. I majored in English and the biggest "benefit" I get from that is the headaches I get reading the emails from upper level executives who send them out without having their admins scrub them first. The idea that someone making seven figures has such a poor grasp on basic grammar is truly maddening.

[Qui-Gon Jim]

Great update, Jodo! The idea of you graduating college makes me feel OLD!

[figureaddict]

Great update, Jodo! The idea of you graduating college makes me feel OLD!

No kidding! Glad your doing so well. Thought for sure you'd major in something to do with theater/make-up/acting though. Keep thinking I'll see you on that Face Off show.

[Jodo]

Thanks guys, it's just good to be back!!!

BR, I agree, I think the business minor would be best as well. Espcially if I decide to major in the PR section of communication. I can't narrow it down to which specific field to enter...

And you wouldn't believe how many people think my major is theater or the like. People are always shocked to hear I have no plans to actively pursue a carreer in that area. However, I prefer to just fall into things either way. I hands down believe if I'm meant to do something in that area it will just all eventually work out. If not, then I have my degrees to fall back on, hahaha!

Anothe big thing that happened, which I forgot to mention, was that a candidate for state senate asked me to run his youth campaign. After speaking to 5 professors, who all agreed that I was the best person for the role, he called one of them, who I hang out with daily, and asked me to his house to discuss at lenth the positition. In the end I had to pass up this opportunity, as seveal key dates conflicted with my school schedule,etc. However, it was quite the honor none-the-less that I was sought out for such a position either way.

Another thing that happened, was that I was also hired by Macy's to do an event as Captain Jack Sparrow, so I did that over Summer. It was a fun event, but I just don't like the weird commercial element of it. I was actually just asked to return, but I don't know if I will or not. It's just not my cup of tea.

[OKWORDYODA]

Reading your well written posts warms my old man heart.

I remember when we could barely understand what you were trying to communicate.

Good job, kid!

[Galactic Hunter]

Jodo, I still remember you as the kid with the Jodo Kast costume at Celebration 3. It's pretty amazing how you've grown right before us. Great, kid! Don't get cocky.

-Mike

[Big Red]

I remember when we could barely understand what you were trying to communicate.

I have to admit to chuckling nostalgically at the small handful of misspellings in these here posts.