A short session of yoga to start
the day. Natarajasana,
Garudasana, a few forward bend
and some variations, one
variation I think came from my
Thai Massage teacher.

When I look around, I'm annoyed
by how people don't take care
of their body. I'm not annoyed at
them, but at the culture we live
in, where it's not only
acceptable, but it's the norm to
disregard caring for your body.

It's not so much that a lot of
people are fat (I also consider
myself quite overweight) but
people's energy is often stuck
around their hips. Too much
sitting create this lower back
arching, which deform the whole
spine. I'm not only trying to
loose weight, but also want to
change my body mechanic and
posture.

I want to get to one hour of
physical training a day. I do
that 3 to 4 time a week so
far, but I'd like to reach 7 days
a week, mixing yoga, taichi,
boxing, karate, self massage. 

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Theater night, almost with all my
lines. I was deeply involved in
my character. I broke the fourth
wall a couple time, looking at
the audience. Surprised, the
other actors sitting, watching,
engaged, taken away by our scene.

We've been playing theater for
over 10 years, me and the actor
I'm playing with. Although still
early in the season, we're
already far into emotions, realism,
intensity. The director has
little to change. I forget
sometime, I'm a decent actor.

I've started acting around the
age of 19. I studied science for
a year, and when I realized that
University would be the same,
I was discouraged. I shifted to
theater, discovered the old part
of the school. I discovered
people that were a lot more
aligned with who I was. When
I was living in Montreal I would
see some of my friends I've
studied theater with in short
movies and ads.

I didn't pursue acting. I barely
finished college. My teacher
was quite influential, but the
drugs and the desire for freedom
was stronger, I moved to Montreal
and started working in computer
networking. I've been part of
improv, I've also joined a small
strange theater troupe in
Montreal for a couple year. But
it's only when I moved West that
I've started back in theater.
It's been around 10 years now
that I'm part of this troupe.

Acting is a form of meditation
for me, or a training that helps
with meditation. This process of
removing one's ego for a moment,
to enter someone's else life. It
was really clear from the start,
our ego is simply a mask that we
put on. To become a good actor, I
have to let go of my attachment
to that mask, so I can take on
any other masks. My year of
training was quite influential
for my own evolution, I sometime
forget about it.