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1). I don't know how to run like Jack Sparrow. Literally. I can't. Plus I hate running, so I think this will just be something that I'll kind of just... ignore. oops. lol
2). Most of the lines I know for Captain Jack Sparrow are ones from Curse of the Black Pearl and a few from On Stranger Tides. Ask me about lines from Dead Man's Chest or At World's End and I will probably just try to make something up that sounds sorta close to what Jack may have said.
3). I have realized that I have been afraid of Jack Sparrow impersonators for a long time. I just remember the first couple of conventions I went to, and I tried to talk to a couple of Jack Sparrows and they were in character and all that... and that intimidated me. Basically this happened a lot:
Me: Look, Jack Sparrow!
Impersonator: That's *Captain* Jack Sparrow....
Me: Omg. O__O He's angry at me.... wahhh I'm so sorry *walks away slowly*
Yea, I didn't understand the whole impersonator = being in character thing and I didn't know Jack Sparrow's character very well (tbh he was just a character I could recognize), so I just thought whenever they corrected me, they were all just pissed off that I didn't get the character name right. So basically I went through the first 2 years or so of going to conventions thinking that all the Jack Sparrow impersonators at the conventions would just get mad at me when I approached them, so I stopped approaching them, unless they looked friendly to me, which most of them didn't look friendly.... Plus man. they just look really intimidating in general. Seeing how legit and intense their costumes were really scared me.... yea I'm such a wimp. Not much has changed since then... although I seemed to have joined them haha
4). I can dance to Pop, Lock, and Drop It quite well and think it would be amusing to become known as that one Jack Sparrow that can dance like that lol
5). Finals are coming up. I should be studying, but I am online instead. And I am looking forward to a promotional event that I will be doing for the UW Madison Costume Play and Design Guild. Going to be standing out on campus as Captain Jack Sparrow promoting a benefit night for the group, so I'm super excited about that. Only thing is I may need to go to my last 2 classes of the day as Jack Sparrow, which I'd really rather not do since they are both held in large lecture halls with 150+ people in them. So, walking in as Jack Sparrow would be super awkward. So I am currently devising a plan that will hopefully make it so that I don't have to go to class in costume.... but it may be unavoidable...unless I just skip class...
2). Most of the lines I know for Captain Jack Sparrow are ones from Curse of the Black Pearl and a few from On Stranger Tides. Ask me about lines from Dead Man's Chest or At World's End and I will probably just try to make something up that sounds sorta close to what Jack may have said.
3). I have realized that I have been afraid of Jack Sparrow impersonators for a long time. I just remember the first couple of conventions I went to, and I tried to talk to a couple of Jack Sparrows and they were in character and all that... and that intimidated me. Basically this happened a lot:
Me: Look, Jack Sparrow!
Impersonator: That's *Captain* Jack Sparrow....
Me: Omg. O__O He's angry at me.... wahhh I'm so sorry *walks away slowly*
Yea, I didn't understand the whole impersonator = being in character thing and I didn't know Jack Sparrow's character very well (tbh he was just a character I could recognize), so I just thought whenever they corrected me, they were all just pissed off that I didn't get the character name right. So basically I went through the first 2 years or so of going to conventions thinking that all the Jack Sparrow impersonators at the conventions would just get mad at me when I approached them, so I stopped approaching them, unless they looked friendly to me, which most of them didn't look friendly.... Plus man. they just look really intimidating in general. Seeing how legit and intense their costumes were really scared me.... yea I'm such a wimp. Not much has changed since then... although I seemed to have joined them haha
4). I can dance to Pop, Lock, and Drop It quite well and think it would be amusing to become known as that one Jack Sparrow that can dance like that lol
5). Finals are coming up. I should be studying, but I am online instead. And I am looking forward to a promotional event that I will be doing for the UW Madison Costume Play and Design Guild. Going to be standing out on campus as Captain Jack Sparrow promoting a benefit night for the group, so I'm super excited about that. Only thing is I may need to go to my last 2 classes of the day as Jack Sparrow, which I'd really rather not do since they are both held in large lecture halls with 150+ people in them. So, walking in as Jack Sparrow would be super awkward. So I am currently devising a plan that will hopefully make it so that I don't have to go to class in costume.... but it may be unavoidable...unless I just skip class...
Funny how this works...
Finding it really entertaining how I can tell all of the Jack Sparrow impersonators apart while the majority of the population has a really difficult time telling us all apart.
If you ever have trouble telling a Jack Sparrow impersonator from another impersonator or from the real deal (Johnny Depp), just look closely at the costume pieces. Wigs and belt buckles are usually dead giveaways to telling the difference between Johnny Depp Jack Sparrow, Jack Sparrow impersonators and identifying the difference between other Sparrow impersonators. Also looking at the coat helps too. ;)
Being in character at conventions.....
This is a super long journal but I just thought I should put this out there since there seems to be a ton of confusion surrounding this issue. Hopefully this will clear things up a bit.
Disclaimer: As these explanations are laid out, they are for convention situations, NOT for impersonators and hired gigs. There's a whole other set of considerations that have to be accounted for in that territory, and I trust that most impersonators know the rules. This is meant just for clarification purposes as lately I've noticed more and more cosplayers at conventions trying to be in character and they usually either take it too far or they tend to have
Anime Boston 2014
So I am actually going to AB this year! Pretty excited seeing as I missed the last year at AB, it was so sad :(
Anyways, yea, so if anyone's going, come say hi to me! lol
Update - End of year 2013
So I haven't updated my journal in ages... mostly because of lack of time (this past semester gave me more work than I had anticipated). So I just thought I'd write out a quick update on the happenings in my life.
Mostly the big-ish news I have is that I am transferring colleges. Transferring from Emerson College in Boston to University of Wisconsin-Madison. Reason for the transfer is that I found that I was unable to take the classes I wanted at Emerson and was finding the Marketing major to not really be what I was expecting or looking for. The stuff that they were teaching was more for working at a large agency, which was not my intention
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I can relate to encountering people, who are playing a fictional character (method actors etc.). It's nice to know you haven't allowed fear to control your important decisions, and you continue to find success with your overall life/experience.