Tips for a new Mullaney student

PorterMason

PorterMason

for all the cows
#1
#1
OK, then. I will be beginning Level 2 at UCBT with Mullaney this saturday. Does anyone (including Mullaney) have any tips/tricks on the etiquette of being a sucessful Mullaney student?

I mean, should one curtsy when I enter the theater? When doing object work, which imaginary fork is the imaginary salad fork? Should I address Herr Mullaney as: Mr. Mullaney, Kevin, Mullaney, The Web Master, or Evil Mailer Daemon?

Everybody's in the know but me! Help change this!
 
mullaney

mullaney

IRC Administrator
Staff member
#3
#3
Read my essay on agreement. Look for the link on the front page. I'm going to ask all of my level 2 and 3 students read it.
 
John_Frusciante

John_Frusciante

Lexicon Devil
#4
#4
Having worked with Lt. Cl. Alabastair Swordfish Mullaney on several projects now, both gallactic and inter-gallactic, I can tell you that the best way to approach his jovial yet cutting demeanor would be to keep in mind a number of things:

Firstly, begin with a handshake and casual wink (left eye). This is how he greets, and how he likes to be greated.

When in his company in any capacity, do your best to not keep still. If you acheive a state of motionlessness he may think you are a Sector Seven Parabola Dragon and slay you with the miniature ion cannon he is required by position to carry at all times strapped to his ankle.

Perhaps my best piece of advise is this: chocolates, always chocolates.


John.
 
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youngcat

Math Rules!
#7
#7
All new obsessions aside...

Listen to what the man has to say, have fun, and don't feel as if you have to prove anything.

Also, remember that level two is as much about being in your head as it is getting out of it. Mullaney is a FANTASTIC level two teacher, and takes great steps to carefully lay out the harold in all its little pieces. That said, the actual information you're going to get from him may seem a bit overwhelming at first. Especially in the first few classes when you start to deconstruct Harold pretty succinctly. The exercises might seem a bit strange, however you'll find that by the eight class everything will come together. Relax and enjoy the ride.
 
PorterMason

PorterMason

for all the cows
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#8
That makes me think of another question which is:

Note-taking: yea oder nay?

I've had some teachers that encourage it, others that abhor it.
 
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youngcat

Math Rules!
#9
#9
It's hard to do...

In Mullaney's classes because you get A LOT of stage time. I have yet to see anyone actually writing notes in a UCB class, though. However, I read somewhere that Chris Farley took Meticulous notes from Del Close when he was at IO.

Then again you're asking the wrong person about notes; I tend to remember half of what a teacher says, and store it away. Then magically like six months later I'll get a totally different not from a different teacher and say to myself "That's what that other guy was trying to tell me six months ago! Now I get it".

At which point I immediately forget what was just said and the vicious circle starts anew.
 
Drifter Luke

Drifter Luke

Little Mile
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#11
Sometimes, if you really unforgivably fuck up, he hits you. It stings for a couple of minutes, but damn if you don't learn a valuable lesson.

Oh, and he tricked me once into getting my hair wrapped around a nail on the wall. When I tried to walk away from said wall, I yanked out a shitload of hair. That's his punishment for being a wall hanger. Again, it is initially painful, but I learned something.

If you ply him with popcorn, cigarettes, and granola bars you will be ok.

Good luck. You're going to need it.
 
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