Ok so I am doing Godspell at the venice little theatre and those of you who know me, you know how much I love the damn musical!. I know, I know a Buddhist's favorite musical is Godspell-go figure?

What I find amazing is how the cast has banned together.

You see, very little press has been done for our show. No significant press release, no real advertising, no real support. When we were in rehearsals I was told the show would be marketed to church's, but I went around to Church's with flyers(that I made on my computer) and none of them knew anything about it, but told me they wish they had. Add to that the only introduction I have had to the artistic director is him yelling at us for being too noisy in the green room. Add to that the costume designer going off on us for what amounted to a pair of pants that fell off a hanger and us enjoying each others company in the dressing room and you have a recipe for a pissed off cast. But instead of hurting the show, it made it stronger!

This is simply the best cast I have ever been a part of. And this is no ordinary show. Love it or hate it, while being a fun show, it is also a hard show to do, well. Few shows run the spectrum from hilarity to devastating sadness and those that do usually only incorporate one or two characters in this arch. But this show requires that EVERY cast member be on all the time-because they never leave stage. And you have to be engaged in every aspect of the story or else it comes off false. There is a lot of cheesy stuff in this show and the only way to make it real is to be in the moment.

And this cast does what is required and then some.

I encourage all those reading this to read Jkasonetc live journal entry to hear what kind of a cast this is. I would tell you about them, but his take on the cast could not be outdone.

In the end I think maybe the way we have been treated has helped our show, if not ticket sales. We have banned together and become closer than we might have because of how we have been treated. It makes me happy to have been on stage with these amazing people and the behind the scenes people such as our stage manager, dance captain, and musical director.

I couldn't be happier that my first chance to be in this amazing show was with an amazing cast! I love them all, truly.

Tags: acting, arts, theatre
Current Mood: cheerful

So alst night was my last night in my house and of course-what did I do? I waited until the last minute to move everything out. The reult is that I only got 45 minutes of sleep last night. It sucks!! I am sooo tired right now all I can think of is getting off work and getting my production meeting done as soon as possible so that I can go home and go to bed!!! Its only 9am and I am all redy nodding off at my desk-good lord how am I going to make it through the day?

Have the Empowerment this weekend and that should be kewl-they always are.


I will get to see a lot of people from the Buddhist Center who I have not seen in while and probably wont see again before i leave.

Jason came back into town yesterday and kept me company while I packed up a few things-which of course meant all we did was eat and talk and hang out-it was a welcome distraction to the tedium of the night. Through Seussical and theatre here in sarasota I have really meant some people that I going to miss when I go to LA. Jason is definately one of em-he is a kewl cat-hope I will have enough mental fortitude to stay in touch with him when I leave-well to stay in touch with everyone-thank god for myspace-HAHAHAHA!

Often during times of great strife and hardship for the world I hear many of my granola friends saying that it is only Western sensibilities that make us think that it is OK to celebrate when others are suffering so much everywhere else.

I tend to agree to an extent- Christmas has been turned into mostly a commercial holiday with the stores being filled earlier and earlier with Christmas.(this year I saw displays before Halloween)

But I also think that what is always important in hard times is to appreciate the things that we have. From Buddhist perspective we have earned the positive Karma that we are benefiting from right now. It would be foolish to earn all this positive Karma and refuse to benefit or appreciate from it. What is important is to not let it go to waste by not doing more good.

We in the west should be hypersensitive to the responsibility we have because we have it so easy. This comfort is not on the backs of ourselves, but on the backs of the rest of the world. Of course we should not push our view of the "right way" onto the world. What we should be doing is showing the world an example of what is right and how to be responsible with the level of power and control that we have.

It was interesting when I visited LA a few years ago my friend Jo-Ann and I happened on the way back to be sitting next to this man who worked for the State Department who was flying back from a training class that was all about humanity and aggression and war. He let Jo-Ann read this book he had and the chapter was called "WHY WE FIGHT"

And the last paragraph struck me so hard that to this day it gives me chills. it went something like this:

An unprejudiced observer from space looking on man, who has in one hand the culmination of all his knowledge, the nuclear weapon, and in the other hand has the emotions and evolutionary instincts of his ancestors that he can barely control, would not prophesies a long life for the species.

We have so much knowledge and still there is AIDS. So much technology and still people die of starvation a plane ride away from gardens of paradise.

As Gandhi said-Be the change you wish to see in the world.

Peace is not unpatriotic-Love is not siding with terrorists-and war is never the answer to solving our problems.

Love one another more-care for those who cannot care for themselves-walk the mile and see who we all are meant to be.

I love all of you and can only hope that somehow this world will wake up to the truth-WE ARE ALL ONE-cheesy as it may sound. I leave you with what is truly my favorite quote of all time. It was part of Dr Martin Luther King's speech when accepting the Nobel Prize:

I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsom and jetsom in the river of life unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him. I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.

I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear destruction. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant.

THINK AND LOVE!!!

Current Mood: contemplative

Yes Paris would be ideal but right now I am stuck in a Lame Duck job and my boss is driving me insane!!! Well it should be sais that I know my boss will be sad to see me go because of the amount of help I give to the office. But because of the type of person he is he shows it my totally treating me like shit. He has never been a nice person-actually everyone in the office thinks he is a bastard) but he never been overtly mean, until the day I gave my notice. From that day on he is constantly questioning all my decisions and in general berating me in front of all my other co-workers. I am a litle frustrated because he is making what is left of my career here a living hell. Of course people are starving in other countries and I guess I am lucky to even have a job-but it is pretty frustrating.

Current Mood: aggravated

OK so cursing is not cool for some of you, but damn if its not the smallest world. So I go to do repairs on the costumes I designed for Seussical and I decide to wear this hat that a guy I was dating left at my house. First of all I NEVER wear hats so I am not sure why I decided to wear this. This guy lives in St Pete and I was not going to drive up there to return a hat. So I ask my friend Jason to keep me company because I decided to actually watch the show. So the show goes great, standing ovation-people are going on and on about how good the costumes are(which I have to admit, it feels damn damn good) and then as I am inching my way out of the isle who do I spot but Donal-the ex whose hat I wore to the theater. Now I wasn't wearing the hat, but it was so weird. I hadn't spoken with him since we stopped dating and it turns out he is really good friends with the guy playing to elephant Horton(who by the way is amazing).

I just thought damn its a small world-what are the odds!

Thought I would share this with you guys that will read this.

Current Mood: amused

Well I am moving to Cali very soon and I am really relly happy. I guess not because I moving, that makes me tear up a little because of everything I am leaving behind. I guess I am happy cause I am finally taking a real risk for once in my life. Not calculating every aspect of the situation. And not allowing obsticles to get in my.

This is my first entry in here. A lot of my friends refuse to go on myspace, but they are on here-so I thought might as well. I am moving to Los Angeles IN january and will change my location then. Always interested in meeting new people and going new places......