first, a question friend: why did they do a drug presentation after the show?
why was that necessary (i'm not even sure what show you're doing, if you have the chance send me an email with the details).
second, don't take the attitude that you're not going to do that kind of theatre any more.
that's why we do theatre, to move the audience on some level.
yes it wasn't fair to the kids.
it was really unfair to the kids to, what sounds like, belittle thier performance.
but you can't let one unthoughtful incident like that soil your desire to do theatre the way theatre should be done.
i never set out to be a thespian nick, i wouldn't be one now if i hadn't met joel, erica and jayc, but i've become addicted to the thrill of contecting with the audience and taking them, for a little while to another place.
sometimes that place is light and funny, sometimes that place is dark and uncomfortable.
but if i can connect with the audience, only for a moment, and have them leave the theatre thinking about the performance of me and my fellow cast members, then i'm fulfilled as an actor. all you can do as the director and teacher is help to instill that passion into the kids and guide them to that end.
and to be honest it sounds like you've done that.
i'm sure when all is said and done, the audience will go out leaving slighted by the belittlement of the performance, but i gaurantee that today at work and this weekend during thier weekend activities, it will be the performance of those kids they are thinking about, not the stupid drug presentation at the end.
let the kids know this.
let them know that while the drug presentation was unfair to them, they are the ones that moved the audience, and ultimately it's the story they told that the audience will be thinking about.
ruby energy golem
systems/layers.
i loved that show. i ushered because at the time i was to broke to afford a ticket, the house was packed.
i stood at the top, near the doors by of section A of the morgan theatre, and was awed and moved beyond belief.
it was one of the most beautiful things i'd ever beheld.
thinking of it to this day still sends chills up my spine.
erica
beautiful poem, i've read and re-read it multiple times, and i will probably do so many more times.
something about moves me.
so i'm glad to have annette back up: welcome back annette.
it's blue today, the sky.
whispy clouds float wistfully in that dome of blue
something about it, seems just right.
movie geekiness
now for something completely different...
i missed most of the summer films, being in the hosipital and laid up for a little over a month made it hard to get out, and put a drain on my budget...
that being said my budget is still drained, but we're getting into the next big, and last movie rush of the year.
zathura: yeah i want to see this one bad, and i'm going to make a go of it, perhaps i'll stash a little cash away and go see it over the holiday weekend. i was a big fan of jumanji, and this looks like another fun little movie along those lines.
the legend of zorro: it won't be spectacular, and i'm not gunning for a life changing film, just some good rollicking fun.
harry potter and the goblet of fire: hey i'm a geek. i love the books, how am i not going to go see this film? there's a little more money stashed away i suppose.
aeon flux: ok this one could be total shite, i know, but i've got high hopes for it. i loved the cartoon (of which i think was just released on dvd) and though several plot points were changed, i'm still excited to see this.... i just hope they kept some of the surreal nature of the cartoon.
the chronicles of narnia: i was depressed when i went out and bought the extended edition of return of the king, i thought for certain that i had no fantasy films to look forward too for quite some time. well, i was dead wrong. the narnia trailer looks spectacular, and i can't wait to see it.
mrs. henderson presents: ok there are several movies i've not even mentioned that i'd like to see (
memiors of a giesha, broke back mountain, the kid and i) some of these will probably not make it to logan and this is also one that probably won't make it to logan. but boy i sure hope so, as the idea of a movie about a racy theatre dance hall and it's all nude reviews really piques my interest. should be fun, just hope judy dench isn't naked.
king kong: oh man, i've known about this project for an age now, and strangely enough i've not gone seeking spoilers and know very little about this movie. that being said, i'm really excited to see it. with lord of the rings under his belt, i'm curious what peter jackson will have up his sleeve with this one. should be intense.
his movies always are.
tom, that definition you left in the comment box for the post below makes sense: "an intelligent cause or agent, as opposed to an unguided process such as natural selection."
it does lead me to ask the question what is the intelligent cause or agent?
one could rule that in the narrow scope, lab experiments and such that agent is man, however it does answer the question what the agent is in the broader scope.
putting god into the definition as far as meta-evolution goes is easy to do, because what other answer have you got? especially when considering the development of animals, or humans.
one could posit alien life forms as the cause, i suppose, but that seems almost as silly to me as god.
my biggest problem, and admittedly i'm no scientist, with intelligent design is; how does one test for it?
the hypothesis has been proposed, how does one test for results to the hypothesis.
micro-evolution can be tested for, and meta-evolution, through scientific research spanning generations of researchers, can at least be studied on some small scale.
how does one test for intelligent design?
so it seems that the religious right is raising, and have been raising for decades now, a fuss over intelligent design.
i'm getting mighty sick of it.
i don't care what you believe, just like you don't really care what i believe.
unless of course you happen to be on the religious right, and feel that i MUST believe the same thing as you, if only for the sake of my mortal soul.
the question is, really, whether or not intelligent design belongs in a science class?
well does it?
we don't teach the hollow earth theory in science classes either... how come?
what about teaching about atlantis in geography, that seems viable.
for those highschools that offer it, seminary or a bible study that's off school grounds, but during school hours, do those classes teach about the bigbang, string theory, or newtonian physics?
no, not that i'm aware of.
the problem most folks have with evolution is with meta-evolution (as micro-evolution has been show throughouly in the lab for the last five decades).
i've no problem with those believing in intelligent design, there are alot of unanswerable questions regarding evolutionary theory at the moment, so intelligent design seems an easy out.
intelligent design, for me at least (and for most scientists strangely enough) isn't a sasitfactory answer to those questions.
it's almost what one would consider a cop-out.
"well we can't answer the question, so let's say god did it"
that's the sort of attitude that left europe in the dark ages for 600 years.
i'ts not a very good attitude to take period.
it's amazing to me how many people can't, for some reason, reconcile their belief in the mystery of god, with science.
it's as if GOD had to do everything with a flick of the wrist and with a light hand of mystism.
doesn't seem likely.
he'd more likely than not, set up a set of specific cause and effect stipulations and put the whole thing in motion, only tweaking with the controlers not the product or the mold once set in motion.
mostly what i would like is for these idiots, on both sides to shut up.
keep creationism in the church, or bible study, or home where it belongs. and evolution in science class where it belongs.
parents need to take a bigger interest in what their children are learning more than whether they are being taught religion in the class room.
if you feel that strongly about it, make sure they learn at home; that's where education begins anyway.
follow the links below for more.
http://www.everystudent.com/wires/evolution.htmlhttp://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/evolution.htmhttp://www.therazor.org/oldroot/Spring02/evolution.htm
