A Perfectionist Endeavor
Posted in Community, Family, General, Spirituality on Apr 30th, 2008
This is for our sanity, if nothing else. If we don’t find a mate, by choice or bad luck, our well-meaning fellows will pity us and hound us until they have convinced us that we are not normal. It is easier to give in. There are several reasons our friends will persecute us:
1. For our [...]
Posted in Community, General, Personal Hygiene on Apr 29th, 2008
My relationship with William the alcoloon deteriorated in the final days of our play.
He approached me one night in the smelly underground hallway where I was trying to focus my concentration and rehearse my lines before the performance. I tried to ignore him, but he hovered near me for several minutes and finally blurted, [...]
Posted in Beauty, Community, General, Personal Hygiene on Apr 28th, 2008
Although we may find a way to release ourselves from the obligation of sitting, as described above, it will still be necessary to stand and walk in an upright manner so as to distinguish ourselves from the apes and those who have no manners.
The lead actor in my play is a college student named [...]
Posted in Community, General, Personal Hygiene on Apr 27th, 2008
This advice is directed at myself, this week.
It is hard getting through the day when I know I’ll be performing in the evening. I feel sick with dread from the moment I wake up. I feel tired, and I don’t want to do it.
As soon as I get to the theater, I [...]
This is especially true in dating situations, when, in our loneliness and desperation, we may be tempted to neglect our priorities.
An acquaintance who has impeccable standards described a recent date:
“First he took me to an Italian restaurant. I hate Italian! Then he didn’t order for me. I told him what I wanted. [...]
Posted in Community, General, Personal Hygiene on Apr 25th, 2008
I had been foolishly reassured by our director’s promise to keep William the alcoloon corralled in the theater on the second night of our play.
I was warming up my voice in a hallway downstairs when William wandered in and asked if he could join me. I tried to teach him some voice exercises, [...]
Posted in Beauty, Community, General, Personal Hygiene on Apr 24th, 2008
This advice particularly applies to those of us who are acting in a play within the next hour.
At the opening performance of our play, I was searching backstage during the first half for William, the aforementioned wealthy reprobate, to give him a suggestion about one of our scenes together. I had seen [...]
I’m in a play this week, and there is a Scottish guy, Campbell, who is charming and clever, and a good actor too, but even though we’ve been cast in the play since November, he never took the time to learn his lines. At every rehearsal he’s had the script in his hand, and if [...]
Posted in Community, General, Personal Hygiene on Apr 20th, 2008
On the other hand, if we prefer to slump, there is always the chiropractor to look forward to.
We love the chiropractor! Even when he chastises us for slumping. “That is a sitting injury,” he murmurs disapprovingly, staring at our back.
First he embarks on “muscle work”, a euphemism which may find its way [...]
Posted in Beauty, Community, General, Personal Hygiene, Spirituality on Apr 19th, 2008
Have you ever seen ballet dancers’ feet when they take off their pointe shoes? They’re not a pretty sight. I heard a company choreographer give notes to her dancers after a performance, including the instruction, “No more exploding toes!” Nearby in the dressing room lay a pointe shoe with a dark stain spread across [...]