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The State of Affairs in the Real World

March 18, 2007 2:25 PM

he past few days have been pretty ridiculous. I feel like I've been on vacation, actually. But a very tiring, stressful, short vacation. That's not to say it's bad, just that the past few days have been a significant departure from the status quo. There's been so much going on, and there's so much on my mind, in fact, that I don't think I can weave it all in and out in one coherent narrative. So, I'm going to break this post up into sections.

Law Revue
The annual Stuart's Law Revue show was last night. I have to admit that I had significant reservations before the show, but I think the show went really, really well, and lots of people said that this year's show was better than last years. We'll see how the post-show buzz goes (even the Star Wars prequels got overwhelmingly positive reviews at first), but I think it'll hold up.

Although I've performed in front of people before, that had always been in a musical setting at open mic nights at bars. I had never gotten up in front of people and (attempted) acting. It was a fun experience I'd happily repeat. The highlight for me (although, apparently not the crowd) was a sketch called Trial Ad in which Mr. Vice and I played huge asshole lawyers and Mr. Utah played a live tiger. Maybe you had to be there.

I just woke up and I didn't take a shower last night before bed. That means I'm still wearing make up.

The show was tainted somewhat by the fact that one piece of dialog offended several students. I honestly feel that those students are overreacting, but I also feel bad that we did something that hurt them--it was never our intent to offend. I hope that the situation, if this becomes a situation, can be resolved in an amicable way and that any relationships that were hurt can be restored.

St. Patrick's Day
Last night, after the show, I went out with the cast and then some other people and did a little bar hopping. I wasn't really in the mood to drink, but I did anyway. It was a fun time, for the most part. I will never do shots of Jameson again; that shit is nasty. Nasty! And what's the deal with green Miller Lite, anyway?

I guess I've never really gotten St. Patrick's day. It didn't make any sense in elementary school--why the fuck do I have to wear green or face getting pinched a billion times? And it doesn't really make sense now--why does some saint's day mean I have to be drunk by 10am? I don't know, it's just not my bag.

The Truth
Why does the Truth make people uncomfortable? After having a discussion about this, I just don't understand why we live in a society where it's assumed that you can't tell people the Truth. Why should reciting the state of affairs in the real world cause people to freak out or act in a strange way? It just makes absolutely no sense to me, and I don't think it ever will. I expect people to be mature adults who can fucking handle the Truth, but that assumption has proved true so few times, maybe I'm just an idiot.

My whole life, all I've tried to do is be as honest as I could possibly be, under the assumption that telling the Truth is almost always the best thing to go with. My friends have laughed at me when I've said that I hate that I'm not honest enough--people usually think of me as being too honest, probably. But I hate lying, I hate lying by ommission. I'm just not wired that way. And if I have to pay a price for doing what I think is the right thing, then I guess that's what I'll do. And that leads into . . .

Disappointment
I experienced some unfamiliar feelings the other day: anticipation, excitement, hope. Today I'm experiencing a much more familiar emotion: disappointment. What sucks is that I didn't even have my hopes very high, but I'm still feeling like shit. Ugh.

Billy Corgan's birthday
My biggest musical hero turned the big 4-0 yesterday. That's pretty crazy. In any event, here's to Billy Corgan and the reunited (maybe) Smashing Pumpkins.

Congratulations, Mr. Utah!
It looks like the real world has foiled our plans to enact MZRM, LLP--Mr. Utah is now gainfully employed. Congratulations, sir. You deserve it.



2 Comments


Dangerous Mind said:

If anything, I think last night's show proved that the student body as a whole needs to stop taking everything so seriously...and learn the meaning of the word "context".

I may be the minority on this, but I enjoyed the show. I just hope that certain student groups don't force the cancellation (or severe censorship) of future shows because of how "offended" they were.

March 18, 2007 5:26 PM



TheExpat said:

"offended", eh? I expect, nay demand a follow-up post regarding this subject - post haste!!! (Heh heh, get it? I said post something and then I said post...well...yeah.)

So it looks again like The Virgo has reared his ugly head. "Too honest" is you to a tee. Don't you go changing a bit. We demand the The Truth, and we can handle it, dammit! Manly handshakes all around!

March 19, 2007 8:41 AM



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