The Allure of Stale Donuts

It's amazing the things people will do for food when a country has a depression on.

For example: Acting.

Usually it costs an arm and a leg to get some talent for a project. Even a tiny project that could be filmed in less than a week. This is not the case during a depression. I put out an ad that I need talent for a student film project, informing any would-be talent that they would be paid in stale 7-11 donuts(when we can afford them) and the response has been outrageously amazing.

My cohort found it depressing.

So people are willing to work for food, out of a genuine need for food. I find that I feel lucky, and almost grateful for this depression we have going on. It's giving me a chance to do things I wouldn't be able to do otherwise.

Monologue

I am in a theater acting class at my college.
We are required to perform a monologue, and then, later, we will perform a scene. My monologue was chosen today as I read through the Faber Book of Monologues for Women. Sarcastic, bitter, with a touch of humour to it. I will be performing the opening monologue to Wit, by Margaret Edson. The opening monologue is delivered by the lead character, Vivian, a 50 year old professor of 17th Century Literature. She has been diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic ovarian cancer.

The opening lines are thus:

[In false familiarity with the audience, waving and nodding]Hi. How are you feeling today? Great. That's just great.

[In her own professorial tone.]

This is not my standard greeting, I assure you.

I tend toward something a little more formal, a little less inquisitive, such as, say, "Hello."

But it is the standard greeting here.

I love this monologue. I just hope I can pull off the character. She's fantastic!

The Right Wing Tele-Bimbo : Ann Coulter!

Wow,
Well...
Jeez.

So, I had heard the name Ann Coulter before, said with disdain by my friends, coworkers, and family members, but I never really bothered to watch any interviews with her, or read any of her bullshit columns.

Lemme tell ya... She's a real right wing nut job.

Being that I am a female, and regularly take advantage of my civil rights in this country, as afforded to me by the United States Constitution, hearing her talk makes me angry. Does she even realize that when she speaks out on television shows, or writes her way-too conservative books, that she is taking advantage of the rights women fought and died for since the founding of our country? (and long before it's founding!)

Women have only had the right to vote for 89 years in our country. And they've only had free access to birth control for 49. Until the mid 1960s, women didn't have equal opportunities when it came to jobs, and a majority of our society's men thought that the best place for us was in the kitchen. A few still do think this. Apparently, so does Ann Coulter.

I wonder if, when she speaks about taking away women's reproductive/civil rights, she realizes that she is, in fact, a woman? Does she realize she would be taking these rights away from herself as well? If it weren't for the men and women fighting for her rights when she was a toddler, she wouldn't have been able to work, successfully, in a private practice law firm. She also wouldn't have had the time to write her books, or be a media whore, if she was doing what she thinks other women should do and was raising up some offspring.

I found it hilariously ironic that, for a woman who spouts off about the values of the nuclear family, she can't nail down a man long enough to tie the knot. In all her dating and messing around(I assume she messes around because she looks like a skank), did she never once use birth control? Doubtful. If she didn't, then she's been going into abortion clinics through back doors for years. Or maybe they just never wanted to screw her. I wouldn't be surprised, her vagina probably has fangs.

I won't go into her views on how we should deal with foreign affairs(I believe the sentence "kill their leaders" was said), or on how horrendously bigoted she is when it comes to religions other than her own. (i don't group her in with other Christians, because none of the ones I know would ever say that the Jews need to be "perfected"). That's an entire book if I start to write on it.

I'll just leave with a message directed right at Ann Coulter:

You don't want women to vote? Feel free to lead by example.



Honestly, why are we, as Americans, putting up with this woman? There's a fine line between being polically minded and being a bigotous skank.

Marriage - Gay, Straight, Or Between a Man and His Goat

So, people have been asking me about my views on this whole Prop 8 thing, and I've tried to stay out of it, but now it's just getting ridiculous.

I support gay marriage. Hell, if a guy wanted to marry his goat, I would tell him to go for it. I am not a fan of marriage in general, I see it as an unnecessary cost in an already to expensive world, but others see it as some awesome "next step" in their relationships, and I respect that.

But...

Is a marriage certificate necessary to prove your love, faithfulness, and dedication to your partner? Not really.

If you're with someone who is offering you an ultimatum(like "marry me now or I will marry that guy in the speedo"), you should really not be in that relationship. Also, if you don't believe in God, you shouldn't be getting married. It's a religious practice. It would be like a Christian celebrating Hanuka, or a Jew celebrating Christmas. It makes no sense.

And this thing with Gay Marriage becoming a political issue? Retarded. Has anyone here heard of the separation between church and state? Apparently not. Marriage=Religious, Voting on an Issue=Political. Prop 8=Blurring of important lines.

Let's just give people in civil unions the same package as people getting married(all the legal trappings, etc), and be done with it, okay?

Okay!