i act; i should dance, but i didn't begin at an early enough age. you see, i believe that while theatre adequately presents the human condition, dance captures the soul. theatre is encumbered by words. the soul speaks with a language that transcends our strung-together verbs and phrases. plays are boxed in by setting, characters, plot; they ( Read more... )

I stumbled upon ( this )

( oh oliver )

"Never esteem anything of advantage to thee that shall make thee lose thy self-respect."

~ Meditations - Marcus Aurelius ~

perhaps i shall explain later.  perhaps it needs no explaination.  jane eyre tomorrow.  i'm excited.

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dad's opening presents, and we're eating pie as the melodious voice of michael franks drifts through the air.

moments like this make me quite happy, and we don't have enough genuinely happy posts around here.  tonight reminds me of all those past evenings spent huddled around the radio, listening to carmina burana while daddy smoked his pipe and ( Read more... )

"Fate crushes the brave."



( goodness Carmina Burana! )

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 i tagged along with dara and her family to see kathleen at the vortex tonight. kathleen was amazing. i almost cried. i saw gary, and that was wonderful. we went to ihop afterwards and shared breakfast. i fed him griddle cake.