Theater Experience

               “Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to this year’s tryout for The Princess and the Frog! Today you will go through an extensive tryout process that is both physically and mentally demanding” said the play director. I assumed he was the one in charge, mainly because he was the one doing all the talking. As he went on he talked about how we would have to introduce ourselves the way actors and actresses did with feeling and emotion.

                “Okay” said the director, “Now I want you guys to line up around the gym according to your size. Then I will give you the next set of directions” The gym became insanely crazy. There were people everywhere, it was like we were playing bumper cars, but without the cars, and they just got to watch us run into each other. I think it was a plot for their own personal amusement.

We finally got situated after a little bit of help from the director and his minions. I personally don’t see why they don’t just line you up in alphabetical order, it’s a way faster and easier process than having children ages six through thirteen running around in a tiny area. 

“Now we will have you introduce yourselves, be sure to include you grade and age. The first time around we will have you introduce yourselves with an insane amount of enthusiasm.” And with that the tryout procedure began, starting with the little kindergartners all the way up to the big bad eighth graders. My turn rolled around and I tried my hardest to impress them so I could be in the play. “My name is Shelby Arant” I said with enormous amounts of excitement “I’m in the eighth grade and I am 13 years old!” I figured yelling it with a smile would do the trick. I was feeling pretty confident with myself. For the next part of the tryout we had to go around saying which part we wanted in the play if we knew. Most of the people knew, but there were a few that didn’t.

“Thank you students. That is the end of the tryout procedure. Give us just a few minutes to make our decisions and we will let you know.” Most of the students were feeling pretty confident with their tryout; it wasn’t often that someone got rejected from the Missoula Children’s Theater plays program. The director and his minions came out once again and had us all sit in the middle of the gym. They then began to call out the names of the students who made the play. “Thank you to all who tried out” said the director.

As it turns out my name wasn’t chosen. Of course I was humiliated because I was trying out to be a stage hand. I mean who doesn’t get chosen to be a stage hand! I am sure they could have used all the help they could get with scenes, and keeping control of the little children. That was the first and last time I ever called my mother after school and told her I was going to try out for a Missoula Children’s Theater play. I always thought it would be fun to participate in one, but I never got the chance. So I guess I just have to assume that it sucks and is a horrible time to make myself feel better. The theater has been forever ruined for me and that’s all thanks to the Missoula Children’s Theater.

Why Love is So Complicated

     A lot of you may be wondering why love is so complicated. Well the truth is that love is easy, problems that get in the way cause tension and make love seem complicated. The definition of love is a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection. People often think that love is complicated because their other half may seem confusing or undecided about some issues in their life. They may even have some personal issues that they think "love" concerns. For example, people may assume that just because they're in a relationship with someone that they have to care about all of their problems. Well you really don't. Its their problem, not yours. You can care about the said issue, but caring to much would make love complicated because they would be depressed and then you wouldn't be happy and then they would start thinking that you have emotional issues and then you would think everything was fine, but then they would leave because you have to much emotional baggage and they want no part of that.
     Another way love can be complicated is when people are taken over by the Green Monster. Jealousy can be a big factor in making things complicated. In Othello, for example, Othello was taken over by jealousy and this resulted him going crazy and killing his wife and himself. Jealousy makes people assume the worst of their partner. They think that they are out doing who knows what with who knows who. It would make people assume that there are issues that really aren't there.
     Love triangles. No one likes a love triangle. These little geometric figures never end well because someone always gets hurt resulting in the loss of friendships and other important relationships. What if the decision you made ended badly, you're always thinking about what would have happened if you would have went with the other choice. I know from previous experience, and I still wonder what would have happened if I had chosen the other person. Love triangles can cause extreme amounts of confusion and consulting your friends will only make it worse.
     Friends make love seem complicated because they try and be your relationship counselor. Sometimes they know what the other person is thinking because they have confided in them but they won't tell you what is going on, which only adds more confusion to the situation. Sometimes advice from your friends can only complicate things more because you listen to them instead of what is in your heart.
      There are so many more factors that can make love seem complicated or confusing. I only touched on a few. Either way, Love is not complicated, the little problems that people make up or confusion about feelings for a person are just issues that make it somewhat difficult to allow yourself to be completely in love. Issues are bad when it comes to love because they only cause problems in what should just be a happy feeling. But again, Love is easy, problems are complicated.


  

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      Well hello there! My name is Desdemona. I just recently eloped with a black man named Othello. He won me over with his heart breaking war stories. I am truly in love with this man. He may have a bit of a temper but I feel that he is just stressed about his job. Because of my belief that he's nervous about his job, I allow him to hit me in public and do nothing about it. I am also somewhat dense. I did not know that woman would go off and cheat on their husbands. I mean who does that. I do not stand up for what I think is right and eventually this is going to get me killed by my own beloved husband. I believe that every woman is loyal to their husband and that no one ever in their right mind would go and do something so repulsive. I also think if my husband were ever to accuse me of cheating on him and then killed me because one of my good friends, whom I was trying to help get back on my husbands good side, was said to have been murdered and I was a little upset about it. I would still take all the blame for it, and forgive him for what he did to me.