subject: omg! i love my komrades!
mood: geeked beyond human comprehension
music: velvet underground "andy warhol"
CPCetc: and i clicked the button and it was like making sweet, soft love to my monitor
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! *dies in ecstacy*

Despite the fact that she all-ready got sent a rather bizarre message by myself, detailing my love to her, I LOOOOOOOOOOVVVVEEEE MAAAAARRION!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dear, sweet Moses, yes. *sigh, gazing languidly at the screen* mmmmmmm...... So much love. Indescribable amounts of undying, uncontrolled love. M*Sak? 8 Oktober? You're getting sweet hobbit loving. 2DMaxx.

Switching topics suddenly! So today's Talent, ja? I have to leave shortly so I didn't go back to check it out some more, but what I saw was incredible. Today's 11 September, right? Big deal. So, as expected, the Head Theatre Person (I don't know his title, but his name was Larry. I think.)made some short statement about the fact that it was 11 September and asked us to have a moment of silence in remembrance of all of those that died.

I've never been in a quieter room.

Often times when a group of high school students are asked to sit and be quiet for any length of time, there's an extensive amount of jostling and giggling and not a few "this is so ________ stupid". Fill in your favourite colourful adjective. But not this time. Everyone was quiet. There wasn't any of that juvenile/hyperactive crap that usually happens. And after a time, Larry signaled forward a few students from a Catholic school up North, there were maybe six of them. And they stood in a little semi-circle. And they started singing.

Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me,
Let there be peace on earth, the peace that was meant to be.
With God as our Father, brothers all are we,
Let me walk with my brother, in perfect harmony.
Let peace begin with me, let this be the moment now,
With every step I take, let this be my solemn vow,
To take each moment and live each moment in peace eternally.
Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.

And everyone clapped for them. Not even a polite kind of applause that happened because everyone knew they were required to do it. It was real, it was appreciative, everyone wanted to thank and tell them they did brilliantly.

And I started thinking about that and about how much theatre kids get mocked and belittled. I mean, lots of people seem to think that all theatre kids do is smoke pot and fool around with each other and dress up queerly (interpret at will). But here they were: a room full of this particular group, applauding their country and comrades and remembering this single event. I mean, these were good kids. I know that sounds stupid, but they were. These weren't the kind of people who were only concerned with the next shipment or going home to get laid. They were actually doing something in the world. One group last night was talking about how they raised money for that Broadway AIDS organisation, another earned twelve-hundred dollars for the Toys for Tots group. These weren't mindless dancing bears, these were informed, educated, concerned people who're just trying to do something in the world. And that gave me some hope that maybe tomorrow won't suck as much as people say it will. That maybe we might all be able to unite under one banner where it doesn't matter what you look like or where you're from or how you pray. That maybe peace is possible.

...And I want all of you to know that despite all of the disputes and differences of opinion we have about things, I love all of you dearly. Before I got here, before I met all of you, I didn't have very many people I truly loved. I mean, I loved Stacy and Rachel and Haley and all of USSSS!. But I was kind of lost and I didn't really know who I was anymore. And you guys managed to pull me together again and you helped me get back to being something that I could accept and love and really be free with. And when I see you, all of you, I know you still do. And I know that we can just agree to disagree sometimes because all of the spats and annoying tendencies we have aren't strong enough to pull us apart. I'll love all of you forever, even when we go our seperate ways and the last train pulls out of the stop to those new, scary things we get to learn about years from now. Even though we'll change as we get older, even though circumstances will arise that will strain the bonds we have, I'll still love all of you. Even if you don't love me anymore. See, you've kept me alive, in every sense. How else could I feel?

Wow. That got really deep. Oh well, it doesn't matter. I've got to get on campus soon. Give me a ring if you need me (home: 454.4056 mobile: 532.3643) because I don't honestly know if the comment bar is working. Tschüs.

Kiri >^.^<