Not a lot of time to post lately, and not much to say - starting rehearsal, waiting for word on recent auditions/callbacks, contemplating an upcoming holiday which I have no idea for a costume for...

COSTUME IDEAS! Leave comments about costume ideas, for me...

By the way, here's an interesting conversation I had yesterday.

Everyone is very concerned, around Christmas, Thanksgiving, Independence Day, Easter, even Valentine's Day about making sure to capture/to not forget the "true meaning" of these holidays.

Not to let them be too commercialized and to enjoy their spirit and their joy.

But Halloween? No, dress your daughter up as a princess and give her some candy, don't let her stay out past dark, and for God's sake don't tell her the true meaning of Hallowe'en.

I guess they think the other holidays are okay... celebrating Jesus' birth three calendar months from the actual anniversary of it's happening (thank you, calendar revisions of the 16th century) in order to conincide with a pre-existing Roman festival (Saturnalia).

Celebrating a Roman fertility festival as an entirely different holiday without even bothering to change the name (Easter)...

When I was a kid, Hallowe'en WAS after dark. People DID get scared.

I miss that.

Anyway, I thought that confab was interesting... Later...