Friday Musings

TGIF!!!!!
Once again, Friday has come upon us. And not a moment to soon, in my opinion. It's been an interesting week, to say the very least.
I've had a great time working as a "techie" at the community theatre, despite dealing with some technical difficulties along the way. I tell you, depending on the show, sound can be trial by fire. I mean, imagine working on the show for a week, and everything goes fine. Then Sunday hits, and nothing wants to work right. Needless to say, I freaked out a smidgen. But never fear, our wonderful director was there to fix things/calm me down. That's live theatre for you. And I wouldn't trade it for anything.
I've simply loved watching the cast perform every night. It's filled with people that I know and admire as actors, and I feel like I learn something new every time that I watch them. The director has also been a great source of inspiration to me as I watch his dedication to the craft of theatre. He's definitely inspired me to try my best to get better at what I do.
In other news, I watched the Grammy's on Monday (I was at ballroom dance and then auditions when it was actually on). So many things....
Whitney Houston passed away. I understand how sad it is, and how her family must feel about losing her. But flying the flag at half staff for her funeral? You've got to be kidding me. There are so many soldiers who have died during the course of this war, people who gave their lives to defend our country. Whitney was great, don't get me wrong; but she hadn't accomplished near the things for our country as Martin Luther King Jr., or any of our fighting men and women. I don't feel that she deserves this honor. For almost the entire week following Whitney's death, all that people were talking about was "How did she die?" I'm as interested in celebrity gossip as anybody, but I don't care. I really don't. Why don't we spend our time talking about how we can upgrade our education system, or make our environment better, or something? I'm just saying.
And Niki Manaj's Grammy performance. What. Was. That. Celebrities are continually looking for ways to shock the public. Mission accomplished. Between the confessional, priests, and scantily clad choir members/dancers, Niki managed to satirize an exorcism to a catchy beat. And don't get me started on how she totally destroyed "I Feel Pretty" and "O Come All Ye Faithful". Now I'm not Catholic, but I was very offended by her performance. Not to mention that she named a demon after my brother.
I'm just very annoyed that people seem to be worried about such shallow things when they should be worrying about where they're going to end up for eternity, you know? Sure, you can listen to Niki; but she's not going to get you to heaven. Neither is Whitney, by the way. We're at a point where we need to stop putting so much stock in people and material things and start putting our focus on God.
Forgive me, the preacher started coming out.
Anyways...
There are two more nights of the show, so I'd best try and get some homework done before I head off to the theatre. Thanks for listening to the ramblings! (Reading the ramblings? Whatever.)

“Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
The Rum Diary