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Epic Proportions - Acting Edition
The local big theatre is producing this show, to be performed in March of 07, and have been holding auditions for the last couple of days. I've auditioned for the role of Louise and sincerly hope I am awarded the part.Before auditioning I had never read a word of this play before. As I was trying to win the director over with my impromptu performance of the scene where Louise and Phil and Benny try to coax Mr. DeWitt out of the Pyramid, I tried my hardest NOT to laugh! It was impossible.This is one of the funniest plays I've read, or auditioned for in forever. There is a lot of PHYSICAL humor in the play and once you read all the notes in () you basically fall off of your chair laughing.It's a hilarious play and you should read it. If you ever hear of anyone performing it...audition for it, or at least go see it. You WILL NOT regret it.
Epic Proportions - Acting Edition
Hilariouse play. the ending is rather abrupt, haha. had to read for my drama class. I couldn't put it down.
A Hard Fight for We: Women's Transition from Slavery to Freedom in South Carolina (Women in American History)
Leslie A. Schwalm's text revolves around enslaved African American women on South Carolina low country rice plantations. Her focus is their transition from slavery to freedom, their push to hasten the demise of slavery, their struggle to achieve and maintain autonomy over their labor, their resistance, and their plight for dignity while they battled for respect in their own households. Schwalm contends that enslaved African American women slowed plantation production and took advantage of every opportunity presented by the Civil War to secure their freedom. Enslaved African American women were expected to be productive field laborers', in fact, they lay at the very heart of South Carolina low country rice plantation labor. With the Civil War approaching, rice agriculture in the South Carolina low country depended primarily on the hands and backs of slave women. Field labor was not the only responsibility these slave women had to keep in mind, they also had to perform motherly and household duties. Domestic production and field labor, Schwalm contends, were central to a slave women's experience. The Civil War presented enslaved African American women with opportunitites to ease the grips of slavery while they contested the terrible conditions on South Carolina low country plantations. This form of resistance eventually became more aggressive. In the early months of freedom, freed women attacked overseers, looted planters houses, destroyed planters property, and draped themselves and their children in their former masters clothing as a sign of protest and changing times. With their freedom seemingly secure, former slave women turned their attention to the control of their labor. They demanded the ability to live and work as they saw fit and seperate from white supervision. They had their own concepts of freedom and were determined to labor as free people and not as slaves. The slave womens family depended upon her work as much as the rice field did. The task system of labor afforded slave! women the opportunity to devote daylight hours to domestic production. This was crucial to family development. Slave women used their "after task time" to hire themselves out, grow their own crop, fish, and make family utensils. Slaves viewed production, independent from plantation production, as a way to elevate their standard of living and exercise control over their daily life. Slave women applied these same principles in a free labor work force after emancipation. The military experience had a dramatic impact on the relationships between freedmen and women. People believed that the military experience equated to manhood. Proving their manhood through military experience was a goal for black soldiers, their advocates and and white officers. This sentiment carried over to post was relationships between free black men and women. Leslie A. Schwalm's " A Hard Fight For We" is critical for painting a more complete picture of rice plantation labor in South Carolina's low country. We see that enslaved women were depended upon heavily and they fought for their recognition.
The Big Book of Small Stuff: 100 of the Best Inspirations from Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
I received THE BIG BOOK OF SMALL STUFF as an early birthday gift. I've remember hearing the rave reviews of author Richard Carlson's previous book Don't Sweat the Small Stuff. So I cracked open THE BIG BOOK OF SMALL STUFF and was intrigued by what I found. This book is a wonderful inspirational read that I dare say offers something to everyone. It is chock full of humorous wisdom laced with everyday reality which encourages fun, yet thought-provoking introspection.One of my favorite passages is #35 "Absorb the Speed Bumps of Your Day." It uses the metaphor of a speed bump to remind us that the issues we encounter on a daily basis are minor in the overall scheme of things. These are mere speed bumps in our pathway and therefore our approach would be one of two things - 1) slow our frenzied schedule to deal with it or 2) we rush over our problematic speed bump causing damage to ourselves and the situation.With mini-passages entitled "Choose Your Battles Wisely," "Become a Better Listener" and "Let Other Have the Glory" (just to name a few), this book touches on a host of subjects and leaves you with deposits of wisdom that will help brighten your day.Reviewed by Nedineof The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers
The Big Book of Small Stuff: 100 of the Best Inspirations from Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Several helpful ideas here that I am attempting to practice in my everyday life:(1) Make allowances for incompetence....Let it go that others don't work as hard as you do.(2) Stop exchanging horror stories....Does everyone do this? Does everyone tell your spouse, your children, your friends all the awful parts of your day? And how does that help?(3) Be 99% gossip free...Hard one for me. I love the juicy stories. But I've found that gossip is dangerous when you work and live in the same town as most of your relatives and friends. Got to work on this one.
The Big Book of Small Stuff: 100 of the Best Inspirations from Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
This is my first book purchase from Richard Carlson. These are the best inspirations. I read them before I go to bed and when I wake up I feel really motivated and in a really good mood.