mood: ambivalent music: 'desire lines' by lush

ah what a restless week it's been. everything's moving at a snail's pace, and nothing much is really happening, but that's always what seems to be the problem isn't it?

this morning i took the SAT II's for the last time ever in life, and it's the greatest feeling ever. i never have to take those godforsaken tests ever again.

anyways, tonight we went to see a play at st. monica high school. 'our town' by thornton wilder. sergio's cousin got one of the leading roles and delivered her lines very well. i was taken aback by the narrator of the story. jeez, monologue after monologue and still utterly perfect. i was extremely impressed. and i loved the play too. the basic storyline follows two families living in a small town in new hampshire at the turn of the century. the son of one family and the daughter of the other eventually get married and the audience sees all the everyday problems they face. then the daughter dies in childbirth, and this is where sergio's cousin, who played the daughter, went off. her character has a long soliloquy from beyond the grave, and she nailed it. she spoke with such emotion and expression. i loved it. the only problem was an apparent lack of props: the actors didn't have cups for their coffee, or even papers to use as newspapers. add more props and it would have been pristine.

the play doesn't have a conventional structure. there doesn't seem to be an antagonist, and the conflicts are all superficial to the story. but that's where the moral of the story lies. the whole play conveys a 'normal' life with 'normal' conflicts. but then, at the end, where emily, the daughter, goes through a posthumous conversation with the other dead and flashback to a happier and simpler time, the audience sees how silly some of the arguments were. we see that some of the things they bickered about weren't worth bickering about. that everything is passing by so quickly. too quickly. and everything that passes by is worth the world when it's gone. it makes you want to yell at the you 10 years ago, saying, 'take a look around! realize how much everything is going to change! just be appreciative dammit!' the narrator concludes with another short aside, and a rather grim one at that. everything is doomed to change. and everyone is doomed to miss those things the way they were. so every once in a while, just realize that. and take advantage of it.

---Goei---