interesting article
An interesting article, shamelessly stolen from
gwodder (thanks for bringing that to my attention, buddy). The premise is that a highly religious society is correlated with higher levels of various "social ills."
I wish the article had gone more into the link the study claims. It seems a bit of a stretch to be "proof," especially as the study appeared to be the US vs. most other other developed democracies. But still.
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Hmm. I guess I haven't updated in more than a month and a half. Well: "The Why" closed, we had a nice talkback with the playwright after the final performance. I had a week off before going back into rehearsals, and I'm now about a week away from opening The Nutcracker, the holiday show at Curio. I play Drosselmeier, and very briefly I also play a very bitter, hilarious parrot. It's a stage adaptation of the same (rather strange and fantastical) story by ETA Hoffman that inspired the ballet that ballet companies perform to death to stay afloat.
Thanksgiving was nice. Low-key, with the right quantity of relatives.
Jobs are going fine. Eastern State Penitentiary is closing their "regular season" this Friday. They'll be open for three tours a day over the winter (for the first time ever), but they only need a skeleton crew for that, so I won't be working much until next season starts.
I'm almost done with my class, too. I must sleep now, but soon I will totally write a long, exclusive entry (don't worry,
shakinros, it'll be worth the wait, it's a really interesting class).
January/February will be full of free time. I get a break from being directly involved in a show, and I won't have a class, and I'll only really have one job, so I'll have plenty of time and energy to prepare for "What the Butler Saw."
gwodder (thanks for bringing that to my attention, buddy). The premise is that a highly religious society is correlated with higher levels of various "social ills."
I wish the article had gone more into the link the study claims. It seems a bit of a stretch to be "proof," especially as the study appeared to be the US vs. most other other developed democracies. But still.
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Hmm. I guess I haven't updated in more than a month and a half. Well: "The Why" closed, we had a nice talkback with the playwright after the final performance. I had a week off before going back into rehearsals, and I'm now about a week away from opening The Nutcracker, the holiday show at Curio. I play Drosselmeier, and very briefly I also play a very bitter, hilarious parrot. It's a stage adaptation of the same (rather strange and fantastical) story by ETA Hoffman that inspired the ballet that ballet companies perform to death to stay afloat.
Thanksgiving was nice. Low-key, with the right quantity of relatives.
Jobs are going fine. Eastern State Penitentiary is closing their "regular season" this Friday. They'll be open for three tours a day over the winter (for the first time ever), but they only need a skeleton crew for that, so I won't be working much until next season starts.
I'm almost done with my class, too. I must sleep now, but soon I will totally write a long, exclusive entry (don't worry,
shakinros, it'll be worth the wait, it's a really interesting class).
January/February will be full of free time. I get a break from being directly involved in a show, and I won't have a class, and I'll only really have one job, so I'll have plenty of time and energy to prepare for "What the Butler Saw."