So. I haven't exactly updated in a while. But whatever. One Acts, cancelled Literary and Postmortem all check. As well as the Holiday Spectacular, but I think I've updated since that happened. I think
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Jan- ASAP means, just for clarification, as soon as possible. Not immediately. So Right after it ripped was not what 'ASAP' was intended to mean in my post. It is highly possible that people can mess up and have other things to worry about besides remembering an accidental rip in a curtain. Which is why I was not angry with you or with anyone else when I found out Friday that he hadn't known until Thursday, because I knew there was some logical explanation for the postponement. As far as your worries that morning went though, I think a lack of sleep and stress in the other areas of your life contributed to them and made them a bit more exaggerated than they were. But that's just how you operate, and again, I was not angry even when I did find out. As for the written reminder- I reminded you Tuesday morning. Because you asked me to Monday. And you said 'I know, I'm on my way in.' I thought you meant you were going in to tell him about the rip. You talked to him about the T shirts. Once again though, still not mad. And I don't know who said that I pulled the curtain; it came as a shock to me too. But whatever, and once again, still not mad. The point when I got mad was this, Jan. When I held my tongue when Gray was talking to me about who did it and why he wasn't told so that I wouldn't say anything that could wrongfully incriminate you. When I let him tell me that my decision to not tell him was going to 'hurt my chances for presidency', when the reason I didn't tell him was because I thought you already had, but once again I didn't say anything for fear that it would make it sound like you had been purposefully hiding it. When I thought that even if I had known that you hadn't told him, I wouldn't have told him anyways because I didn't want to step on your toes, as I know I have done in the past. When I knew that all this mess could have been avoided by a 5-10 minute conversation on your part, or by even you telling someone else to tell him, but it wasn't avoided. I was not angry about any of this. The real turning point was when I called you after you left his office, twice, to make sure that everything was ok and to see if you needed me to do anything and just to generally check up, because I knew the whole conversation would make you angry, and the response I got from you was to be called 'a freakin' weakling'. That's it, Jan. That is what made me angry and write that post. As for taking his side, I think you'd take his 'side' somewhat too if you thought about it... would you not be angry that you had not been told for several days? After a rational explanation though, yes you'd calm down- but initially, which was the reaction we experienced Thursday and Friday- I can certainly sympathize. And the fact that no one else told him either (though I attribute that to the same reason I didn't even think to tell him, that I thought you already had) would make it seem like there was an announcement or something made that told everyone to keep their mouths shut. Which of course, there wasn't, but it could easily seem like it from his perspective. Besides Jan, yes, I do want to be president next year, and even if not, I'm still going to be in the program next year and there's absolutly no use in burning bridges before they've been crossed, so I would like to stay in good terms with him. But I hurt my position with him by not saying anything to 'clear my name' so to speak when he questioned me because I didn't want to say anything that would incriminate you. Understand? I hope you do.
I have no reason to throw in my opinion, but I will just for shits and giggles. Basically? None of this would be a problem if Gray hadn't for some reason assumed that he had been lied to, and then gone about pulling people into his office in his usual manner.
Think from Gray's position. Jan comes in on Thursday morning and says the curtain was ripped on Monday, and Gray goes out to confirm it. Later, somehow, Gray gets this conception in his head that we were trying to hide it. Trying to hide it... by telling him on Thursday? Maybe Jan told everyone to stay quiet, so he could wait until Thursday to report it, just to be mean? Perhaps Jan just gets a certain strange joy out of knowing that a rip exists when Gray doesn't for a few days? What the hell kind of sense does that make? Or maybe he thinks we intentionally damaged the curtain because we hate him. That still doesn't explain why we would wait several days to tell him about it.
When Jan says that we accidentally ripped the curtain, Gray is understandably agitated at not having heard about it quickly. But he has no reason whatsoever to disbelieve Jan, and furthermore no reason to start asking random people about it, and then accuse the entire improv troupe of conspiracy (when obviously none of us felt that informing him was our individual duty. Hell, I didn't even know he was already gone, I figured he had heard about it right when it happened). Fourth period on Friday, he has both Lee and Jan in class, and he calls Lee, not Jan, into his office. Why?
"I would have been furious had something like that happened at the SCAC during a show I was working on and I had not been told."
To break the tension, let me offer the "if this had happened during D2's SCAC show" scenario:
D2: The curtain ripped. Daniel Hilton: How? D2: I don't know. Lee? Probably. Daniel Hilton: Hmm. Okay. Let's not tell Meia. Let's try and fix it with tape. D2: And glue. (five minutes later; the carpet is glued to the floor) Daniel Hilton: Shit. We have to tell Meia. D2: Yeah. I'll do it. Daniel Hilton: No, I'll do it. (five minutes later) Daniel Hilton: No, you do it. She'll only maim you. D2: Okay. (five minutes later) D2: Maybe we should tell Paula. Daniel Hilton: No, she'll kill Meia. And we need her more than you. D2: You're right. Tell Christopher Hoel he can have my Star Wars DVDs. Daniel Hilton: Got it.
ASAP means, just for clarification, as soon as possible. Not immediately. So Right after it ripped was not what 'ASAP' was intended to mean in my post. It is highly possible that people can mess up and have other things to worry about besides remembering an accidental rip in a curtain. Which is why I was not angry with you or with anyone else when I found out Friday that he hadn't known until Thursday, because I knew there was some logical explanation for the postponement. As far as your worries that morning went though, I think a lack of sleep and stress in the other areas of your life contributed to them and made them a bit more exaggerated than they were. But that's just how you operate, and again, I was not angry even when I did find out. As for the written reminder- I reminded you Tuesday morning. Because you asked me to Monday. And you said 'I know, I'm on my way in.' I thought you meant you were going in to tell him about the rip. You talked to him about the T shirts. Once again though, still not mad. And I don't know who said that I pulled the curtain; it came as a shock to me too. But whatever, and once again, still not mad. The point when I got mad was this, Jan. When I held my tongue when Gray was talking to me about who did it and why he wasn't told so that I wouldn't say anything that could wrongfully incriminate you. When I let him tell me that my decision to not tell him was going to 'hurt my chances for presidency', when the reason I didn't tell him was because I thought you already had, but once again I didn't say anything for fear that it would make it sound like you had been purposefully hiding it. When I thought that even if I had known that you hadn't told him, I wouldn't have told him anyways because I didn't want to step on your toes, as I know I have done in the past. When I knew that all this mess could have been avoided by a 5-10 minute conversation on your part, or by even you telling someone else to tell him, but it wasn't avoided. I was not angry about any of this. The real turning point was when I called you after you left his office, twice, to make sure that everything was ok and to see if you needed me to do anything and just to generally check up, because I knew the whole conversation would make you angry, and the response I got from you was to be called 'a freakin' weakling'. That's it, Jan. That is what made me angry and write that post. As for taking his side, I think you'd take his 'side' somewhat too if you thought about it... would you not be angry that you had not been told for several days? After a rational explanation though, yes you'd calm down- but initially, which was the reaction we experienced Thursday and Friday- I can certainly sympathize. And the fact that no one else told him either (though I attribute that to the same reason I didn't even think to tell him, that I thought you already had) would make it seem like there was an announcement or something made that told everyone to keep their mouths shut. Which of course, there wasn't, but it could easily seem like it from his perspective. Besides Jan, yes, I do want to be president next year, and even if not, I'm still going to be in the program next year and there's absolutly no use in burning bridges before they've been crossed, so I would like to stay in good terms with him. But I hurt my position with him by not saying anything to 'clear my name' so to speak when he questioned me because I didn't want to say anything that would incriminate you. Understand? I hope you do.
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Think from Gray's position. Jan comes in on Thursday morning and says the curtain was ripped on Monday, and Gray goes out to confirm it. Later, somehow, Gray gets this conception in his head that we were trying to hide it. Trying to hide it... by telling him on Thursday? Maybe Jan told everyone to stay quiet, so he could wait until Thursday to report it, just to be mean? Perhaps Jan just gets a certain strange joy out of knowing that a rip exists when Gray doesn't for a few days? What the hell kind of sense does that make? Or maybe he thinks we intentionally damaged the curtain because we hate him. That still doesn't explain why we would wait several days to tell him about it.
When Jan says that we accidentally ripped the curtain, Gray is understandably agitated at not having heard about it quickly. But he has no reason whatsoever to disbelieve Jan, and furthermore no reason to start asking random people about it, and then accuse the entire improv troupe of conspiracy (when obviously none of us felt that informing him was our individual duty. Hell, I didn't even know he was already gone, I figured he had heard about it right when it happened). Fourth period on Friday, he has both Lee and Jan in class, and he calls Lee, not Jan, into his office. Why?
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To break the tension, let me offer the "if this had happened during D2's SCAC show" scenario:
D2: The curtain ripped.
Daniel Hilton: How?
D2: I don't know. Lee? Probably.
Daniel Hilton: Hmm. Okay. Let's not tell Meia. Let's try and fix it with tape.
D2: And glue.
(five minutes later; the carpet is glued to the floor)
Daniel Hilton: Shit. We have to tell Meia.
D2: Yeah. I'll do it.
Daniel Hilton: No, I'll do it.
(five minutes later)
Daniel Hilton: No, you do it. She'll only maim you.
D2: Okay.
(five minutes later)
D2: Maybe we should tell Paula.
Daniel Hilton: No, she'll kill Meia. And we need her more than you.
D2: You're right. Tell Christopher Hoel he can have my Star Wars DVDs.
Daniel Hilton: Got it.
Oh, I miss those days.
-D2
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I actually think that DID happen.
-daniel hilton
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