I went to the Alley's production of Othello last night and quite enjoyed it. The set was basically what "backstage" looks like, and the costumes were a mix of period and leather. The first two-thirds of the first act was the best, with the dynamics of the voices of the actors quite good and well varied for the different emotions and intensities ( Read more... )

Haven't written here for a long time for several reasons. A number of things in life have been and some still continue to be problematic--and I figured no-one wants to read constant whining. Some are too personal to share in an open journal like this one is, but some of the folks who read this to keep up with me don't have lj accounts, so I have ( Read more... )

These thoughts were written down at the end of the last school year, but I sent them to a number of people here and got a cool response from one person, so I thought I'd publish them and see if anyone else had any comments. They're more notes to myself than anything else, so some aren'tas clear as they perhaps should be and I noticed at least one ( Read more... )

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/town_hall_meeting_gives

of "The Last Confederate," a film that SJS alum Josh Lindsey ('90) cowrote and in which he has a leading role, at The River Oaks theatre at 7:30 pm

As part of an email discussion with someone, I came up with the following lines. There may be some inaccuracy in what I say, but I think it's generally true. The second of the three points may reflect personal insecurity somewhat, but the other two are more fundamental, I think ( Read more... )

Well, it's been an interesting time. With the death of a student at school the evening of the first day, it's been rough on many, many people--including me. There was a resurgence of the friend issue recently, and I don't know how it will turn out. In other things involving people, though, this is one of my (few) social times of year. I've seen ( Read more... )

First day of classes today, and I found it enjoyable and productive--a good combination. Interestingly, I knew the names of about half the new juniors in math 3 from having had them in study hall last year. Weird--who'd'a thought? Can't tell what they're like except quiet. Of course, it's only the first day. Have been told already that I ( Read more... )

"well you know what they say about economics. It’s just like physics, except in physics 3% of the theories apply to 97% of the cases, where as in economics 97% of the theories apply to 3% of the cases."

It's interesting to me which of my attitudes toward life and other people are different now than they were when I was in college. In some ways, surprisingly few. I think I'm more nuanced in my approach toward people; I'm more compassionate about the weaknesses in others that lead to behaviors I don't like, though I'm only a bit more tolerant of ( Read more... )