Dogs Requiem. Wow. Alex, my friend, you nailed it. I love that play SO much. Dammit, now I really want to direct something...
So I'm not at the Producers tonight. Turns out Keith misread the date on his ticket, so it's March 28th, not March 23rd. Oh well. I actually found that kind of funny. It's fine though, I've gotten a chance to brush up on Owen Meany this evening.
But man, if things go my way, I'll have seen 4 shows between this Thursday and next Thursday. With any luck I'll see the Pillowman on Saturday, and Eric Clapton on Monday with mein papa, the Producers on Wednesday and Kes' AfroCuban show on Thursday....oh wait, that's 5 shows! Aha!
On Hugging:
Yes, I thought I'd give this ramble a quasi-academic title...now I want people's opinions on this. I couldn't make up my mind about it. For the sake of anyone reading this, I wouldn't take it too seriously if I were you. I don't, really. It's just something I was idly pondering. I'm not actually that insane....or am I? Take it for what it's worth, whatever that may be. =p
Hugs are simply awesome. We all love getting them and giving them. When you're hugging someone, it's like for that short moment that person is the most important person in the world. There's something so loving and affectionate in a hug, be it platonic or otherwise. So naturally we really appreciate people who give good hugs. Usually I try to give the best hugs as I possibly can, regardless of what kind of a hug the other person(s) is/are giving. But perhaps there's something wrong with that. Perhaps it becomes hollow to put such unconditional effort put into hugging. I mean, what about when hugging someone you don't really like but you'll hug them any way for the purpose of being polite or civil or whatever you want to call it? Is it worth the effort of a good hug,especially when you know deep down inside yourself that it's all a facade? Should we save truly affectionate hugs exclusively for those we genuinely like, perhaps for the sake of preserving some meaning in the act of hugging? After all, anything worth the effort should not be thrown around so carelessly, right?
Or can hugging people whom we don't particularly like with all our might perhaps cultivate some sort of fondness toward that person, extending the olive branch, as it were? Hugging a person who's hugging you for politeness sake may reconsider hugging if you do it like you mean it. If you looked at it like that then it wouldn't be merely wasting a good hug on someone, if that's even possible.
I hope I haven't killed hugs for you with all this intellectualising. I guess in the end you just have to go with the feel of things, when it comes to hugs. Is it even worth debating? Are there even any answers to these questions? Is Liam a damn fool? Gah! I need a hug.
4 comments:
You cannot kill a hug.
Man, I'm missing out on a lot in the theatre world. I gotta see me some plays.
I don't think I like hugging as much as I used to, for some reason. Hug of war is still my favorie poem though.
I'm sad I missed the pillowman, and that i'm going to miss the cripple of inishmaan. but whatever. I'd probably just be mad at the pillowman if i saw it in calgary though, because they weren't doing it MY WAY. because i'm a snobby whore and when I read plays i tend to get mad at them when i see them after (ex. Equus, rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead, etc.) I'm a nerd.
Ok, so I didn't see the Pillowman, but 4 out of 5 ain't bad, right? :P
The way I see it. A hug is a way of showing someone that you care, now that may sound corny but thinking about it whilst reading your "Intellectualizing" here is what I came up with.
I love everyone, sometimes I dislike people for various reasons but when it comes to a hug, I always try to show what you mean to me. And besides, if that werent true I would still give 110% in my hugs because hey, I may not like this person.. but making their day just a little beter by giving them an awsome hug may just be worth my while.
Kylian
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