Curiosity killed nothing...

but it wrote a novel.

Since my lazy summer days have started, I've found myself in my favorite routine. Staying up all hours of the night writing, and watching all the movies i never get a chance to watch. On one note, most writers do their writing during a normal person's strange hours. Even the most popular writers of my day. Ms J.K. Rowling would write in a coffee shop while her child napped, and at night. The ever popular Stephanie Meyer would wake up from a dream and start writing. But this blog isn't about that. Just trying to boost my ego by comparing myself to successful writers...
No, this is about exploring my curiosity. Can we really predict how someone will change within a few years time? And should private and professional life be kept totally separate? Maybe I'm being selfish, but my curiosity was sparked when I decided to watch my Senior musical, 'Flop.' What a blessing it was to be apart of my school's Drama club. However, I was a dancer/chorus girl. Our director, Mr. Hitmar is one of the most amazing men I've ever had the pleassure to meet. He taught me way more than how to handle the stage. If not for the Drama club, I wouldn't know how to make a fool of myself without caring. I couldn't help but wonder why I was cast just as a chorus girl. I was so sure I would get a principal role. No matter what you say, in high school the principals think they are better, but I observed most of the talent in the chorus line.
Currently one of the principal characters, who use to be a very good friend of mine, got pregnant, and unfortunatly her baby girl passed away very shortly after birth of a rare heart disorder.
Another one of the principals, is a Stripper.
Looking back, at how they were both dancers, and looking at the outfits they wore in public, I wonder why so many, myself included, were shocked. But at the time they both seemed like innocent young women with some sass. Knowing that within two years they would have taken a turn for the worst, would Mr.H given them the roles which any of us chorus girls would have loved?
I remember that during a rehersal once, I did what the chorus was thought to do. Take up backround space, and let the principals shine. Mr.H wasn't into that, so he told us to push our way to the front, and shine a bit. So the rest of the rehersals, and performances I did just that. I pushed my way towards the front, however the rest of the chorus stayed in the back. Looking at the DVD at one point the spotlights are on me, and the five principals. After shows, I was approached by some of my fellow cast-mates parants. Complimented on pushed the principals out of the way, and for not wearing slutty black shorts during the dance numbers.
I guess that's why i was cast as a chorus girl, Mr.H knew I wouldn't be afraid to motivate my fellow chorus line, and I would show myself through my character. My character, like the rest of the chorus line, was a stuggling actor...
"Show biz we all should know, pop fizz we come and go. Pop quiz, think it's a hit? Sorry closed that's all that's it. Show biz we all should know, pop fizz we come and go." -FLOP