murder leads to fame

Chicago the musical.
a satire.
“Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen. This is a play about Murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery, treachery. All the things we hold near and dear to our hearts.” - i suppose i can understand why mom was initially reluctant to go see it.

There's actually no relation between me going to Chicago at the Paramount last week and to me going to Chicago, IL next week. i had a take-home final for my dramatic writing class and we were to experience any live play and submit a 60 question dramatic critique - due last Thursday @ 5pm (I finished it at 3pm, emailed it to my roomie Jessica who was still in Fullerton and had her turn it in for me =) - you are probably wondering why i didn't just email it to my professor, but just know that Alley does not accept any work submitted by email.

I loved the sarcasm and wit used by the writer. The play was incredibly vivid and original, and anything but dull. I didn’t have high expectations for the musical after previously seeing the movie, but I learned that stage theatre is incredibly unique to cinema.



learning to handle a gun
dad bought mom a gun and we went to the shooting range to try it out. what's funny is that mom will probably never fire or even touch the gun in her life - so really dad just bought himself a gun. at the range mom totally freaked - she definitely held back tears. this was the first time i have actually ever shot a gun - i don't really count the time when I was 3 years old because i doubt i pulled the trigger on my own (dad must of helped just a little), and my air-soft gun doesn't count. the trigger on the new gun was pretty tough, kind of annoying. dad's semi was easier to fire. do you like the target? this one was dad's...

I read the label on the new gun case outloud and it went something like "never leave the gun loaded in this case"... the owner of the gun shop heard me and said "a gun should never be loaded" - quickly i agreed with him and even quicker i realized that he was being boldly sarcastic.... kind of embarrassing. after shooting the gun it made me realize how real and morbid and destructive these things are. im not a big fan.

after the shooting range we hit up the auburn theatres to see mi3. it was a sweet movie - i saw it again last night with nicky. i never realized how lightly i took the idea of guns and shootings in entertainment - especially because, in dad's line of work, it's such a reality (truth is, i don't think dad has ever fired his gun while on duty).