Sunday, March 27, 2011

2011: A Hectic Year So Far

Hello Bloggers! Please forgive my absence for the past seven months. After my last post, some events took place that made it difficult for me to continue at that moment. Foremost, I was cast in my first professional theatre job in late Auguest after graduating last May. The show was through Cornerstone Theater Company, which is based in Downtown Los Angeles, and the show was their first ever musical entitled "Making Paradise." The show was performed at a venue in West Hollywood, and told the story of how that city was established in the 1980s. It was so exciting and a wonderful experience to work with such talented, passionate people.

2011 came with a bang, and for some reason, I remember feeling a kind of hope and excitement that this year would bring good tidings to all. This notion lasted for a few days until I turned on the news to see that a senator in Arizona had been shot by a crazed gunman. Of course, since then, Gabrielle Giffords has recovered greatly from her wounds, but the event caused quite a stir. Still, I told myself that despite this trouble, 2011 would be a great year filled with hope and change.

I couldn't have been more wrong. Come March, a whole new kind of trouble emerged. The Middle East erupted in a domino-like tumble of revolutions as Egyptians took to the street, demanding that President Mubarak step down from his office. Soon, following Egypt's example, other Arab nations began to demand change, all with bloody consequences and at a terrible price. Now, with the most recent revolution in Libya, the United States, France, and the United Kingdom have stepped in to help the rebels bring down dictator Ghadafi's regime.

Then, on a much grander scale of destruction, Japan suffered a devastating earthquake earlier this month. The magnitude 9.0 quake not only shook the east coast of the island nation to its core, but also caused a deadly tsumani and nuclear reactor meltdowns that the people of Japan are now desperately trying to recover from. The wreckage and damage are incomprehensible as the images and footage appear on the news. Almost 100,000 people are dead and even more are reported missing. Fortunately, many nations have extended a helping hand in the form of aid to the ravaged Japan. Such countries include Britain, South Korea, France, China, Italy, Israel, and the United States.

In less troubling news (and more entertaining news,) it seems that many of Hollywood's so-called "stars" are turning towards insanity. Who can say that they haven't seen at least one of Charlie Sheen's countless rants on television or on the internet over the course of the past couple months? These rants have become so rooted in the public's consciousness that I have even seen T-shirts and posters being sold bearing Sheen's infamous mugshot complete with a witty caption from his latest public address. Perhaps even more frightening was the rumor circulating that CBS/Warner Bros. wanted to hire him back on the hit show "Two and a Half Men" after firing him some three weeks ago. Thank goodness a representative from CBS quickly announced that it was just that: a rumor. Finally, some good news amidst all this misery!

I'm not writing all this to fill you in. This being the Media Age, most of you are more than well-aware of these situations by now. What I am trying to say is that, despite all these woes that we and people the whole world over are facing, I still feel that 2011 can and will be a great year. As bizarre as it may seem, I still feel the optimism I felt on New Year's Eve, as I watched the ball drop in Times Square. I believe that in a world as crazy and unstable as the one we're living in now, we need to be optimistic. We need not sit glued to our televisions and computers, pondering the "troubles" that may be in store. It is always important, especially now, to live life to the fullest and enjoy the time you have with friends and family. So, come on everybody! Go out and live a little!

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