Blognation

This is certainly the age of blog and I am slow to join it... though I refuse to join Twitter (on the principle that Facebook notifies people about my whereabouts often enough), I figure that it can do little harm to share my thoughts on the world with the few who will read them, or even care about them.

Blogs can be anything from stream of conciousness to extreme expressions of opinion, but they are usually an unadulterated encyclopedia of personal truths. In the rare case that the blogger is a Stepford wife or C-3PO, these thoughts and ideas are original. I myself am known to be unafraid of sharing my own thoughts with others, though I find that the written word provides a more eloquent means of portraying such thoughts. I may seem uppity in sentiment, but truly I wish to appear organized and well-versed, rather than a reflection of the tornadic nature of my bedroom floor, which is currently loaded with boxes and papers in preparation for the great move back to Greeley to further my higher education.

In explanation of my blog's title: I have, and always will have, a fervent and ardent love for the works of William Shakespeare, and am therefore, eternally devoted to keeping his memory alive and kicking, like an in-law that just won't vacate the guest room.

One of my dream roles is Rosaline in his comedy 'As You Like It', a role that would prove me capable of holding a romantic lead, as well as calling upon my character roots and comedic timing. I have played roles in two of his other comedies; Adriana in 'A Comedy of Errors', his first play, and Hermia in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', both of which were extremely enlightening, though both whiny and needy characters (one can only hope that this is not a demonstration of my own character).

Shakespeare knew how to write a woman better than a woman could live it, which is ironic considering that woman were portrayed by young boys during his time.

A goal I would like to say I could set would be to play every one of his heroines in my lifetime, but unless I run a Shakespeare company or somehow come into good fortune in my career, so much so that a director sees fit to cast me as such, this is unlikely to happen. Besides, I'm a little afraid of playing Lady M in the Scottish Play (if you have to ask... why are we friends?) because of the cursed nature of the show. I would rather my hands stay clean of blood, whether fake blood or human.

You don't have to like Shakespeare to relate to one of his characters, which is a common misconception among those who I like to call 'the non-believers': those who are unconvinced of his merit as a literary genius (I won't even begin to talk about the people who believe he didn't exist at all, just a figment of the imaginations of Johnson, Marlowe, and others. If I were to approach this topic, I would also have to talk about his similarities to a more... spiritual being.). Everyone above the age of 16 knows the feeling of heartache, betrayal, the need for revenge, and amorous love, among other emotions, and therefore how could they NOT relate to Shakespeare? Anyone who claims to feel no attachment at all to the Bard's timeless works is proving that it is in fact possible that they are a Shakespearean personality; Ophelia herself was a practitioner of disbelief.

If you believe in anything, believe in the power of prose... or in this case, a blog.