Where I "am"

April 20, 2013

Maybe I can run like Forrest Gump, kick off the hardware attached to my ankle bone, freeing myself of the burden of sideways glances and frowning stares as I prop my foot up on the seat next to me in the little Anne Smiley Theatre.

“Five Women Wearing the Same Dress” is incredible! It is playing at Hamline University Theatre. We had a great time interacting with the characters from the second row.  

Five Women Wearing the Same Dress at Hamline University Anne Smiley Theatre, Th, Fri, and Sat eves this coming week at 7:30. Please go and show your support of Taelor and the ARTS! It is fabulously funny so bring your friends for a great comedy show:
During an ostentatious wedding reception at a Knoxville, Tennessee, estate, five reluctant, identically clad bridesmaids hide out in an upstairs bedroom, each with her own reason to avoid the proceedings below. They are Frances, a painfully sweet but sheltered fundamentalist; Mindy, the cheerful, wise-cracking lesbian sister of the groom; Georgeanne, whose heartbreak over her own failed marriage triggers outrageous behavior; Meredith (my lovely Taelor,) the bride's younger sister whose precocious rebelliousness masks a dark secret; and Trisha, a jaded beauty whose die-hard cynicism about men is called into question when she meets Tripp, a charming bad-boy usher to whom there is more than meets the eye. As the afternoon wears on, these five very different women joyously discover a common bond in this wickedly funny, irreverent and touching celebration of the women's spirit.

My jumpy and nervous mind-set brings forth my personal life's harsh realities. Anger and rejection flare-up while having to interject where I "am” which seems entirely unfair. I am hardly able to contain the moodiness underpinning my reactions when I speak with a long-time friend over the phone. In order to restore equilibrium I have to walk to the library and get a film or two. It will likely be just the remedy for my nervous and emotionally imbalanced mood. There is an entire universe outside the life I lead, dang-it-all! Some days it is most difficult to laugh at myself and circumstances.