The Kabuki Play 3

Kabuki is a traditional form of Japanese theater that portrays the lives of people who lived during the Edo period (1600-1868). While it's subject matter is primarily historical, Kabuki's extraordinary spectacles of color and sound through acting, dancing and music still symbolize contemporary life.

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HISTORY OF "THE KABUKI PLAY"

  • The original "Kabuki Play" writings exposed a brash inner monologue as I struggled through the trials and tribulations as a college student. Broken friendships, irritating dorm-mates and akward trips home between semesters kicked off the first "Kabuki Play" series. However, college didn't last forever and "the real world" was right around the corner with drama ten fold.
  • "The Kabuki Play 2," a darker and more disturbing account, told the unsettling story about my first job after graduating from college, it being one of the biggest trainwrecks in the history of "The Kabuki Play." After being caught in the middle of 10 consecutive firings in less than two years and being stuck with four pisspoor bosses, I decided that I'd had enough. So, I quit my job and cut off all the negativity in my life, and moved two hours away from home to start my life over.
  • With a new job, my own apartment and a new beginning, "The Kabuki Play 3" picks up where the second series left off and revisits my inner monologue as I try to leave the past behind me and spread my wings.

Saturday, July 30, 2005

She's Walking on Thin Ice

Everybody has been telling me that “there’s something up” with my boss. I’ve noticed it too and the rumor is that she’s skating on thin ice… well, it’s about goddamn time.

Not too far off from the norm, she appears to be losing her mind. As closed off from reality as she is, it’s out-of-character for her to openly confide her sob stories or express emotion in front of others. I should have taken the hint when the president of the college personally told me to tell her that she’s not doing her job. That can’t POSSIBLY be good.

Also out of character, she’s been very nice and supportive towards me at least. Not so much to my coworker. Over the past year, I’ve established myself to the point where she really can’t say anything. The work I do is physical—you can see it, touch it, or even smell it if you wanted. She can never say “Brandon’s not working.”

I heard through the grapevine—those trusty rumors again—that she met with the school’s president about her behavior and performance and it wasn’t good. Sources also say that the senior vice president is not too thrilled with her either. My sources are very reliable and that’s why I’m repeating this.

I just can’t believe that after 6 years they’re finally starting to realize that she’s all smoke and mirrors. She claims to work 10am-6pm, but in reality, comes in at 11am and leaves at 4pm. Mind you, she takes several coffee breaks and disappears throughout the day.

She lies, she makes up things, she promises stuff to people and doesn’t deliver, she misses deadlines, mistreats her employees, and is NEVER around. What’s NOT to see? Just the other day she lied to my face and I knew she was lying. Does she think I’m stupid?

Despite all of this, you wouldn’t be able to tell that she might be in trouble. Her head is so far detached from the rest of her body, you can’t even see it.

I really, REALLY, don’t want to get my hopes up, but I hope, and I pray, that both the president and senior vice president see right through her bullshit and get rid of that mess.

I’m going to make it my mission next week to find out what’s going on. I’m dying to know, but what makes me nervous is if they make her work 9am-5pm, that STILL won’t resolve HALF the issues she creates.

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