The Kabuki Play 3: May 2008

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.

About Me

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.

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Manhattanville parallel's ABC's "Lost"

If you haven't caught on, ABC's "Lost" tells a story about several plane crash victims who wash up on the shore of an unmapped, top secret island. They're presumed to be dead, but the story unfolds when the mythological and mysterious powers of the island cause a strange series of events. Bizarre coincidences, sightings and social connections bond the survivors and the island has ways of keeping them put.

Earlier this week, it occurred to me that Manhattanville College of Purchase, New York, my former employer whom I severed ties with in 2006, is parallel to the island. No matter where I go, something connects me back to it.

I thought it would be interesting, yet comical to compile a list of how I haven't been able to get away, even though it's been almost two years since I last worked there.

1. April, 2005 -- was vacationing in the Bahamas and resting in my hotel room when I saw a news report about the Manhattanville My Soldier program.

2. February, 2008 -- Attended a press viewing at a printer based in Rhode Island, who apparently had just printed Manhattanville's magazine.

3. I currently work at another college who adopted the camel as their mascot. A former Mville coworker's brother attended the ONLY other institution in the nation who shares the same mascot.

4. May, 2008 -- attended my brother's graduation (Mercy College). The former provost of Manhattanville is now Mercy College's provost.

5. Upon being hired for my new and current job, I discovered the same company that designed Manhattanville's website was designing theirs.

6. Summer 2007 -- was in the local mall shopping and ran into the president of the advertising agency who handled Manhattanville's ad buying.

7. Winter 2008 -- Manhattanville played current employer in men's hockey, even though I think they are both a part of different athletic conferences.

8. An admission counselor used to live in White Plains, my hometown, and knows one of Manhattanville's admission counselors.