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.

Sunday, January 09, 2005

Educational Dilemma

I'm starting to get a little pressure from my mom to further my education at Manhattanville with a Masters of Science in Marketing and Communications. Since I work there, I can get my education for free.

While part of me knows I should probably just do it, the rest of me just isn't ready to go back to school. I don't want to deal with homework and tests and papers again. I hate studying, I hate reading, and I hate writing. Those three things do not appeal to me at all.

The classes are like once a month and probably all day. I can probably deal, but the part that scares me is how inflexible and unreasonable my boss can be. Accusing me of not putting in enough time to my already crunched 37-hour work week back in November, I doubt she'll take "I have class" as an excuse.

Oh I can see it now. She'll be happy (at first) that I'm furthering my education, but then turn around and say it's getting in the way of my work. Although I already work 38-40 hours a week, I'll probably have a ton of research papers and exams to prepare for on top of that. I'm probably being selfish right now, but I don't want to put that kind of pressure on myself.

I'm not sure marketing and communications is right for me either. I want to be a designer. I want the art and the hands on, not the writing and the management... but if I'm going to be sucessful, maybe I have to just suck it up and deal with the damn class?

I'd get my degree in 18 months, but I no longer want to stay at this Godforsaken job as long as I had originally thought. 18 more months of this and I might not be well. I really don't know what to do. Am I stupid if I pass up on this opportunity?

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