tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post5518976025431473380..comments2024-02-27T16:59:54.089-05:00Comments on (The New) Theatre Ideas: Three Things I Learned the Hard Way...A MemeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post-21425188899893476612008-03-27T01:48:00.000-04:002008-03-27T01:48:00.000-04:00Right, I'm back. Here's something I can share from...Right, I'm back. Here's something I can share from today: a lot of stockbrokers need to get drunk before noon. Anyway, where were we? <A HREF="http://thenextstage.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/the-school-of-hard-knocks-reunion/" REL="nofollow">Oh right...</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post-11494407522114418532008-03-26T13:07:00.000-04:002008-03-26T13:07:00.000-04:00Thanks Ian, I'll have to finish this off later, as...Thanks Ian, I'll have to finish this off later, as I'm late for work having slept in after staying up too late working on the new play. Which allows for the first of the 3 anyway: the cliche of the theatre artist/bartender is a cliche for a reason...<BR/><BR/>Back in a bit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post-79426711448367140832008-03-26T10:37:00.000-04:002008-03-26T10:37:00.000-04:00Hi Scott,Thanks for the tag. Can I do it here?Thre...Hi Scott,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the tag. Can I do it here?<BR/><BR/>Three Things I Learned the Hard Way...A Meme:<BR/><BR/>1) Getting ahead in business is all about specialization. No one gives you a stimulating, high-paying job for being generally smart and well-rounded – you get the job for having special expertise and training in a niche.<BR/><BR/>2) Just because you've known someone for a long time does not mean they are your friend.<BR/><BR/>3) You may be done with the past, but the past is not done with you.<BR/><BR/>I tag <A HREF="http://thenextstage.wordpress.com/" REL="nofollow">Simon</A>, <A HREF="http://www.thericereport.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Simon</A>, and <A HREF="http://girldetective.livejournal.com/" REL="nofollow">Alison</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post-79037115167721666362008-03-25T17:34:00.000-04:002008-03-25T17:34:00.000-04:00Scott,I have that book too. As someone who's overw...Scott,<BR/><BR/>I have that book too. <BR/><BR/>As someone who's overwhelmingly a Magician, I could use a bit more Warrior energy. However, even as a Black woman, I'm not trained to be comfortable asserting myself at another's expense. I don't even like interrupting people when they're speaking. <BR/><BR/>Part of this is my natural reserve. Another part of it is the general impression I get, IRL and online, that if I don't want to spar, I don't have the right to speak. So, I keep a lot to myself instead of saying something to people who won't listen to me anyway. That, coupled with the fact that my natural thought processes often non-rational (which means everything I write or say is something like an imperfect translation - a sort of Telephone Game with the things in my head), means that people take everything I say the wrong way.<BR/><BR/>You'd be amazed how often people are surprised when I say in 2 sentences what it takes others paragraphs to do. Even close friends of mine have expressed shock when I say something cognizant. It's not that I don't think deeply. I do. And it's not like I don't speak when invited to do so (provided I have something to say). It's just . . . no one ever asks me. In retrospect, it's often rather amusing.<BR/><BR/>If you can, get a copy of the anime "Tekkonkinkreet." I am very much like Black and White. But most people assume I'm like White.<BR/><BR/>I guess what I'm saying is that being a Magician isn't all it's cracked up to be.RVCBardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481089855894764409noreply@blogger.com