RDTRN Archive - RDT Right Now #1660

RDT Right Now #1660

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Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 19:52:09 -0700
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Do not hit reply to unsubscribe. To unsub, send a message to: <rdtrn-request@torithoughts.org> with "unsubscribe" in the subject and body. o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o Really Deep Thoughts Right Now Volume 02 : Issue #1660 . o - O - O - O - O - O - O - O - o . o o . o o O "Thoughts right now... O o What will become of me, o o Become of her, become of we?" o . o o . O O O - o - o - o - o - o - o - o - O o . o o o Tori Amos, "Thoughts" In this issue: o-o-o-o-o-o-o =?iso-8859-1?Q?I_Don't_Want_to_Grow_ [ "J. Mathers" <jmathers@westol.com> ] Everything I had. [ CruelGrl18@aol.com ] Nikki McKibbin [ Chris <cmeyers@oasis.novia.net> ] I knew it, I'm Bonnie and Clyde [ "Lavenda" <earth@comcen.com.au> ] I am HOME!!! [ Cyndi S Crawford <cyndi.crawford@ju ] flying dutchman, are you out there? [ "Juan Manuel Torreblanca" <cheefoos ] New Age [ Linda <lindagyne@yahoo.com> ] I'm *HOME* again.. wheeeee!! :) [ Cyndi S Crawford <cyndi.crawford@ju ] An article I wrote for newspapers [ "Beth Coulter" <betheqt@voicenet.co ] [ =======================> In RDT History <======================= ] On July 4th in 1992, what exactly is that hive-shaped thing in the "China" video? In 1994, mock Swedish (ala the Muppet's Swedish Chef) lyrics to "The Waitress" and "Space Dog" posted. An excerpt: Su I vunt tu keell thees veeetress she's vurked her a yeer lunger thun I Iff I deed it fest yuoo knoo thet's un ect ooff keendness In 1995, what if Tori read the list? What exactly *is* GenerationX? Casting calls for Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's "Good Omens." Also, more "Pretty Good Year" discussion; member posted an excerpt from an unidentified article (subject: Sugar; Pretty Good Year (LONG one)): "It's funny because women don't seem to understand that song. I have guys coming up to me with tears running down their face going 'You know!' I know because I am Greg too," she explains in reference to the song's lyrics. "I know also because I have had to look at the way I have treated men. One thing that I do that a lot of women do, we've said get sensitive, get sensitive, but you need to be a provider, you need to be able to make me come a few times..." In 1996, more gay pride, the "dinner guest, lover and best friend" poll. Who would you choose? In 1997, Fiona Apple and the risque video for "Criminal," Alanis, Ani and other "alternadivas." In 2001, scary clowns, Tori vs Eminem, a member bemoans Tori flying solo for the SLG tour. [ =======================> In RDT History <======================= ] On July 5th in 1992, the now-defunct fanzine "Really Deep Thoughts" gets started from scratch, "Me and a Gun" interps. In 1994, concert reviews and Tori dreams. In 1995, let's talk about sex. In 1996, Tori's new "look" for TV appearances, carpal tunnel. In 1998, are Tori fans immature? Analyzing lyric analysis and a "worst Tori song" poll. In 2001, more Eminem and Tori, reactions to the new album concept and solo tour. [ ================================================================== ] Today's fuzzy ferret assistant: Andrea Norstad Missed a digest? Pick up a copy at the RDTRN archives: http://www.torithoughts.org/rdtrn/archives -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 10:38:40 -0400 From: "J. Mathers" <jmathers@westol.com> To: <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?I_Don't_Want_to_Grow_Up!?= "I don't want to grow up" is something I hear from young people quite often. This started me thinking about just when do we grow up. Biologically there comes a time when we are around 12 that something dynamic happens. For males it involves "white stuff" and for females it involves "blood". This happens all at once and within a few seconds a threshold is reached and all of a sudden you are able to take part in reproduction. Is this when you grow up? In caveman days this may have been the case but for our modern complex society there are several more years before you are considered grownup enough for parenthood. As society has gotten more complex, this age had increased from 18 in the 60's to probably mid 20's now. However, at parenthood are you grown up? I am 61, raised kids, have a responsible job, but I am not too sure I have grown up mentally myself. When I define "grown up", I am talking about the mental state. This is the mental state of such things as being responsible, considerate of others, and forsaking all those activities considered by society as being childish. When my family eats out at a family restaurant, I get bored waiting for the food and usually draw eyes and mouths on all the items on the place matte. I have this thing about seeing photos of hamburgers with eyes staring back at me. My wife tried to steal my pen but now she has given up and even has supplied a pen on occasion. You may say to yourself "If he is not grown up by 61 when will I grow up?". My dad, when he was in his 90's, lived in an assisted living facility 130 miles away in Cleveland. I would get calls usually once a month asking me to come there because my dad did some childish thing. He would get into fights, not flush the toilet, tell dirty jokes to younger girls, and all kinds of childish things. I would make the trip Cleveland, straighten the issues out, and lecture my dad to behave myself, visit for a weekend, and go home. I did this for 10 years once a month. So, if you are not grown up by the time you are in your 90's, will you ever grow up? In the early 80's I worked with a fellow who was obsessed about the age of 30 and having to grow up. He went so far as to drive his car at 100 mph into a concrete wall and committed suicide and hour before his 30th birthday. I did a post on strangeness where I concluded that there is no such thing as a normal person. It is an illusion we are trained for but no one obtains because no one has figured what normal really is. Likewise, I now say that there is no such thing as a grown up person. We never really have grown up mentally! We are governed by instinct hardwired into us that are out of control as a child and with time we learn to create an illusion of controlling them as an adult. Thus, that fellow if he understood this would probably not have committed suicide because there would nothing to worry about at age 30. As I look back at my life, there were times that I rededicated myself to creating this illusion. One time was that morning when I bought my first child, a new born daughter, home from the hospital. My life was suddenly different and there was no going back. It is difficult at times maintaining this illusion. My instincts are the same as when I was a kid. So many adults have failed at this. There are so many divorces caused by one or both of the mates going back to childish behavior. They cannot accept that being grownup is an illusion. Behavior of the other mate does not meet their expectations. The relationship falls apart because there is no forgiveness and the kids suffer. In many cases the kids become more grown up than the parents do. In the future this era in history may be seen as the age of the "rape" of the kids because of the breakup of so many families for the childish behavior of the parents. For you young readers, look in the mirror and ask yourself "Am I going to be normal when I grow up?". Your answer should be twofold. One is that however you come out, you will be normal because no one has figured out what is normal and by someone's criteria you will always be normal. Second, is that you will never grow up even if you live to be over an hundred! Have to end. Jim Mathers jmathers@westol.com -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2002 11:14:37 -0400 From: CruelGrl18@aol.com To: rdtrn@torithoughts.org Subject: Everything I had. Happy 4th boys and girls. I have the to do the 'family thing' today, but that's quite alright because I haven't seen half of them in over 3 months.. I've uh, discovered I have this very strange condition called polymorphous light eruption (PMLE) which means my body has developed an allergy to UVA and UVB rays therefore if I do not wear sunscreen and desire a tan, instead I get all these red itchy bumps,like poision ivy (and the fact I get that so bad I end up in the hospital apparently isn't enough for the itch gods.) all over any sun exposed skin.. it's disgusting and it itches so badly I want to tear my skin off. Apparently each summer it subsides a little because your body gets used to it or some weird thing like that.. but as ofright now, I'm buying a lot of stock in sunscreen industries.. let's just hope they don't do their accounting with Andersen (sp?)... I think the stock controversy is actually funny, probably because I haven't invested anything yet, but even good old Martha Stewart is getting in trouble.. and the unconstitutional allegiance to the country.. mmhmm.. if that's unconstitutional can someone tell me why my money "in god we trust" is certainly okay? Coops: You would be lost without your innuendos, wouldn't you? hip huggers - I have a pair and I actually really enjoy them, however mine fit properly and do not show my "crack" when I bend over.. maybe I take a little too much pride in being a lady and choose not to flaunt my ass all over the place. and Koba. That goes for my thong too. Although, with having a 21 year old boy as a best friend, I know the vast majority of "college boys" drool over the showing of thongs and panties in general.. of course they're desperate, too. :-P Now for my patriotic duty of cooking food that the family will shovel into their faces. happy fourth you crazy americans.. and happy (belated) canada day to your crazy candians.. and happy days to everyone else. -Elisha http://www.livejournal.com/users/sirengrrri/ "Sorry I'm antisocial but people make me sick give me one good reason I should put up with this every time I turn my back I get a knife in it." -Primer55 -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 10:32:20 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris <cmeyers@oasis.novia.net> To: RDT Right Now <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: Nikki McKibbin Doesn't anyone but me watch that stupid Idols show on Fox? -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 06:44:44 +1000 From: "Lavenda" <earth@comcen.com.au> To: "Strange Little Arty Turners" <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: I knew it, I'm Bonnie and Clyde [Whoopsies. I just found this in the draft box. some of you may have been wondering why I got Stardust again down in Syd...] I returned Stardust. some silly idiot put the price sticker over part of the picture strip on the front, and when I went to remove it, it took of some of teh glossy coating from the picture. I know, it doesn't interefer with me reading the pages. But a book is more than it's pages to me. I've updated Tiarna's page, just a few new pics really. Link in sig. ~~~~~~~ Yay for Megan the now divorced :) Cyndi, I would love to see Tori tour with an orchestra, as I adore the songs with orchestration in them. But I don't envision it as something she will do in the near future, if ever. For the up coming tour, I expect she'll be touring with a band again. Succubus Megan, lol at your Borders comment. Though personally the delivery would freak me out more than the labour. Corners!!! oh dear, a revival of Boomtown Rats fandom 20 years after the fact :) Oh boy, first I type my above comment about Tori and an orchestra, and then I read this: ready to say something about it in the journal. She's just finished putting the 60-piece strings on the album, is really excited and happy And I nearly orgasmed!!! Very looking forward to the new album now (but then, when don't I?) Succubus (though not listed as such with the new addy) Megan typed: >Isn't that a funny address!? (*Looks around at the people staring at her Well, yes, I was laughing too :) And just when you think the list is too quiet, something happens in real life that gets people fired to post :) Coops typed: >ridiculous? Case in point: there is a 5 star hotel across the road from me >at work and my view is that of the pool and gymnasium. Fashion shoots are Funny, you didn't show us that on your guided tour. It's a wonder you get any work done at all. Holy smeg I'm caught up!!! X Lavs (Lavenda 1, primary adjunct of dominatrix Glenn) ~^^~ ~^^~ ~^^~ ~^^~ ~^^~ ~^^~ ~^^~ ~^^~ ~^^~ ~^^~ ~^^~ ~^^~ ~^^~ Who could ever say you're not simply wonderful - 'Merman', Tori Amos ~^^~ ~^^~ ~^^~ ~^^~ ~^^~ ~^^~ ~^^~ ~^^~ ~^^~ ~^^~ ~^^~ ~^^~ ~^^~ http://www.freewebs.com/tiarna/start.html - Tiarna's Homepage http://www.freewebs.com/drifts/start.html - Drifts Get Deeper -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 03:57:35 -0400 From: Cyndi S Crawford <cyndi.crawford@juno.com> To: rdtrn@torithoughts.org Subject: I am HOME!!! I JUST got home from my trip in Oklahoma two hours ago.. now to catch up on the RTDRN posts.. (don't worry I'll try to do this in one or two emails..) Arija: glad your bday party was a blast! Since I'm home now, email me your contact info (and what you want me to copy for you etc) okay? Same for you, Deadra! welcome to the list, Josephine! :) oh duuuuuuude my sister just dropped in to chat me up a little (I've been gone) and I touched her belly (she's 8 months pregnant now, and her problem that landed her in the hospital is all good and okay now.. taken care of :)) AND THE BABY MOVED!!!!!!!!! I FELT IT!!!!!!!! *amazed!* our very favorite Succubus Barbie said: "Your hair looks like black people. Sheesh! I need a staple gun." NAH you don't.. as Calvin (from Calvin and Hobbes) so perfectly put it.. "I need a rewind/erase button.". THAT'S what you need. :) Once again everyone, thanks muchly for the get-well wishes for my sister.. *still buzzing over feeling her baby move!* uh.. *feeling like an inexperienced nobody* what's "lub" vs "luv"...??? Matt said: "pretty quiet in rdt land isn't it?" yeah.. THAT'S GONNA CHANGE, BY GOLLY!!!! Bethey: Enjoy the theatre season and teaching yourself math! :D Ade vented: "now why is it necessary to generalize toriphiles with people who have body piercings and/or wear pants that expose things they shouldn't?" MY guess is (having seen it from the other side as well) that Tori is viewed as Feminist-type music.. in other words, music for the girls who hate men, for starters. Now while I never viewed it this way totally, that's my guess, having once been a little (okay okay, a lot) intimidated by Tori back in high school.. *shrug* Violet said: "When you ain't got nothin' else, 12-year-old Cinnamon schnapps will get you there." what about a PEPPERMINT schnapps chaser to follow the cinnamon schnapps with?? :D (never tried that myself, quite honestly.. just the peppermint schnapps..) "In 2000, depression, schizophrenia, and answers to the Really Deep Question "If you could have anything happen to your body after you die, what would you want to occur?"" *evil grin* I'd want to sprout a penis.. not for any other reason except.. to see what the big whoop about penises are. :) Chris said of the Boys for Pele album: "You could call it the college album...the first unsupervised romp through all that is Tori."" I never thought of it that way, but I REALLY like that analogy. :) hey Coops, when's the last time you had a Dicken's Cider?? Lish said: "I did get confused about the "rain" songs however.. why were people naming so many of them? I hate coming in the middle of things. it throws me all off.." errrm..... Betheyyyyy.. might wanna show her my post asking about a "hip-hop Icicle" and then the list of self-love songs we came up with.. :-D Lish, see, after that happened, I came back and asked people to name lots of songs that have the sound of rain, that have rain in the title, or have rain mentioned in the song itself. :) Ade teased: "thanks to my lack of social skills (what was i so afraid of? that i'd say something like "your hair looks like blue people?" *whack* ow! stop hitting me, megan!)." ROFL!! dude blue hair? ... ME WANT BLUE HAIR!!!!! :P I took the SLG quiz.. and got the '97 Bonnie and Clyde girl.. You're very mothering and kind to those in your life, particularly children. You would do just about anything to ensure the happiness of those around you, including sacrificing your own life. Your one flaw however, is that you believe too much in your ability to change people, which leads to you being caught up in possibly dangerous situations (both emotionally and physically). You are always there when people need you. You have a tendency to blame yourself for everything that goes wrong, though - the whole world is not your fault! Try to put blame where it belongs, and give yourself some of your own nurturing care. "There's a place called heaven and a place called hell..." wheeeeee... lol Succubus Barbie said: "I feel wasted and ignored." whyyyyy?? you're not! I mean.. that movie mighta made you feel like that.. but.. go watch Fight Club.. it'll provoke plenty of thoughts for ya.. especially with the way you're thinking now.. GO RENT IT NOW if you haven't seen it yet!!!! GO! 4AM and I'm weary from traveling from Oklahoma to home.. so off to bed I go. laaaaaater! Sincerely, Cyndi S. Crawford (Keyyooo on ICQ and IRC, Keyyooo1 on AIM) http://learntothink0.tripod.com/learntothinkagain/ -- http://www.geocities.com/keyyooo/ -- http://www.platinumcomplication.com/cyndi/ Tori Amos' response when asked to describe herself in five words: "I. Do. Not. Describe. Myself." ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 10:00:22 -0500 From: "Juan Manuel Torreblanca" <cheefooska@hotmail.com> To: rdtrn@torithoughts.org, Abulia@imaterrorist.com Subject: flying dutchman, are you out there? my dear megan former barbie current apathetic terrorist, I loved what you wrote. it felt so familiar... it also felt like those times you hear something and it sounds so much like the conversations inside your mind. you are a bright mind (I hated the movie "beautiful mind" but something good came out of it after all...) you conjure such beautiful images such moving images with your words... how could you be invisible? (and yet, I know, we can't help it when we do feel like that) feeling needed must appease the fear of ending up alone, I guess... I find it quite selfish (I'm not saying that I'm not selfish myself) I don't particularly like needing either... I think it's easy to confuse needing and wanting with loving... and I don't think that love includes needing... I will sound hippie and stupid, but: love is just loving. (you can't even feel loved, I mean you can't really feel the love the other person feels if that person loves you, can you?) All the questions and possible solutions you state, I agree with... I add one: what's important? really... even being necessary is an illusion in the end. religions can sometimes provide such an easier solace for all the uncertainty. like a recipe or something which you will follow and breathe easier knowing your cake will be just delicious. Let's pray you're following someone good and bright... not some pack of lemmings. oh! and the irony of the sick and terrible things that happen... well, the jokes of my life have been vicious... I wouldn't be able to consciously put myself on such intricate and ridiculous situations (as I have been in) if I tried... I want to believe in No Coincidence too. maybe that's just being stubborn and silly, maybe not. wouldn't it be nice if we could learn or understand how to save ourselves, how to live... instead of needing, wanting, waiting for some Jesus to come down and grab our hands to cross the street? I mean, don't get me wrong, based upon the little I've heard or read, Jesus was about one of the coolest guys that have ever walked this earth. but, can we wait forever? you know megan? I wish I could be all carefree and selfless (and truly), and full of love and all bj�rk-song-like and whatnot, but I still share these wishes with you and so many people: >I want to do something right for a change. I want to do something lasting. > Something significant. you made me feel good today, to me that was significant... sigh... what can we possibly do? so, today is the last day before my admission test... I will go take my last class in a few minutes and hopefully study some more in the evening and tomorrow early morning... but I have been feeling like shit I am so sick I hadn't had a flu so strong in a while (and that's saying a lot being me) what sucks is that I've got an ear problem too right now, so I'm quite down... add all mental shit and I'm quite depressed... yet I had a needed ;-) ego-boost today in dutch class my teacher congratulated me on my pronunciation she said "very beautiful, you have a perfect pronunciation, just like a Dutchman's" and on living we go cheefooska juan _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 08:48:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Linda <lindagyne@yahoo.com> To: rdtrn@torithoughts.org Subject: New Age That was a beautiful post, Succubus. I wish there were something that I could think of to remark on it, but I'll just say, "I hear ya", because you're much better with words than I. *** I'm the New Age SLG: 'You're the sort of person who's not afraid to try new things. In life, you enjoy being loved and the chase of love. You may have difficulties remaining in a solid relationship, because once settled, the chase is gone. In your life, you work hard and are serious and determined. But all work and no play makes you very very angry. Despite your belief that you are always in control, you actually are controlled by the object of your current lust, and will do anything to maintain your dance of chase and be chased. "I'll come running to you now, baby if you want me"' Oh man, I can't believe how entirely right that seems. I wouldn't have guessed that I'd be New Age-- I'll have to listen to that song a lot more to see if I can hear what the person who wrote those descriptions in the quiz heard. And I never heard that particular lyric that they chose for what it was. Although I do know that if he wanted me, I'd be running. *** And I'd have to say that I *do* like trying new things. Linda likes a little Dicken's Cider ass? Gee thanks Brian... if only you knew. ;-) ~Linda~ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 12:42:52 -0400 From: Cyndi S Crawford <cyndi.crawford@juno.com> To: MJFansReunion@yahoogroups.com, sonicshuffle2000@yahoo.com, jcoffman@taurus.oursc.k12.ar.us, mjcentral@hotmail.com, rdtrn@torithoughts.org, royha@deepfrost.com Subject: I'm *HOME* again.. wheeeee!! :) all right everybody, some of you may know this already, but hey what's it matter? :) I'm home now so.. CELEBRATE! :D Sincerely, Cyndi S. Crawford (Keyyooo on ICQ and IRC, Keyyooo1 on AIM) Tori Amos' response when asked to describe herself in five words: "I. Do. Not. Describe. Myself." ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 14:33:35 -0400 From: "Beth Coulter" <betheqt@voicenet.com> To: "RDT Right Now" <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: An article I wrote for newspapers Since everything seems so slow: I wrote this last week and it's going to be submitted to papers from Mass., to TX and spots in between, not to mention 5 local papers. It's my first journalistic venture and I'm hoping that it's OK. The guy who asked me to write it said it just needs a little punctuation editing and that he thinks it's "beautiful". I think he's being flattering, but maybe you guys can tell me what you think. I'm going to be in next weeks production "Christmas in July", as an evil elf who exchanges all the toys with socks and sweaters. It should be fun. But I'm also starting my math class on Monday (M & W 6-9PM), so that's got me a bit stressed out and it's hard to get excited about rehearsals. Hope everyone's holiday (those in the US) was decent. I think it's really cool that Cuba had a celebration. One place I've always wanted to go was Havana, and this boycott is getting silly. Communism is pretty much dead, even China is into capitalism as far as trade goes. So let's open up Cuba and have a really great friend right off the coast. I'll go before I say something I'll get flamed for. ;) Fairy Blessings, Bethey I'm OK when Everything's not OK cause it's the Fairies Revenge they say And I have always been a Fairy. www.bethcoulter.com Kids Get Culture in Quakertown Beth Coulter Steve Erwin of Croc Hunter fame dropped by Quakertown, PA to help out Little Red Riding Hood, who was being threatened by a jive talking wolf. Doesn't sound like the story you know? Welcome to Main Street Theatre - Saturday Morning Children's Theater. The Saturday Morning Players (as director Tim Smith calls them) are sure to put a massive twist into any favorite fairy tale. Shelby Kracsir, 10, has been attending every Saturday morning show for the past six years with her Grandmother. "I really like it," Shelby said before the show. "Sometimes they switch the stories around and change the ending, so I get really curious about what they will do (in the next show)." Director Smith, who also writes each weeks script, says "What I try to accomplish (with each show) is to keep very young minds interested." But he also tries to entertain the parents. "I'm aiming at two audiences with totally different tastes." While there are references for adults (two ESPN announcers gave running commentary for the Tortoise and the Hare race in Aesop's Fables), Smith, who comes from Oakham, Mass, tries to make it "totally suitable" for children. "The first show I wrote (Cinderella) was too geared towards adults and the kids got really restless." Smith said. "These kids are really young, so the next one was way simplified." Bringing his MFA from Trinity Repertory Conservatory into use, he writes each script the week before, spending a full day writing three drafts until he has a script ready for the cast, which gets an average of three hours rehearsal time prior to the show. What makes it work are the MST Interns. "The interns are so positive and energetic, the kid's just have to enjoy them. The interns are just really talented." Smith remarked with a big smile. Holly Hurley is a great example of all this positive energy. A former cheerleader from Marshall, TX, she is a tow-headed bundle of energy. Entering her senior year at NYU (where she is majoring in Vocal Performance/Music Theater), she admits with a trace of Texan twang that this is her first and last summer intern position. (The interns are, for the most part, college theater students who live and work in the Main Street Theatre Building from the end of May to the end of August for the summer stock experience.) Besides performing in the current production of The Wiz, she is entering rehearsals for the next show Guys and Dolls, performing in the weekly Saturday night cabaret that takes place after the evening show, in addition to learning her lead role for this Saturday morning performance of Little Red Riding Hood. "I find the kid's shows a stretch. I'm learning to play to a different audience. With adults you can be more Chris Rock; with the kids you gotta be more Bill Cosby." "My mother will tell you, I have never not acted." She said with a grin. Her first time on stage was in a church production of No Fibbin' Mephiboseth at age 10. Working with the children in the casts of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and The Wiz has been rewarding for Hurley. "I like working with the kids, cause they're the age I was when I started. I can tell them 'don't give up, look at me'". She claims her earliest life goals were to be either a pro football player for the Green Bay Packers, or a Princess. "Being an actress is the closest I've gotten to being princess." But most assuredly, her cheerleading career has put a few diamonds in her crown. She is a three time All American Cheerleader, and spent three years on staff with the National Cheerleading Association, teaching at cheer camp. In 1995, she performed in the half-time show at the Aloha Bowl, and followed that with a spot in the 1996 Saint Patrick's Day Parade in Dublin, Ireland. Each Children's Show is both interactive and highly imaginative. For Little Red Riding Hood, Director Smith introduced some new characters; Mitch the Talking Pony (Amanda Garry), Nasty Witch Wendy (Kara Boyer), and the Croc Hunter (Dan Graul). The audience assisted Little Red name her new pony, after Mitch tap-danced frantically pleading with the kid's to shout out his real name; and helped to free them from Witch Wendy's prison by helping chant the magic words supplied by the cast. One of the morals early in the show was illustrated when Little Red realized that everyone could hear her new pony talk except her. With the Croc Hunter acting as translator, the audience learned that "selfish, spoiled brats" who think only of themselves fail to hear the things that are important. Not only does the cast act with flair and professionalism, each member also performs musically with parodies of show tunes and popular songs they write themselves. In a prior season, one of the breakout hits was Goldilocks pouting "I'm not that Innocent", Brittany Spears style. In Little Red Riding Hood, one great number was performed by Adam Enright as an enchanted prince who growled "I'm An Ogre" to Madonna's first hit. Jeremy Randall (Artistic Director) does a wonderful job not only playing back-up for the singers, but also providing mood music for comic effect. As the wolf (Nick Sinckler) begins to stalk Little Red and Mitch, the theme from Jaws filled the room, bringing guffaws of laughter from the audience. "I liked the wolf best!" Shelby said afterwards. "Yeah," agreed her friend Kara Bintham, "He's so funny!" This was a common remark afterwards from most of the patrons. It's not surprising; Sinckler is also starring as The Scarecrow in the current run of The Wiz, reprising the role he brought to life in the 25th Anniversary National Tour. Sinckler, of Piscataway, NJ, is 21 and extremely talented. Starting as a small child, he would break out in song at BBQ's and family functions, and found he enjoyed entertaining people. His acting career began at age 13 in a community theater production of Oliver, and he's been at it ever since. "I really love the interaction with the kids." he said of performing in Children's Theater productions. "The expressions on their faces.it's fun. And if they like what they see, then they'll want to see more (theater) and be exposed to culture." He's had a few courses at community college, but surprisingly not in Theater Arts. Nick is a Marine Biology Major with a reverent appreciation for the ocean. "I love the ocean." he said earnestly. "I want it to be clean. I want generations after me to experience what I have with the ocean." He hopes to be able to contribute to organizations like Greenpeace in a meaningful way in the future. After the show, the cast gathers downstairs to meet the children and sign autographs in special MST coloring books that are handed out with each performance. These coloring books are created by the local high school art students and have a page for each show. Hurley said she loves the autograph sessions and talking with the kids. "My mom took me to a lot of theater in my hometown. If there were kid-oriented programs (like this), I would have understood more about the theater. This is good exposure (for children)." Carolyn Sutliff, Shelby's Grandmother, pointed out another aspect of meeting the actors. "Shelby was very shy at first and hide behind me (when meeting the actors). The interns really helped to bring her out of her shell. And it's something other than swimming and running around all summer. 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