Matthew was home over his fall break so we were able to celebrate his birthday ON his Birthday....well we actually celebrated it a day early. He went back to school tonight.
Happy Birthday Mathew!
As you can read by Mary's Post she had a wonderfull time in Minneapolis. It is amazing she did all of that in one weekend.
ok so this weekend i went to minneapolis and saw four plays. wow. all of them were so good!
first-
Radio Golf
was so interesting, it definably got you thinking.
it was about a black charactor running for mayor, and his wife and friend were helping him along with a project of renovating a ghetto part of town into shops and parking lots. but its halted for a bit when an old man said that he didnt get any notice that his house was sold, and that he had to pay taxes since someone always paid them when his mother was alive. the politician finds out they bought the house before it went on sale on the market so it was illegal. after he finds that out he finds out that his dad was the one who was paying their taxes. and upon finding that out he finds that they are related! so he loses his election, his friend and wife, and the play ends with him going to help the old man with his house. all in all the least interesting play that we saw but it was so interesting! Andy was finding so many points that was like "its a wonderful life"
on to the next one!
Bert & Ernie, Goodnight!
what can i say about this? AWESOME!
i cant really explain, but watch these videos and you dont get the feel but its enough i think
both of the actors did a wonderful job of pysical work, using their bodies like they were muppets, the flailing around and stuff =]
if you ever get a chance to see it, take all your family and go! i loved it and i think youd have to be a rock to not enjoy it.
then we saw
The House Can't Stand
which was a one man show. well a one woman show. it was two hours long and the energy that he had playing this character was amazing! to clarify.
Steve Epp is really famous and with Dominique Serrand directing him on what he had written, was amazing.
here i'll just tell you what the thing said,
"The Southern Theater presents the world premiere of a new solo performance and the debut of a new Twin Cities theater company. This compelling story of a lonely mother in search of a future was created by former artistic directors of Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Steve Epp and Dominique Serrand, and by the team that brought you such acclaimed productions as The Miser, Carmen, Fishtank, Don Juan Giovanni, The Deception and Maria de Buenos Aires." -- http://www.southerntheater.org/2009_10-22_epp_and_serrand.htm
just wow. wowsie. overwhelming. Jeune Lune had to disperse because of money trouble i think so i feel really privileged to have seen such a great play. or monologue rather.
the last play was
Ruined
wow. what an impacting play. it was set in Africa during some of the rebel wars, and focused on more of what happened to the women and how they get through it. just wow. it was amazing.
Let me tell you about my Accounting Class that I am currently in
First off:
Assets = Liabilities + Owner's Equity
In short that is a big headache.
I will put you through our instructor's teaching method in a way that maybe will help you understand what I am going through.
Imagine a big tape playing machine standing in front of the room. For the younger generation a dvd or a Blue Ray disc. At exactly the starting time the play button is activated and it begins to talk, and it will talk and talk and talk without slowing down, (imagine a car travelling while on cruise control). If you ask it a question the tape machine will stop, rewind and play what he said over again. If you ask it again it will stop and rewind and say the exact same thing again.
The machine will actually stop talking sometimes, only to have you solve a questions. Not quite so simple task. As you begin working out the problem to solve it, the machine believes adequate time has passed and will turn back on and begin discussing the problem. You never get to completely solve the problem so you never know if you really understand what you were trying to solve for.
The machine feels a 15 minute lunch is more than enough time to get something to eat, and sitting for 2.5 to 3 hours at a time has no effrect on learning retention or bladder control. The tape inside the machine just keeps playing.....without stopping.
I have two more weekends with this tape machine, they tell me if I can make it past this class it is all down hill from here.
Well back to Accounting,.....eat...sleep...Accounting, that is what I am doing
