Ubu Rex

Me eating a piece of shit...!

I am working on an oral presentation on Ubu Roi (Rex). By my green candle, it is a wonderful play by Alfred Jarry! Very crass, very weird, and very politically charged. In this play, Ma Ubu manipulates and convinces Pa Ubu to brutally murder King Wenceslas of Poland with the aid of McNure and his Merry men; however, within five days after murdering Wenceslas, Pa Ubu has managed to murder Wenceslas entire family, except Boggerlas, all the nobles, all the judges, and some citizens, while changing financial laws and the entire judicial system. Ubu double crosses and put M'Nure in gaol, but M'Nure escapes to set Wenceslas' cousin, Tsar Alexis, to war with Pa Ubu while Ma Ubu steals the reasures of Ploand and flees from Boggerlas to the mountains. Pa Ubu escapes the Tsar by fleeing to the mountains, where a bear is killed by Pa Ubu's Palcontents, then Ma Ubu discovers Pa Ubu has fled to the same mountain as her and unsuccessfully tries to convince Pa Ubu to love her and not beat her. Pa Ubu and Ma Ubu escape the mountains and sail on the Baltic to Germany with the Palcontents.


Here is a dish of shit I made for my oral presentation...

I will be presenting the play from my own personal view point, with imagery, concepts, and an entire production strategy. I am very excited about the project and have thoroughly enjoyed exploring the text. Perhaps, I will set-up a link to my final paper which is due in about 6 weeks...

Note: All shit is really caramel brownies...

2008 Presidential Elections

Me when I am OLD!!!

I am registered to vote!!! This wouldn't normally be something to shout out loud about, but a few days ago I was resigned to accepting the fact that I made a mistake and would not be able to vote in this years elections. I honestly thought that you could register to vote the day of elections...my brother, Norman, informed me otherwise...Thanks Norm! I am such a dork! Lucky for me, here in Massachusetts they let you register up until Oct. 15th, unlike in California where they require registration by Oct. 4th.

Anyway, I get the chance this year to make my vote for Barack Obama count. Who are you voting for?

President George W. Bush

Here is an interesting blog post about our president at staticbrain.com. I found the picture on this blog along with the post about prosecuting Bush and other high ranking officials for war crimes...In regards to the photo...I have given the bird many many times...and I know many other people do it, but I never really thought about what it would look like to see someone of such great power sinking to such silly expressions and a true expression of his lack of power. A truly powerful person does not need to express himself through vulgarity. Will this be Bush's legacy pose?...Like this guy...






Here is what I have to say in regards to the blog post about prosecuting Bush and others for war crimes. I wonder...is it ever too little too late? Why weren't we seeking this kind of action against George W. Bush in 2001 when he announced war on terror? Why was it okay for us to seek and destroy those that offended and caused awful atrocities to happen? Are we now any different than those that attacked us on September 11, 2001? If we allowed Bush to act as he has and does for the past 7 years by saying yes to his actions and words, what right do we have to turn around now and say no? We are as much at fault for his actions as he is...is this not a democratic country? Don't we have the ability to chose who is and is not in office? Where was our voice 2 years ago, 5 years ago, 8 years ago?

I am in no way saying what he has done is right, but we allowed these things to happen or at least most of us did by not vocalizing our disgust through phone calls, e-mails, letters, and more. So, how can we blame him for choices he made with a country that appeared to back his decisions until the last year of his office?