Saw a production of the play Big Love today. It was beautifully done, and I am glad I could get tickets at the last minute. Basically it's about 50 Greek sisters who run away to Italy in order to escape an ancient marriage contract with their American cousins. Wacky plot, but powerful themes. I liked the way the play presented all of these different perspectives on love and on gender roles (afterwards, a friend remarked that it was "very Smith"); in a way, you agree with at least one thing that each character says, even though they are all so distinct from each other.
At one point, the youngest and most romantically-minded sister steps forth and asks herself, "But why should I settle?" And I'm just reminded of my whole philosophy on love right now. I refuse to settle for something less, even if ultimately my reach exceeds my grasp and I end up alone.
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Of course, now I can't get out of this reflective mood, so instead of going to a Winter Weekend party where apparently I could have written my name on Harvard guys' butts (... okay, maybe not my scene regardless), I was a hermit and stayed in with chocolates and tea. ABC family was showing the first HP, so I watched.
The weirdest commercial EVER came on... it was for Marshall's and at the end, literally said "in this crummy economy, you'll find shopportunities at Marshall's" or something as disgusting as that.
This just reminded me of a speech I heard recently where an iBanking executive stated that the financial crisis might be just a wholesaler crisis now, but pretty soon it's going to become a consumer crisis. And then we'll really all start feeling screwed. I guess Marshall's is just anticipating that sentiment...
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