Behind the ritual you'll find the spiritual.

A line from a Van Morrison song nicely captures my views on religion.

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is waiting for his 8.25 call.

What It Means: 8.25 on a Saturday night is not my favorite time to be called to rehearsal.

salutes the cast and crew of Coal Creek.

What It Means: This.

got some free publicity for the show at work today, and appreciates his boss on a whole new level.

What It Means: We communicate by walkies at work and today the store's GM (noticing my new beard) started quizzing me about the play and ripped off the "Out, out, brief candle.." speech for all to hear.

is waving you off of low-sodium cream of mushroom soup.

What It Means: I think they meant "low-taste."

is having a beer in the bar below Mellow Mushroom because one car is trying to jump another off right behind where he's parked.

What It Means: Yep, it happened. By the time I finished one beer they were gone.

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might need something to drink after tonight's rehearsal.

What It Means: A long (but productive) night at rehearsal doing the Porter scene and a couple of others.

is thinking about his family both biological and theatrical

What it Means: A wordy way of saying I don't like being the one who kills the MacDuff daughters (including the director's 2nd grade daughter) in this production of MacB.

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Is writing a review

FINALLY....Jeff Bridges.

What It Means: The best part of the Golden Globes!

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can't believe Jonathan Richman AND Drive-By Truckers are playing The Handlebar (not together) the week his show opens.

LOVES not working at 6.00 am tomorrow


(I think this one speaks for itself.)

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MacB is going to ruin my reputation.

What It Means: Last night at rehearsal several of my cast mates discovered I'm the one who kills MacDuff's kids (you see me leading two little girls offstage to theire deaths.) I'm surprised I didn't lose a few Facebook friends.

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It's great to see young darters coming into their own.

What It Means: Another semester, another game of Furman Theatre Darts!

It has been something like 31 hours since my last status change. Am I still relevant?

What It Means: Forgetting to change my status in the morning feels like forgetting my pants. That's probably a bad sign.

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This status is about you. Or is it?

What It Means: Continuing to feel a little self-referential and wishing I had someone to covertly status about....

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is liking the new Vampire Weekend album.

What It Means: Really?

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Textos en espanol de MB son divertidos.

What It Means: Texts from MB are more fun in Spanish.

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had better put up or shut up today.

What It Means: Working my scene (the Porter scene in MacB) for the first time. Verdict? A good first step.

Have you ever been afraid of something and also drawn to it? Examples include ice hockey, dark beer, and the new Rihanna video.

What It Means: I'm not sure what prompyed this exactly, except the utter freakish awesomeness of the new Rihanna video.

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hasn't been to Prague been to Prague, but he's working on it.

What It Means: "been to Prague..." is a quote from Noah Baumbach's Kicking and Screaming and in this case stands for trying to kick a few things in life up to the next level.

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is in love with a green parrot.

What It Means: Alyson Hannigan, HIMYM, season 1, episode 6.

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needs to find out what's up with JW.

What it means: I got a strange phone message from a friend that had me worried, but it turns out that she has received the diagnosis for some medical issues (not life-threatening) that had been bothering her for some time. With treatment the quality of her life should improve considerably.

is enjoying a pot of tea while looking for the Chelsea score and pondering Facebook's distinction between "English (UK)" and "English (US)." Go to go, the haggis is ready...

What it means: A pretty obvious meta-status; I'm now using English (UK)

1 + 29 + Shakespeare = ?? (and some weird combination of symbols indicating happiness)

What It Means: 29 actors (and 1 director) in the production of MacB. I'm in. Bad luck that I left out the designers? Oh, and I don't use "emoticons."

How did I miss fire, karaoke, and Brittany? I need a new social secretary.

What it means: Feeling a little sorry for myself here; a friend who's on a 9-month gig as a stage manager in Florida was in town and I didn't get to see her.

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First beautiful sight of 2010.

What it means: I saw a picture of my friend R. on Facebook that reminds me I want to get to know them better this year.

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...will be rooting for his (intended) new school today. Let's Go Oregon!

What It Means: I'm applying to grad school in arts administration at the University of Oregon. The Ducks are playing Ohio State in the Rose Bowl today.

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