katiestuart: A quick social commentary

katiestuart (

katiestuart) wrote,
@ 2007-05-27 02:02:00

A quick social commentary
A night on the town:

Downtown was a variable gongshow last night. At 11ish we caught a bus downtown from the mall. The bus was late leaving because the local fuzz had pulled some poor clown off to rob him of his beverage. As our freshly deprived hero returned to the bus a wave emotion spread down its length and back like the "wave maker" at science world*. From the back of the bus there came cheering, followed by the drunken cheering of people catching up. It was hard to tell if our hero actually belonged to the massive, unanimous cluster of drunken, teenaged hooligans or if they were merely happy to be united in a common bond of antipolice, damn-the-man, expedient, anarchic attitude. Regardless he was greeted with true celebration which, as the bus pulled away, heightened and dissolved (all at the same time) into an irate blur of blind, unfocused noise mixed with rage - rage at the pigs, the po, at the man.- "*@&% YOU PIGS!!" and the like could be heard above the thunderous atmosphere on the bus. A chorus of understanding and camaraderie against an ancient, concocted foe. The emowave bounces off the back of the bus and rushes back to the front, changing and contorting as it passed over the contours of the crowd and laps back up against the front of the bus, dousing the old man in the far corner. He seems to sympathize with the young narc, sighing heavily and looking sternly around at all the miscreant youths. Silently defending the uniform and likely stranger within. Dwelling on the fact that children just haven't the same respect for authority in these crazy times. Or perhaps he's just exasperated at being held up so long. And there we sit, right in the middle, at the breaking point, able to appreciate both side's influence. Able to chuckle and enjoy the event for what it is. I love the bus!

* For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about: It's a giant plexiglas aquarium which holds a considerable amount of water as well as a typical, sloping, sandy sediment and sits on a large motorized fulcrum which rocks it back and forth slowly, simulating wave patterns. ...I think. (If memory serves)

Peace
katie

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	clowns (Anonymous) 2007-05-27 05:00 pm UTC (link)
	i hate clowns i know my mate is a clown he funny when he drunk bloody nutter lmao (Reply to this)

	angelwithsoul 2007-05-28 01:48 am UTC (link)
	Wow, Vancouver bus rides actually sound like fun :D Which is, Quite literally the total opposite of the time you experience in one of our giant Dutch plexiglas aquarium transportation devices... Dulltown, Holland, Population: Moi :P (Reply to this)(Thread)

	i apologize for ,... brian_amsterdam 2007-10-23 01:59 pm UTC (link)
	... my dimwitted compatriot. Dude! she was talking about Seaworld as the multiplex aquarium, not the bus. I can see, however, how you made that error. and by the power invested in me by Queen and God, I forgive you ;) ;) ;) ;) But maybe you really knew that. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	nomahira 2007-05-29 04:09 am UTC (link)
	wow i wish bus rides here were just as exceiting. all I ever see in NY is the unexcited faces of people going to work or getting off from work. (Reply to this)

	jamiegoucher 2007-06-02 08:01 am UTC (link)
	Have you ever sat next to the guy that's continuously splitting into the soda can and mumbling to himself? Now that's a show! (Reply to this)

	89chris89 2007-06-03 09:28 pm UTC (link)
	Last Bus ride i was on which was interestng was when it hit a car, and it was late picking me up, so a low standard form here oh, thanks for the accepting of me add as well. Your right about the children, what is this world really coming too, crazy times indeed, i wonder if there is anything wrose then crazy? But then again things can only get better right? (Reply to this)

	hi (Anonymous) 2007-06-08 05:12 pm UTC (link)
	hi. how are you? (Reply to this)

p3ga5u5
2007-06-16 02:31 pm UTC (link)

Late night bus rides. Perhaps the older gentleman silently reminiced(sp) of a time when youths had repect for authority, though I think the sighs of possible contempt were of the latter of your statement. Maybe he didjust wanted to get home. lol

Do you feel you sit on the cusp of childish antics and adulthood more so as a 20 something then a teenager?

Okay, maybe not a midlife crisis of sorts, but I've found many 20 somethings going through some kind of quarterlife contemplation be it about life in general, the future, higher/further education, work/career, etc.

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katiestuart
2007-06-20 06:00 pm UTC (link)

What a great question. I think my 20's have been very revealing (to me) about who I am and what my perception of the world is and has been and most importantly how my perception differs from those around me. I've definitely been more contemplative of the future: Of the future of the world at large as well as my own role within that future. There are plenty of things to come to terms with in this crazy day and age: I personally took several years off after high school to just live and love and learn in my own settings and at my own pace and about the things which interested me (And mostly all for FREE). More importantly I discovered which things truly do interest me. Now that I have a better idea of where my interests lie, I feel ready to begin my education again in a classroom setting (sort of). I will be attending an intensive course through one of my local colleges at the beginning of August. We'll see how it goes and what I feel like doing when it finishes in December, but I think it likely that I will remain in school for a while. There's a lot to learn and there are some incredible people in the province to learn from. But, to get back to your question, I definitely feel more on the fence between adulthood and childhood now than I did when i was 17. I remember how grown up I was at 17. I was definitely an adult already at that point. I had left childhood far behind for the rich rich rewards of grown-upedness. I'm glad I grew out of it... Now that I'm 22, I find great comfort in knowing that I don't have to grow up ever if I don't want to. And I don't want to. One day I'll be old and decrepit and I'll yell at kids on my grass just for the human interaction. Then one day I won't be there any more. I'll turn cold and be returned to the earth (hopefully in a shallow poppers grave somewhere) where my body can be returned to the insects, scavengers, waters, plants and minerals of my planet as millions and millions have before me. Until that day comes though, I plan to live my life every day with gratitude, compassion and the knowledge that life is precious and relatively fleeting and if you aren't living each and every day like it's your last, then you're passing up opportunities for greatness, for love, for pain, for laughter, for loss, for enlightenment, for misfortune, for strength, for sharing, for helping, for feeling, for disaster. The point is; 'who knows what may be?' - Every day is a new opportunity and you help shape that opportunity by the choices you make and by the choices people make around you. If we all keep a close eye on each other and lend a hand where hands are needed and available, there is such prodigious potential for change, for love, for life. Keep on loving, keep on laughing, keep on keeping on, and realize that growing up is only a physical phenomenon, for the more you grow, the more you learn, and the more you learn, the more you realize how young we all truly are.

Peace, Love n' good Q's.
KT

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An afterthought...

katiestuart
2007-06-20 06:15 pm UTC (link)

I just noticed that you mentioned career at the end of your question. I hadn't really thought about it, but my career has most certainly taken a back seat on this adventure of self-discovery. My career is important to me and it is a huge part of who I am. It's what I love to do, but sometimes it's hard to find meaning in your work when you work in the land of make-believe. So I guess I've just been weighing the issues in my life a little more closely and acting seems to be further from my mind these days. Though not out of it all together.

Peace.

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Re: An afterthought...

brian_amsterdam
2007-10-23 02:58 pm UTC (link)

Do you feel you sit on the cusp of being an actress and another life which is less about appearances?

"sometimes it's hard to find meaning in your work when you work in the land of make-believe"

Well, I can see that, but of course you'd realize it's all in the type of roles that you choose to do? Silly question, of course! And also, sometimes you have to wade through crap to get to the other side, right? I say this, naturally, for the most selfish of reasons: I wanna see you in films more! Preferably in good, slightly artsy things about Type-B people, but I'll take the movie-of-the-week just as soon ;)

Could you be suffering from a Harvard-syndrome? Harvardians get a shock when they discover all Harvardians are just as smart as they, similarly most child actresses discover at 18, 19 that there are tons of people who can act just as good as they can, unlike when they were kids.

Or, on the other hand, maybe you wanna become a teacher or a business-entrepeneur or engineer, instead of an actress? That's cool too, I'll cry a little ;), but it's ' 'all good'.

Wow look at me, babbling on without a brain-mouth filter! :)

Katie, from your posts you seem to have it all together, keep on doing
that and good Q's to you to (If only I knew what that ... ) :)
B. from A.

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p3ga5u5
2007-06-20 10:06 pm UTC (link)

Thanks. Revealing? So it seems. :) Thanks for the reply.

There are times I wish I had taken the time to explore the world around me, explore myself, and what I wanted to do with my life after having graduated high school. However, I still feel I accomplished a little of that while at university. It is different though. But then again going to school full time and working full time is an experience I wouldn't trade. By the way, I like how you added the "and mostly all for FREE" part. ;) I've been lucky enough to have an experience that has been mostly all for free was well. I appreciate that fact. Only after university do I feel I know what really interests me, and even then the threads of doubt creep in once in a while which is good I think. Let's me know I'm questioning myself. Questioning and trying to better myself - trying to grow as a perosn.

Anyway, congrats on going back to school! I hope you have a wonderful experience and use the time wisely. :D If you don't mind me asking, what will you be studying? What's this intensive course?

Oooh, love that sentence: "Every day is a new opportunity and you help shape that opportunity by the choices you make and by the choices people make around you." So true.

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The Afterthought...

Sounds like a plan. Although its somewhat on the backburner, will you be working on any independent movies while on your early adventure of self-discovery? You mentioned acting here, but I vaguely remember you speak of other aspects of filmmaking. Btw, props/shout outs/holla to script supervisors. I had the unfortunate opportunity to script supe. and do continuity once. It was... fun. Really, it was. Though its not something I'd want to do in the field on a big project. :P

"'It's what I love to do, but sometimes it's hard to find meaning in your work when you work in the land of make-believe."
Amen.

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	Help (Anonymous) 2007-06-20 11:43 pm UTC (link)
	Hey my name is jeff ive been my friends are all into acting and say i should give it a try if u have any advice it would b nice my email is Pleasanthillkid@yahoo.com (Reply to this)

	are you the girl from wrinkle (Anonymous) 2007-09-10 11:20 am UTC (link)
	Are you from Wrinkle time movie? (Reply to this)

	ecddude 2007-09-21 10:06 pm UTC (link)
	Quick question have you ever thought about writing? like, maybe not as a profession, but just maybe something other than lj?? curiosity, nothing more. I must say, however,I love your writing style. very descriptive and . . . well, good. i hope i'm not being redundant if someone else told you that. . . (Reply to this)

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