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I really need to stop with this blogging hiatus. My grade probably hates me for it.

I'm not feeling too creative tonight, so I'll just focus on the satire lesson we had in class yesterday. I never really used to get satire, especially when it was really subtle. I just thought these people were serious, and douche bags because of it. We can leave it at me having been a very... unaware. Quite possibly stupid. Call it what you must. I remember this book I attempted to read (TWICE) my sophomore year called "Naked Lunch" back when I was really into Beatniks, and it apparently was supposed to be a satire of... I don't even know. Society, quite possibly? The author, William S. Burroughs was completely drugged out on heroin when he wrote it, so I have a *slight* excuse for not really understanding.

My main issue with satire is the fact I take the author too seriously, unless it is blatantly running at me in a giant pink boa, screaming "I AM A SATIRICAL PIECE, UNDERSTAND ME!!!". Those headlines we had to make, I just didn't find them very funny. If anything, I'm a fan of the really gritty satire (I honestly don't remember the proper term for it, and it takes too much effort to move the mouse to open a new tab and Google it). Perhaps that makes me cynical, but I've been called worse.

Thoughts on Salem

I may or may not be a huge fan of Dunbar's drama department. Just going to throw that out there. It always seems like I get to see the really terrible productions that everyone hates, but the kick#$@ ones I always end up missing (not sure how Mr. Mullins would feel about that particular swear in a school blog, so I'll just self-censor).

Buuuuuuuuut, this play was actually pretty good! I had zero expectations, which may have helped. The puppets were enjoyable, everyone acted well, and it was only interrupted once! (Why people talk during ANYTHING you have to watch--okay, I was starting to lie, I actually understand sometimes--seriously though, some rude people were with our group). I'm not even sure what made me prefer this over a lot of other productions the drama department's had; perhaps it might have something to do with how there wasn't a huge amount of hype made about it. It was just there, and I was required to attend.

I hope they put more plays on like this, because it's probably the best I've seen of them since I was a freshman.