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For the past few years, I and many other ppl have been feeling like we have been living in a increasing Communist Country.  Our various freedoms and the right to do the most basic things has become illegal or taxed the hell out of.  Did our Founding Fathers NOT start this country to get away from gov't rule and stupid assinine lack of common sense?

But US Citizens do not dispare!  We are NOT alone in how our gov't is becoming a Communist Rule and telling us what we can do, how to do what they tell us we can do, and all that jive!  The Britions are no better off then we are!  Only difference is their anal retintive gov't calls their taxes and stupid ass laws "Sin Taxes".

The UK not only went after smoking but now they are going after drinking.  And cars!  Hey at least they are being fair if you ask my opinon on that!  Not only are they making it illegal to kill oneself with smoke by making it almost unattinable to smoke anywhere but your house, now the UK is hiking their already HIGH booze tax up another 6%.  They are now trying to do away with the "pub" scene.   The car issue is along the lines of SUVs and bigger vechiles.  For many US Citizens they have no clue exactly how expensive it is over in the UK. 

Case in point when us US Citizens were bitching about paying 1.70 plus a gallon on gas the UK Citizens were already paying about 3-4 bucks a gallon for gas.  So just imagine what they are paying now with US Citizens paying about 3-4 bucks a gallon for gas.  They are looking at almost a 10 dollar a gallon gas fill. 

Many British Citizens are speaking out on these "Sin" Taxes.  Baisc enjoyment for many ppl of drinking, smoking, and driving vechiles they already paid otu the ass on are now "SINS" and they will be taxed for it.  Citizens over in the UK have pointed out that their ecomony is just as shitty as the US's and the gov't is stupid ass hell for hiking these taxes because it will NOT stop ppl from drinking or smoking.  If a person wants to drink and smoke they are going to.  It won't stop them from driving their vechiles anymore than US Citizens have stopped driving big vechiles.  All it is going to do is cost the Gov't money by loss of revenue. 

And once our lovely gov'ts tax basic enjoyments to death and cause the majority of citizens in their country to stop doing what they enjoy, and cost the gov't revenue they will start taxing to death basic everyday living items even more than they already do.  Because we all know that it isn't the gov't that keeps our countries running.  It is the citizens and how they are taxed to death and then told we have no say in anything.  We are told how to live our lives, what we can and can't do.

Saying this to anyone in our gov'ts can consitute a treason act if we act against it.  Even when the US Consitution says the US Citizens have the right to rise up and clean out our own gov't.  If we should do this we are committing a treasonist act even though we have a consitutional right to do so.  In otherwords, if the Citizens of the US finally wise up and stop their bitching and act, we are dayumed.  If we continue our bitching and do nothing we are dayumed.  At least the US Citizens have a small recourse with our Consititution.  I am not sure what the British Citizens have for recourse. 

Got to love our Communist Gov'ts that use the guise of democrocy to beat down their citizens.

i just felt like I had to write this.

You see, I really wanna be an actress some day in the future. I love drama, people say I'm good in it and it's just...my dream. But the thing that REALLY makes me angry is that... people just don't believe in me!! They say it's just a fake dream and I'll get over it. haha. Doesn't that annoy anybody else out there??? Why do people tend to think that someone won't make it to being an actress or a singer or something. I believe that if you have the real talent you'll make it anywhere!

Another thing about  this : does anybody know any ways to become an actress? perhaps someone in the family that made it ? soz :)

And.. If there's anybody that loves acting too, I'd love to meet them, talk to them... add me on msn : helloo_byoo@hotmail.com or write a mail or something. I most certainly WILL reply! ! ! I seriously would like to meet someone like that cuz it seems liek there ain't much of them in my school :)

xxx kisses for everyone xxx 

So, I'm at rehearsal for Our Town the other night, and those of us playing ghosts in a graveyard are clowning around and talking amongst ourselves, making jokes about our characters...when we get the idea to form an improv troupe. We're in the very early stages, but we've taken to calling ourselves "The 13th City Theatre" after the Second City because Rocky Mount, where we live, is (or was a couple of years ago anyway) the thirteenth largest city in North Carolina. I'd like to do some comedic plays in addition to straight improv. This should be fun. We've got five people interested so far, so I'm looking forward to getting it off the ground.

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Is your FEAR more REAL than your GOALS?

An opinion piece by Jack Turnbull of actorsite.com

Because of the threat of labor actions this year and next,

many times we become paralyzed by the "fear" that our world

is coming to an end...



It's not, believe me. In fact, many in the industry believe

that this labor action will just be a blip on the screen of

the big picture.



A career is a MARATHON, not a dash, so it's important to

not let the FEARS that we have on a daily basis, affect

our long range GOALS.



Each day, when you wake up, are you GOAL driven or are

you FEAR driven...



BEING GOAL DRIVEN IS POSITIVE!



BEING FEAR DRIVEN IS NEGATIVE!



Do you get PARALYZED when it comes to pushing your

career forward?



Sometimes when you are driven by your

GOALS, you constantly visualize achieving those goals

and they are fresh in your mind and REAL and almost

touchable so that you constantly can push forward and move

and build and feel the progress every single day...



Then suddenly, because pursuing a creative career becomes

such a struggle and requires energy just to keep going, you

find that your FEAR overcomes your GOALS in your mind, so

that your FEAR is more REAL than your GOALS...which become

pushed to the side while you are PARALYZED by FEAR.



In my own personal situation, I have found this to happen

to me on a regular basis every few months and I have to

get up and push myself to PUT MY GOALS BACK INTO THE FRONT

OF MY MIND, so that the FEAR, which is there to protect

me, does not become more REAL than my GOALS.



Here's how you can get yourself back on track:



1. Sit down and list your goals. BE sure to include the changes

in your goals as you grow and learn and find new goals to explore.



2. Sit down and list your fears. Be sure to be honest with

yourself and open and up front as you list them. Don't pull

any punches.



3. Next, make a list of the ACTIONS you can take NOW that

will get you moving towards your goals. Make a list of

ACTIONS that you can take LATER, too.



4. Now, TAKE THOSE ACTIONS and gain confidence in yourself

as you move gradually towards your goals.



5. Then weigh and study the results. Did you move forward?

Are you inching your career forward? Are you no longer as

paralyzed by fear?



6. Now repeat the POSITIVE ACTIONS that will move you forward.



It's important to take at least ONE POSITIVE STEP, every single

day!



All the best,



Jack



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