ok, slight rant time... so for the longest time, performing has been MY thing in my friend group (mostly). Whether it be dance or theatre or music in general, its always been my thing to be at least sort of good at, and it was my space to be creative and just kind of find myself and express myself away from everyone and everything else. Here's the thing though: A lot of mt friends have joined theatre this year. Which is great! I don't believe I need to be the star all the time, and I think ita great they get to experience live theatre and I wouldn't want to deprive them of that. But here's the thing: I take theatre and performing very seriously. Probably too much so as a high schooler, and especially for one as young as myself. And all of my friends who are just joining, for the most part, have ZERO performance/theatre experience. Which is just...well...aggravating to me. Also, like I said, performance and theatre was kind of my space, where I could get away from all my "friends" and just be a different person in a different realm of my personality. And I feel like that's kinda been taken away from me. Idk. Maybe im just an awful person for feeling this and I should get over myself. But that's just how I feel and since opening night is tomorrow, might as let it out now.