Saturday, May 2, 2009

What's Wrong with Being Naked?

That's what Japanese pop-star Tsuyoshi Kusanagi screamed at police when they arrested him for public indecency in a Tokyo park, wildly drunk. When I read that he was holding back tears during a public apology, tears came to my eyes. That is the nature of my weird sensitivity. It happens to me at certain moments--yesterday when I was talking about a person from my childhood who was severly injured in a car accident. Always, when I remember my Uncle Donny who was killed in Viet Nam, or my dog, Lady, who died of distemper. As an actor, I used to think it was an achievment to be able to cry on stage. Now, I think it is an achievment not to cry. By the way, a lot of people were sympathetic to Mr. Kusanagi, who has been a star for 20 some years. Japanese people are fairly forgiving when an apology is well done.

Continuing to read TW's notebooks, a little Gumbo Ya Ya.

Audition tomorrow eve!

Feeling Better

I am feeling better. I thought I was fine yesterday, but in the evening had a raspy cough. I don't think this was the swine flu, but I almost wish it was, because it was relatively mild as far as these kinds of viruses go. Now they are saying that the new flu might mutate and come back in a deadlier form. More fear and trembling!

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