Did I Catch the Drama Bug?

This piece was really enjoyable. I can imagine the "drama bug" infecting people like a contagious disease. A friend of mine, who is an aspiring actor, reminds me a lot of this character. He spends a good amount of money paying for acting classes, taking head shots and going to auditions just to find himself gaining small parts on commercials that are constantly being cancelled. As a friend I always thought it as my duty to allow him to explore his dreams but I remember him coming home one day and telling me, "You know, I realized that there are a lot of aspiring actors and actresses in Hollywood but majority of them suck! Like, I wonder who in the world allows them to continue in this competitive business. I'm so glad that I don't fall into that category." Well, as I read this piece that was assigned for the blog I thought to myself, "my good friend has caught the 'drama bug.'"  Perhaps one of my favorite parts in this story is when the mother believes that her son is on drugs and spends her time going through his things trying to find something that would explain his bizarre behavior.  When her son realizes that his stuff has been messed with he writes a note saying, "The thing that ye search for so desperately... Resideth not in mine well ordered chamber, but in the questionable content of thine own character." As I read the words of his note I couldn't stop laughing. The humor of the author is so clever that I could imagine an obsessed Shakespearean writing a note to his mother.  The ending of this piece was another favorite part of mine. There is a subtle truth in this part that I thought was well put. "Acting is different than posing or pretending. When done with precision, it bears a striking resemblance to lying. Stripped of the costumes and grand gestures, it presents itself as an unquestionable truth." How often do we find ourselves, like the mother, acting without knowing? As for myself, I too have probably mastered this type of art. Every time my friend would ask me to run lines with him and afterwards I'd always turn to him and smile saying, "great job!"  Maybe I'm the one who has caught the "drama bug."  - Felicia Tonga