Confusion of Biblical Proportion

I'm going through the Bible (which I rarely do because it simply annoys the hell out of me to read the ignorance of men before my time writing their version of "hearsay" from a higher power) and I come across this little diddy in Leviticus chapter 18:


6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.
11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.
14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.

Ok...some of these, completely understandable.  19: Don't get down and dirty with a nasty lady...yea we've all experienced that one, we know not to do that again.  But as for the rest...WTF Mate?!  I'm sure there is some deeper meaning to your context of "uncovering nakedness," but as far as I recall didn't the big guy in the sky put us on the Earth in the Garden of Eden completely nude in the first place?  And if it was due to our follies as man that we even realized we were nude in the first place, then wouldn't it follow that to be more "Godly" would be to wipe away all reservations with nudity itself?  Leaving it as "just another thing" in our lives.

As a people we put too much reverence in certain aspects of our lives or give too much meaning to something that should be otherwise meaningless.  We all have nude bodies!  Surprise!

What brings me to this point is a few conversations I've had with fellow Actors my age.  If your daughter wants to participate in a production where her nude body is used to represent liberation from the requirements of an inhumane government, don't call her worthless!  Embrace her ability to make her own decisions.  If your school has a body of students that want to produce shows that happen to have nudity, LET THEM!  If there is any place where trying something new and expanding the intellectual capacities of those involved is ever appropriate, it is in the University setting.  I am sick of hearing about schools that would "Never do that show, there's too much fowl language" or "Not do that show, we can't let our students see nudity."  By doing this, by forcing your Theatre students to only experience your idea of "kitchen-sink" theatre you are completely stunting their artistic growth and giving them no understanding of the true principles of theatre in itself.  How can you create art when you haven't experienced it?

So I say: do something you've never done.  Try something you've never tried.  Experience your life for everything it can possibly hold and enjoy as much of it as possible.

Will you get hurt, probably.

Will you come out stronger and better for it in the end?

...Absolutely.

Obnoxious dream!

So anyone who was following my twitter would have seen that it took me forever to get to sleep last night.  I told myself I would get to bed before 4am, and I did!  I just could not fall asleep until past 5:30!  What the crap, right?!  Anyways, after finally getting to sleep my mom starts talking to me and asks me to do dishes and such as she's leaving for work.  I'm surprised I remember that much considering the attempt of taking in information while still pretty much chasing brownies through a field is damn near impossible.  Anyways, I set my alarm for 10:30.  Sounds good.  Alarm goes off...snooze.  10:35...off.  Still sleeping...

I CAN'T WAKE UP BECAUSE I'M DREAMING THAT SOMEONE STOLE MY PANTS!  And nobody around wants to help me find them!  Not to mention, I'm walking around in the rain outside with nothing but a pullover on!  Could not wake up...

Finally some time past noon hits and I get up and do the dishes.  I know, anticlimactic, sorry.  :-\

Anyways, today is my Dad's 46th birthday so I'm happy to finally be around for it.  Unlike all of the other family birthdays and gatherings I've missed due to me living up in RI.  I think my mom bought him a shotgun...wouldn't be my first choice as a birthday gift, but hey, it's not my birthday!

Well, I've given you my daily update so enjoy yours while I live mine.  :-)  Take care and feel free to comment/follow me/love me/check out my website at http://adrianocabral.weebly.com

Peace, Love, and Chicken Grease!

Food for thought...or just to eat!

So there's this play called Mambo Italiano.  Hilarious play, great movie, you should watch it and read it.  Anyways, I was recently in it with a good friend and her character "Anna" had a great monologue about how people only eat to sustain their energy.  There is no art in food anymore.  


I would like to elaborate on that concept and express how eating to sustain energy is partially the reason our country is overweight.  When grabbing food on the go simply to sustain energy, we don't think about what is going into our body.  We scarf down countless calories and practically pure fat and oil.  One of the quickest ways to lose weight is to eat slower.  So it connects that by eating quickly on the go, you would gain weight.  I could go on for hours banging into your head how important it is to eat for pleasure as well as necessity, but I'll leave it with this:  "Eat.  Don't starve yourself, but eat.  Enjoy it, and take your time."


I thank my mom for reminding me that there truly is still art in food.  Over the past few days she has made pasta with italian bacon and sausage, honey ham, chicken chili, and fried rice.  Day after day without a break.  Coming home from a full day of work, to start a full night of cooking and cleaning.  I am definitely grateful for having her in my life.  She's the best mom in the world, you should be jealous.  


So there you have it.  I eat well because I actually EAT.  And my mom is awesome!  Hope all is well and I'll catchya later!  Peace!

Addicted!

Hi, my name is Adriano Cabral, and I am an addict.
There, I've said it.  I'm an addict.  I cannot stop updating my website.  Or checking it to see if, I don't know, somehow it magically changed layout on me?  It's a problem so that is why I have joined BA- Blogger's Anonymous.  Thank you for your continued support.


Now that I have that off my chest, here's a little story of what us actors have to go through:


Last night I received a voice mail from my aunt.
"Hi Adi.  I just talked to this guy about you and I told him you were an actor in Rhode Island.  Call <Guy's Name> at <this number> and tell him Joey referred you.  He's in charge of acting in NYC.  Love you, bye!"


Yea...oddly vague, no?  Aside from the obvious errors in this message, the first thing I could think was "Jesus...my aunt is involving me with the mafia.  The Theatre mafia no less...they have techies and makeup artists that can make anything look like an accident!"

So of course, I call the poor guy.

GUY:  "Hello?"
ME:  "Hi, <Guy's name>?"
GUY:  "Yea."
ME:  "Hi, my name is Adriano Cabral.  My aunt gave me your number, she told me to call you.  I'm an actor in Providence, RI.  Joey referred you."  (holy word vomit)
GUY:  "What?"
ME:  "My aunt said she met you and talked to you about me.  She said I should call you.  She told me you were referred by Joey...she didn't really tell me what to talk about once I got you on the phone however..."
GUY:  "What's your aunt's name?"
ME:  "<Aunt's Name>."
GUY:  "I'm sorry...I don't know your aunt.  But that doesn't mean we can't talk.  I'm in the office right now though, so let me call you when I have the time.  What's your name?"
ME:  "Adriano Cabral."
GUY:  "Andriawno Cabral.  C-a-b-r-a-l?"
ME:  "Yes sir."
GUY:  "Wow, first try.  What's your phone number?"
ME:  "401-555-5555"
GUY:  "Ok, I will give you a call when I can."
ME:  "Thank you very much sir, and sorry for bothering you like this."
GUY:  "Don't worry about it, I just can't talk at the office.  I'll be in touch.  Have a good day."
ME:  "You too, have a great day, and thanks again."
GUY:  "Bye."
ME:  "Bye."


Can I go vomit now?  Please.  That was the most awkward telephone situation I had ever been in.  Why couldn't he just screen my call and let it go to voice mail?!  That's what I was expecting. That's why I was so taken aback when there was a real voice responding to me!


Suffice to say, I interrupted a 50 year old man at work to accuse him of meeting my aunt and offering to be a contact.  If I were able to google him in the first place and shoot an e-mail, then none of this awkward stuff would have happened.  Everyone should be GOOGLABLE!!


Not much I can do at this point but wait.  In better news, it's supposed to snow tonight in VA so that means my mom will be making chili.  Woot!

Down to the Nitty Gritty...

Man...who knew that developing a website could be such a piece of work.  Well anyways, most of what I want to be on this site is finally up and running.  I'm working on learning how to update my blog via cell phone right now...suffice to say, this techno mumbo jumbo is confusing.  


Well, since I'm supposed to be hanging out with my family for this winter break I should let you go.  Happy browsing and I hope to hear from you!

New Year, New Site, New Blog!

So, here it is!  I have finally decided to make a website for myself.  This was kind of a fun experience to be perfectly honest with you.  However, the fact that no spell-check will ever acknowledge that my last name is spelled correctly tends to get on my nerves.  Especially considering that they allow other random words to go unmarked by their evil squiggly red line of oppression...


Nevertheless, it is my site!  It's cute, no?  :-)