mortified, live

today was filled with adventures in words. for starters, i got to teach an aspiring writer all about the hero's journey at our tutoring session. (who knew there were so many parallels between despereaux and jesus?!)

and the day closed with tickets to see "mortified" at the mission theater. where else can you hear real portlanders reading from their high school journals!? (http://www.getmortified.com/) we laugh because who hasn't written, "i tried not to fall for you but it didn't work" or "tonight they held my hand for the first time...sigh".

so, question for you. would you get up in front of a sold out house and read--unedited--from your junior high and high school journals (including really bad poetry about your first crush?) enquiring minds want to know...it gives the hero's journey a whole new meaning!