>> Thought I'd share a perspective from the

>> Entertainment Industry

>>

>>

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>> Dear Guardians of my sanity,

>>

>> Today I was supposed to start the fall semester,

>> teaching sex education at

>> NYU/CAP21. I woke up around eight, started the

>> coffee, smacked around the kids,

>> showered.

>>

>> Then all hell broke loose.

>>

>> We all watched in horror as our country was shaken

>> to its core.

>>

>> School was canceled, of course.

>>

>> My  students were jumping up and down cheering, "AWESOME! A day off!!"

>> So now I sit here wondering how I will walk into

>> class in the coming days and

>> demonstrate condom usage with a banana

>> when the 

>> world is still making little red, white, and blue ribbons to wear around, and will be for a

>> long time to come. Is there a place for musical

>> comedy now? How about "Annie?" "Oklahoma?" How can there

>> be? How can we tell dirty jokes now? How can we SING?

>>

>> Then I was reminded of something my most beloved

>> mentor once said to me.

>>

>> At the end of W.W.II, one of the first types of

>> buildings to be rebuilt in

>> Europe were the brothels. The morale of the people

>> was held at a high

>> premium. A place to congregate and leave behind the

>> tensions and strife of

>> the day was of utmost importance to the fabric of

>> society. At a time of

>> strife what WE do becomes VERY IMPORTANT. We are the

>> morale officers in this

>> crisis. We are the guardians of light when the

>> darkness is creeping closer.

>>

>> We need a place where we can see the Abba musical! So let's bring the Abba musical and everything else to the masses! Everyone should see Evita at least 50 >> more times at $50 a ticket!

>> So sing my darlings. Sing your hearts out. Sing "Don't Cry for me Argentina" in the shower.

>> Annoy your co-workers with "I Write the Songs" while in the break room. SING WITH A

>> PURPOSE. Make one person a day smack you with his or her pocketbook in irritation

>> and we will win the war.

>>

>> Don't forget to  tell Bin Laden the one about the Priest and the Rabbi...

>> SING, ACT, DANCE, HONE YOUR CRAFT, KNIT AN AFGHAN (CAN WE STILL CALL THEM THAT?) COMMUNICATE YOUR

>> JOY IN MORSE CODE AND STOP THE SPREAD OF HIV.

>>ACT like you take this e-mail seriously.

>> That's how I plan to get through this. Just thought

>> I would share it with

>> you all.

>>

>> Love and PEACE,

>> David Sabella