Marge.
That was my name. I was Marge. I had a secret marriage to Tony and I was a struggling actor. That was my role.
On casting day, the director announced me as the understudy. Bridget had the real role. I would not get to play the part unless she got sick or she couldn't make it to the performances. But she flaked out, stopped going to school and I got the part.
I wasn't made to be an actor. I could tell this because of the awkwardness I felt on stage during that stint of stardom those seven years ago.
Truth be told, I couldn't cut it. Marge had a secret marriage to Tony. The two were in love. But the guy who played Tony was an annoying Freshman and I couldn't do it. I couldn't kiss him. I couldn't pretend to like him let alone love him. The fakeness of the whole acting thing just didn't work with me. I'm a bad liar, anyone who knows me could tell you that.
I suppose my childhood dreams of becoming a famous actress could never be actualized. Macaulay Culkin married someone else and then took alternative roles in movies. We were never meant to be.
I guess this all means nothing cuz in truth, I'm doing pretty well these days.
Truth of Life
"The more garbage that happens to you, the better you are... Our lives are just vapor, that evaporates. So you'd better make use of what you've got."--Reginald Hill, September 5th 2002, lecture on Anglo-Saxon poetry techniques.
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