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Welcome to Rebecca Louise's Virtual Memories. Please feel free to visit as often as possible and I'll try to keep you up to date not only on my stories, but also on Plays and performances that I'm involved with...

Excerpts from plays:

"Taking Note" (2004)

Jack:
One time, when I asked a guy for 80 cents, he said he didn't have any change. He asked me if I was honest. I told him: "Sometimes". He laughed at that, then he said: "Good answer, now, can you go to the newsagents across the road and get change for a fifty?" So I went. I could have made a run for it, could have even walked away slowly with a fifty in my hand, he wasn't even watchin. But I got change and I came back. He gave me twenty bucks. Knew he would. Honesty pays sometimes.

Amy:
I remember, when I was in primary school, we had these classes on safety. The teacher told us: "If you ever get that feeling, like butterflies in your belly, you know you're in danger, so get away from the situation." I love that feeling. Whenever I get it, I know something special's happening.

Keith:
I get this distant view of myself. I am a man in a suit, sitting in a park, drunk.

"Positive" (2002)

Mel: Have you told Michael?

Laura: Yes. He says I'm probably not. . . we've been pretty careful.

Mel: How careful?

Laura: Well. . . we could be more careful. . . It's hard, in the moment. In the moment, I could do anything. It's like my body's crying out: "fertilize me!"