Jesus.......
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osodecanelaMany, many years ago, I taught with the Christian Brothers. At the time, I was the sole lay teacher at the school. Now post Vatican II, many of the Brothers chose street clothes over a habit, so I didn't stand out as a someone just of the teaching vocation and not a religious one as well. I did have to correct my students for nearly a month, that I was appropriately addressed as "Mr.", not "Brother".
Now I did land a role in a production of Godspell a couple of years prior to that, where I was the man in the Superman T (i.e. the guy from Nazareth). I had a decent singing voice in those days, as well as a mass of curls and a beard, exactly what the director was looking for. He did however, decide my hair thereafter was neither red nor curly enough and I wound up in a wig for the part! (Please! Is this Godspell or Annie?).
Fast forward to the current day. On Monday last, when seeing an elderly woman from rural Mexico for an eye exam, I asked her to follow my finger with her eyes. Standard is to move a finger or two first up and down, then left and right. She dutifully watched my fingers, then out of force of habit, crossed herself and kissed her own crossed thumb and forefinger. We both burst out laughing. "No Doña Inez, no soy tu Padre y esso no es una eglesia!"
Yesterday, after dashing out of the house post shower, my hair still wet, I neglected to grab a hair clip. I generally wear it tied back, but sans clip it was loose for the day. Oana took one look as me and said "Jesus Christ."
"I beg your pardon?"
"Doc, you look, um, Christ-like."
"Huh?"
"Your hair. You look Christ-like."
"Really?"
"Look in the mirror."
"Um, OK, but you do realize I only walk on water if its frozen, right?"
Two hours later, while I was at my desk doing paperwork, Viviana came back to get the medication refill orders taken care of. As she turned to leave my office she remarked,"I like your hair loose like that."
"Why thank you, Vivi."
"I makes you look like Jesus."
Some docs are accused of playing G-d. I'm accused of looking like him (though frankly, at my size, I'm built more like the Buddha, than Jesus). In retrospect, having landed the role of Jesus in Godspell so many years ago, I really should be the only doc in Santa Rosa who actually has played G-d!
Now I did land a role in a production of Godspell a couple of years prior to that, where I was the man in the Superman T (i.e. the guy from Nazareth). I had a decent singing voice in those days, as well as a mass of curls and a beard, exactly what the director was looking for. He did however, decide my hair thereafter was neither red nor curly enough and I wound up in a wig for the part! (Please! Is this Godspell or Annie?).
Fast forward to the current day. On Monday last, when seeing an elderly woman from rural Mexico for an eye exam, I asked her to follow my finger with her eyes. Standard is to move a finger or two first up and down, then left and right. She dutifully watched my fingers, then out of force of habit, crossed herself and kissed her own crossed thumb and forefinger. We both burst out laughing. "No Doña Inez, no soy tu Padre y esso no es una eglesia!"
Yesterday, after dashing out of the house post shower, my hair still wet, I neglected to grab a hair clip. I generally wear it tied back, but sans clip it was loose for the day. Oana took one look as me and said "Jesus Christ."
"I beg your pardon?"
"Doc, you look, um, Christ-like."
"Huh?"
"Your hair. You look Christ-like."
"Really?"
"Look in the mirror."
"Um, OK, but you do realize I only walk on water if its frozen, right?"
Two hours later, while I was at my desk doing paperwork, Viviana came back to get the medication refill orders taken care of. As she turned to leave my office she remarked,"I like your hair loose like that."
"Why thank you, Vivi."
"I makes you look like Jesus."
Some docs are accused of playing G-d. I'm accused of looking like him (though frankly, at my size, I'm built more like the Buddha, than Jesus). In retrospect, having landed the role of Jesus in Godspell so many years ago, I really should be the only doc in Santa Rosa who actually has played G-d!
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Date: 2008-03-29 04:19 pm (UTC)OK so yer not God. Yer a mix of Jesus, Buddha, and Ursa Major....
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