Those damn Converse

So uh...what? Let me start off by saying absolute props to J.Rog. You BASOB. You've had this a long time coming and there's no one who isn't happy for you. Let me be absolutely clear. I have no problem with making an alternate. I don't. In fact, I'm thrilled. But uh...what the hell? There's 17 of us. There were 6 alternates last year and 4 the year previous to that. So again, what the hell? My problem isn't that I have to share the position with 16 other people. I'm thrilled to be involved in anyway after my half-assed audition. That's not the thing. The thing is the fact that there's 17 of us. How the crap are we going to function as a closely knit team when there's 17 of us? I'd say about 80% of us are workable. We can work together but there's at least 2 or 3 people who have the absolute potential to bring this down. This probably won't be a fun year for the alternates. It's safe to say that it won't be as fun as last year was for Castle alternates. But that's the way it goes. We're not a team anymore and God knows the alternates won't be a family of any sort and the incentive that Sheffield put out today of "Whoever's the best alternate gets their name in the program by votes" is really, really going to help in our goal of unity. So to the cast, congratulations on making it. I'm sincere when I say I hope you all have a great time doing what you do and that you can form a family in the process. You're gonna have fun. The alternates, yeah, not so much. Personally, I think it's all retribution for not wearing the Converse. Those damn Converse. And here's the quote of the entry and quite possibly the entire One Act Play: "A house divided cannot stand"