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Interview with Laura Kabelka
Interviewed by LA Judge

This month VC Associate member Laura Kabelka joins me. She speaks candidly and openly about growing up in public in the vampire community. She also shares insight into how the things that she has learned as a community member have impacted and affected her offline life and how both have benefited from those experiences. Sit back and enjoy this open and straightforward approach by one the more outspoken members of the Vampire Church.

LA.: Greetings Laura - so glad that you could join me here for the November interview.
Laura: Glad to be here. Thanks for having me.
LA.: Tell the VC Magazine readers a bit about yourself please.
Laura: Well, I am your average college student, majoring in Theatre, with hopes of taking the onstage world by storm. I also happen to be vampiric and have been an Associate of Vampire Church for sometime now.
LA.: Lol - I would hardly call that average
Laura: Well thank you.
LA.: You have been here now what -- 2 years as an Associate member - and a chunk of time before that on the e-list if I remember correctly.
Laura: Yes, that sounds right.
LA.: Tell me about yourself that way as well - how has your perception of yourself changed since joining the VC?
Laura: I think I am a much more centered person. My "people skills" have most certainly come a long way. I was scared of myself because I didn't understand what my situation was and now I am no longer frightened by this organic vampiric quality I possess.
LA.: Lol - I can understand that - the size of this community alone kind of involves a trial by fire.
Laura: I have been burned before and I believe that I have burned others as well lol.
LA.: I kind of like that statement "organic vampire quality" how did you arrive at that understanding?
Laura: Well, energy is innate within everything... It constitutes all life. Some of us have a natural need to obtain direct energy as opposed to latent energy.
LA.: Is that something you realized since joining the VC?
Laura: Most certainly. I've been equipped with a frame of knowledge that enables me to analyze my vampirism because of my experiences here.
LA.: How has that realization affected you in other ways?
Laura: Well, anyone who is vampiric knows that your vampirism, in the end, will have an affect on your entire life.
LA.: That is very true.
Laura: So, it's changed my perspective on how I approach things. And so much of life is perspective.
LA.: Would you say it leaves you more centered as a person?
Laura: Yes, I would be comfortable making that statement. When you are unaware of how a process of your being works, it is frightening because you have no control. Fear causes scattered, unclear thinking.
LA.: You mentioned your "people skills" had grown and matured - how so?
Laura: Ha! So greatly! I think that I may have been a rather... "difficult" person when I first came here.
LA.: Lol well I think we all grimace when reading our original posts.
Laura: But you know, I was able to see how people perceive me. And you know, again, perception is a great and vast-encompassing tool of the mind.
LA.: That is very true.
Laura: Being aware of how others perceived my words and actions led me to a place where I am able to communicate clearly with people. This is best achieved through responding first with your intellect and not your emotions.
LA.: Was it your offline life as a student / actress driving this change or was it the other way around?
Laura: Actually, I feel it was an equal combination of both these elements. One influenced the other.
LA.: That is kind of cool - then you found a level of balance.
Laura: Yes.
LA.: So where do you go from here with this level of maturity? How do you apply it both places?
Laura: I can only hope that it stays with me. I am known to have occasional lapses. But I feel that I will most benefit from applying it in both areas of my life. I do this by giving myself reality checks.
LA.: That is a good benchmark to use.
Laura: I take inventory of my life. I know every day that there is what I can do, what my higher power will take care of and what must left until tomorrow.
LA.: I take it you have also learned to let go of the little things and not give everything the same level of importance.
Laura: Yes, but I am also mindful that little things can sometimes be big things if we don't take care of them.
LA.: Very much so - I am glad that you see that level of responsibility. Even minor wounds can hurt.
Laura: This is true. I hope that it causes a chain reaction for others in my life.
LA.: Lastly share with us what you are currently doing on the stage, any current shows?
Laura: Yes, I am in a production of Machiavelli's comedy, The Mandrake.
LA.: Sounds wonderful!
Laura: I am playing the Chorus, which for our production is entitled, Nicola Machiavelli. It should be an exciting production.
LA.: Is there a 'net addy where we can see some of your work?
Laura: No, not as of yet. But I am hoping to get a website for myself soon.
LA.: That sounds great - do keep us posted on that.
Laura: Sure will.
LA.: Well thank you so much for sharing your “growing-up” period with us you have been very candid about a very personal experience.
Laura: No problem, I hope it can be a lesson for others. I'm always happy to share if I feel some teaching can take place.
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