Our friends the Triad have been giving a series of workshops on communication-on how to *better* communicate, specifically-for quite some time now. Recently, we signed on to be part of the Usual Error Intensive (UEI seems to be an unfortunate acronym, as it sounds like some kind of inflamed urethral condition), which meets every other week to do a longer, more in-depth session of the Usual Error. The first couple have been fantastic, and the group that meets to take the workshop has a great chemistry which leads to excellent discussion. Everyone contributes, so we all get a lot more out of it. Well, one of the things that good communication tends to dispel (as a 9th level caster) is Drama.

Drama is often the result of poor communication, or manipulative communication, or a complete lack of communication. We were bandying about examples of when different kinds of situations had caused drama, and Kyeli told us about a situation in which she felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices were crying out in *online drama angst*. She told us that she had remarked, “Well, great. I guess it’s time to saddle up the Drama Llama.” ….and we all thought that was the funniest thing we’d heard all night. So I immediately began drawing this ridiculous character. So the next time you feel the need to create drama, or participate in some kind of drama that isn’t directed and on stage, remember the Drama Llama. …have a good laugh at yourself and the situation, take a deep breath, and help us stop the spread of this terrible disease.