I'd Rather Be Here Now

sawasdee khrap................... so, I've been in Thailand for about a solid year now, spent 6 months between 2012/13, went back a few months, then returned last April.  I have been studying Th...

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ceci n'est pas une blog #6 Ignore the Haters There will always be haters telling you why your ideas won't work. In fact, the more successful (and revolutionary) you are, the more there will be. While it's always important to consider constructive criticism, you have to ignore those who are always being negative and down on you and your ideas. Surround yourself with positive people instead!It's an aquarium that shoots laser beams and never needs repairing.

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So, having embraced my inner Bond villain, I spend my time directing community theater instead of blogging. Much more evil, and you get to experience the audience's response in real time, i...

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The "community theater" thing is really starting to pay off. I've got a pair of mysterious talented women as assistants--J and L-- and they really help reinforce the whole evil genius vibe I've b...

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So, now I'm directing Thumbellina, but with a feminist twist at the denouement. We are making puppets to both help reinforce the whole "tiny" idea, and also to distract the sproglets during sc...

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Also, a really icky sinus infection from being out in the wind and allergens all weekend. It must be some karmic retribution from making the cast sleep in unheated kennels, or something. The...

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After months of writing, planning, rehearsals and brutality, the show opened to a very satisfying house. Ok, we opened in a parking lot, but from a theater history standpoint that just makes us l...

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..................and don't start with the "How can you be evil and a saint, too?" crap---look up St Augustine, for starters. Anyway, hagiography aside, I tell you I want to be canonized, or give...

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......to community theater. Two weeks or so until we open, and the show promises to be........cute. What do you want from me? Remember---EVIL.

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Seems I have--quite accidentally--become a super villain. Oops. Before you get all judgey, and risk incurring my twisted wrath, allow me to explain. The"Dr Angst" facet of my personality---o...

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The Satin Dollz in "Whatever Lola Wants" from Dan Blank on Vimeo .

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So, we have 5 more weeks of rehearsal.............and I'm NOT loving what I'm seeing. Seriously, I have to recast two roles---one adult, one child--if this is going to work. And rather than bl...

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I'm posting early this week, before rehearsal, rather than after. Six individuals will be absent this week. (Still haven't healed completely from last week.) Additionally, I'm having to be ...

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....................and what will be left of them? We began our journey of a thousand steps tonight. I'm calling in a ringer at the end of the month to understudy half the roles. Keeps peop...

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...apparently. You know me. I'm a problem solver, never content to merely whine--I prefer to take action. After rereading my last post, I realized the answer to my problem was as obvious as i...

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Seriously. What do you have to do to cast a community theater project? Back in the flashback inducing old days , we clambered over each other to audition. It got us out of sheep milking, thorn ha...

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(AUSTIN,TX) Once "semi-prolific" semi-blogger Trey Hoel, known to some as "Taarzaan", professed a lack of time and energy as chief reasons for his lack of posts. "Between full-time self emplo...

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..............and had to share it. Why can't Anna Nicole Smith find a parking space at Walmart? ( punchline in comments)

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This bit of cinemania is brought to you by the ever whimsical Bart, and the ever stalwart Tilly.

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Since you've been so good and patient, and haven't whined for a new post (like you still care), you may stay up late and watch this awesome cheesy crapola movie. And you may also have unlimited s...

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When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom

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Austin,TX-- It became apparent early today that conformist attitudes in young adults have caused the hipster population to overtake the mainstream population, thereby making hipster the new mai...

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I barely remeber having writen this, so--semi-new to me: The Ultimate Social Network Quiz 1. Which character from Alistair Crowley’s Diary of a Drug Fiend do you most identify with, and why? ...

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I read somewhere that Austin was the 6th most moved-to city last year. I'm treating it as good news, because it helps raise the ratio of clients to massage therapists for the better (MT's are as ...

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