Apartment update: Talked to the super this afternoon and he says the owner was happy with our application and that they'll be meeting tomorrow to discuss it. He thinks the apartment is ours. Judging from the fact that it's been empty for five months (!) and there's not a single latino name on the doorbell list, I'm not jumping for joy just yet. Cross your fingers...
It's official. I've stepped down from the louderARTS Project and from running a little bit louder. Writing the email was one of the toughest things I've done in a while, not for any second-guessing but for getting it right. No bitterness, no anger, no potshots. No need for any of that. I did ask that I still be able to host two of the upcoming shows - Mara's feature and Maria Mazziotti Gillan's - as I feel like I should be out front on those two. Some administrative loose ends to wrap up but, for the most part, it's a…
Last night was a lot of fun. A bit too much, maybe, as my hungover ass stayed home today! Shappy beat me 3-2 in the head-to-head. I won the Star Wars round (!) and the imitation round, he took the other three. Every round was split 3-2 except for the imitation where I won all 5 judges over! Quacky was probably the most fun I've ever had on stage. I need to write funny stuff! The Anything Goes round went really well (despite losing to Shappy's musical lambasting of the Matrix Reloaded) as Sabrina's edits made the piece flow nicely.…
Could it be that Spring is finally here for real? It’s beautiful outside.
Grabbed lunch from the little Caribbean trailer out front – jerk chicken, rice and peas and plantains with a mint iced tea – and sat over in Battery Park to eat. The tourists are out in full force and there was a loud rock band playing somewhere in the park. The breeze from the River was pleasant and my lunch was delicious. After eating, I read over my Anything Goes piece for tonight’s bout with Shappy. Ended up changing my approach and went for the whisper over the shout.
I don’t think a lot of people fully realize what I’m planning. Salomé was caught off-guard by the immediacy of it and took it a lot harder than I have. It’s kind of bittersweet for me but, at the same time, my sense of sadness is greatly overshadowed by my sense of hope, both for myself and for Monday nights. I’m hoping the newer people assert themselves and step up and take advantage of the opportunity. Unlike last time, there’s not going to be any transitional meetings attempting to smooth out differences. Quoting myself: “It takes a clean break to heal right.” In regards to the slam, I’ve got faith in Oscar, as long as he doesn’t burn himself out working on two-and-a-half series. I think there’s a few others that will find their niche in my absence as well. Of course, there will be others that will probably find themselves further removed from things. That’s the unfortunate side of things but the reality is, with me there or not, that’s going to happen.
I’m looking forward to getting out to other places again, hearing different voices and connecting to new scenes. Definitely be able to do every Acentos now, check out some of the other reads in the Bronx and catch some of the offbeat stuff at the Bowery here and there. This will be the first time since December 1997 that “host” isn’t attached to my name!
Missed this one on Saturday: Your Daily Horoscope for May 17, 2003 Dear Guy, No doubt you are a well-respected member of the community, Guy, and you must feel some responsibility for maintaining the image you project. This pride in yourself is a sign of your integrity, but it may also cause you problems. You may be dreaming of returning to the carefree existence of childhood, yet you do not allow yourself to acknowledge those yearnings. It's an excellent day for granting yourself a little more freedom. Why not play hooky this afternoon? ...and then there's today's: Leo Horoscope Mon…
ser·en·dip·i·ty the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for. Omar is a bad man. Bad. Appealing to the geek in me, he dropped the idea of a fan fiction-type project in my head - writing our own versions of comic books online - and it's like the time I was introduced to Pokemon! We hit St. Mark's Comics Friday night to refresh my memory as I haven't actively bought comics since the late 80's and I realized my taste in comics was pretty similar to my taste in other things: the underdogs, the unrespected, the…
Here we go again... Leo Horoscope Fri May 16, 2003 by Astrocenter.com You have acquired some sound confidence in yourself, dear Leo. Now it is time for you to display it by actually performing in life. It's as though, symbolically, you have just completed an in-depth acting class. Well, now is the time to go on stage. Smile, and don't forget to bow when everyone applauds!