Current to-do list

• Go the gym
• Write the next Great American Play
• Poop
• See this play
• See this play
• Go to parent's house for dinner
• Get the food box
• Stop eating the M&Ms
• Enjoy the outdoors
• Get off my ass in general
• Try not to fall asleep after a page of reading book about the Bible
• Update facebook status
• Comment on other people's facebook things
• Lose 5 pounds
• Throw away the rest of that cake
• Go to Trader Joes
• Manscape
• Secretly removed Wicked soundtrack from boyfriend's computer. kidding.

not necessarily in that order

oop have to go check one of those off the list right now.

my new office configuration is forcing me to be cleaner

The Credit Crisis explained

Being but a lowly artist, I had only a small idea of what was happening to the economy but this handy 11 minute video made by an art grad student is a brilliant presentation and boiling down of what happened. Thank goodness for designers!

(thanks George for sending this!)


The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

By the way, this came over drinks with George (brother) and my friend Jon. This was Jon's rebuttal to the credit crisis video:

the ukulady sees paris

The Ukluday and Nanny are having adventures in LA! Some of you know the ukulady already and her adventures in LA are infectious!

check it all out here.

some samples from their adventures through hollywood!

Preview of a film with in a play

I particularly love the spider noise.


Barking Spiders Trailer from Ethan Johnson on Vimeo.

This may or may not be related to a play being put up by these guys. I'm intrigued!

I'm acting for one night only

I'm going to be acting in public with memorized lines next week in a short brand new Adam Bock play. It's for one night only and part of a gala fundraising evening for the Z Space Studio in San Francisco.

The Z Space is my artistic home, the home to numerous other amazing theater organizations in SF and is the heart for new play development and innovative theatermaking in San Francisco.

In addition to the Bock piece (performed by myself and Liam Vincent!) The evening has a silent auction and performances of new pieces by Anne Galjour and Daniel Handler.

Even if you can't make it, please consider a donation.

the info:

Three Great Writers
Three New Pieces
One Night Only

Eat, drink, and love the night away. Theatre, a silent auction, and romance await you.


Daniel Handler
Author of A Series of Unfortunate Events, Adverbs, and others. Daniel's brand new short story, Local Theater, will be performed in the Word for Word style.

Anne Galjour
Playwright and performer of Hurricane and Alligator Tales. Anne's new short play is called French Fried Love.

Adam Bock
OBIE award winning playwright of Five Flights and The Typographer's Dream.
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Three nationally acclaimed writers have written world premieres to be performed one night only for An Evening of Love. These works have been comissioned especially for you, and will follow a reception full of delicious refreshments and a silent auction.

February 26, 2009
Green Room
Veterans Building, Civic Center
401 Van Ness Avenue, SF

6:00
Reception and Silent Auction
8:00
Performance

Click for more info

I'm going to start labeling

I started labeling blog posts for a few months in 2006 and am ready to try it again!

Things I've done in the past couple weeks

• I watched my play, T.I.C. close. Sad, but the last weekend was incredible. I miss it. I'm sad. But now I have to do other things to not be sad and be creative once again. Check out some pics from the show.
• I worked on my taxes. Good lord they take forever. Tomorrow I'm pulling out the tape measure to double check the size of the home office.
• I went to the gym
• I went to some bars
• Mark and I have been on an Ugly Betty DVD frenzy
• Caught up on Lost, Top Chef
• I went to Kentucky, worked with amazing people on this sweet little thing. It's an evening about rites of passage and it's hilarious and touching with an amazing cast of 21 folks who are talented and awesome. I do keep getting the nagging feeling that a teacher is going to come in and bust us. Louisville continues to charm me.
• Hunter Gatherers got extended in Los Angeles. Go Furious!

and that's it...but now more work begins

I also get to release the blog from purely self promotional duties. That is, when I have something non self-promotional and interesting to say.

almost there.

Oh my goodness!

It's been too long. So sorry. I'll get back to it.