i'm (not) a publicist.: October 2007

30 October 2007

the french are crazy.

from ben-ben, our france-based correspondent:

"Where will they stop the marketing? Zac Efron's favorites, the Mickey Mouse shaped burger patties!"

"Why cruise gay websites for hours when you can pick up a box of 6 frozen fagots! Always ready for you, right in your freezer!"

28 October 2007

on another (and completely different note), i have a new friend. a friend that i met back in may (when i crashed his 25th bday party), but now we're actually like friends. we spent almost all last weekend together. we drank, we wii'd, we brunched, we shopped, we drank some more. i mean, we clicked. it's so nice when you start up a new friendship. you learn so much about each other and it's really refreshing. he's new to the city, and the country for that matter, and we've both had busy years, both workwise and lovelife-wise. it's nice to share and to commiserate and all that. it's just nice. we say that we are going to be best friends in 2008, but i think that it may come sooner.

17 October 2007

what's wrong with this picture?

what's so wrong with the tuna that there must be quotes around it?

13 October 2007

spring awakening.

i have been waiting to see spring awakening for a very long time now. zach braff introduced the tony awards performance by saying "the show found it's inspiration in one of literature's most controversial masterpieces. A work daring in it's depiction of teenage self discovery. The show invites audiences of all ages to experience again the wonder of being young" i quote mtv's john norris "The most mind-blowing fact about "Spring Awakening" is that its source material — a non-musical play by German Frank Wedekind — was written in 1891....a play full of teenagers that includes (but is not limited to) wet dreams, masturbation, molestation, fumbling sex, teen pregnancy, ostracism, sadomasochism, abortion and suicide." the cast is made up of 2 adults and 16 amazingly talented actors who are between 17-24, and there is a great little blip from new york mag on them here. they tackle these issues because their parents and teachers won't educate them about life and sex. it's 1891 for christ's sake!

it played off broadway at the atlantic theatre here in my my neighborhood, but i never saw it. i heard the buzz about the show, but i never made it. then it opened on broadway. in a big way. and i wanted to see it. bad.

rt from the karpel group gave me a copy of the soundtrack several months ago, and i haven't stopped listening. the music and lyrics by duncan sheik (yes, that duncan sheik) and steven stater are beautiful and haunting. exciting and poignant. the music ranges from slow moving ballads to cacophonous rock numbers. i know all the words, i know all the subtleties of the orchestration. i was obsessed with this show before i had even seen it.

well, today, jason and his friends and i went to the matinée performance, and i can't express how much i was moved by this show. i knew the story somewhat through the music (which i'm listening too on it's 2nd loop through, as i'm writing this), but being able to see it being performed live in such a raw setting as it is presenting is breathtaking and brilliant. the songs as they are performed are actually the inner monologues of the characters and they really break the 4th wall to sing these. what was one of the most amazing aspects of the show was the lighting, which I realize is a strange thing to say, but once you see it, you will understand. whether it was the subtle spotlight on a picture on the wall, the blue light bulbs arranged in the sky or even the brilliant neon strips located all around the theatre, it all added to an amazing display.

i know it's stupid to write this post all about this one show, but it really moved me. some people say that this is a show for a new generation, and i agree. i laughed, i teared up, it was a cathartic journey that i recommend everyone going through.

10 October 2007

back to the realities of life.

it's been an interesting coupla days for me.

my trip was stellar. i did so much in 7 days, that i can say without hesitation that it was the BEST. VACATION. EVER. being able to travel around Europe with your best friend is something I recommend to everyone. Yes, Jill and I fought like mad a few times over random stupid shit, but hey we do that stateside as well. We traveled with her sister and her 3 friends, and we all got along famously. whispers of a possible trip on '08 abound...

highlights:

a 4.5 hr bike tour around Berlin with a stop 1/2 through at a biergarten, making an even more fun second 1/2!
seeing the amazing architecture of Daniel Liebeskind's Jewish Museum
a hostel in prague the size of my big toe (what you get for €40 a night!)
doing shots of absinthe, in one of the only countries where it is actually legal!
climbing up the steepest 287 steps in a spiral staircase to the top of Prague Castle for an unrivaled view of the city
seeing the crazy Raisin "Dancing" Building by Frank Gehry
Jill flipping her shizz on a narrow road behind a big rig in the middle of nowheresville Czech Republic
the lush green pastures of Austria set against the backdrop of the Alps
visiting Mozart's birthplace in Salzburg
walking through Dachau concentration camp outside of Munich, both a haunting and fascinating experience
Oktoberfest. Oktoberfest, Oktoberfest, Oktoberfest.
a 10-hour train ride through the night up to Berlin, sharing a cabin with the locals
Amsterdam's amazing canals, red lights and coffeeshops!
Going the Anne Frank House and seeing the history in front of me

Like I said, it was an amazing trip, and there are some pics below...

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I have been trying to reconnect with friends, both old and new, I think it's important to do so.

Chris Saunders has moved back to town, and I couldn't be happier. I've missed him for the past 3 years. ACC in LA and I had our moment in the sun, which has now set. He's a great guy, and I hope that we maintain communication. Hey, he moves to NYC in a year, you never know...TA and I are going to make an attempt at a friendship, and as of now, it's going well. He is very special, and I am hoping that we can make this work. I'm sure that it will take more effort on my end, but I'll work it out, it's worth it to me. I met a nice kid last Friday. He seems smart and fun, and is as big of a Pushing Daisies fan as I am...which by the way is an AMAZING show, and you need to watch it. We're meeting up on Sunday, i'm definitely looking forward to it. And he blogs. Big plus.

Some of my besties and I are attempting to band together to help a friend. he's in a bad place and needs some serious help. we may have drifted apart, but it's time to put the differences aside and help save a friend from himself.

The seasons are slowly changing, we are all moving on. some for the better, some for the worse, but we are all moving. bodies in motion stay in motion.

Some of my 431 pictures from Europe:

All of us at the Berlin Wall