tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154542372009-12-07T10:43:24.851-05:00I write plays. I see them, too. I have a boyfriend. He has one, too. I am Filipino-American. Other people are Filipino-American, too. I can write and speak in longer sentences. I'm just not. <BR> <BR> I like to play. Play, Rey, Play. <BR> <BR> Welcome to my blog. Have fun.reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.comBlogger793125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-38127734369962056062009-12-05T20:39:00.001-05:002009-12-07T10:43:24.860-05:00

Okay, at long last: RACISM.Yeah, yeah, I know -- everyone's got their hackles up now. My own friends (many of whom like MAD MEN) have been all nervous around me, thinking I'm going to accuse them of being heartless, KKK-supporting bigots just for watching a god damn TV show. So let me start off by saying:1) I'm not (accusing anyone of being a heartless, KKK supporting bigot).2) That doesn't mean

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone!Sorry about not finishing up that MAD MEN post, but this pesky thing called playwriting got in the way. However, I have plenty of time over the holiday weekend to relax and do some writing, and I hope to do exactly that.After stuffing my face, of course.I believe I've said it on here before, but it bears repeating: Thanksgiving is my absolute favorite holiday. All you

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I was originally going to do this as one long post, but it appears that I have a lot to say about my experience thus far. So let's call this Part 1 of 2 for now...Okay, I finally watched the first 3 episodes of Mad Men after countless recommendations and repeated urging by some people whose opinions I value and trust. But, you know what? I just can't get into it. It's pretty well-written, I enjoy

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-72834105003068700652009-11-14T18:00:00.005-05:002009-11-14T18:16:05.784-05:00

So I've been working on this script, a new one, called Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them. It's been going pretty well. There was a reading of it on March 8th as part of Ma-Yi's LabFest III, during the 2nd National Asian-American Theater Festival.Right now, I'm doing something I've never done before. Facing a unique challenge. The structure of the play is very intuitive, relative to the strict

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Start here.And my thoughts...1) Universal health care can only be the product of an evil alien plot? FAIL.Help! Everyone else on this show is absurdly white!We're all alone!!!2) Everyone in New York is white, except one black dude who is actually an alien? You have a mothership in every major city in the world. You could expand the scope of the show and have the plotting happen on an

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I originally posted this to my Ashtanga diary, but there's a little bit about my playwriting process in it, too.I don't know why I decided to start a whole new blog during one of the busiest periods of my entire life, especially since I wasn't even posting regularly on my main blog.Anyway -- I'm back!I still can't do Marichyasana D. The horrible truth it's making me face about myself is also

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So after four months of go, Go, GO, GOOOOO! it's finally happened. I am totally out of it. All I do all day is watch TV and read comic books. I haven't written a word in two weeks. And I even know what I want to do with my new draft; I just don't want to do it.I'm totally zonked.Aren't you glad I started blogging again at this really unexciting juncture?

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It's Peter Milligan's fault.I heard that my favorite comic book writer of all time was getting a new monthly DC/Vertigo series called Greek Street. Great concept -- update Greek myths and set them in London's Soho on, naturally, Greek Street. It's been okay so far. Not yet as good as Human Target and not even close to the greatest ongoing comic series of all time ever in the history of the

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Bill Thompson: Politics as UsualMike Bloomberg: Dictator For Life as Usual

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-91669776240252866062009-10-26T14:04:00.005-04:002009-10-26T14:19:17.075-04:00

I know I'm late coming to this party, but what can I say? I haven't been blogging.OMG - RICTOR AND SHATTERSTAR KISSED! FINALLY!!!I think it's kind of great that Marvel has really stepped up it's, ahem... gay agenda. It always did make more sense for there to be queers in the Marvel Universe (given the X-men and the outsider status of all superpowered individuals there). Plus, with the Friends of

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Okay -- so I'll be the first to admit that the first several episodes of Dollhouse, Season 1 were rocky at best, and disgustingly awful television at worst. But in the middle of last year, the show did a complete turn around and became a mind-bending sci-fi romp about identity, existentialism, and social Darwinism. No, I'm not kidding. It really is one of the most creative and adventurous shows

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-58351681952562052792009-10-24T11:44:00.001-04:002009-10-24T11:45:08.172-04:00

I end up feeling all this pressure that I have to blog about something really cool or clever.

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...if I started blogging regularly again?

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Here are a few pics, as promised! Of course, none of this is in costume and the set isn't entirely dressed, but here's a little glimpse of what goes on behind the scenes. This is totally, like, DVD extras kind of $#!%.Our director and designers, hard at work!Teching one of the "dreamy" entrances.The actors watching pole dancing in the dressing room (which I posted about yesterday).I've actually

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This is what I caught my cast watching as "research" for the play during their break.What does this have to do with THUNDER ABOVE...? You'll have to come see to find out :-)

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Run throughs, run throughs, run throughs... fight calls, fight calls, fight calls... line throughs, line throughs, line throughs...I know the actors need these things, and I appreciate all their hard work. But -- YAWN -- it's not exactly all that engaging for me, is it? I'm ready for tech! I want lights! I want storms! I want fabulous dresses to transform Jon into the tranny Gil I've always

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It's been a whirlwind summer, but I'm baaack at last! And just in time to give you all the details about 2g's production of Thunder Above, Deeps Below.In this world premiere production, a trio of homeless kids begs on the streets of Chicago for money to bus westward. But as winter nears, a journey through coffee shops, drag clubs, and mythic Lake Michigan waters brings change of a far queerer

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Thunder Above, Deeps Below will be presented by 2g this September. YAY!!!The play was just read at the Public a few weeks ago, while contracts were still being signed with 2g, and it was hearing it there that I just knew: it's ready. And not just because I think so or want it to be so, but because it IS. I'm sure there'll be a few tweaks and rewrites done in rehearsal once I see it in 3-D with a

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I wish it were a festival as sexual as that headline sounds, but it totally was not.So last night, we were jarred awake at around 1 AM, because firemen were swarming our building and the rest of the block -- sirens, screaming neighbors, the whole nine yards. They got into our building and ran to the basement as the Greek lady upstairs yelled and yelled and yelled. This went on for hours. We

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I have FINALLY finished going through all of my pictures from my London trip and have posted the ones of interest n Kuh-chik. I'm hoping to keep the flood of activity up and get through all of my 2007 photos before I leave for Barcelona on 3/16. We'll see how that goes, since I have a bunch of other junk to do, too.Here are some favorites:LookingThe Cam (Ideally, this triptych would be viewed one

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And I need you to be there! On top of the judge's award, there's an audience award, and the best way to win that is to PACK THE HOUSE, n'est-ce pas? (This is the event I told you about last week here.)Tickets were going fast yesterday, and they stop online ticket sales at noon today. But you can still follow this link for show information and get tickets at the door.And just so you know the most

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So Ishta Yoga, the place where I practice (who, by the way, are having an open house on 2/28), has these changing rooms. In the changing rooms, there's a hook where you can hang up your stuff while your getting ready for class.Lately, the less considerate yogin(i)s have taken to hanging their clothes up in the rooms and leaving them there, as though they are the only people who will ever need the

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Or rather, look at the things I'm looking at! I actually updated the Playtime Picks. Will my updates be more regular? Who the eff knows? But you have to admit, I've been pretty good about blogging this week. I'm trying not to pressure myself too much, so I don't view blogging as a burden, but rather as the tool it was intended to be.As for the picks, here's a bit more on the one's that I haven't

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Okay, so two of the oddest things I've ever written are going up next week. These are totally fun, not at all serious, but still (somehow) as ass-kickingly political as anything else I've ever done. I just can't escape myself.On Monday and Tuesday (2/16 and 2/17), Prospect Theater's Dark Nights are presenting RED ROVER, a children's show/gore fest of ABCs, 123s, and MURDER. The show is fresh from

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Alex and I have been watching The IT Crowd obsessively -- we saw three episodes this weekend alone! It's absolutely hilarious and totally quotable. Kind of like AbFab for nerds. Click here (for some reason the embedding for the clip I want to show has been disabled).And take a look at this one, too:

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