I find myself in this weird state of just...I guess it's exhaustion, but it's also got a tinge of just general malaise and listlessness. I've spent most of the past two days on the couch under a blanket watching TV with the cats. And at first I felt guilty about it. But just a few moments ago I realized something - I just finished a Master's ( Read more... )

I'm even wearing a peasant skirt and sandals today...

( ridiculously long meme-y quiz results behind the cut... )

So, here's one I grabbed from janitorboy01. Reply with your name and I will write something about you ( Read more... )

I usually clean out my e-mail inbox periodically to keep the volume from getting out of hand. But in the past year, I've been so stressed out and busy with school that I've totally let it go. And now I've got over 2900 e-mails in my inbox ( Read more... )

I haven't written up the last film I saw at the Tribeca Film Festival, a lovely documentary called "Same-Sex America". It was wonderful. I'll write it up soon ( Read more... )

I'm not much into astrology or numerology, but sometimes these little things are just about right.
( Birthdate analyzer behind the cut... )

I just saw a commercial for the new Denny's breakfast bowls. It's a big, deep bowl filled with hashbrowns, eggs, and other stuff like bacon or ham. It's huge. I thought, "Oh, that's interesting. The whole meal in one bowl." And then the voiceover guy said, "And it also comes with pancakes, bacon and sausage ( Read more... )

I saw a wonderful film at the festival yesterday. It was a Dutch film called Simon. The story follows two men, one gay and one straight, through a very long, unexpected and unconventional friendship. Because it is a Dutch film, it deals with some subjects in a very normal and matter-of-fact way that would never happen in an American film, ( Read more... )

As a director, once a show is open the best way I have of guaging its success is to pay attention to the reactions of the audience. The show I had going up this week (my final one of the season, and my thesis) is a fairly sad show, pretty heavy on the tragedy. So a good night is one in which lots of the audience is crying at the end of the show ( Read more... )

I just finished with my second day of the Tribeca Film Festival. (I've got final dress rehearsal tonight, so I've got to get over to the theater ( Read more... )