interesting day
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thehefnerWhat was to have been a lazy day of pizza and watching the NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD remake for research purposes (god DAMN every day I still plot and plan doing this play) soon took a turn for the interesting.
It all started when my mother, ever prodding, found out that Studio Theatre were holding open auditions for a play called DOG MEETS GOD or some such thing, today only, come with monologue prepared. So fifteen minutes later, we were out on the road, trying to hit up a professional audition when we ran into a nasty double-pot-hole left behind from construction of Massachusettes Avenue, banging up the rims on my front tires and left one of the tires completely flat. Thankfully![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fiveseconddelay was long to help put on the spare.
So I end up hitching a ride with Ma to Studio, where I pull a VIGIL monologue outta my ass just an hour before the audition. And goody gumdrops, who is the play's director? None other than Keith, a man who (during my time as intern-lackey-boy at Studio two years ago) actually made a worker cry in front of everyone else in the office. This guy's a total smug cruel prick. But the good news is, he seemed to really like my audition! (I don't know if it's good or not that he didn't seem to recognize me)
After that, it was time to get the party organized for Mom and Gordon's book club. I fucking hate the book club. Oh, they're nice enough people, I suppose, but... well, ok, they're all snobs. Snobs of things on which I simply cannot relate. These people do not get my sense of humor and I feel like such an awkward alien around them. These people badmouthed the LORD OF THE RINGS movies and promptly shot down Mom's suggestion to read GOOD OMENS one month. I just can't assimilate my brain to the social morays of these upper-middle-class liberal Washingtonian types.
Thankfully, my brother is here for the week. For those who don't know my brother, he looks absolutely nothing like me. He has dark olive skin, a rich full head of hair, has a full scruffy beard, and is rail thin. Mom calls him "my little Lebanese terrorist." The only way you can tell we're brothers is that we have the exact same laugh.
Oh, and the same horrible evil sense of humor. I don't know how many other people could really appreciate the absolutely horrible joke I've been making about my grandmother lately. I dare not even put it up here; somehow, I just don't think people will get it. Or they might get it just fine, but they might also think me a really terrible person for it.
I think tomorrow afternoon I'm gonna go see a production of HAMLET at Howard Community College. The review in the Washington Citypaper has me mightily intrigued, and god damn do I love this play.
Few things are so jaunty and happy-making quite like the Super Mario Brothers 2 soundtrack. Just sayin'.
Loudon Wainwright III is coming to town Wednesday May 17. SQUEE.
It all started when my mother, ever prodding, found out that Studio Theatre were holding open auditions for a play called DOG MEETS GOD or some such thing, today only, come with monologue prepared. So fifteen minutes later, we were out on the road, trying to hit up a professional audition when we ran into a nasty double-pot-hole left behind from construction of Massachusettes Avenue, banging up the rims on my front tires and left one of the tires completely flat. Thankfully
fiveseconddelay was long to help put on the spare. So I end up hitching a ride with Ma to Studio, where I pull a VIGIL monologue outta my ass just an hour before the audition. And goody gumdrops, who is the play's director? None other than Keith, a man who (during my time as intern-lackey-boy at Studio two years ago) actually made a worker cry in front of everyone else in the office. This guy's a total smug cruel prick. But the good news is, he seemed to really like my audition! (I don't know if it's good or not that he didn't seem to recognize me)
After that, it was time to get the party organized for Mom and Gordon's book club. I fucking hate the book club. Oh, they're nice enough people, I suppose, but... well, ok, they're all snobs. Snobs of things on which I simply cannot relate. These people do not get my sense of humor and I feel like such an awkward alien around them. These people badmouthed the LORD OF THE RINGS movies and promptly shot down Mom's suggestion to read GOOD OMENS one month. I just can't assimilate my brain to the social morays of these upper-middle-class liberal Washingtonian types.
Thankfully, my brother is here for the week. For those who don't know my brother, he looks absolutely nothing like me. He has dark olive skin, a rich full head of hair, has a full scruffy beard, and is rail thin. Mom calls him "my little Lebanese terrorist." The only way you can tell we're brothers is that we have the exact same laugh.
Oh, and the same horrible evil sense of humor. I don't know how many other people could really appreciate the absolutely horrible joke I've been making about my grandmother lately. I dare not even put it up here; somehow, I just don't think people will get it. Or they might get it just fine, but they might also think me a really terrible person for it.
I think tomorrow afternoon I'm gonna go see a production of HAMLET at Howard Community College. The review in the Washington Citypaper has me mightily intrigued, and god damn do I love this play.
Few things are so jaunty and happy-making quite like the Super Mario Brothers 2 soundtrack. Just sayin'.
Loudon Wainwright III is coming to town Wednesday May 17. SQUEE.
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Date: 2006-04-09 04:11 am (UTC)How could anyone shoot down the suggestion to read Good Omens? Good god, y'all! I smite them dead.
We have a Crowly, Hastur, Aziraphael, and War down at Sages. *tempts*
Umm...that DD icon? I was just thinking about that cover today, because from a girl's perspective? AWESOME. Did you make that? Is it gackable with credit to you? Because there's this stellar guy that plays Daredevil, and I think he'd love it for his Daredevil journal.
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Date: 2006-04-09 04:32 am (UTC)Speakin' of Sages, I'm not ready to commit to a single character just yet. Bill feels like an awkward fit, but I admit I had kind of a blast playing Two-Face against someone's Harvey Dent.
Sure, snag away! Y'know, the funny thing for me, I think Maleev is a brilliant cover artist, but I fucking hate his DD interiors. I just do not think the man can tell a story. His humans and faces are so still and lifeless, way too close to copying photographed humans and not enough... alive, y'know? I think he's perfect for covers and pin-ups, but man, I hate his interior work. Yet I love his covers so much I make three icons of them.
(man, the Two-Face/Typhoid Mary story I'm gonna write one of these days very soon? So fucking hot)
How so, from a girl's perspective? Yes indeed I made it myself. As you can probably tell, I'm an icon whore.
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Date: 2006-04-09 05:12 am (UTC)Marry me. Right now. Seriously, I could not agree more. He SUCKS at interiors. He made Danny Rand's head look freakishly misshapen. He...don't even let me get started. He ruined the New Avengers Iluminati for me. WHY couldn't they get Dell'Otto to illustrate? How much would that have rocked?
What did you think of Moon Knight #1?!
From a girl's perspective, that cover is le delicious because Matt looks delectable, even in his pit of angst.
Shout out to Typhoid Mary! I LOVE her.
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Date: 2006-04-09 05:57 am (UTC)I skimmed Moon Knight #1, but I'm totally unfamilar with the character, save that he's Jewish. So I felt kinda lost and confused.
I tell you, Harvey Dent/Mary Walker/Two-Face/Typhoid Mary would be the hottest fucking sex ever. The only two person foursome. And it would be crazy violent sex too. Gahh, it would hurt, hurt so much! I mean, I actually wanna do a serious story around it, but still, hot hot sex. And by hot, I mean *wrong* sex.
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Date: 2006-04-09 06:23 am (UTC)AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. That is HOT.
I'm toying with the idea of a Shulkie/Matt (http://murdock-matt.livejournal.com/9709.html) pairing. Why? Because she'd totally cure him of his Women in Refrigerators syndrome, and he's bendy enough for her! Think of it. A girlfriend for Matt that *no one* could hurt. She'd snap Bullseye like a dry twig.
I SO agree about Timmy Bradstreet. His covers are stupendous, but his interiors? No sense of action or movement. But man, I never get tired of his Punisher covers. Ever. I love his Frank Castle.
DEFINITELY read that Moon Knight issue - it's a brand new series for him. You'll get the whole backstory over the next few issues. The writing is impressive. Man, you so need to check out Doug Moench's run on Moon Knight - THAT was some *excellent* stuff. Just awesome. Dark, lots of conflict, ambiguity, inner turmoil, surrealism, and grappling with a lot of contemporary social issues in a very dark and realistic way. AWESOME.
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Date: 2006-04-09 06:45 am (UTC)I love Bradstreet's Frank and I LURVE his Constantine.
Is the Essential volume the Moench stuff? I have kinda a difficult history with Moench based on all the crappy Batman stuff he wrote (except PREY, which was brilliant... gads, I love me some Hugo Strange). I'll definitely check out the new Moon Knight.
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Date: 2006-04-09 04:45 pm (UTC)You know how people say the definitive Deadpool is written by Joe Kelly? Doeg Moench is to Moon Knight what Joe Kelly is to Deadpool.
Yes, every single Bradstreet Punisher cover is incredible. I particularly like the one cover he did for Mother Russia with Frank shooting through a plate glass window, showing the muzzle blasts reflected in the shards of glass. Like, it was one of the few times Bradstreet's painted him in motion, and verily it rocked.
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Date: 2006-04-09 05:13 am (UTC)I think Bill is freakin' hysterical, but then again...I like Bill.
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Date: 2006-04-09 06:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-09 06:24 am (UTC)The first time I saw you use that icon, I feel off my chair laughing. Dude. You rule. Going as him to Ren Faire? ROCKS.
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Date: 2006-04-09 04:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-09 05:44 am (UTC)Boo for people who have the audacity or the snobbery to badmouth LOTR and shoot down Good Omens. I guess they haven't gotten the memo about how the division between so-called High Art and low art isn't cool anymore. They should all be punched in the head.
Thanks for your messages, I wish I had been around my phone when you rang. Oh well. Perhaps tomorrow. Er, later today. You know.
Also, point me to good DD stuff for a complete (or near enough) ignoramus! Things that aren't too obscure, as I'd like to actually get my hands on them.
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Date: 2006-04-09 06:03 am (UTC)I'll probably be outta Hamlet 'round 5ish, so feel free to drop me a line sometime then! I'm probably gonna be free till around 10, at which point I must watch HUFF. And I'll be free after. So what I'm basically trying to say is, call me pretty much whenever, if you'd like. I'd love to hear from you, as always :)
Ok, here are the three DD books I would recommend to anyone starting out:
DD: The Man Without Fear. A year one origin story thing by Miller.
DD Visionaires Frank Miller vol. 2: The Elektra Saga, it goes from campy to really fucking great by the end.
DD: Born Again. The very best of the bunch, one of my personal favorites. If you only can buy one volume, *this* is the one. It's the very same team from Batman: Year One. I'll fill you in on everything you need to know, plus pictures and other visual aids. In fact, I may have to anyway, since you're going to need to know who Karen Page is. Which I would be more than happy to do!
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Date: 2006-04-09 06:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-09 06:43 am (UTC)The pre-Miller DD stuff is stuff with which I am sadly unfamiliar, since it is not in print.
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Date: 2006-04-09 05:13 pm (UTC)Not in print, you say? Ah, young padewan, one can find plenty of DD in print here. (http://www.milehighcomics.com/mcgi-bin/search.cgi) That's my secret source, so shhh, no giving it away.
This (http://www.manwithoutfear.com/daredevil.shtml) is also a great site.
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Date: 2006-04-10 12:56 am (UTC)Ah, but you forget, my dear, I work at a comic shop and can get anything that's currently in print for a nice discount price. That said, that link may prove handy for me buying back issues that I require.
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Date: 2006-04-10 01:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-10 01:46 am (UTC)And also, the funny thing is sometimes I get an even better discount buying the very same stuff off amazon.com. That's where I go for all my Marvel hardcover needs. So you too can partake in these savings, saving, savings!
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Date: 2006-04-10 01:58 am (UTC)Yeah. I buy a lot from Amazon, Mile High, and a few other choice places. eBay is my friend. I just bought a MINT run of X-Force, complete, from eBay.
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Date: 2006-04-09 05:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-09 09:57 am (UTC)....Although I'm really less willing to be happy about the Canadian Idol auditions happening at my workplace for the next three days. *grumps
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Date: 2006-04-09 01:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-09 03:21 pm (UTC)(PS The icon quote? One of the many West Wing theater quotes.)
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Date: 2006-04-09 04:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-09 04:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-09 04:08 pm (UTC)The play is excellent, imho. Just the right mix of extremely dark humor and poignant, genuinely moving scenes. Very cleverly written. Good luck getting a role in this! That would be very exciting!
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Date: 2006-04-12 05:54 pm (UTC)"friends dont let friends work at studio."
dangerous place. everyone hates it.
just be careful.
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Date: 2006-04-12 06:22 pm (UTC)Cuz man, I need professional acting work. Trust me man, I was the only who actually *did* work at Studio, so I know what I'm getting into.
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Date: 2006-04-12 06:33 pm (UTC)