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Nov 3, 2006
oh and also
well. I was kind of shocked how well it went. I hope
you can come see it when we do a workshop production
of it in Feb at Juilliard with 2nd year actors.
batistick
Authority Throwdown at 45 Bleecker/Culture Project
produced by the Working Theatre.
All four actors were terrific, the set design was
gorgeous in a port authority way and the direction was
out of sight. Most of all though it was a smart well
written play about something important delivered in an
entertaining way with humanity and truth and humor.
Can't recommend enough.
only got a bit of writing done today. see me here
babling in the early morning hours.
Oct 31, 2006
tomorrow
draft last night of my dog play. I know I haven't
mentioned it at all yet or posted anything from it
really because it's different kind of play and I'm not
sure how much more work I need to do on it before I'm
ready.
I was hoping to finish the political play as well by
today but I guess I will have to just write both it
and the novel. because deadlines are important
people.
So for the next month or two month or three months, I
may be blogging less, or i may be blogging more or you
may find me here instead.
http://szymkowicznaked.blogspot.com/ or not. It's
hard to say.
Oct 30, 2006
ny times article
"Most of these experts also say existing energy
alternatives and improvements in energy efficiency are
simply not enough.
"We cannot come close to stabilizing temperatures"
unless humans, by the end of the century, stop adding
more CO2 to the atmosphere than it can absorb, said W.
David Montgomery of Charles River Associates, a
consulting group, "and that will be an economic
impossibility without a major R.& D. investment.""
Oct 29, 2006
Oct 27, 2006
Oct 26, 2006
fratricide
my cowboy hamlet. I'm not saying it's a better poem.
in fact the fact that it's bad is kind of the point.
And it works better in context but here it is anyway.
Fratricide: A Poem For a Bear to Read
In the grimy streets of
Dust-y
Dust
Where the flowers don't grow
Fratricide
A man goes out to buy a horse
But comes home with
A gun instead
It gleams
Polished as it is
Fratricide
A Bear is just a large person who feels too much
Fratricide
I had
Such
Hope in my heart
Before
Fratricide
Flowers at the funeral
No flowers at the saloon
A bear will hibernate in winter
But our feelings
Cannot sleep
Fratricide
Oct 25, 2006
http://www.wonkette.com/politics/impeachment/its-a-mandate-209624.php
via daisey
http://www.mikedaisey.com/
"Buried in this Newsweek story is the news that 51% of
American voters want Bush impeached — 28% say High
Priority, 23% say Low Priority, 44% against, 6%
undecided or don't know what a president is. And only
78% of Republicans oppose impeachment, proving
something or other.
Didn't Bush come back in '04 claiming 51% was a
"mandate" for all kinds of new fun?"
a poem
play and replacing with something funnier. It is a
poem the dancing bear delivers so that the Hamlet can
watch his uncle's reaction. You know, that thing the
traveling players do? It's for that. Anyway, this no
longer cuts it, so here it is.
Once there was a bear
By the name of Mean Dean
He was the meanest bear
You have ever seen
He had long dark fur
Coals for eyes
Growls on his lips of enormous size
But his brother was better
In every manner
Stronger and sleeker
With paws like hammers
And a wife bear besides
Of enormous size
With soft red lips
And warm yellow eyes
Mean Dean decides
To perform fratricide
To be the biggest baddest bear
In town
So one day when
Brother bear turns his back
Mean Dean runs
With a drop-kick
Ten-claw
All-teeth
Two-fist
Red-rage
Unconscionable
Attack
And when brother is dead
Mean Dean eats his flesh
Takes his cave
Seduces his bearoness
The moral is
There is no moral
Because who can stop a bear?
Only a bullet perhaps
Between the eyes
To catch him unaware
Oct 22, 2006
scene from new play--first draft as always
Oct 21, 2006
photos by punam bean
Oct 20, 2006
From Chris Durang's newest post:
"When I was growing up in the 50s, "live and let live" was often said about people who were different, and even about people whom one disagreed with. It seemed an American value. I don't feel I've heard that phrase in a very long time. I hope it returns to the voices and thoughts of my fellow citizens"