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Inspirational Dance Movie Intended for Teenagers: Part 2
Read first: Inspirational Dance Movie Intended for Teenagers: Part 1 PART TWO: THE DANCE COMPETITION Becky H: Blackness. Sound effect: heartbeat giving way to bassline. Becky H: The “crew” walks towards camera in slow motion. David W: All freeze. Music reaches high point and crew explodes in dance. Becky H: Coach beams, tears in his…
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David Wahl is a Seattle improviser, blogger, creative thinker, employee of the funnest place on earth, and much more. Our friendship, aside from meeting briefly in 2006, is based out here in the great e-niverse. We recently began a game of Scrabulous online. To the right of the playing board, there is a small text…
Read Morethree random and trivial items for your pointless pleasure
Above: Enjoyable graphic designed by the talented Travis Pitts (brought to my attention by the always delightful Secret Fun Blog.) Available as a T-shirt from Threadless. Remember: Threadless tees run small. I’m a girly size large. And my birthday is in early May. All just data for your internal mainframe. A sampling of the many…
Read Morethe plot thickens … update on the Great Breakin of 08
I’ve updated my post on the stupid theft of my stupid objects. I know you’ve been breathlessly following that saga. By the way, thanks to everyone who got mad at, put a curse on, and generally got pissed at the unknown assholes for me.
Read Morethe sinister one
I have been enjoying the Latin American travelogue of FlipFlopFlyin‘s Craig Robinson. He just got into São Paulo after bouncing around Belize and Panama. His observations are wry, British, occasionally cranky, and often funny. I recommend combing his long, lustrous archives. It’s his little observations that I like. After a hellish layover in Panama City,…
Read Morea small story of a singular obsession
The show last night (during which I performed) went very well. I’m pretty blown away by the talented talent that Thessaly the Ukulady assembles for her weekly PonyShows. The evening’s theme was “Valentines & Heartsies”, so I reread the passages in my teenage diaries in which my own heartsie was torn asunder over the course…
Read Morewhirl wind world
I know it’s a busy week of old traditions and family rituals, what with today’s commemoration of the birth of Abe “the Baby” Lincoln, tomorrow’s moon waxing to an exact First Quarter, Valentine’s Day on Thursday (aka feel-like-a-spinster day), AND Friday’s Canadian Flag Day! I’ve got to get to the post office to get my…
Read Morewhat i’m doing right now
Sunday evening, 10:12pm, February 11, year of our lord two thousand and eight. I am in the middle of a brisk and pleasant game of Scrabulous on Facebook with a stranger who has revealed is a Canadian military tank builder. The high score on the board so far is “ASH” for 30 points (I managed…
Read Moreall right all ready
OK OK OK OK! I have finally done what you told me to do. I couldn’t stand the pressure one more second. Jesus Louisus. I have rented Season One of The Wire. Just to get you off my back, I am about to watch it. But I have to write this post so I can…
Read Moreand i was in bed by 11
Update: Violet and I both recounted the evening without peeking at each others’ posts, white-girl-Roshomon style. Here is Violet’s. Mine is below. [originally posted February 3, 11pm] Last night, the inimitable Violet and I did it up on what we dubbed “The Strip” — a short patch of businesses on Main Street in our small…
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