Now, I'm not one to post spoilers; I always make sure that the person I'm talking with has seen as many episodes as I have. But I'm sure many of you know that half the people who saw the series finale of LOST loved it and the other half hated it. I'm with those who loved it.
It made me giddy, it made me weepy, and the ending made me go "huh?" for a second. Then it sat with me, and I said, "oh." A couple of seconds later I said, "OH!" I got it! And it really tied the series in a nice bow for me.
A lot of people, it seems, hates LOST and its fans. I really wish these people could just sit down and watch it. Never has a television series been more moving or more thought-provoking. I seriously thought that the last episode would be the end for me, but now I know that this television show is going to sit with me for years to come. I will definitely want to revisit it.
It also got me to thinking about how some people think there are inferior media for art, television being one of the lowest. This is probably based on a lot of the dribble that gets produced for it (I'm looking at you, Family Guy!), but I think that shows the limitations of the artist, not the medium. And LOST proved that.
I'm still thinking "Holy shit! You can do that on television???"
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
Beard Update: 6 Weeks and then a trim.
Look at this schmuck! 6 weeks have gone by and it's time to shape this thing.
Okay, so I enhanced the beard with brown mascara, because I'll be allowed to do that onstage. A lot of my hairs come in blond. But seriously, now, i look straight out of a Rembrandt painting now!
Sunday, May 9, 2010
An Excursion with Paul
So I decided that I should write my new version of R & J by hand because notebooks don't have the internet. And by notebooks, I mean the older sense of the word: pieces of lined paper bound together. So I went to town to get myself one and a paperback copy of Romeo & Juliet.
It was really cold outside, but it doesn't seem right to me to take a car to town, so I put on a scarf and gloves to ride my bike to town. It's so weird to have this kind of weather in May.
After buying my necessary supplies, I decided to sit in Amherst Coffee with a cup of tea and look busy. Hopefully someone I knew would see me and realize I was up to something important, but then would decide to interrupt me anyway because they know I'm not too pretentious to leave my work for a second to say "hello" to a friend. Well, I did see my old French TA, but she was leaving as I was coming. She's so cool.
I'm really having fun with this piece, but I couldn't stay in the cafe all day. I like taking my tea outside, actually, but seriously, it feels more like March than May outside. So I decided to walk back to my bike and go home.
Along the way, I saw a man leave the old location of Bart's Ice Cream Parlor, which has been closed up all winter. Rumor has it, it went out of business.
"Excuse me," I said to the man. "Could you tell me what's being done with this place?"
"Oh, it's just being renovated."
"For a new business?"
"No, just Bart's. New owner, same business."
:-)
I visited the grave of Emily Dickinson before returning to my bike. There was a woman there taking pictures. And just staring. Perhaps I take the fact that we have a very famous dead poet for granted, but I often just stop to say "hello" and then go on my way. I felt that maybe she would like to be left alone with the dead.
It was really cold outside, but it doesn't seem right to me to take a car to town, so I put on a scarf and gloves to ride my bike to town. It's so weird to have this kind of weather in May.
After buying my necessary supplies, I decided to sit in Amherst Coffee with a cup of tea and look busy. Hopefully someone I knew would see me and realize I was up to something important, but then would decide to interrupt me anyway because they know I'm not too pretentious to leave my work for a second to say "hello" to a friend. Well, I did see my old French TA, but she was leaving as I was coming. She's so cool.
I'm really having fun with this piece, but I couldn't stay in the cafe all day. I like taking my tea outside, actually, but seriously, it feels more like March than May outside. So I decided to walk back to my bike and go home.
Along the way, I saw a man leave the old location of Bart's Ice Cream Parlor, which has been closed up all winter. Rumor has it, it went out of business.
"Excuse me," I said to the man. "Could you tell me what's being done with this place?"
"Oh, it's just being renovated."
"For a new business?"
"No, just Bart's. New owner, same business."
:-)
I visited the grave of Emily Dickinson before returning to my bike. There was a woman there taking pictures. And just staring. Perhaps I take the fact that we have a very famous dead poet for granted, but I often just stop to say "hello" and then go on my way. I felt that maybe she would like to be left alone with the dead.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Vamping up an Old Romance
So, my creative side won't shut up. There's a project that I must see all the way through to the end. This idea has been bouncing in my head and I suggested it to others with mixed reactions. Today, I officially set my pen down to writing Vampire and Werewolf Romeo & Juliet.
I am so pleased that William Shakespeare himself will be posthumously collaborating with me on this one.
I will propose it as a fundraising event for Hampshire Shakespeare Company, but if they don't like it, I'm just going to have to stage it myself. This will go up this coming fall! Mark my words!
I am so pleased that William Shakespeare himself will be posthumously collaborating with me on this one.
I will propose it as a fundraising event for Hampshire Shakespeare Company, but if they don't like it, I'm just going to have to stage it myself. This will go up this coming fall! Mark my words!
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Audition
Today I had my first movie audition since high school. It was for a no-budget horror movie company based in Easthampton.
It would be pretty awesome to surprise people by playing a killer. Also, all my experience has been on the stage, so to add "film acting" to my resume would be great.
It would be pretty awesome to surprise people by playing a killer. Also, all my experience has been on the stage, so to add "film acting" to my resume would be great.
Beard Update: 4 Weeks
I've decided two things:
One is that a beard update should come in whole numbers of weeks from the last time I shaved, which was on Saturday the 3rd of April.
Another is that my beard doesn't change that much in just one week, so these will come two weeks after each other... after this post of course.
The reason I look so tired in this pic is that I had a breakfast and dinner shift both yesterday and the day before it. I prefer schedules that allow me eight hours of sleep, but this was a special case scenario.
In conclusion, I may not look like Gustave Courbert in his famous self-portrait, but I certainly feel like him:
One is that a beard update should come in whole numbers of weeks from the last time I shaved, which was on Saturday the 3rd of April.
Another is that my beard doesn't change that much in just one week, so these will come two weeks after each other... after this post of course.
The reason I look so tired in this pic is that I had a breakfast and dinner shift both yesterday and the day before it. I prefer schedules that allow me eight hours of sleep, but this was a special case scenario.
In conclusion, I may not look like Gustave Courbert in his famous self-portrait, but I certainly feel like him:
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