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Audition

Hey, that just reminded me of a freaky Japanese movie called Audition. This guy has a fake audition for a commercial or something. The real purpose of the audition is to find a wife. Then the whole situation turns around and bites him in the ass. I wonder if anyone one has written a dissertation on national character analysis through the lens of the type of movie that tends to come from different nations. Well, violent action movies and the USA. Hmmm….

But just was at an audition for Project Bandaloop. Probably didn’t get it which is fine. But sure was fun!! Flying around bouncing on the wall. I wonder if it would be possible to make a cube of that bouncy wall stuff, suspend it and then bounce around in it. Or make a gigantic jungle gym of different angled surfaces and then bouce down it. kinda like a roller coaster, but no rolling or coasting, just bouncing.

Would be great but the insurance!!! Oy vey
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Hang Over

Well, do not do yoga then go to a party and then drink 5 margaritas, or was it 4. See, bad…Especially if you have rehearsal the next day. Also bad if you smoke a cigarillo and you usually do not smoke. One guy ended up in the hallway for a while, head near a bucket. Later he was in the bathroom, his gf coming out every now and then to talk to people. Poor guy.

Other than the hang over party was good. Food folks and fun to quote McDonalds.

Matthew Barney
Time travel
jeff koons
poker
pin the tail on the donkey
wax lips
dance department gossip
style vs. formula

Where is my cell phone???????

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L Word and That’s My Bush

Just watched some of each show today. That’s My Bush is an irritating show, don’t bother to watch it. A spoof on sitcoms from late eighties early nineties and on Bush. There is no Cheney character in the show, guess he is hiding in an undisclosed location.

As for the L Word, after watching it for a couple DVDs worth, I have realized it is the perfect show…to watch while paying bills. If you actually have to focus your attention on it, it is boring. The music is really cheesy, and the scene when the group puts Dana’s ashes in the waterfall near Camp Winamakalauolaipa and Dana’s spirit appears in the water- major cheese.

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blog set up part deux

So the blog that no one reads is back up…sort of. I can access it through the site www.andrewwass.com but not through the blog manager. The blog manager thinks the site is andrewwass.com. And the blog does not appear. But if accessed through www.andrewwass.com the blog appears. WTF?

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Boring post

Good day yesterday at Mills. Taking with Kelly and Nina about some text I am working on for a work in progress show in January. The text is to be played over speakers while the performer just stands there. The text is to create lenses for the viewer to view the piece through.

I mean, when someone watches a performance, anything, a basketball game, that person brings all sorts of lenses to a performance. What colors s/he likes, kind of movements, what team, people, etc. There are so many, it is almost impossible to view the work in the same way that the artist does. At least an artist of any merit. A work could be made to appeal to most number of people but then you get television. Or television is made, most television, not to appeal to the most number of people, but to offend the fewest number of people.

Talking with the two of them lead me/us to not going to yoga. Stimulating conversation lead to the desire for more stimulating conversation. So I called some friends to see if they wanted to meet us at La Piñata #3 in Alameda for happy hour.

Oh…too great of a tangent

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Identity

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If you weren’t you, who would you be?

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society- Mark Twain

Photo by Fred Covarrubias

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Utilities

The building in which I live is a nice building. Great location, quiet neighbors, but the parking sucks. The utilities are kind of funky. The renters pay for the gas and electricity, which is fine. The bill for the water, garbage, and heating goes to the landlord, who then just divides the bill by the number of apartments. And instead of charging the renters that amount, the landlord charges $100 per month. This amount does not change if you happen to begone 2 weeks out of the month. This is not fair. In our last apartment, we never paid that amount for our utilities. We are getting ripped off. And if we are paying the right amount I would like to see the bill!

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Drive Through Liqour Stores

I mean, how cool is that? Does that mean people be more likely to drink while driving? I don’t think so. Getting beer into your car is pretty easy otherwise. Just went to one here in Marfa, Tx. www.marfa.org El Cheapo the place is called.The one bad thing about a drive through is that you cannot see everything, so you better know what you want to buy. Tequila and Triple Sec for margaritas, tonight.

Last night went go see the local football team play in their Homecoming game. Only went to one football game when I was in highschool. I am confused about the game, it is so #$%#$ slow. Most of the game the players are just standing around. Soccer, or the real football, is a much more active game- just look at which players are in better shape. Had some nachos. Whatever the sauce is, the same lab is churning out that same orange goo. Tasty though!

After the first half of the game we went to a local art gallery, www.ballroommarfa.org, though is it local as it is not there for the locals, well the locals who are there 2 weeks of the year. One of which I might become if we ever build our place, but I hope to be here for more than 2 weeks a year. Anyways…the two crowds were very different. Clothing, ages, etc different. I wonder how many people feel equally comfortable or drawn to both settings. Both camps can learn from each other.

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Road Kill

While driving out to Marfa from El Paso, I hit a couple animals. One was a rabbit and the other I think was a badger. It definitely made a larger sound that the rabbit. The rabbit ran right out in the road. Are they attracted to the light? Is it a hazing ritual for a leporidian fraternity? well anyways, neither of those animals’ genes got passed on to the next generation. Unless they already mated. But it got me thinking-how come I don’t feel bad when I eat a chicken or a can of tuna? Is it because I am not directly involved with the killing of the animal? It has become so sanitized, wrapped in plastic or in a can, no blood and guts? People should have to kill the meat they eat, at least once. It would make them appreciate it.

There should be meat licenses. Only after you show that you have the ability to catch/raise, kill and clean a type of meat, are you then awarded the “license” to eat that kind of meat. A license to kill, if you will.

The amount of meat eaten would just plummet. Yes, I know…one more thing to regulate and enforce. Not that I think those licenses should really exist, but people should appreciate where it comes from more.