Spent last week researching like a mofo. In one week I was hunting down as many resources as I could on: the geography of Wallowa, Oregon, the Nez Perce Indians (their religion, philosophies, culture, everything...but it always came back to Chief Joseph and the Flight), modern details of the area - climate, population, ecology, geographic details ( Read more... )

When I was growing up I kept getting told that New York was the place to go if you wanted to do theatre. I only wanted to go to LA but kept hearing that it was a waste of time. This started up before I was in high school. Yes I had interests in theatre before high school ( Read more... )

Well, I'm not that thrilled for today. I got a few more resumes sent out but didn't catch up on much. *sigh* The thing is, there are a couple more avenues left to pursue, but only a couple. It's depressing to say the least. Wore away a lot of the high from yesterday, and yesterday was only cool for reasons utterly unrelated to the hunt ( Read more... )

I still haven't left Queens. Not that I've been trying or even wanting to. I only step outside when I start feeling claustrophobic. I tell myself it's cheaper to buy food than order it, but I'm no so sure around here. But it's tastier (usually). Tonight I fixed long, narrow strips of beef by cooking them in skillet in olive oil, spiced with ( Read more... )

There are five boroughs.  Everybody knows that.  But the boroughs have sections with different names.  And those sections can have differently-named neighborhoods within them ( Read more... )