Last Thursday, I was idly perusing the San Francisco East Bay Theatre & Auditions page on Facebook when I came across auditions for Picasso at the Lapin Agile, the Steve Martin play. I looked at the character descriptions, and there were several that seemed to fit me. It was the first fall show I was interested in whose run dates didn't conflict ( Read more... )

Hey, you guys! Remember that time I was in DeathPlay? It was the first play I'd been in since college, and I had an awesome time, and I've kinda been wanting to write about it so I don't forget how awesome a time it was. But there's so much! So many good memories! I don't even know where to begin.

ROOOOAAAAWWWWWRRRR!!!What are you doing here, ( Read more... )

This weekend was doubly exciting, for not only was it a celebration of the release of Feed but also Rae was in town! HERE COME THE GERUNDS.

( Bad jokes! Awesome Tweets! Cartoon theme songs! Ice cream! Cupcakes! Zombies! )

1. I had breakfast at Gaylord's. A cute barista handed me an almond croissant and whipped me up a Gaylord's mocha, which was a cafe mocha made with chocolate milk instead of powder. It was very sweet. I read Transmetropolitan on top of Mrs. Pac-Man.

B. Dan and Jason and I saw Kick-Ass, which was, well, kick-ass. Really good, better than I was ( Read more... )

The weekend was not to go as planned. This was for the better, however! The plan was this: sainfoin_fields (Tris), sophia_helix (Sophia), and actoplasm (Alex) would drive down on Saturday, and we would get tickets for the King Tut exhibit at the De Young at 2:00, ogle ancient Egyptian artifacts, grab dinner, and attend Writers with Drinks, after which we would all return to our ( Read more... )

After driving all the way to Tucson, I was heading back. 2009 was about to turn into 2010, and I was on the road.

( Thursday: In which I make one more Arizonan stop, win a trophy, and ring in the new year by beating up dudes )

After almost a week, it was time to leave the fair state of California for Arizona.

( Monday: In which I drive quite a bit, dig on vegan food, and tell outrageous stories )

Last night, after my unsuccessful attempt to assist Project Electric Mayhem in the MIT Mystery Hunt, Colin (vyrin) invited me to dinner with him and Jess (ariiadne) and Dan (incidentist) and Tanjent, whom I'd met at their wedding. They had reservations at Flour + Water. Reservations! I don't normally eat at places where you need reservations. Fancy! When we arrived, I saw ( Read more... )

A couple months ago at the AMWA conference in Dallas, I made a couple friends nom de plumed Jimmy Pop and Pogo. We had similar musical tastes, and Jimmy Pop even remarked that he really wanted to see Muse live, as I did. So when I discovered that they were headlining Not So Silent Night, we were on those tickets like brown on rice. Rick (ellric) was also ( Read more... )

One of my favorite webcomics is xkcd. It is an extremely geeky webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Filled with stick figures, pie graphs, and flow charts.

The creator, Randall Munroe-who is three years younger than I am-has put together his first book, xkcd: Volume 0, with the help of Breadpig. And he's doing a few book release ( Read more... )