FOT Extra-Curricular Activities Bulletin Board

[yesno]

Sounds pretty cool, Crimestick.  I wish half of the mp3 bloggers would podcast.  Peel works pretty well, but it strips the songs of their context.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Here's the info for my LA debut:

The Theater @ Boston Court
70 North Mentor Avenue
Pasadena, CA

1001
West Coast Premiere by Jason Grote
directed by Michael Michetti
May 10 - June 8, 2008
Wandering through a deserted New York City subway tunnel in a hallucinogenic daze, urbanite Alan emerges from the dark to encounter a one-eyed Middle-Eastern merchant in ancient Baghdad… So goes this hilarious and heartbreaking retelling of The Tales of the Thousand and One Nights which spins stories of love, sex, religion and war – some things never go out of style.

Buy tickets here, PM me if you're broke and you want me to try and get you a comp.

[John Junk 2.0]

Grote, Your tickets are selling out all over the place!

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Thanks, buddy!  Things are going pretty well.  I wish I had chosen something more lucrative, or that more people were into - sometimes when I say "I'm a playwright," I feel like I'm saying "I repair pocket watches" - but things are going well. 

I might have some other big FOT-related playwriting news but I don't wanna jinx it.  Damn, it is hard to keep my mouth shut about this!

[Dorvid Barnas]

Thanks, buddy!  Things are going pretty well.  I wish I had chosen something more lucrative, or that more people were into - sometimes when I say "I'm a playwright," I feel like I'm saying "I repair pocket watches" - but things are going well. 

I might have some other big FOT-related playwriting news but I don't wanna jinx it.  Damn, it is hard to keep my mouth shut about this!

You're killing me.

Coloring his vocal chords,
Dorvid

[emma]

I might have some other big FOT-related playwriting news but I don't wanna jinx it.  Damn, it is hard to keep my mouth shut about this!

You sold me the whole seat, but I only need the edge!

Um, as the saying goes.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I like that phrase, Emma.  Did you invent that?

[emma]

To be honest with you, I have no idea. I really really really hope I did, but at the same time, I think it's a little too awesome for me to have come up with all on my own. It's best when you say it out loud--the voice that goes with it is like that of a monster truck rally announcer type getting wedgied near the end of the sentence.

You know. Like, "We'll sell you the whole seat, but you'll only need the E-UH-DGE" kind of thing.

[Sarah]

I'm almost positive that I've heard it before.  But I hope I'm wrong.

[Andy]

i've heard it before.

[senorcorazon]

In non-JasonGrote related news (congrats on the recent stuff, seriously), if anyone is feeling like voting for a Webby, head on over to http://pv.webbyawards.com/ballot/home and, if you're feeling generous, go to Entertainment - Art and vote for the Richard Serra site. It was created by one guy I work with, and a video I made is on it too, as well as some videos by a guy who does great documentaries. We don't make a lot of scratch around here so prizes are a nice way to convince ourselves that we're worthwhile.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Right on, Senor, I like Richard Serra.  And you, so I'll go vote.

[emma]

The latest issue of Broken Pencil magazine (www.brokenpencil.com) is out and I am in it not once, but twice! Or actually like seven times--they hired me as a zine reviewer after my story got booted out of the competition, and some of my reviews actually made it in. Which is weird and cool, but also kind of frightening, because I am still only pretending to know how to review things.

I'm pretty sure it isn't sold anywhere in the states (it's not even that easy to find in Canada) but if you want, you can order a copy (or PM me--my mom bought like eighty million of them). You really don't have to, though--the story's still up on their website.

[Dorvid Barnas]

Congratulations, Emma!

I hope you'll be writing something for the Fan Fiction contest. 
(So far, it's Turk-182ing.)

[ben]

why is it 'playwright' and not 'playwrite'?  i'm not trying to be a jerk here just curious about the etymology of the word, and my half assed attempt at research via wikipedia didn't give me any answers.