Hey JB

I think I’m ready!

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:31:06 -0400

I think I’m ready!

chamberlain: #HOT #IMPORTANT NEW #SUMMERJAM: “ROOFTOP...

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:26:19 -0400

#HOT #IMPORTANT NEW #SUMMERJAM: “ROOFTOP PARTY”

Feat. the voices of Madalyn Baldanzi, Ann Carr, James Coker, Jason Flowers, Ben Rameaka, Will Storie, John Zachary Townsend, & Moujan Zolfaghari

SUMMER ANTHEM

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Sun, 12 May 2013 11:42:21 -0400

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cockenblog: Okay this Animorphs book is off to a brilliant...

Sun, 12 May 2013 10:37:49 -0400

cockenblog:

Okay this Animorphs book is off to a brilliant start

Highlight of the series was when Tobias got permanently morphed into an owl but was later brought back in time to touch his human body to gain the ability to morph into that body as well.

The Hurry and The Harm, the title track of the upcoming City and...

Thu, 09 May 2013 21:38:56 -0400

The Hurry and The Harm, the title track of the upcoming City and Colour album.

I dig it. A little morose on the subject of love, but it wouldn’t be a City and Colour song if it weren’t.

I'm Going to China.

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:35:00 -0400

Now, I don’t want to go to China. But I want to have been to China, and unfortunately going to China is a mandatory prerequisite.

I like my comfort zone. The very definition of a comfort zone is that you’re comfortable. It follows that anything not in your comfort zone is therefore uncomfortable, and who goes out of their way for that besides masochists and people who still watch The Office?

My college roommate Jay has spent the last 3 years in China (2 as a teacher with the Peace Corp, 1 as a student and ‘white guy in China’). Old people say travel when you’re young, and I agree with old people on 90% of other issues so I should probably just trust them on this one too. Plus, when else will I have someone around who can translate “I’m sorry, does this have wheat in it?” into Mandarin?

There are some people for whom travel is in their blood. Give them a week off work and $500, they’ll find their way to the ends of the earth and come back with stories, pictures and friendships born half a world away, longing for the day they can go back and already planning their next adventure.

Fuck those people.

I’m going to China precisely because I don’t want to. Because growing yourself means breaking down all those walls you put up to keep yourself protected and comfortable and your world view unchallenged. Plenty of people have told me this trip will be “good for me”, which is both a little insulting and God’s honest truth. I’m taking this trip to tell that stupid, scared voice instead my head to shut up and experience the beauty and majesty of the world for once.

So here’s to not dying in a plane crash. Or contracting bird flu. Or derailing on China’s notoriously slipshod rail system. Or finding myself in the middle of a North Korean inspired nuclear holocaust. Or ending up dead in overturned cab on the way to JFK, which is, statistically, the most likely occurrence.

On an unrelated note, does anyone know where I can get drugs that will black me out for 16 hours at a time?

khealywu: Tell me more about how you think you’re being...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:50:37 -0400

khealywu:

Tell me more about how you think you’re being oppressed, white boy.

No joke in my callback I did a scene as a middle class white guy trying to claim not having any kind of disadvantage was a disability (it was a 2nd beat of a scene of a character who thought having a bad cowlick was a disability.)

Anyway I hated it and judged myself the whole time.

Looking for a Freelance Web Designer

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:04:14 -0400

As some of you may be aware, I’ve been working on a site called ImprovCoaches that will, hopefully, be used by coaches to get gigs and students to get coaches. The site is functionally done. I could launch it tomorrow and it’d work.

It’s stalled out over the last month because while I know it looks bad, I don’t know how to make it look good.

I’d love a designer to help me give the thing a coat of paint and a good hard look at the UI and UX. Paid gig.

Harold/Lloyd Callback Prep Tips

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:45:06 -0400

Get a good sleep rest the night before.
If you exercise, do it. It’s proven to activate your brain. If you don’t, don’t pick today to start; you’ll just throw your body off.
Don’t drink alcohol before the callback. While it might feel good to calm your nerves, alcohol is a depressant and will ultimately slow your brain down.
Try to eat a light, healthy 3 hours before the audition. You’ll be finished digesting and fully energized by the time you’re up.
Watch Rocky through Rocky IV and Rocky Balboa. Rocky V need not apply.
Listen to the Rocky soundtrack all day too.
Actually, head to Philadelphia, run up the art museum stairs.
Watch Rudy for good measure.
Get curious about the real Rudy, check out his Wikipedia page.
Holy smokes, he was a boxer in the Navy before he went to Notre Dame? That guy must’ve been tough as nails!

If I get Alzhemiers

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 02:30:00 -0400

I will write myself a post it note that says

1) Watch Breaking Bad

2) Play Bioshock and Bioshock Infinite

3) Look at your Facebook?

Why Dr. Kermit Gosnell's Trial Should Be a Front-Page Story

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:08:02 -0400

Why Dr. Kermit Gosnell's Trial Should Be a Front-Page Story:

The grand jury report in the case of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, is among the most horrifying I’ve read. “This case is about a doctor who killed babies and endangered women. What we mean is that he regularly and illegally delivered live, viable babies in the third trimester of pregnancy - and then murdered these newborns by severing their spinal cords with scissors,” it states. “The medical practice by which he carried out this business was a filthy fraud in which he overdosed his patients with dangerous drugs, spread venereal disease among them with infected instruments, perforated their wombs and bowels - and, on at least two occasions, caused their deaths.”

I married young. What are the rest of you waiting for?

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:00:00 -0400

I married young. What are the rest of you waiting for?:

emilyhoffman:

jonbershad:

thenewhotness:

whiskeysmyxtracurricularactivity:

oldfilmsflicker:

I want to punch the writer of this article in their smug face.

This is a stupid thing.

“We’ve endured the hardships of typical millennials: job searches, job losses, family deaths”

ugh death in the family is just such a millennial problem. It’s just something that no other generation can relate to, you know?

UGH. I hate moronic articles like this.

Getting married at 23 is, statistically, a bad fucking choice. I have made bad choices in my life. The difference is I don’t feel the need to write smug, dickish articles in which I desperately try to rationalize those choices.

I didn’t waste virtual ink defending my choice to get super into Sum 41. Why can’t this divorcee-waiting-to-happen do the same?

“Sometimes people delay marriage because they are searching for the perfect soul mate. But that view has it backward. Your spouse becomes your soul mate after you’ve made those vows to each other in front of God and the people who matter to you. You don’t marry someone because he’s your soul mate; he becomes your soul mate because you married him.”
Ugh. I hope these two enjoy their shared Netflix account.

Ross Douthat has a great column discussing the modern state of marriage and the conflict between its conception and function between socioeconomic classes. To paraphrase, since the 1960’s the previous conception of marriage, the institutional model that bound up sex, children, and economic activity fixed by social norms, has been replaced by a interpersonal model which is fixed by participants happiness. The interpersonal model, while fine for the upper-middle and upper classes, has been pretty much a disaster for everyone else.

The author clearly views marriage in the institutional model. Will her marriage work out? I don’t know. Marrying young does increase the rate of divorce, but that’s heavily weighted by class: a married 23 year old high school dropout has a much greater chance of divorce than a 23 year old name dropping Cravath and Yale.

I don’t think her article is particularly well written or persuasive, but I also don’t see the need to dismiss it entirely or prognosticate disaster.

spotastic: Say hello to the newest members of The...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:28:28 -0400

spotastic:

Say hello to the newest members of The Stepfathers.

Jordan Klepper & Don Fanelli!

The new line-up debuts Friday, April 26th, 9pm at The UCB Theatre Chelsea.

FANELLI

chamberlain: Chambaland - “Independent Bitches” (Destiny’s...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:43:53 -0400

chamberlain:

Chambaland - “Independent Bitches” (Destiny’s Child vs. Meredith Brooks)

Gross Monday in NYC. For everyone up, out, and working.

There’s a map to Dan Chamberlain on the back of the Constitution because he’s a national treasure.

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New from City and Colour.

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:11:25 -0400

New from City and Colour.

fyi not a joke

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:47:56 -0400

fyi not a joke

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