Three Things That Will Make You Smile

Ever felt tired and bogged down by all of the negativity in today's news stories? Well here are three that are guaranteed to come out feeling like maybe, just maybe, the world isn't a completely craptastic place.

1) Have you heard about the two young men who were switched at birth? Instead of their families suing the hospital over the mistake or being otherwise upset by the discovery, they have decided to live together in Brazil and work on a farm together so that their sons can enjoy being with both their birth families as well as their biological families. Some say this situation has worked out this way only because they live in Brazil; Americans would be far too greedy to overlook a chance to complain and get reimbursement.

2) How about the modern-life nautical Swiss Family Robinson? Okay, they didn't exactly get shipwrecked, but the family chose to spend the last 7 years sailing around the globe with their three children in order to develop a stronger familial bond. Must be great to be a millionaire and decide to sell all of your property to value the simple things :). (I actually really like that idea a lot!)

3) And how about my friend Mr. Justin Kates, a photographer who's rather well-known now-a-days for being an expert at taking amazing shots of chicks with fangs. His new (rather hawt in that sort of disturbing way) book featured on the True Blood blog is called Sanguis Vitam Est- The Blood That is Life, and is not only an amazing find for anyone who's ever been entranced by blood-suckers or gothic art, but a lovely fundraiser for The Choroideremia Research Foundation. (N.B.! Choroideremia is a disease which affects the peripheral vision and ultimately results in blindness; Kates' grandfather suffers from the disease).

ps! N.B. means "nota bene" or good note, according to my 7th grade math teacher, Mr. Anderson, who was by far my most favoritest math teacher to date. He loved to get up on the table with a puppet and teach us the a song with the following lyrics- "Change the sign of the subtrahend and follow the rules of addition AGAIN!" Somehow, we respected him for this.

Anyways, hope these cheered you up or at least found you intrigued!

I can has???

Yes! You can has a blog that is not as boringly employed as before!!

I will start by sharing what has been described as an existential musical spoofing the Mario Bros., which kicked ass and took names at the recent D.C. Fringe Festival at the Warehouse theatre. The question "What if our lives are in the hands of some 5-year-old who is just playing a game?" has never seemed so relevant.

Definitely check out the songs and video clips on the multimedia page, which include titles such as "Player Number 2", "Warp Pipe," and "Game Over." Budding musical theatre prodigies Marshall Pailet and Drew Fornarola (ages 23 from Yale and 26 from Princeton respectively) are responsible for this "bright as a pack of skittles, loopy as a Looney Tunes cartoon" rip-roaring good time in geek-dom (as remarked by reviewer Gary McMillan).

Back to something not as exciting but definitely as important... ME!

In other words... yes you might've noticed that I am relocated in grand ol Alexandria VA! I'm here to embark on my Scenic Design Fellowship with the Kennedy Center, beginning after Labor Day and running through next May! I'm too terrified/ excited for further comment on this. In the mean time, I am making and saving $$$ and engaging in some geekery concerning websites, blogs, Vectorworks, Sketchup and painting with a tablet.

At least those are the goals. Other than that, I plan to start using this blog to promote friends in the arts, as well as current events or observations that I just enjoy and feel should get more promotion.

On that note, expect about five more posts by the end of today.